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Project Mogul flight records and balloon-train diagram, 1947: scan

PhotographPublic domain1947-1948 reports; reprinted 1995Copy of Project Mogul flight records and balloon-train diagram, 1947
Project Mogul flight records and balloon-train diagram, 1947: scan
Project Mogul flight records and balloon-train diagram, 1947: scan

Components of a Mogul balloon train (balloons, radar reflectors, sonobuoy), from attachment 25 of the 1995 report, for comparison with the Fort Worth debris.

U.S. Air Force, 1947. Public domain

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ScanU.S. Air Force · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US government work)2 steps from the original

Where it was made

Ciudad JuárezMesaTucsonLubbockLas CrucesOdessaSan Angelo1Alamogordo Army Air Field200 kmCiudad JuárezAlbuquerqueTucsonLubbock1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Project Mogul flight records and balloon-train diagram, 1947: scan [Copy CPY0CS51DJT7A4Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CS51DJT7A4Q
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