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UNCLASSIFIED
surface zero (Latitude 11° 20! N, Longitude 161 degrees 30! E)

of the rocket launching from the balloon at altitude as follows:
Balloon will fall within 10 mile radlus of above
locus,
First stage rocket case will fall within 35 nautical
mile radius of same locus,
Second stage rocket case will fall within 150
nautical mile radius of same locus,

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The third and fourth stage rocket cases would burn up on
the way down,
The rocket stages were followed optically and the
impacts of the first and second stage case were observed
visually. All impacts occurred within a five mile radius of
surface zero of rocket launch. The balloon platform was
apparently stable enough to permit launching conditions more
vertical than expected,

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