Chapter XI: Part I: Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position, Air (1)

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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.

[76] ibid.

[77] _Contributions of Balloon Operations 1947–1958_, 73.

[78] “Flight Summary, Non-Extensible Balloon Operations, 6580th Test Squadron (Special), June 1950 to October 1954,” 22–24.

[79] _Contributions of Balloon Operations 1947–1958_, 73–74.

[80] Lt. Col. David G. Simons (MC), _Stratosphere Balloon Techniques for Exposing Living Specimens to Primary Cosmic Ray Particles_, Holloman Air Development Center TR 54-16, November 1954, 10–11.

[81] “Flight Summary Non-Extensible Balloon Operations 6580th Test Squadron (Special), June 1950 to October 1954,” 1–31, and _Contributions of Balloon Operations 1947–1958_, 24.

[82] “Flight Summary Non-Extensible Balloon Operations 6580th Test Squadron (Special), June 1950 to October 1954,” 4.

[83] Research Division, College of Engineering, New York University, _Technical Report No. 93.02, Constant Level Balloons_, Section 3, _Summary of Flights_, July 15, 1949, 32, in Headquarters United States Air Force, _The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert_ (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995), Appendix 12.

[84] Holloman Air Development Center, “Test Report on Radar Target Balloons”, October 31, 1955, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell, AFB, AL, Reel # 31811, Frame 1139, and _Contributions of Balloon Operations 1947–1958_, 40–45.

[85] Kevin C. Ruffner, ed., _Corona: America’s First Satellite Program_ (Washington, D.C.: Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 1995), 22.

[86] ibid., 21–22.

[87] Air Force Missile Development Center, “Chronology of Events,” Sept. 1, 1957-Aug 10, 1962, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell, AFB, AL, Reel # 31731, Frame 561, and Flight Records of Bernard D. Gildenberg, Meteorologist, Holloman AFB Balloon Branch, October 12, 1956-March 14, 1961.

[88] Flight Summary, DISCOVERER Balloon Flights, March 31, 1960-April 22, 1960, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell, AFB, AL, Reel# 31811, frame 569.

[89] ibid.

[90] ibid.

[91] Kevin C. Ruffner, ed., _Corona: America’s First Satellite Program_ (Washington, D.C.: Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 1995), 21–22.

[92] ibid.

[93] ibid.

[94] Martin Marietta Corporation, “Viking '75, Balloon Launched Decelerator Test Program Post Flight Report, BLDT Vehicle AV-3,” TR 3720293, 1972, IV-I and Edward J. Kirschner, _Aerospace Balloons; From Montgolfiere to Space_ (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Aero Publishers, 1985), 64–66.

[95] Martin Marietta Corporation, “Viking '75, Balloon Launched Decelerator Test Program Post Flight Report, BLDT Vehicle AV-3,” TR 3720293, 1972, IV-I.

[96] Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, _The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell_ (New York: Avon Books, 1994), photograph section.

[97] Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, “Report on Research, for the Period July 1965-June 1967”, AFCRL TR-68-0039, November 1967, 150–151.

[98] Gildenberg.

[99] Database of high altitude balloon operations on file at SAF/AAZD compiled from the following sources: Research Division, College of Engineering, New York University, _Technical Report No. 93.02, Constant Level Balloons_, Section 3, _Summary of Flights_, July 15, 1949; “Flight Summary Non-Extensible Balloon Operations 6580th Test Squadron (Special), June 1950 to October 1954,” National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., Accession No. 342-62A-181, box 14/18; Flight Records of Bernard D. Gildenberg, Meteorologist, Holloman AFB Balloon Branch, October 12, 1956-March 14, 1961; “Summary of Balloon Flights Launched from Holloman AFB, N.M., 1962 thru 1987”, Space and Missile Command, Test and Evaluation Unit (SMC/TE, OL-AC) files, Holloman AFB, N.M. Additional flight data on file (microfilm), U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Geophysics Directorate, Hanscom AFB, Mass.

[100] Bernard D. Gildenberg, _Meteorological Aspects of Constant-Level Balloon Operations in the Southwestern United States_, AFCRL-66-706 (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, October 1966), and Bernard D. Gildenberg, _General Philosophy and Techniques of Balloon Control_, in Lewis A. Grass, ed., _Proceedings, Sixth AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium_, AFCRL-70-0543, (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass.: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, October 1970).

[101] Blankenship.

[102] ibid.

[103] ibid.

[104] ibid.

[105] ibid.

[106] Joseph Longshore, Balloon Branch Supervisor, telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, August 16, 1995.

[107] Signed sworn statement of James Ragsdale in Ragsdale Productions Inc., _The Jim Ragsdale Story: A Closer Look at the Roswell Incident_ (Hall Poorbough Press, Inc., 1996), 10–11, and signed sworn statement of James Ragsdale in Karl T. Pflock, _Roswell in Perspective_ (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research, 1994), 167.

[108] James Ragsdale, interview with Donald R. Schmitt, January 26, 1993.

[109] _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part II_, 17.

