Part I
. Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position_, Air Force Technical Report 5915, 1949. PB 100871[*]
——. _Part II. The Aft Facing Position and the Development of a Crash Harness_, Air Force Technical Report 5915, 1951. PB 106572[*]
[*] Available from: Library of Congress Photoduplicating Service Washington, D.C. 20540 (202) 707-5640
Index
A
accelerometers, 21, 30
Aero Medical Laboratory, USAF 20–21, 23, 32, 104–105, 107, 117, 121
Aeromedical Field Laboratory, USAF 32
AFM-143-1, _Mortuary Affairs_, 99
agents, federal, 50
agents, government, 78
Air Force, 1–3, 5, 8–10, 13, 21, 26, 28, 31, 35, 37–38, 41–42, 44, 46, 48, 51–53, 55, 57, 61–62, 68, 75–76, 79, 86, 89–91, 95–101, 103, 105, 109, 111–113, 116–117, 121, 123, 125. _See also_ U.S. Air Force
Air Force Letter 35-3, 86
Air Force, Secretary of the 1–2, 13
Air Materiel Command (AMC), 19–20
air samples, 42
aircraft A-26, 112 B-25, 96 B-26, 112 B-29, 93–94 B-47, 93–94 B-52, 115 C-131, 105, 120 C-47, 30, 64, 93–94 F-4, 112, 121 F-51, 96 KB-29, 93–94 KC-97, 3, 93–97 KC-135, 93–94 L-20, 30, 64, 124 T-33, 93–94 X-15, 32
airman, 76, 86
Alamogordo Army Airfield, N.M., 37
Alamogordo, N.M., 32
Alaska, 47
Alderson Research Laboratories, Inc., 21, 34, 59–61
alien(s), 1–3, 5, 11–12, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 28–29, 33, 36–39, 46–47, 55, 61, 75, 78, 96, 109, 113, 118, 123, 125
ambulance, 76–78, 99, 105, 109, 113–116
Anderson, Gerald, 14, 60–61, 67. _See also_ interview in Appendix C
Antarctica, 47
APO (Air Post Office), 82
APOLLO, 32, 59
Arizona, 47
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), 99
arms, 62, 97
Army Air Forces, 1, 13, 76, 81, 90, 96, 113. _See also_ U.S. Army Air Forces
Army Nurse Corps (ANC), 81
Artesia, N.M., 67
Ashland, Wisc., 105
Atlantic Ocean, 112
autopsies, preliminary, 77, 91, 98
autopsy, alien, 1
autopsy protocol, 96–97, 99
autopsy; ies; ied, 1, 12, 77–78, 94–95, 97, 99
_Aztec_ (N.M.) _Independent Review_, 84
Aztec, N.M., 83–85
B
Ball, Guy, 19
Ballard Funeral Home, 76, 97
ballast, 57
Balloon Branch, 30, 37, 43–51, 57–58, 61, 65, 102–103, 105–107, 110, 113–115, 124
balloon control package, 57, 64
balloon controllers, 47, 57
balloon drops, 28
balloon failure, 58
balloon, high altitude, 3, 9, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 28, 32, 36–38, 43, 45–49, 52–53, 55, 57–58, 61, 64, 66–67, 91, 96, 100–104, 109, 117, 125, 157
balloon, polyethylene, 40–42, 58, 66, 106–107, 114–115
balloon, tethered, 45–46
balloon train, 5–6, 11–13
balloon, “Vee”, 47
balloon, weather, 5, 40
balsa wood, 6
bandages, 62, 64
Barnett, Grady L. “Barney”, 58, 67
base histories, 94
Baylor University, 31
Bean, Alan, 120
_Behind the Flying Saucers_, 84
Berliner, Don 8, 60
Biodynamics of Space Flight, 102. _See_ MAN HIGH
“black sergeant”, 86
Blankenship, Robert, 49
Blauw, Alfred S., M.D., 99
blimp, 60–61, 64, 67
body bags, 35–36, 91, 96
Bravest Man, The. _See_ Stapp, John P., Col. (MC), USAF (Ret)
Britain, 41
Brooke General Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., 83
Buck Rogers, 111
Bush, George H. W., President, 32
C
