Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/30/1976
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 9/30/1976
External references
- The Roswell Report: Case Closed James McAndrews, Headquarters United States Air Force, 1997 pag. 156 - 158
Images of the mission
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