[110] _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops Part I_, 27–30 and _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part II_, 6, 10–12, 17.

[111] Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, June 23, 1995.

[112] _Contributions of Balloon Operations to Research and Development at the Air Force Missile Development Center, 1947–1958_, 90, and _Meteorological Aspects of Constant-Level Balloon Operations in the Southwestern United States_, 1.

[113] _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops Part I_, 24.

[114] Blankenship and Kittinger.

[115] ibid.

[116] Memorandum, subj: Balloon Tracking and Recovery Equipment, n.d., National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., Accession No. 342-67B-2133, box 65/249, file 2, “Biophysics Branch-Escape Section, High Altitude Escape Studies, 7218-71719.”

[117] ibid., and Blankenship.

[118] Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore, _The Roswell Incident_ (New York: Berkley, 1980), 64, and Don Berliner and Stanton Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 88.

[119] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Knight interview.

[120] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Maltais interview.

[121] Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore, _The Roswell Incident_ (New York: Berkley, 1980), 64, and Don Berliner and Stanton Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 88.

[122] Berliner and Friedman, 89.

[123] Mark Rodeghier and Fred Whiting, _The Plains of San Agustin Controversy, July, 1947: Gerald Anderson, Barney Barnett, and the Archaeologists_, Introduction (Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C.: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies and The Fund for UFO Research, June 1992), 2.

[124] ibid.

[125] Kevin D. Randle, Donald R. Schmitt, and Thomas J. Carey, _Gerald Anderson and the Plains of San Agustin, in The Plains of San Agustin Controversy, July, 1947: Gerald Anderson, Barney Barnett, and the Archaeologists_ (Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C.: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, and The Fund for UFO Research, June 1992), 19.

[126] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[127] Berliner and Friedman, 90.

[128] ibid., 91.

[129] Gerald F. Anderson, interview with Kevin D. Randle, February 4, 1990, in _The Plains of San Agustin Controversy, July, 1947: Gerald Anderson, Barney Barnett, and the Archaeologists_ (Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C.: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies and The Fund for UFO Research, June 1992), 59.

[130] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[131] ibid.

[132] ibid.

[133] ibid.

[134] ibid.

[135] Blankenship and Kittinger.

[136] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[137] “Sierra Sam: Scientific Whipping Boy,” _Machine Design_, December 22, 1960 and “Dummy Takes a Beating for Science’s Sake,” _Aviation Week_, January 12, 1953.

[138] Ragsdale.

[139] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[140] Alderson Research Laboratories Inc., “Modular Series Anthropomorphic Test Dummies,” Alderson Research Laboratories Inc., June 1955), 5.

[141] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[142] ibid.

[143] Signed, sworn statement of Raymond A. Madson, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret).

[144] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[145] _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part I_, 22.

[146] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[147] _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part I_, 9, and _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part II_, 8.

[148] Berliner and Friedman, 91.

[149] ibid., 92–94.

[150] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[151] ibid.

[152] Memorandum, subject: Balloon Tracking and Recovery Equipment, n.d., National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., Accession No. 342-67B-2133, box 65/249, file 2, “Biophysics Branch-Escape Section, High Altitude Escape Studies, 7218-71719,” and _High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops, Part I_, 17, and “Weekly Test Status Report on Project 7218, Manned Balloon Flights, (MX-1450B)”, for Week Ending 28 February 1955, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., Accession No. 342-66A-181, Box 14/18.

[153] Kittinger and Historical Branch, Office of Information Services, Air Research and Development Command, _History of Flight Support Holloman Air Development Center 1946–1957_ (Holloman AFB, N.M.: Holloman Air Development Center, 1957), 101.

[154] Blankenship.

[155] Berliner and Friedman, 106.

[156] Bernard D. Gildenberg, _Techniques Developed for Heavy Load Non-Extensible Balloon Flights_, Report No. HADC-TN-54-3 (Holloman AFB, NM: Holloman Air Development Center, March 1954), 7.

[157] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[158] Blankenship and Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF, (Ret), Balloon Branch Communications Supervisor, interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 28, 1995.

[159] ibid.

[160] Berliner and Friedman, 107.

[161] ibid.

[162] Blankenship.

[163] Berliner and Friedman, 106.

[164] Blankenship.

[165] Signed sworn statement of James Ragsdale in, Ragsdale Productions Inc., _The Jim Ragsdale Story: A Closer Look at the Roswell Incident_ (Hall Poorbough Press, Inc., 1996), 10–11, and signed sworn statement of James Ragsdale in Karl T. Pflock, _Roswell in Perspective_ (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research, 1994), 167.

[166] Ragsdale.

[167] Frank J. Kaufman, interview with Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, January 27, 1990.

[168] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[169] Ragsdale.

[170] ibid.

[171] Berliner and Friedman, 92.

[172] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Maltais interview.

[173] ibid., Knight interview.

[174] ibid., Anderson interview.

[175] ibid., Maltais interview.

[176] ibid.

[177] ibid., Anderson interview.

[178] Ragsdale.

[179] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[180] ibid., Maltais interview.

