Michael Allen
Paranormal Adept
Charles Moore was a scientist who worked on Mogul and, as Dolan says, was "brought in as a key witness" for the USAF "The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert." According to Dolan, Charles Moore was also an observer during the April 24, 1949 UFO sighting—and he actually launched the balloon prior to a rather vivid display: an "elliptical object" appeared and was tracked via theodolite by the observers (including Moore). This object had a calculated velocity exceeding 25,000 miles per hour.
Now I started thinking about all of the numerous balloon launches throughout the late 40s and 50s. I am wondering if SOME of these "weather" balloon projects were really designed for weather, or simply thrown up into the air in order to allow the USAF to continue its "educational debunking campaign"—i.e. a device generating a ready-made plausible alternative to other uncomfortable hypotheses concerning the reports.
I looked at a few cases in the Project Blue Book archives and was astonished at how many "balloon centers" the telephone operators at Wright-Patterson had to call in order to find launch data that "fit" the situation. And while I believe these "balloon" research centers actually had a legitimate purpose (besides adding confusion to the UFO sightings) , I wonder if we can find some evidence of excessive "balloon research" via excess in funding, scheduling, staff development, etc.
I suppose we'd first have to figure out what constitutes a norm...
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Now I started thinking about all of the numerous balloon launches throughout the late 40s and 50s. I am wondering if SOME of these "weather" balloon projects were really designed for weather, or simply thrown up into the air in order to allow the USAF to continue its "educational debunking campaign"—i.e. a device generating a ready-made plausible alternative to other uncomfortable hypotheses concerning the reports.
I looked at a few cases in the Project Blue Book archives and was astonished at how many "balloon centers" the telephone operators at Wright-Patterson had to call in order to find launch data that "fit" the situation. And while I believe these "balloon" research centers actually had a legitimate purpose (besides adding confusion to the UFO sightings) , I wonder if we can find some evidence of excessive "balloon research" via excess in funding, scheduling, staff development, etc.
I suppose we'd first have to figure out what constitutes a norm...
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