Project Blue Book Archive

Page ID (PID)	NARA-PBB1-659
Collection	National Archives (NARA)


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Roll Description	NARA Blue Book Roll 1
Document Code	T1206-1

NARA-PBB1-657

NARA-PBB1-658

NARA-PBB1-659

NARA-PBB1-660

NARA-PBB1-661

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SUDJEC28    Ana3.yciQ of Projaot ^GrudGG*0 Eoport-ad
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1    Roreren^p ie cado to tho  letters from your Eead^uar-fcerc to
thio ctation of &2 ITcveabar 19l^ 6 Dcoenbor l^i^j, and lit Jan-caiy 1
Subjsotoj    l3Projsct  *Siga*  wt rc^ueGtin^ that reported
through 172 .to oxiily^od to. clQtoraino .vhpthcr or not theca nl.^t hav
been cauced by  balloons launohod fcy thsco liiboratorloo,
2. A licting Jiao boon oonpllcd of cill balloonc lc:unohd by tiioco
laborctorioo and ito ocrxtractoro Tor epseial atnoaphorio irocsaroh pur-
pose stf  froa th3 firot euoh launohins to Ho, 101 on 17 Uovonbor     ^U
 of thoco launohisgo hao bscn occporod T7ith tha  ropor''''''''cod I
 ^ 172o    Factor0 of oonparioon t:or6 dato of lavsiohlns and date?
of recovery wit^ roopoct to dato of roportsd iroldon^ci pl&oa of lCiurich-
ing and pXo.c^ oi'''''''' rooovory rcifch rocpsot to tho p}A0o of reported in*
oidoGwGc eni ^oociblo dovi&tiono fron tha fcno^n flight path T7lth rcGpoc"b
to tho place of roported inoidonto.    So that your offico r^y nake an
independent cuoXyuin^ throo ooploo of tha  Icuashia^  ltct aro  Inoloeod,
&    Ihdldento Ko 5 through No 16 re ports d en U July
throughout Oregon*  Idaho and V.''''''''auhington gave^  in general,  dGCoriptiono
of oluotsra or groups of objoctc,    Tho 3 fcdy 19U7 balloon launching
Ko 6 at Alenogordo tras ii oluoter of balloons and t?aa not reoovored,
uxi to might bo cuopootcd of boing tlzzscz''''''''^s of thee roportn.        ''''''''
although not rocovorGd, thie flight tt&s tonainated in tho Cow l&xioo
Tularoca Valley only & few mi lee nortknoot of Alans go ro    That tha
bctlloonc voro  donnod t?ao deterninsd both by air piano s potting f^iid by
radio direotion finding \2p0n tho balloon to locate ring inctraznont.
BjBOorcry of tha balloons and inotruaonts -w&b prevented by tho i-
pc*&bility of tha torrain.
b.    Balloon releaeo Ho.  11 of 7 July 19J+7 oould ooapara
with recpect to dato with incident Ho.  1 through Ho. U, tnd again
with incident No* I4O.    This balloon flight *re.o ccaiA a olustsr.
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