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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03642A001300030020-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: July 18, 1957
• Content Type: LETTER

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CONFIDENTIAL
l8 July 157
Progrsss Report for
tt~ Montb of June, 19a`~ .
Work on the~~ Lcnr Altitude Pro~eet was started again on June l7, 2957? 25X1
This project was allocated an additional ~70,6(}~~ to cover estia+ated costa
during the rese~inder of the current term of the contract.
A special order of ten paper drop units was made ready for
o
p 25X1
involving a 50-p~and paper bundle and a besllows-actuated descent switch I
to open up the bundle at 2a,OC~ Peet. Fach unit was checked and calibrated
in our pressure altitude chan~aer. A picked the ten 25X1
units up on June 13. Z~.iring his one hour stay, we instructed /725X1
hi~a au the ad.9vatment and arminsr of the ten unite. Forty ~r@ unite are \V/ ~
now being asaen~bled For hie use, u25X1
~ personnel dismantled the target drop gondola of
pro,~ect and sent the gondola body?, the two Laic s stems, ballast system, ~
baLtast, drab rope, cold weather gear, etc? t0~ (via 0truck) 25X1
to Sequoro, die:w Ahexico, on June 12. This equipment is expected to be ~
returned to~ by July 1. 25X1
I completed the 1orAg awaited hangar studies report and readied it for
printing and assembly. Your offices may expect five copies of this report
during the gust week of July.
Constrsaction was started on a new tiberglas aircraft seat for ~ 25X1
similar to the one used on the Task "I~sy" Florida flights. Requests wares
recei red fraau ~~ to conduct; tests an a new shroud supplied by him 25X1
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CONFIDENTIAL
., ~ _ 18 July 195`r
to reopen a~rni. fni8il t11~e 4~ork Btested on
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and also to conduct tethered tests on a 302p b813.ooA system. These
tests ex+e to take place during the latter part of July.
Task "'Hecker" -Hot Air ProBrem
Work on Pro,~eat "Hot Air" for the nth oY June 1ST aansisted of
analysis a[ data iroav full scale balloon testy cacidueted at the Hippodrome
in ~-rch 1857? This inelud~sd an e~cperimental heat balance. A thear+etiaal
beet balance tr~-s calculated foa~ a two bony flight and over-all heat
transfer coefficients were drsterminsd f~ seversa balloon barrier
config~aratlons including a double re~l1 plain poly be'lloon barrier. Aa
investig7atim was made to determine that the fuel tank heater could be
replaced with an expansion valve.
`i'E3.Bii 'Cl~~s'lie ' - Terge~t Drops
Ira,e to tits gonrzols, atzc~ its assoc3.ateet equipment 1~eing sent to Sequoro, N? M.
during early part ox Juice no pro~o"ess can be reported as Yar as tine Qecond
~i~-altitude tsrgat drop i'1~.gI2t is concerned. A$ stated abavey tl~ hanger
studied report was su~ny.tted to yo~m ofd?ice at tine encx of June
Taci: ~Iiotel ` xF:r~~t Release : ~ste~
Intent was e3htnum bye
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 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/02 :CIA-RDP78-03642A001300030020-2
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/02 :CIA-RDP78-03642A001300030020-2