3. OA'(cTI'-: CRO'J P P ROJECT iC07J f<ECOt(O CA1D 2. L OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon t. J d 'FD I' It'" 0 ProLablt B olleon -- -0 ossi.:~y a oon 4. TYPE OF 09SERVATION 0 Ground VI suo I 0 Cround-~udor 0 Wa:J Aircraft 0 Probably Ai rcrah cr Air-Visual 0 A ir-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronaml c:al 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibl y ,\:~tranomlc:al 1. Lt:NCT)o' IJi" 03ScRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Othor ~-- a.;: Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 10. BRIEF' !i .. M.IooiARY OF SIGHTING t.:Jct . 'org-an iz:-ltio:. ;~:it.g ~hn filr'l I I . COMMENTS rcc .. , l v dd s ho :;r::d on 1 y t lt~ "c:lr"t~e p1a'1'-'" as :111 obj th1.t. m}g'tt hav-J FTD~con-;t.rJ.H'2d a!.i lnsu.fficL:n~". dat:- .;;i.ncr: ro ob.i "1:\S depi1:t1d. To b..: nsec unti l snch time as tl!c filn i"; hy hi-, as illustrnti.0u of hiah :\lt pioto;~ro.ph}. 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T4~t':cl :., i:s tru,ir~ .rr r!.~. hornt' tl'rT\h.:n rj, ... !r cxi~t~c:~ lrmlrl bt nJm, t. d ti t..rO hasc-. \ Y n o h.? :n:u.h th dMO\'Ct} ..... ~btc b~ .lJ!o ~ro tc moo lt i.! dtUI)pt'mon.; to le~ .I .. , tht! U ttltl!d t~.( trul.? AUGUSf 19~2 r.o s 1.r C .H nJ o r First Astronaut 1"f"ings In Comd And 2nd :Primus' H onor Wh:!n M."'IJ ? obert !\L Whit~. famed X -15 pilot. :--shed his tiny r o.:ket pl) ... cJ rl!se:.~;~ =nft to an altitude of nc 1spacc fis s :~ ... n the c.:su .. d o':>s;:n cr ,.,ould proh:1 h' notice. J.I:s more ... ~:ious !!ccomphshrr ~r::s indud~J bcc.::-:-ing the first m:m to qt:~li(j as an asiron:wt in :1. winged aircr:~.ft ::nd t-ecoming the first Air Fo . .:.: S c:c;-:. Comm.:n:i mur.bcr t:~ 'fo l .:-n t~-r:.me anJ the winf'> oE this 01;1r:, b} r ~ miles in a fii~ht \~ '1i.:!1 1"-.:~.; o'llv I! :"" nute) :lfter t he X-15 Th~ hi)o:-ic :i:1t sh~ttcred a n carlie: X-15 a ltitud... :--=~d j.:>intly held by M j ) :' White _ ,.,! ~ -t on::~l Aeronautic:; PnJ Sp.H.:(. r\Lr~stl:lti..Jn I~St ptlot Jo~ WaJ.~cr. Th'l t r.!c0r.! \\:lS in the m~ig~ borhooJ of 25'" . 00 fl!et. in thz Pnt::;, h: n :":>J t~e cr 1ft up-" .:.rJ in !I.e sh rr~!: ~-: . .! of climb yet :!:- tempted in th.! '( 5 progr:lm. The l i-tui,l fuch:d r, c:-..~ ~=-.~inc burned I! lh ' ' ~., .. :t_!nc~ a t a n altituJe I."'t r.lon;h's .. ..: :; d h:!cn originally r w ralllmcu for 2'2.000 feet with a tli ~ht ~s pl.tnncd would have reached :111 :lr'tud~ of 5.3 .t mile'>, More t!nn .::1o: ~h for the .._,, .uu oC a stron'lut s:\ortly after thz fli.;ht, Major White ,.\ir h,: .. ..: Chief or Sti~IT Gen. Curtrs E. I e\l.1y in a Pcnt1~on ceremony on Tuh 1 P ~-lri. Wh1t~ \ l :\'i present for .!nt K cnr eJr \\',.J;.~r. .ud l.e\'y C'ttn.clr. r(l,f,l cnntrihuli'''' t,) .tvl.ttiun throtgh X-1 S yf1i2,tn!J Forgiug Jl1ilitttJ)' Spacepon'er J\hjnr l~nhcrt ;\J. \\ llik i-. m l't on l{p .r; D r) l.a:..c hy hi'> '>C\' n ) CJr-u1tl ",n, Cn~or~ altitud T' l'ord fur \1 i11;_:Ctl n.1ft. J h e fnmcd X - I'-pilot, a char(~r mrmhu uf th~: .\ -.o.lrd In an .tll dtt lc of :lltuu,t 60 mil'' in :t r~nnt fli~ht. fltt' :t~:conl'>lhhmc tl c:n n~ '' 11111inJ,: lh ler>t m:Ht tu ':11 I . tru.taul \\ il'l-:" i11 a co.nplddy pi!nt ~.ontrolhli H:h; Of Nuclear W capons One of the rc1~onc; for thic; y~ar's series of US atmo.5phcric nucl.::ar t.~:.:s, as Pr.:sidcnt Kennedy said last i\lnrch, '':l'i to at!