Caption

Fig.11. (left) Test pilot Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. just before launch of Man High I at New Brighton, Minn. on June 2, 1957. Kittinger flew in all three USAF high altitude balloon projects and has accumulated more high altitude balloon flying hours than anyone else in the world (US Air Force photo)

Fig.12. (center) Lt. Col. David G. Simmons (MC), a physician and pilot of the Man High II high altitude balloon mission, is shown here boarding the recovery helicopter near Frederick, S.D. following the successful flight on August 19, 1957. This flight lasted 33 hours and 10 minutes attaining a peak altitude of 101,500 feet. (US Air Force photo)

Citation

McAndrew, James. The Roswell Report :Case Closed. Published by the Headquarters United States Air Force through the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 231 p., 1997.