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Athelstan Spilhaus
1946-09-30what this date marks is not recorded
Athelstan Frederick Spilhaus (1911-1998), geophysicist and inventor of the bathythermograph. As NYU's Director of Research he oversaw the balloon project - but per the USAF report was never told the classified MOGUL name or purpose, illustrating the program's compartmentalization.
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This map saysNYU Director of Research over the balloon projectThe document saysthe NYU constant altitude balloon Director of Research, Dr. Athelstan F. SpilhausReport of Air Force Research Regarding the "Roswell Incident", 1994
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led the NYU balloon work and, per the USAF report, knew the project's actual purpose but not its classified nicknamesame document as the row aboveprinted p. 26 · PDF p. 20 checked against the page