[181] ibid., Anderson interview.

[182] ibid.

[183] ibid., Maltais interview.

[184] ibid., Anderson interview.

[185] Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore, _The Roswell Incident_ (New York: Berkley, 1980), 61.

[186] Berliner and Friedman, 92.

[187] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[188] Berliner and Friedman, 91.

[189] ibid.

[190] ibid., 92.

[191] ibid., 91.

[192] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Maltais interview.

[193] Berliner and Friedman, 93.

[194] ibid., 93–94.

[195] ibid., 92.

[196] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[197] Berliner and Friedman, 106.

[198] Ragsdale.

[199] ibid.

[200] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[201] ibid.

[202] Ragsdale.

[203] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[204] ibid.

[205] ibid.

[206] Berliner and Friedman, 106.

[207] Ragsdale.

[208] Berliner and Friedman, 107.

[209] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[210] ibid.

[211] Ragsdale.

[212] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[213] Ragsdale.

[214] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[215] Ragsdale.

[216] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Anderson interview.

[217] ibid.

[218] Berliner and Friedman, 107.

Notes - Section Two

[1] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 103.

[2] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 117, 120, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992, 18–19.

[3] Video, _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research, 1993) (hereafter _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_).

[4] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[5] ibid.

[6] ibid.

[7] ibid.

[8] ibid., and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992, and Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 103.

[9] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 103.

[10] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[11] ibid.

[12] ibid.

[13] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 120, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[14] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 103.

[15] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[16] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 117.

[17] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[18] ibid.

[19] ibid.

[20] ibid.

[21] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[22] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[23] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[24] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[25] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[26] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[27] ibid.

[28] ibid.

[29] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 119, and Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 105.

[30] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[31] ibid.

[32] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[33] ibid.

[34] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 105, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[35] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 105.

[36] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[37] ibid.

[38] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 119.

[39] Headquarters United States Air Force, _The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert_ (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995), Attachment 32, “Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings by 1st Lt. James McAndrew”.

[40] 427th AAFBU Sq “M” Morning Reports, July 8–9, 1947, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[41] Personnel record of 1st Lt. Angele A. (LaRue) Thessing, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[42] ibid.

[43] Personnel records of Capt. Joyce Goddard, 1st Lt. Rosemary J. Brown, 1st Lt. Eileen M. Fanton, 1st Lt. Angele A. LaRue, 1st Lt. Claudia Uebele, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[44] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 132, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[45] Paul McCarthy, “The Case of the Vanishing Nurses,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 107–114.

[46] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[47] DD Form 214, “Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge”, April 30, 1958, Personnel file of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[48] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 132.

[49] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” and WD AGO FORM 66-3, “AAF Medical Dep’t Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[50] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[51] WD AGO FORM 66-3, “AAF Medical Dep’t Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[52] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 104 and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992, 11, 15.

[53] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[54] ibid.

[55] WD MD FORM 55A, “Clinical Record Brief,” September 5, 1947, and WD AGO FORM 8-38, “Special Examination or Additional Data,” September 11, 1947, Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[56] ibid, and Physical Examination Board Proceedings, Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, August 24, 1955, Personnel Record of Capt. Eileen M. Fanton, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[57] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[58] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Stanton T. Friedman, August 5, 1989.

[59] ibid.

[60] Roster of Officers, 6th Bomb Wing, Walker AFB, N.M., December 30, 1952, “History of the 6th Bomb Wing, December 1952,” Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[61] ibid.

[62] Dr. Frank B. Nordstrom, interview with Capt. James McAndrew, April 25, 1996, and Dr. Frank B. Nordstrom, Signed Sworn Statement, April 25, 1996.

[63] Charles E. Clouthier, Signed Sworn Statement, April 26, 1996.

[64] ibid.

[65] J.P. Cahn, “Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Green Men,” _True_ 31, No. 184, (September 1952), 19.

[66] ibid., 103.

[67] ibid., 19.

[68] J.P. Cahn, “Flying Saucer Swindlers,” _True_ 36, No. 231, (August 1956), 36.

[69] ibid., 36.

[70] J.P. Cahn, “Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Green Men,” _True_ 31, No. 184, (September 1952), 110.

[71] ibid.

[72] “4 Rank Titles Change,” _Air Force Times_, March 29, 1952, 1, 22.

[73] Alan L. Gropman, _The Air Force Integrates, 1945–1964_ (Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1985), 243.

[74] Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman, _Crash at Corona_ (New York: Paragon House, 1992), 117.

[75] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” and AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Col. Lee F. Ferrell, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[76] ibid.

[77] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 105, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[78] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 105.

[79] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 105, and W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[80] W. Glenn Dennis, interview with Karl T. Pflock, November 2, 1992.

[81] ibid.

[82] ibid.

