Withthehelp of three FSi airoraft from the first flight, another
hazy hole was later located and these aircraft were directed to sample
in a random manner in likely clouds in its vicinity.

They were able to

find only very diffuse, low-intensity material and were unable to collect
very large samples.

The middle flight of aircraft experienced a mimber

of mechanical and limited-fuel aborts so that no samples were collected
between H43 ard H+5 hours.
During this period, however, the director aircraft received a series

of Eniwetok wind observations and was able to predict with reliability

the position of a section of the cloud lying between 36,000 and 13,000
feet.

It, therefore, descended to spproximately 38,000 feet, crossed

below a heavy portion of higher cloud which lay along the line of flight
of ths predicted layer, and found a hazy hole on oms side of which a
bank of heavy white clouds could be seen.

Since these clouds gava

evidence of gamma radiation when approached by the director aircraft,

the last flight of F840 aircraft wera brought from sero point to this
position, one pair flying a systematic search mission enroute, the
second pair being brought directly to the director amd vectored into
the target clouds.

Both pairs of P&G aircraft were siccessful in finding diffuse
cloud material of low concentration,

Had their flight tine been Icnger

or this position achieved earlier, it is possible that the samples
Collected by them might have been larger.
The presence of high altituce cirrus, as well as a marked velocity

and directional wind shear between 50,000 and 60,000 feet, also adversely

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