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sin and Iowa. Not one went west of Omaha though the bal- 

 loons were sent up on days on which different surface condi- 

 tions prevailed. 



The credit for this achievement, the significance of which 

 will be discussed later, is due primarily to Mr. Lester, Captain 

 Sherry, Dr. Williams and Sergeant Redman. At the time of 

 the signing of the armistice the Military Intelligence Service 

 was preparing for the extensive use of these balloons for flood- 

 ing the whole of Germany, Austria and even parts of Russia 

 with suitable leaflets, several hundred of which could have been 

 scattered by a single balloon, the total cost of which would 

 have been but two or three dollars. 



4. The Charting of the Upper Air in Aid of Aviation. In a 

 recent Brisbane editorial the following sentence occurs : " Fly- 

 ing machines of the future going long distances will travel at 

 least 32,000 feet up, where no wind blows except the gentle 

 eastern wind caused by the earth's motion on its axis." It 

 is quite likely that the future aviator will fly high, but his mo- 

 tive will be to find an air current, not to escape one. The 



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WAR DEPARTMENT, SIGNAL CORPS, U. S. ARMY, METEOROLOGIAL 



SERVICE. 



Station Ellendale, N. D. (poth Meridian Time.) 



Wind Aloft Report. 

 Time 8:26 A.M. Date December 5, 1918. 