[83] 427th AAFBU Sq. “M” Morning Reports, July 1–31, 1947, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[84] WD AGO FORM 1, “Morning Report,” 427th AAFBU Sq. “M,” April 1, 1947 through October 1, 1947, and WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Joyce Goddard, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[85] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Joyce Goddard, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[86] WD AGO FORM 1, “Morning Report,” 427th AAFBU, Sq. “M,” August 7, 1947, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[87] ibid., and WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Lucille C. Slattery, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[88] Ethel Kovatch-Scott, Col., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, May 5, 1995 and July 3, 1996, and Mary Hoadley, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 5, 1995, and Mary L. Wiggins, Maj., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 5, 1995.

[89] ibid.

[90] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” Personnel Record of Capt. Lucille C. Slattery, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[91] WD AGO FORM 1, “Morning Report,” 427th AAFBU, Sq. “M,” 509th Station Medical Group, 509th Medical Group, 509th Medical Squadron, January 1947 through February 1952, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. and Rosters of Officers, 509th Bomb Wing- February 1952 through July 1958, 6th Bomb Wing- February 1952 through March 1967, and AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Maj. Idabelle M. Wilson, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[92] AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Maj. Idabelle M. Wilson, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[93] ibid.

[94] Idabelle M. Wilson, Maj., USAF, (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, April 28, 1995.

[95] ibid.

[96] Memo: Jack A. Comstock, Maj. (MC), Surgeon, 509th Station Medical Group, to Major Robert W. Schick, Investigating Officer, Headquarters, USAF, subj: Investigation of B-29 Crash, 18 August 1948, Aircraft Accident No. 48-8-12, Aircraft #44-86383, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL. and WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 12 August 1948, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AF 18041408 and AF 16191866, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[97] ibid.

[98] ibid.

[99] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 16 May 1949, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 827137 and AF 42050093, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[100] WD AGO Form 5-4, “Individual Crash Fire Report,” 20 May 1949, Aircraft Accident No. 49-5-16, Aircraft #43-48401, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[101] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 16 May 1949, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 827137 and AF 42050093, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[102] WD AGO Form 5-4, “Individual Crash Fire Report,” 19 December 1949, Aircraft Accident No. 49-12-15-2, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[103] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 19 December 1949, and “Autopsy Report,” Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers 17343A, AF 11101085, and 15239923, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[104] ibid.

[105] WD AGO Form 8-33, “Clinical Record Brief,” 1 June 1950, Personnel records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 685565 and AF 32668639, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[106] ibid.

[107] ibid.

[108] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 16, 1955 of Air Force members, service numbers AO 3006516 and AO 3004607, Aircraft Accident No. 55-6-16-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[109] DD Form 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” June 16, 1955, Personnel Records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 3006516 and AO 3004607, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[110] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 16, 1955, of Air Force members, service numbers AO 3006516 and AO 3004607, Aircraft Accident No. 55-6-16-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[111] Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” 3 October 1955, Aircraft Accident No. 55-10-3-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[112] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. October 4, thru October 7, 1955, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to MCTSG, October 12, 1955, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and AF Form 715, “Preparation Room History,” 4 October 1955, Personnel Record of Air Force member, service number 1521B/2009467, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[113] Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” 3 October 1955, Aircraft Accident No. 55-10-3-6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[114] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[115] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[116] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” June 26, 1956, Headquarters Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.

[117] AF Form 697, “Identification Findings and Conclusions,” 3 Feb 1960, Personnel Records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 794152 and 1046844, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[118] ibid.

[119] ibid.

[120] Charles A. Ravenstein, _Air Force Combat Wings; Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977_ (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984), 16, 275–276.

[121] Air Force Form 14, “Report of Air Force Aircraft Accident,” June 26, 1956, Headquarters Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.

[122] ibid.

[123] ibid.

[124] ibid.

[125] ibid.

[126] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[127] ibid.

[128] Jack L. Whenry, Maj., USAF, (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, January 26, 1995, and John C. Walter, MSgt., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, June 29, 1995 and July 12, 1996.

[129] ibid.

[130] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[131] ibid.

[132] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview, and Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 104.

[133] DD Form 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” June 26, 1956, Personnel Record of AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[134] Whenry, Walters, and Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 28, Record Group 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[135] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[136] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[137] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[138] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force member, service number AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[139] ibid.

[140] ibid.

[141] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[142] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Air Force Form 14b, “Medical Report of an Individual Involved in AF Aircraft Accident,” June 26, 1956, Headquarters Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.

[143] DD Form 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” June 26, 1956, Personnel Record of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[144] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 108.

[145] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. October 4, thru October 7, 1955, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to MCTSG, October 12, 1955, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and AF Form 697, “Identification Findings and Conclusions,” 3 Feb 1960, Personnel Records of Air Force members, service numbers AO 794152 and 1046844, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[146] Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 28–29, Accession No. 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[147] Official Trip Report—Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George J. Schwaderer, Identification Specialist, to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, July 5, 1956, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Jack L. Whenry, Maj., USAF, (Ret), telephone interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, January 26, 1995, and John C. Walter, MSgt., USAF (Ret), telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, June 29, 1995 and July 12, 1996.

[148] Walter and Whenry.

[149] ibid.

