The Roswell Report: Case Closed

Notes - Section One
58. High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part I, 16.
59. ibid., 17.
60. High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part I, 17.
61. Maj. John P. Stapp, Human Tolerance to Linear Deceleration, Part I.
Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position, Air Force Technical
Report 5915, (Wright Patterson AFB, OH: Wright Air Development
Center, 1949) and Maj. John P. Stapp, Part II. The Aft Facing Position and
the Development of a Crash Harness, Air Force Technical Report 5915
(Wright Patterson AFB, OH: Wright Air Development Center, 1951 ).
62. High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part II, 6.
63. Signed, sworn statement of Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF (Ret).
64. ibid.
65. Alderson Research Laboratories, Inc., "Instructions for Operation and
Maintenance, Model F-95 Anthropomorphic Test Dummies," May 3, 1956,
1, and Glenn Richards, retired Balloon Branch Instrumentation Specialist,
telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, September 5, 1995.
66. Alderson Research Laboratories, Inc., "Instructions for Operation and
Maintenance, Model F-95 Anthropomorphic Test Dummies;' May 3, 1956, 1,
and Ronald G. Hansen, Lt. Col. USAR, (Ret), Balloon Recovery Helicopter
Pilot, telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 1, 1995.
67. High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part I, 7-8.
68. Blankenship.
69. ibid.
70. The Beverly Hills Citizen, March 12, 1956,7.
71. Research Division, College of Engineering, New York University,
Special Report No.1, Constant Level Balloon, May 1947, 20-22.
72. Research Division, College of Engineering, New York University, Technical
Report No. 93.03, Constant Level Balloons, Operations, March 1, 1951, 105.
73. U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory, "Phillips Laboratory Space Experiments
Directorate, Balloon, Rocket, and Satellite Capabilities," n.d., 33.
74. Bernard D. Gildenberg, Balloon Branch Meteorologist and Engineer,
interviewed by 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 28, 1995, and
Contributions of Balloon Operations 1947-1958, 73.
75. ibid.
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