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wsBBY:

Any one else have a question for Mr. Marshall?

Before we

leave the sampling program, I'd like to mention a subject which
Golonel Holuman is connected with.

Several weeks ago we were

considering this stratospheric storage, andi concluded then as

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we did thie morning, that it probably existe, that there is
probably a lot of radioactivity in the high layers cf the
atmosphere, and the question is how to preve this.

It is

obvious from remarks this aorning that rainstorms and the
vagerics of weather make the assay of rains « rather mrelishle
way of establiahing it quantitatively.

4o we wonder how to

sample the high atmosphere and get samples down which give us
some qualitative notion cf the content cf radioactivity.

There

are two aspects ~— one is to got up there, and the other is to

get the radioactivity out of the air.

We asked Colonel Holsuan

to make some measurements on jet aircraft which are operating

out of Kirtland, and I'd like to give him a couple of minutes
to tell us about that.

I know these data are vary poor, but

there is some radicactivity on these airplanes, and as I
understand it, they were not in any stemic aloud that you

knew of?
ROLZMAMN;

That's right, Dr. Idbby.

About « month or so ago, Dr. libby

requested just a yos-and-no anaver as to whether any of our

jets were picking up any radicactivity.

Se we ran a *quick-

and-dirty" test on this. There were about fifteen aircraft.
We made sure that the airaraft vere not those which might have

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