[150] WD AGO FORM 66, “Officer’s Qualification Record,” and AF FORM 11, “Officer Military Record,” Personnel Record of Col. Lee F. Ferrell, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[151] “Air Force Care of Deceased Personnel (1951–1959), Volume 1: Text”, Historical Study No. 236, Call No. K 201-326, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[152] Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 27, Accession No. 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[153] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, July 5, 1956 and Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. October 4, thru October 7, 1955, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to MCTSG, October 12, 1955, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[154] Official Trip Report Walker AFB, N.M. 27 June through 30 June 1956, George Schwaderer, Identification Specialist to Thomas W. Toy, Chief Memorial Affairs Branch, Air Force Services Division, July 5, 1956, Accession No. 342-65A-6025, Box 25/28, folder Trip Rpts., Search & Ident: Mar 56 to Dec 56. Trip #198 to 234, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[155] George J. Schwaderer, telephone interview with Capt. James McAndrew, June 28, 1996.

[156] ibid.

[157] Air Force Manual 143-1, 1 November 1953, “Mortuary Affairs,” 27, Accession No. 341, Entry 36, Box 13, Microfilm Reel 167, National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, Md.

[158] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 104.

[159] Memo, Charles J. Stahl, M.D., Armed Forces Medical Examiner, to Capt. James McAndrew, SAF/AAZD, subj: Request for Information on Aircraft Crash Fatalities, October 13, 1995.

[160] Unit history, 4036 USAF Hospital, Walker AFB, N.M., June 1956, 6, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[161] ibid.

[162] Standard form 503, “Autopsy Protocol,” June 27, 1956, Personnel Record of of Air Force members, service numbers AO 2223861 and AF 37578524, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[163] Air Force Missile Development Center, _MAN-HIGH I_, MDC-TR-59-24, 1959, and Lt. Col. David G. Simons, _MAN HIGH II_, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, N.M., AFMDC-TR-59-28, June 1959, 1, and Air Force Missile Development Center, _MAN HIGH III_, MDC-TR-60-16, 1961.

[164] Historical Branch, Office of Information Services, Air Force Missile Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, Holloman AFB, N.M., _Contributions of Balloon Operations to Research and Development at the Air Force Missile Development Center Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex. 1947–1958_ (hereafter _Contributions of Balloon Operations 1947–1958_), 11.

[165] ibid., and Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 20, 22, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[166] DD FORM 481-3, “Clinical Record Cover Sheet,” May 21, 1959, Personnel Record of Capt. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 20, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[167] DD Form 613, R&D Progress Card, Project 7164, “Physiology of Flight,” Task 71840, “Life Supporting Systems for Advanced Vehicles,” February 24, 1959, 30–31, National Archives and Record Administration Accession No. 342-75-095, Box 93/100, folder 1, and Technical “R&D” Record Book, Aeromedical Laboratory, Physiology Branch, “Life Support System for Orbital Flight,” Project 7164, Task 71840, 13–16, National Archives and Record Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Accession No. 342-75-095, Box 93/100, folder 2.

[168] Air Force Form 77, “USAF Officer Effectiveness Report, 1 Feb 58 to 31 Jan 59, Personnel Record of Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., _The Long, Lonely Leap_, (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1961) 131.

[169] Air Force Missile Development Center, _Man-High I_, MDC-TR-59-24, 1959.

[170] Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 20, 22, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[171] ibid.

[172] Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 28, 1995.

[173] Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[174] Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 20, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22.

[175] ibid.

[176] ibid.

[177] ibid., and Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, June 23, 1995.

[178] Kittinger.

[179] ibid.

[180] ibid.

[181] Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 26, 1995.

[182] ibid. and Standard Form 539, “Abbreviated Clinical Record,” May 21, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[183] ibid.

[184] Jorgeson and Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 31, 1995.

[185] ibid.

[186] Fulgham and William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 24, 1995.

[187] ibid.

[188] Jorgeson.

[189] Kaufman.

[190] Signed, sworn statement of Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), May 25, 1995.

[191] Kittinger.

[192] ibid.

[193] Video, _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, Gerald Anderson interview, (Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research, 1993).

[194] Kittinger and Air Force Form 77, “USAF Officer Effectiveness Report,” 1 Feb 58 to 31 Jan 59, Personnel Record of Col. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[195] Kittinger.

[196] ibid., and Kaufman.

[197] Kittinger.

[198] ibid.

[199] ibid.

[200] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[201] Signed, sworn statements of Charles A. Coltman, Col. (MC), USAF, (Ret), Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF, (Ret), Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF, (Ret), Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF, (Ret), and statement of William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF, (Ret).

[202] Kittinger.

[203] Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., _The Long, Lonely Leap_, (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1961) 130.

[204] Kittinger.

[205] Signed, sworn statements of Charles A. Coltman, Col. (MC), USAF, (Ret), Dan D. Fulgham, Col., USAF, (Ret), Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., Col., USAF, (Ret), Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF, (Ret), Ole Jorgeson, MSgt., USAF, (Ret), and statement of William C. Kaufman, Lt. Col., USAF, (Ret).

[206] Craig D. Ryan, _The Pre-Astronauts_, (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995), 200.