Cahn, J. P., 85
Cambridge, England, 83
camera(s), 30–31
canoe, 76, 78, 91, 113, 115
cargo trailer, 1½-ton, 65
Carlsbad, N.M., 67
Carswell AFB, Tex., 81
caskets, 35, 76
Chavez, Dennis, Sen. (N.M.), 87
Cheney Award, 31–32
_Close Encounters of the Third Kind_, 118
Clouthier, Charles E., 83. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
cold soaking, 64
_Collier’s_, 26–27
Coltman, Charles A., Jr., Col. (MC), USAF (Ret). _See_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
commissary, 95, 98
community relations, 58
con-men, 85
_Contributions of Balloon Operations to Research and Development at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, N.Mex., 1947–1958_, 41
cooperating witnesses, 6
CORONA, 43
cosmic ray particles, 42
cover-up, 8–9, 26, 83, 110, 123, 125
_Crash at Corona_, 8
D
debris, 1, 6, 57
debris field, 11–12
Dennis, W. Glenn, 75–78, 81–86, 88–90, 96–97, 99, 110, 114, 197
Denver, Colo., 44
Department of Defense, 46
DISCOVERER XI, 43
DISCOVERER XII, 43
DISCOVERER XIII, 43–44
dispensary, 114–116
doctor(s), 76–78, 91, 96, 98–99, 110
dog food, 77
doll(s), 16, 61
dolls, plastic, 14, 60–61
“Dr. Gee”, 85
drones, remotely-piloted, 15
drug smuggling, 50
drug store supervisor, 97
dummies, anthropomorphic, 3, 9, 14, 16–17, 19–21, 23–26, 28, 32, 34–36, 38–39, 41, 47, 55–62, 64–65, 67–68, 91, 101, 103, 109, 112, 123, 156
dummies, crash test, 17
dummies, parachute drop, 19–20
dummy drop, 23, 28, 35, 57, 157
“Dummy Joe”, 19
E
ear, 61
Earth, 5, 41, 44, 46, 102
Edwards AFB, Calif., 21, 31
Eisenhower, Dwight D., President, 112
ejection, 32
ejection seat, 20, 21
El Centro, Calif., 120
El Paso, Texas, 106
Elder Statesman of Aviation, 112
England, 82
entry vehicles, atmospheric, 42
escape pods, 78, 113
EXCELSIOR, 23, 25–26, 32, 38, 55–56, 59, 67–68, 101–105, 107, 109–110, 112, 124
Executive Order 11652, 1
eyes, 77
F
Fanton, Eileen M., 1st Lt., USAF, 82–83, 91
Farmington Drug, 83
Farmington, N.M., 78, 83–84, 90
Ferrell, Lee F., Col., USAF, 87, 91, 98
finger(s), 15, 33, 55, 59–61, 97
flight surgeon, 31, 107, 116
flightsuit, 28–29, 63
flying disc, 5–6, 78. _See also_ flying saucer
flying saucer, 1–3, 5, 29, 36–37, 41, 44, 47, 56, 58–59, 64, 67, 78, 85, 96, 123, 125
flying saucer wave [of 1947], 5
Foster Ranch, 11
Four Corners [region], 83
Franklin, Ky., 96
Frederick, S.D., 102
Friedman, Stanton T., 8, 60, 76
Ft. George Wright, Wash., 88
Ft. Worth AAF, Tex., 81
Fulgham, Dan D., Col., USAF (Ret), 106–107, 116, 121. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
Fund for UFO Research, The, 58, 60, 186, 213, 215
funeral home, 77, 95, 97. _See also_ Ballard Funeral Home
G
GALILEO, 44
gamma rays, 46
GAO, 1. _See also_ General Accounting Office
gauges, strain, 21
GEMINI, 32
General Accounting Office (GAO), 1, 125
_General Philosophy and Techniques of Balloon Control_, 48
generator, MB-19, 65
Gila Mountains, 124
Gildenberg, Bernard D. “Duke”, 8–9, 48, 102. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
glass, broken, 76, 114
Goddard, Joyce, Capt., USAF, 88–89
Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Championship, 112
gowns, surgical, 99
