II The fifth shot, SNAPPER S, or EASY,” was from a 300-foot tower on 7 May 1952. The wind took the cloud and strung it into a long, thin ribbon, and one concentration of material formed about ten miles behind the leading edge of the cloud, Two of the T-33 aircraft collected adequate samples and returned to Indian Springs. Meanwhile, another 1-33 airplane climbed toits assigned altitude and began orbit, waiting for the control aircraft to direct it into the cloud. However, when the order came, this crew could not find the cloud and was forced to return to IndianSprings. The fourth T~33 encountered an oxygen malfunction which forced the pilot to descend. This, in turn, caused his fuel consumption to be higher so that it had to land at Caliente, Nevada, Of the four F-8G aircraft, one had fuel tank trouble and turned back before reaching the cloud; the other three aircraft collected good samples.°> SNAPPER 6, or FOX, was a tower shot on 25 May 1952, sampling operations progressed smoothly.o# All the On 1 June, SNAPPER 7, GEORGE, was fired on a tower with equally good results, For this shot, the F-8)G pilots ", . . checked out final manned sampling techniques "©? The last shot of the series, SNAPPER 8, or HOW Shot, from a tower on 5 June 1952, proved to be the most difficult to sample. The cloud climbed rapidly and was caught by the wind, moving along at about 60 miles an hour, tearing it into fragments and scattering them. The *the Air Force used the coded alphabet for these shots, ABLE through GEORGE, but this appears not to be officially accepted in current Department of Defense references, 55 AFWLHO SWEH-2-003h, ah ee