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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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