gurneys, hospital, 35
gyros, rate, 21
H
hands, 15, 33, 59–60, 97
Harmon Trophy, 112
Hawaii, 43
head(s), 15, 59, 61, 77, 97, 100, 107, 118–120
helicopter, 107, 110, 116–117
helmet, 107
helmets, pith, 60, 63
hematoma, 119
Hepburn, Audrey, 82
hieroglyphics, 113–114
Higgins, J.J., 19
HIGH DIVE, 23, 26, 29–30, 34, 38, 55–56, 59, 63, 67–68, 103
high-speed track, 17, 21, 38
hoax, 96, 123
Hodiak, John, 38
Holloman AFB, N.M., 8–10, 16–17, 26–27, 30–32, 35, 37–38, 41, 43–44, 46–47, 49, 52–53, 59, 63–65, 102–103, 105–107, 111, 113–114, 118–120, 124
Hollywood, 38
horseback, 30
human remains pouches, 96. _See also_ body bags
Hynek, J. Allan, 117–118
I
identification specialist, 95, 98–99
instrumentation kit, 30
insulation bags, 35–36
intimidation, 61
irregular [research] methods, 8
J
Jagger, Dean, 38–39
jeep, 15, 56, 65
Johns Hopkins University, The, 53
Jorgeson, Ole, A2C, USAF, 107, 113–114. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
Jornada Test Range, 67
Jupiter, 44
K
Kaufman, William C., Capt., USAF, 105–107, 116, 119. _See also_ statement in Appendix B
Kelso, Wash., 96
Kentucky Air National Guard, 96
Kittinger, Joseph W., Jr., Capt., USAF, 25–26, 48, 101–107, 109–112, 117–120, 124. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
Knight, Alice, 15, 58, 67, 213. _See also_ interview in Appendix C
Korea, 88, 121
Kovatch-Scott, Ethel, Col., USAF (Ret), 89
L
Las Vegas AFB, Nev., 111
legal claims, 58
_Life_ magazine, 26–27
lights, strobe, 41
“little men”, 84–85
livestock, 58
London, England, 41, 78, 82
_Long, Lonely Leap, The_, 26, 110
Lordsburg, N.M., 104
Lovell, Jim, 120
Luftwaffe, 20
Lutz, Roland H. “Hap”, SSgt., USAF, 117. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
M
M-342 5-ton wrecker, 29, 58. _See also_ wrecker
M-35 2½-ton cargo truck, 30, 58. _See also_ six by six
M-37 ¾-ton utility truck, 30, 58, 65, 113. _See also_ weapons carrier
M-43 ¾-ton ambulance, 65, 113. _See also_ ambulance
_MAD_ [magazine], 26
Madison, Guy, 38–39
Madson, Raymond A., 1st Lt., USAF, 29–30, 63. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
Maltais, Vern, 15, 58–59, 67, 214. _See also_ interview in Appendix C
MAN HIGH, 26, 32, 48, 101–104, 110–112
MAN IN SPACE SOONEST (MISS), 103
Marcel, Jesse, Maj., USAF, 6
Mars, 44
Martin Marietta Corporation, 44
masks, surgical, 99
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 103
McClure, Clifton. 1st Lt., USAF, 102, 104
McCook Field, Ohio, 19
MERCURY, 32, 103–104
“MERCURY Seven”, 32
meteorological data, 42
Mexico, 96
MiG-21, 112
Military Police, 76
Milner, Martin, 38
Minnesota, University of, 31
missile, ballistic, 5
missile, intercontinental ballistic (ICBM), Atlas F, 17
missiles, 5, 13, 16
missing nurse, 78, 81–83, 87–90, 96–98, 121. _See also_ Fanton, Eileen M., 1st Lt., USAF
Mitchell, Cameron, 39
ML-307B/AP. _See_ radar targets
MOGUL, 1–2, 5–6, 9, 11–13, 40, 42, 78
monkeys, 16
Moon, 44
Moore, Charles B., 8–9, 40
morgue, 97
morning reports, 81, 88, 89
mortician, 76, 98–99
mortuary, 76
MPs, 77, 116. _See also_ Military Police
Muroc AAF, Calif., 21, 31. _See also_ Edwards AFB, Calif.
