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Captain Joseph Kittinger
220792 10:00:03 - 10:10:00 1960 SIL COL
Excelsior III, Kittinger’s Jump - Reel 2
Coverage of Operation Excelsior III in which Capt. Kittinger parachuted
from a stratospheric balloon gondola at 103,000 feet for a world's record.
Gondola starting to rise. H-21 helicopter circling descending parachute.
Earth seen from gondola camera during descent through clouds. Blanket
of clouds seen from above. Capt. Kittinger jumping from gondola. (quite
small and at edge of frame) Canister and reel of wire dropping from
gondola.
220792
10:10:10 - 10:20:41 1960 SIL COL
Project Excelsior - Part 1 of 3 - Kittinger’s stratospheric balloon
jump
Coverage of Project Excelsior including scenes of high altitude parachute
jumps, dummy drops from balloon, jumps from C-123 and C-130 aircraft,
preparations for flight and Capt Joseph Kittinger jumping from balloon.
Gondola and balloon above the clouds. Capt Joseph Kittinger stepping
out of gondola and free falling away from the camera. Horizon from camera
carried by Capt Kittinger during jump.
10:11:21 Dummy drop - Inflated balloon ready for launch. Frame with
two parachute dummies hanging from crane hook. Launch of balloon and
release of frame with dummies. Balloon and payload rising. MLS &
LS from camera on dummy on framework looking up at balloon and of release
and fall-away of dummy. Horizon from camera on falling dummy.
10:13:15 Camera on dummy showing deployment of parachute. Dummy and
parachute landing in desert.
10:14:03 Dummy being dropped by C-123 in flight to left. Dummy falling
away from camera and deployment of parachutes.
10:15:24 Preparations for actual jump - Capt Kittinger's equipment.
Kittinger putting on jump clothing and equipment. Kittinger entering
altitude and temperature chamber. Kittinger in gondola in temperature
chamber & coming out.
220792
10:20:42 - 10:33:07 1960 SIL COL
Project Excelsior - Part 2 of 3 - Kittinger’s stratospheric balloon
jump
Coverage of Project Excelsior including scenes of high altitude parachute
jumps, dummy drops from balloon, jumps from C-123 and C-130 aircraft,
preparations for flight and Capt Joseph Kittinger jumping from balloon.
Man jumping from C-130, free fall and parachute deployment. Horizon
from camera carried by jumper. Jumper falling with stabilisation chute
and landing.
10:23:00 Capt Kittinger walking out of transfer van. Night - Kittinger
breathing oxygen, putting on equipment and getting into gondola on a
truck. Preparations for attaching gondola to balloon. Sign: THIS IS
THE HIGHEST STEP IN THE WORLD.
Inflation of balloon. Crane lifting gondola off of truck. Release of
balloon and lift-off of gondola. CH-21A (H-21A) helicopter in flight
over launch area. Balloon and gondola rising. Kittinger in gondola.
Balloon and gondola rising.
10:30:29 Kittinger stepping out of gondola and falling away from camera.
Horizon from split-frame camera carried by Capt Kittinger during jump.
Kittinger on parachute.
220792 10:33:07 - 10:45:36 1960 SIL COL
Project Excelsior - Part 3 of 3 - Kittinger’s stratospheric balloon
jump
Coverage of Project Excelsior including scenes of high altitude parachute
jumps, dummy drops from balloon, jumps from C-123 and C-130 aircraft,
preparations for flight and Capt Joseph Kittinger jumping from balloon.
Night scene of technicians working on gondola. Kittinger talking with
MSgt G.A. Post. Kittinger having picture taken near gondola. Technicians
unrolling plastic balloon. Kittinger getting into gondola. Dawn - Inflation
of balloon. Release of balloon. Kittinger in gondola. Release and ascent
of gondola. Balloon and gondola rising above clouds. Kittinger in gondola.
Balloon and gondola rising.