- vaoce oar .; O\\lcdgc of nuc:ear weapon cfkcts. l."' '~!:dg~ i) cxtrcm\.1) bi'0rtant to th.: Air F orce Syst.::ms Co:nman: -'tCU~$e our \\.:!apon s~ t.ms must opcr.ttc effectively in a nucl.: r environment and tho:> >::1t:sc b~ cffccti\\! again-.t enemy A d;!ar understanding of nuclea-t"f'"ccts i-; ncccs-.ary to solution<; of rwbk;::' rcl:ltcd to surviHtl o~ :h.:! re taliatory fo rce's hard.::ncd mi~sill-a:d -::ommunicntiom sites, ~..,destruction of e nemy re-entry vchkl.:s, ::: J to h:udcning of our r .:-entry vchiclcc; ag:tin)t enemy of c.:m:se "1::-ccssnrv to redir~c: t"-_ Air Force Special Weapons Center's --knr <. ITcctc; rcscarcr ~=-);ram. F.tccd 'irh urgent :.:ir'rr. -.:~ for effects cl:!t'l. th~ SFccial Weapons Center had, whcr.: pc , ._;..;, to find way~ <Hto.r :~:m by actual !.:sting, to pro- vide th e :1::-c~:.:d information. The C:1cr made significant p:o;r.::ss in finding new sources or cF.cccs d:l,.l during th e moratorL:m yca1 s. A great many theo- ret ical im. c;ti~ntions were co:tdu:tcd with the aid of hi~h speed digitttl co::-;>:..'.::r.-. Laboratory ~:-n1.1lntion tcchniqu.:s \\UC dc- <:s a n.:'Jtivcly inl!xp.::;1'> c mc:tnc; o f studying c~riain Lit:: .: 'h.:1t'!:-ds o f c \r~ri::-~"'ts. which could bc con,ider.:d as !'m'lll ! !.:I.:cts tc:-c;ts, hw.:: b..:.::n conducted at the Ccntcr. The :pc"im~."":>~ .:'! r.~::c been non-n.::~:\r and have ta ken place under controlled ... :: - :-) condition.;. ~i:lny mort.! will tak.c plact: in the lltonr: .. c. -h! :lS we h.:gin c-pcrationc; in our JH:w nuclc:tr '' arf.trl.! r: ~:-. -. bor.ltOJ y. Nu lc.u ~"f.~;, research hac; had .mel will continul! to have a 1 impa.;t throt~hout AFSC As Pn.::.id.:nt Kennedy s1id: " ,\-c are !>j)..:ndutg ~real sum;; or money on r.tdar to r~krt our d~ rcm.c 1nd t ( l u.:vc.l,,p pt.'-ihl..; a nti-missile !.) stcmc; ... on th.: communicJtions \vhich cnahlc our cummand and cuntrul c~ntcrs to cltrcct a r.:sp0n~;! ... o n hardcnin~ o 1r mis;ik s:tlc; ... ,l,i.:Jtlh our mi,-.ilc-; and warltt.:t.l-. fn"n ddcn<;iv~ ;a.;tion :tnd p.oviding tltl'lll with ckctr<'ltic guidance sy-.t~o.'IIH to find thc:ir l'll'l!dS. "But \\C cannot Dl: certain ItO\~ m.1ch of this prlpa1 tli )Jl \\ill lll.ll m.t tc he ll'ck-.s: bi.JC~.cJ out, paralyt;.;J or d.:s tll' )'-'1 by th~ C~' 1pl:x ::fT..:ctc; of nutkar l' ,pJosio!1>." t 'n . .:c:t~ :-imul.ttir.n \\ill i .:lr p~n, irl th ... c~rt !\t\ 'i~ \ ir S'lr\ i .a lid llj"'f:Jk ill til~. t: .!\ iflllllll..:Ol of .1 llll~k.t, d~twl 11 i1an, w'r..:, l!t1 Hth vr ill sp.tcl..'. The AFSC NEWSREVIEW is an offidol ass IV Ai1 Force! ne:" spap!:r, pub- lished monthly by and for porscnnel of the Air Fo rce! Sy:.tC!mS Commard. Opinions cxprc.~C!d h~r(:in do not necessarily represent tho~c of the Air Force. Information conto'rC'd in the AFSC NEWSREVIEVI may be re!pro duced provided proper crC!dil is given he ~ourcc. Official USAF pho1!li un less otherwise indicated. Jlntrick A F B Solns Holiday Road Hai They s tay at h ome and W<e it Man's 'P re sur~lJilitv' Test~d ..... How \Yell '"ill he wilhstand 'J>:tC Prcpnring A~l:l Booster~ For !Vlaun~d A ir Forte C"'<pc:rts leave nothing Aerospace Eclncntion C onferen ce H<'l Duse-comrnunHy Yenture to fulfi Second Hionics S!mpo,ium Slated .. ASD anrl Dayton, O.hio wi\1 be I \Vnr Colle~e J\c;';ochte Courses CH1}e( .t{cing Clitabli htd on nntionwhlt Groom ing Pitots For L ending Spi.lce I Curriculum nntl philo ophy <thttp HSD Officer Earns D octorate ..... 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