museum, 3, 75
mystery witness, 75
N
NASA, 37, 41, 44–46, 59, 103, 111, 120
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 19
National Aeronautics Association, 112
National Archives and Record Administration, 81
National Aviation Hall of Fame, 32
_National Geographic_, 26
National Medal of Technology, 32
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), 81
NATO, 111
NCO [Non-Commissioned Officer], 86
Nenninger, Richard L., Maj., USAF, 124
New Brighton, Minn., 102
New Mexico, 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 14–15, 17, 19, 23, 30, 34, 36–37, 41–42, 46–48, 55, 58, 60, 64, 67, 84, 91, 95, 109
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 9
New York, N.Y., 21, 82
New York University, 9, 40
newspaper accounts, 41, 94
newspaper announcements, 8
newspapers, 31
Newton, Silas M., 85
Nixon, Richard M., President, 1
nondisclosure agreements, 13
Nordstrom, Frank B., Capt. (MC), USAF, 83, 89. _See also_ Signed sworn statement in Appendix B
nosecone, 43
nuclear accidents, 13
nuclear weapon, 5
O
oscillograph, 30
odor, 77, 91, 95–97
officers’ club, 77. _See also_ Roswell AAF Officers’ Club
oil field worker, 97. _See also_ Dennis, W. Glenn
_Omni_ magazine, 83
_On the Threshold of Space_, 26, 38–39, 63
Orlando, Fla., 112
“Oscar Eightball”, 21
P
Panama, 47
paper, 5, 8
paper, aluminized, 6
parachute, 19, 23, 25–26, 28, 31, 49, 57, 62, 64, 103, 124
pathologist, 95, 98–99
pay load, 17, 40–44, 46–48, 53, 57, 61, 64, 66–67, 91
Pease AFB, N.H., 115
pediatrician, 76, 78, 81, 83–84, 86, 89–91, 99, 121
pharmacist, 83
phone directories, 97
PIONEER, 44
police, 49
polyethylene, 40. _See also_ balloon, polyethylene
polygraph examination, 60
_Popular Mechanics Magazine_, 26–27
POW, 112. _See also_ Prisoner of War
_Pre-Astronauts, The_, 110
predatory animals, 97
preparation room, 97
Prisoner of War, 110
Project 119L, 42
Project BLUEBOOK, 117
Project GEMINI, 120
Project MERCURY, 111
Project MOGUL. See MOGUL
property damage, 58, 66
R
radar, 6, 41
radar guided missiles, 42
radar targets, 6
radio stations, 31
Ragsdale, James, 14, 56, 67, 214. _See also_ interview in Appendix C
ramp, 114, 120
rancher, 5, 37
Ray, Hilary, 120
_Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, 58, 60, 186, 213, 215
reconnaissance, photographic, 42
redheaded captain, 60, 77, 91, 100, 109–110, 117
redheaded colonel, 77, 87, 91, 96, 98
redheaded officer, 77–78, 86
remote control, 56–57
research methodology, 11
reward, 66
rocket sled, 32, 39
Rosie O’Grady’s Flying Circus, 112
Roswell AAF, 6, 12, 15, 37, 45, 75–78, 81–83, 88–91, 116, 121, 197
Roswell AAF hospital, 12–13, 75–78, 81–83, 86–90, 97, 109
Roswell AAF Officers’ Club, 81, 87
Roswell Army Air Field, 3, 5, 12–13, 45, 68. _See also_ Roswell AAF