10:39:40 Kittinger stepping out of gondola and falling away from camera
towards clouds. Horizon from camera carried by Capt Kittinger during
jump. Parachute deploying and Capt Kittinger landing in desert.
USAF personnel helping Capt Kittinger out of heavy clothing and equipment.
Kittinger getting into CH-21A (H-21A) and takeoff.
221057 11:09:06 - 11:17:40 1940s - 1997 SD COL
The Roswell Reports [Part 2]
Colour shots of 1950s military dummies in use - good shots of dummy
out of plane in ejector seat, launched on high-altitude balloons &
parachuted to ground; test pilot Joseph Kittinger [?] who made three
bail-outs from high altitude balloons after dummy tests; CUs magazine
covers National Geographic, Life & Time.
11:10:46 Poster of 1956 film ‘On the Threshold of Space’
- stills of Air Force collaborating on the movie - dummy seen in BG.
11:11:10 Report conclusion 3 - military units seen in Roswell area were
on the scene so quickly because they were recovering high alititude
balloons & test dummies. Entrance sign Holloman Air Force Base ;
AVs balloon recovery; b/w shots of balloon unit preparing balloon &
stills of experimental payload inc. satellite equipment; entrance Roswell
Industrial Air Center; map of White Sands missile range near Roswell
where balloons recovered; good colour stills of balloon payloads / satellite
equipment landed in desert.
11:13:54 Entrance to ‘Holloman Air Development Center’ -
1950s? - b/w stills of AAF recovery vehicles - “the exact vehicles
described as having been present at the crashed ‘saucer’
sites”. Further colour shots of balloon experiments 1960s. Stills
showing AAF Balloon Branch personnel posing w/ local people - good relations,
no intimidation.
11:15:12 Downed balloon in trees - crowds of locals. 1980s local news
footage showing balloon in sky & in desert after coming down; news
crew film parachute w/ payload coming down & unmarked silver box
on ground - AAF personnel pull up in truck - explain purpose of balloon
to interviewer - “thank goodness it was one of ours”. Larger
tethered balloons in sky launched from Holloman - looks like blimp -
drawing of ‘alien’ craft in UFO book similar to tethered
balloon.
221057
11:17:41 - 11:24:43 1940s - 1997 SD COL The Roswell Reports [Part 3]
Report conclusion 4 - red-headed Captain said to have intimidated civilians
in 1947 was probably balloon test pilot Col. Kittinger. Colour shots
of Kittinger climbing out of balloon module after high altitude flights
in 1957 & 1962; no evidence he intimidated civilians - still of
Kittinger w/ Eisenhower; shots of Kittinger making record parachute
jump from 20 miles up, 16Aug60 - in cockpit of fighter plane during
Vietnam War; still of Kittinger making first solo balloon crossing of
Atlantic,1984.
11:19:20 Report conclusion 5 - exploitation of dead personnel “to
perpetuate the alleged sightings of alien bodies” - 1980s military
funeral - bodies in Roswell AAF Hospital were result of vars air accidents
- 1956 newspaper headline ‘11 Walker Airmen Die In Tanker Crash’
- b/w shot KC-97 tanker aircraft in refuelling flight - stills of Walker
Air Force Base [Roswell renamed in 1948] where burned bodies taken.
11:20:46 Still of crew in manned balloon involved in accident 1959 near
Walker AFB; USAF chase helicopter in flight; Kittinger; Walker AFB Hospital;
stills of injured Capt. Fulgum w/ swollen head & injury record sheet
- later stills of Fulgum as NASA test parachutist & F-4 pilot in
Korean War.
11:22:35 Conclusion - VS balloon experiments, dummies etc. - “Incident
exposed as a conglomeration of many events”. Stills of early US
flight & AAF leaders through the years.
11:23:32 Black F-117A Stealth bomber flying wing fighter take off; in
flight at night - infra red air to air shots - CU weapons guiding screen.
Space rocket take off. Fighter jets fly over. VO re dedication of USAF
staff.
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