[207] Air Force Missile Development Center FORM 597, Schedule Request- Project 7222/4.2- “Manned Gondola Flight,” May 19, 1959, Accession No. 342-65B-3185, Box 4/22, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo., and Memo: Maj. Lawrence M. Bogard, Chief, Balloon Branch, to MDWXB, subj: Project 7222, 8 May 1959.

[208] ibid., and Jorgeson.

[209] Jorgeson.

[210] ibid.

[211] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[212] ibid.

[213] ibid.

[214] Karl T. Pflock, “Star Witness: The Mortician of Roswell Breaks His Code of Silence,” _Omni_, Fall 1995, 103.

[215] _Recollections of Roswell, Part II_, W. Glenn Dennis interview.

[216] Jorgeson.

[217] Unit History, 47th Air Division, June 1954, photo section, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, AL.

[218] Unit History, 6th Bomb Wing, June 1959, Annex “N,” “Base Support Plan, Medical,” June 1, 1959.

[219] Charles A. Ravenstein, _Air Force Combat Wings; Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977_ (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984), 16.

[220] Kaufman.

[221] ibid.

[222] Roland H. Lutz, CMSgt., USAF, (Ret), interview with 1st Lt. James McAndrew, May 31, 1995.

[223] Fulgham.

[224] Kittinger.

[225] ibid.

[226] ibid.

[227] ibid., and ltr., Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Director, Dearborn Observatory, Northwestern University, to Maj. Hector Quintanilla, Chief Aerial Phenomena Branch, December 6, 1965, National Air Intelligence Center historical files, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

[228] Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt, _The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell_ (New York: Avon Books, 1994), 22.

[229] Standard Form 539, “Abbreviated Clinical Record,” May 21, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[230] Fulgham.

[231] Kittinger.

[232] ibid.

[233] Kaufman.

[234] DD Form 640, “Nursing Notes,” May 24, 1959, and DD Form 728, “Doctor’s Orders,” May 22, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[235] Kittinger, Kaufman, and DD Form 728 “Doctor’s Orders,” May 22, 1959, Personnel Record of Col. Dan D. Fulgham, National Archives and Records Administration, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Mo.

[236] ibid.

[237] Kittinger.

[238] ibid.

[239] Fulgham.

Appendix A

Source: Test records of U.S. Air Force aeromedical project no.
7218, task 71719 (HIGH DIVE) and project no. 7222, task 71748
(EXCELSIOR).]

High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops
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Number Date Launch Site Landing Site
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1 6/23/54 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

2 6/28/54 Holloman AFB, N.M. Dunkin, N.M.

3 6/30/54 Holloman AFB, N.M. 10 miles Southwest of
Holloman AFB, N.M.

4 12/1/54 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

5 12/2/54 Holloman AFB, N.M. 12 miles South of Artesia, N.M.

6 12/6/54 Holloman AFB, N.M. Near Twin Buttes, N.M.

7 12/9/54 Holloman AFB, N.M. 3 miles West of Twin
Buttes, N.M.

8 2/23/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 28 miles East of Roswell, N.M.

9 3/1/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 25 miles South of Caprock, N.M.

10 3/3/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 25 miles East/Northeast of
Roswell, N.M.

11 6/15/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 5 miles Northwest of
Dunkin, N.M.

12 6/23/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 35 miles Southwest of
Holloman AFB, N.M.

13 6/29/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 25 miles West of Three
Rivers, N.M.

14 7/7/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 13 miles West of Tularosa
Peak, N.M.

15 7/15/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 15 miles Northeast of
Hatch, N.M.

16 11/17/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. 8 miles Northwest
of Roswell, N.M.

17 11/21/55 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

18 1/25/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

19 2/8/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. 20 miles South of
Roswell, N.M.

20 2/21/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. 20 miles East of Dunkin, N.M.

21 2/21/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

22 5/18/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. Data Not Available

23 5/22/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. Data Not Available

24 8/21/56 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

25 5/16/57 Truth or White Sands Proving

Consequences, N.M. Ground, N.M.

26 5/29/57 Hatch, N.M. 25 miles Northwest of
Las Cruces, N.M.

27 6/4/57 Holloman AFB, N.M. 11 miles North of
Las Cruces, N.M.

28 6/6/57 Holloman AFB, N.M. 17 miles South of
Holloman AFB, N.M.

29 6/7/57 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

30 6/11/57 Hatch, N.M. West of San Agustin Pass, N.M.

31 6/13/57 Holloman AFB, N.M. Holloman AFB, N.M.

32 9/27/57 White Sands Natl
Monument
Picnic Area Orogrande, N.M.

33 10/8/57 White Sands Proving 10 miles East of Picacho, N.M.
Ground

34 1/29/58 Data Not Available 20 miles South of
Alamogordo, N.M.

35 1/9/59 Holloman AFB, N.M. White Sands Proving
Ground, N.M.

36 1/14/59 Las Palomas, N.M. 30 miles East/Southeast of
Roswell, N.M.

37 1/30/59 Nutt, N.M. White Sands Proving
Ground, N.M.