_Roswell Daily Record_, 8
Roswell Incident, 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11–12, 16–17, 21, 37–38, 42, 44–45, 60, 75, 78, 84–85, 88, 90, 116, 118, 121, 125
Roswell Industrial Air Center, 37, 44
Roswell, N.M., 1, 3, 5–6, 8–13, 15, 23, 30, 33–34, 36–37, 44, 47, 49, 51, 56, 58, 61, 65, 67–68, 76, 78, 83, 95, 97–102, 106, 109, 113, 187, 215
_Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert_, 2
rubber, 5, 8
Ruidoso, N.M., 124
S
SAC. _See_ Strategic Air Command
Sacramento Mountains, 106, 124
safety belts, 19, 32
San Agustin Mountains, 67
San Agustin Pass, 67
San Agustin Peak, 67
San Agustin Plains, 11–12, 58, 67, 109
_San Francisco Chronicle_, 85
satellite, 41–44
saucer, 30. _See also_ flying saucer
Schiff, Steven, Rep. (N.M.), 1
Schmitt, Donald, 56, 214
Schock, Grover, Capt., USAF, 105
Schwaderer, George, 98
Schwartz, Eugene M., 1st Lt., USAF, 29
scientists, civilian contract, 13
Scully, Frank, 84–85
Selff, Naomi Maria, 81, 88, 90
sensors, 1
sensors, acoustical, 5
sheriff, 5, 49–50
Sierra Engineering Company, 21, 60
Sierra Madre, Calif., 21
“Sierra Sam”, 21, 29
_Sightings_, 96
Silver City, N.M., 50
Simons, David G., Lt. Col. (MC), USAF (Ret), 26, 48, 101–102, 104
six-by-six, 15, 30, 55–56, 58, 65. _See also_ M-35 2½ ton cargo truck
Slattery, Lucille C., Capt., USAF, 88–89
Smithsonian Institution, 103
Society of Automotive Engineers, 32
_Socorro_ (N.M.) _Defensor Chieftain_, 6, 9
Socorro, N.M., 8
Sonic Wind Nᵒ 1, 31
Southeast Asia, 110, 112
Soviet, 5
Soviet Union, 43
space, 42–44, 46, 102–104, 121
Space and Missile Command, Test and Evaluation Unit, 46
space probe, 37, 42, 44 GALILEO, 44 PIONEER, 44 SURVEYOR, 44 VIKING, 37, 44 VOYAGER-MARS, 45
spacecraft, 44, 47
spaceship, 6, 12, 38, 46, 67
SPUTNIK I, 43
St. Catherine’s Academy, Springfield, Ky., 82
St. Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital, Louisville, Ky., 82
Stack, Robert, 38
Stafford, Ariz., 124
Stapp Car Crash Conferences, 32
Stapp, John P., Col. (MC), USAF (Ret), 20–21, 31–32, 38–39, 104–105, 107, 109, 111–112, 117, 120
star witness, 75
STARGAZER, 49, 101–105, 109–110, 112, 117–118
statement, signed sworn, 56, 84
sticks, 5, 8
Strategic Air Command (SAC), 94, 115–116
stretcher, military, 35
sunglasses, 96
SURVEYOR, 44
symbols, 76
T
tanker, 95
tape, 5, 8, 62
tape, red [duct-type], 29, 62
targets, missile, 42
Ted Smith Company, 20–21
Texas, University of, 31
Texas, West, 47
threats, 61
_Time_, 26–27, 32
tinfoil, 5, 8
transducers, 21
transducers, pressure, 30
transmitters, radio, 41
transponders, 41
truck, pickup, 56, 58
_True_ magazine, 84–85
Tularosa Valley [N.M.], 23
Twentieth Century Fox, 26, 38
U
U.S. Air Force, 1, 3, 14, 17, 19, 23, 37, 41, 43, 45–49, 55, 64, 67, 76, 82, 85–86, 90, 102–105, 111, 123, 125
U.S. Army, 53, 86, 112
U.S. Army Air Forces, 1, 5, 8–9, 12, 20, 31, 40, 75–76, 86, 120, 123
U.S. Army Special Forces, 112
U.S. Government, 1, 14, 42, 67
U.S. Government Printing Office, 2
U.S. Navy, 43, 103–104
U.S. Navy Aerospace Recovery Facility, 120
Ubon Air Base, Thailand, 121
Udorn Air Base, Thailand, 112
UFO, 2, 5, 9, 12, 37, 41, 44, 47–48, 58–59, 96, 117–118 _UFO Crash at Roswell, The Truth About the_, 46–47 UFO enthusiasts, 60 UFO Museum and Research Center, The International, 3, 75 UFO organizations, 60 UFO proponents, 123 UFO researchers, 81 UFO theorists, 10, 47–48, 60, 67, 75, 78, 82–83, 85, 96, 113–116, 120, 123
unidentified flying object, 41
Units 1st Air Commando Wing, 111 6th Bombardment Wing, 94, 115–116 47th Air Division, 115 427th Army Air Forces Base Unit, 81 Squadron “M”, 81 509th Aerial Refueling Squadron, 94 509th Bombardment Wing, 94, 115–116 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron (“Triple Nickel”), 112, 121 579th Strategic Missile Squadron, 17 4036th USAF hospital, 95 7510th USAF Hospital, 82
unrecorded interviews, 8
_Unsolved Mysteries_, 38, 60
Upper Darby, Pa., 20
USS Haiti Victory, 43
V
Vandenberg AFB, Calif., 43
_Variety_, 84
Venus, 44
Vietnam, Hanoi, 112
Vietnam, North, 112
Vietnam, Republic of, 111, 121
Vietnamese, North, 110
VIKING, 37, 45
“Vince and Larry”, 19
VOYAGER-MARS, 44
W
Walker AFB, N.M., 15, 17, 45, 83, 86–89, 91, 93–95, 97–102, 107, 109–110, 113–117, 120–121
Walker, Chalma, 89
Walt Disney World, 112
Walter, John. SSgt., USAF, 98
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 99
Wasem, Martha, 89
Washington, D.C., 99
weapons carrier, 15, 30, 55–56, 58, 65, 113–114. _See also_ M-37 ¾-ton utility truck
weather equipment, 5
Whenry, Jack, 1st Lt., USAF, 98
White House, The, 32
White Sands Missile Range, N.M., 16, 42–43, 45, 67. _See also_ White Sands Proving Ground, N.M.
White Sands National Monument, N.M., 29
White Sands Proving Ground, N.M., 23, 25, 42, 106, 124
White, William C., 103–104
Wickenburg, Ariz., 50
Williams, Carol, 89
Wilson, Capt., 77–78, 87, 89
Wilson, Idabelle M., Maj., USAF (Ret), 90
Wilson, “Slatts”, 77–78, 87–91
Wimpole Park, Cambridge, England, 83
Winzen, Otto C., 101, 105
Winzen Research International, 102
World War I, 19
World War II, 19–20
wreckage, 76–77, 91, 99, 109, 113–114
wreckage, bluish-purplish, 76, 78, 91, 113, 115
wrecker, 15, 29–30, 55–56, 58, 65. _See also_ M-342 5-ton wrecker
Wright Field, Ohio, 19, 21, 77
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 12, 77–78, 91, 95, 98, 100, 104–105, 107, 117, 119–120
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