38 2/4/59 Holloman AFB, N.M. 1 mile North of Bent, N.M.

39 2/6/59 Lake Valley, N.M. Data Not Available

40 2/10/59 Caballo Dam, N.M. White Sands Proving
Ground, N.M.

41 2/11/59 Hatch, N.M. Data Not Available

42 2/14/59 Data Not Available 30 miles West of
Holloman AFB, N.M.

43 2/16/59 Ft. Craig, N.M. Mescalero Apache Reservation
(N.M.)

Appendix B

STATEMENT OF WITNESS

Date: 26 April 1996 Place: Farmington, NM

I Charles E. Clouthier, hereby state that James McAndrew, was
identified as a Captain, USAFR on this date at my place of
employment do hereby, voluntarily and of my own free will, make the
following statement. This was done without having been subjected to
any coercion, unlawful influence or unlawful inducement.

I was on active duty in the US Air Force and stationed at Walker
AFB, Roswell, NM, from February 1955 until October 1956. During that
time I was a pharmacist assigned to the base hospital. Following
my tour of duty with the Air Force, I returned to my hometown,
Farmington, NM, where I became an employee and eventually a
co-owner of Farmington Drug.

With the exception of the two years in the US Air Force, I have
been a resident of Farmington, NM since 1934. It is my recollection
that Dr Frank B. Nordstrom was the first pediatrician to practice
in the Farmington area and he remained the only pediatrician in
Farmington until approximately 1970. I base these recollections on
extensive professional and personal contacts with physicians in the
Farmington area and as a father of two children who were patients
of Dr Nordstrom’s.

Also based on nearly 40 years of contact with physicians in the
Farmington area, I believe that Dr Nordstrom is the only physician
who served a tour of duty at Walker AFB. During the 1960s, I
became aware that Dr Nordstrom had also served at the Walker AFB
hospital. At various times in the ensuing years. Dr Nordstrom
and I reminisced about our service at Walker AFB. During these
conversations Dr Nordstrom never mentioned any activities during
his tour of duty I considered unusual or that might explain reports
of bodies or aliens. During the time I was stationed at Walker AFB,
I did not witness, nor did I hear rumors, of anything that involved
flying saucers, aliens, or anything else of an extraterrestrial
nature.

I am not part of a conspiracy to withhold information from either
the US government or the American public. There is no classified
information that I am withholding related to this inquiry, and I
have not been threatened by US government persons concerning not
talking about this matter.

SIGNED: Subscribed and sworn before a
person authorized to administer oaths
this 26th day of April 1996 at
Farmington, NM

[Signature] [Signature]
Charles E. Clouthier James McAndrew, Capt, USAFR

WITNESS:
[Signature]

STATEMENT OF WITNESS

Place Date: 25 May 95

I, Charles A. Coltman, Jr., Col, USAF, MC (Ret), hereby state that
James McAndrew was identified as a Lieutenant, USAFR, on this date
at my place of employment and do hereby, voluntarily and of my own
free will, make the following statement. This was done without
having been subjected to any coercion, unlawful influence or
unlawful inducement.

I entered the U.S. Air Force in 1957 as a flight surgeon and was
assigned to Walker AFB, NM, in 1958. Following a residency at Ohio
State University from 1959 to 1963, I was assigned to Wilford Hall
USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX, where I eventually became
the Chairman of the Department of Medicine. I retired from the Air
Force in 1977. I am presently a Professor at The University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and Chief Executive
Officer of the Cancer Therapy and Research Foundation of South
Texas.

I remember a balloon crash that happened north of Roswell, NM, in
May, 1959. I received a phone call from the NCOIC of the Flight
Surgeon’s office, who informed me of the crash. The NCOIC, Earl
Wormwood, came to my quarters and we drove, in an old blue Air
Force “crackerbox” ambulance, to the crash site. I remember the
gondola laying on its side and the deflated balloon on the ground.
The crew members were sitting next to the gondola. I examined the
pilots and determined they were not seriously injured. They told me
they were practicing touch-and-go’s and a gust of wind had dumped
them on the ground, and the gondola had struck one of the pilots
in the head. Also present were Air Force technicians in trucks who
tracked the balloon. The injured pilots were transported to the
Flight Surgeon’s office at the hospital at Walker AFB.

The injury sustained by the crew member was a head
abrasion/contusion and a hemotoma. The hemotoma caused the
patient’s head to swell, however, it was not serious enough for
him to be admitted. I remember receiving a call from Col (Dr.)
John Stapp. He was in charge of the balloon project and was quite
famous. Dr Stapp inquired about the injuries to the pilots and he
wanted them returned to Holloman AFB as quickly as possible.

The hospital was an old World War II cantonment-type building with
long corridors and a capacity of fifty beds. I do not recall a
nurse assisting me in the treatment of the patient, although a
nurse may have been on duty and observed the patient. I was the
only doctor in the hospital that morning. There were no visiting
doctors from other bases or facilities. I do not remember any
altercations or arguments that day. During my time at Walker, I do
not recall that any autopsies were performed at the hospital, since
we did not have a pathologist on staff. I do not recall any remains
brought to the hospital in body bags, or wreckage transported in
the back of an ambulance. There may have been remains brought to
the hospital in body bags after a KC-97 crash, but that was before
I arrived at Walker. Dr Ed Bradley was involved in the recovery of
the remains.

At no time was there ever any involvement of the Walker hospital
with UFO’s or “space aliens” I know this to be true because the
hospital was very small and had a small staff. If any activity,
other than normal hospital functions, had occurred, I would have
known about it.

I am not part of any conspiracy to withhold or provide misleading
information to the United States Government or the American public.
There is no classified information that I am withholding related to
this inquiry and I have never been threatened by U.S. Government
persons concerning refraining from talking about this matter.

SIGNED: Sworn to and subscribed before me,
an individual authorized to administer
oaths, this 25th day of May, 1995,
at

[Signature] [Signature]
Charles A. Coltman, Jr., M.D. James McAndrew, 1st Lt, USAFR

WITNESS(s):
[Signature]

STATEMENT OF WITNESS

Place Date: 25 May 95

I, Dan D. Fulgham, Col, USAF (Ret), hereby state that James
McAndrew was identified as a Lieutenant, USAFR on this date at my
place of employment and do hereby, voluntarily and of my own free
will, make the following statement. This was done without having
been subjected to any coercion, unlawful influence or unlawful
inducement.

I entered the U.S. Air Force in 1952 as an aviation cadet. I flew
F-84s on 100 combat missions during the Korean war. After a tour as
a flight instructor I was assigned to the Aero Medical Laboratory
at Wright Patterson. I participated in both the Air Force Man in
Space program and Project Mercury. I also participated in the X-15
and X-20 programs and worked as a bioastronautics officer with NASA
on Gemini. During my Air Force career, I earned both a Master’s and
Doctorate degree from Purdue University. I flew a combat tour in
Southeast Asia in F-4s as a member of the 555th Tactical Fighter
Squadron and flew 133 combat missions. I retired from the Air Force
in 1978 as the Commander of the Human Resources Laboratory at
Brooks AFB, TX. I am presently the Director Of Biosciences for a
research organization in San Antonio, TX.

In 1959 I volunteered for training to become a back up pilot for
Capt Joe Kittenger in his high altitude balloon projects. I flew
two missions for training purposes with Capt Kittenger and Capt
Bill Kaufman from Holloman AFB, NM in May, 1959. On the second
flight we were practicing touch and go landings north of Roswell,
NM when we “crashed” on one of the landings. The gondola flipped
over and my head was pinned to the ground by the lip of the
gondola. We managed to lift the gondola off of my head and looked
it over for damage. Capt Kittenger was bleeding from a cut on his
face and I noticed that my head seemed to be protruding outward
from underneath my helmet. Realizing I was injured, I sat down and
feared I might go into shock. I was not in pain but my entire head
was throbbing and began to swell.

I then remember boarding the “chase” helicopter that was following
us and flying a short distance to Walker AFB for medical treatment.
I recall walking into the hospital and also stopping on the
front step to smoke a cigarette. I remember security personnel
escorting and questioning us to determine who we were. Security
was very tight at Strategic Air Command bases such as Walker. On
occasion surprise inspection teams from SAC headquarters arrived
in helicopters just as we did. In addition, a story of three Air
Force officers crashing in a balloon was somewhat far fetched. The
security people were convinced of our identities when they spoke
with Col John P. Stapp, the Aero Medical Laboratory Commander.

While I was at Walker my head had swelled considerably and both
eyes were turning black. Later the skin on my face turned yellow.
I remember being seen by one doctor and I do not believe any other
doctors participated in my treatment. I do not recall any nurses
attending to me. I also do not recall that a black NCO was present
nor do I recall any civilian men in the hospital. I do not recall
that Capt Kittenger was involved in an altercation of any kind
while we were there. After I was treated and released we all flew
back to Holloman on the helicopter.

At Holloman I was admitted to the hospital and had blood aspirated
from under my scalp. I remember my forehead drooping down, I had
to use my fingers to open my eyelids, and I had to sleep sitting
up. Several days later I returned to Wright Patterson with Capt
Kittenger and Capt Kaufman. My wife met the airplane and when she
saw me, she burst into tears due to the swelling of my head, the
two black eyes, and the yellow color of my skin. When I returned to
my office at Wright Patterson, my secretary also began to cry when
she saw me. After some weeks my head returned to normal size and I
was returned to flying status.

During my Air Force career I was involved in many different
scientific research projects including the space program. I can
state with certainty that none of them, including the incident
described here, had anything to do with UFOs or “space aliens”.

SIGNED: Subscribed and sworn before me, an
individual authorized to administer
oaths, this 25th day of May, 1995,
at

[Signature] [Signature]
Dan D. Fulgham, Col, USAF (Ret) James McAndrew, 1st Lt, USAFR

WITNESS(s):
[Signature]

STATEMENT OF WITNESS

Place Date: 28 May 95

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