41. Laboratory Completes Laser Experiment At White Sands Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Public Affairs 3550 Aberdeen BASE, NM –A threemonth laser experiment at White Sands Missile Range has been http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/News/1999/99-63.html

NEWS RELEASE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Public Affairs 3550 Aberdeen Avenue S.E., Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776 (505) 846-1911; Fax (505) 846-0423 INTERNET: http://www.de.afrl.af.mil/News/ Laboratory Completes Laser Experiment At White Sands September 7, 1999 DE RELEASE NO. 99-63 CONTACT: Rich Garcia PHONE: (505) 846-1911 The experiment showed how a beam-control system could transmit a laser beam over a long, nearly horizontal path to a moving target. The system also corrected for the distorting effects of optical turbulence in the atmosphere. If unchecked, optical turbulence could limit the range and effectiveness of a laser. Conducted by the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, this "Dynamic Compensation Experiment" took place at the directorate’s North Oscura Peak site in the northern portion of the U.S. Army’s White Sands complex. According to Lt. Col. Todd Steiner, the directorate’s program manager for Airborne Laser Advanced Concepts Testbed, "The Dynamic Compensation Experiment, which was designed to replicate the functionality of the beam control system on the Airborne Laser, was an overwhelming success. We were able to show a factor of between 5 and 20 improvement between the uncompensated and compensated laser spots on the target board. This unprecedented performance in strong turbulence is one of the greatest Air Force Research Laboratory achievements of the last decade and will pave the way for future directed energy applications."

42. Monitor White Sands Missile Range, NM The term Ground Zero has taken on new meaning visitorseach time, according to Jim Eckles of the WSMR Public Affairs Office. http://www.lavenpublishing.com/monitor/2002/10October/100302/feat100302.html

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43. The Page You Were Attempting To Access No Longer Exists! Article by Jim Reed about impressions during the twice-annual Public viewing of the Trinity Site.Category Regional North America Historic Sites Trinity Site...... from The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce (505) 4376120 (In state, 1-800 826-0294)or from the Public Affairs Office of White Sands Missile Range, (505) 678-1134 http://www.southernnewmexico.com/snm/trinity.html

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44. EPA: Federal Register: National Environmental Policy Act; Sounding Rocket Progra Wallops Island, Virginia, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico Poker Flat ResearchRange, Alaska before Flight Facility, Public Affairs Office, Wallops Island http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/February/Day-17/i3808.htm

Federal Register Environmental Documents Recent Additions Contact Us Print Version Search: EPA Home Federal Register FR Years FR Months ... and Regulations National Environmental Policy Act; Sounding Rocket Program EPA Home Privacy and Security Notice Contact Us

45. EPA Federal Register EPA Federal Register EPA Federal Flight Facility, Public Affairs Office, Wallops Island (c) Eastern Shore Public Library,Accomac Alaska; and White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico. http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1995/June/Day-12/

Day-12 Department of the Air Force National Environmental Policy Act; Sounding Rocket Program National Park Service EPA Federal Register ... envsubset@epa.gov Revised Jan 8, 1997 by an automated conversion program. URL: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1995/June/Day-12 ACTION: Notice of availability of draft supplemental environmental impact statement. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and NASA policy and procedures (14 CFR part 1216, subpart 1216.3), NASA has prepared and issued a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (DSEIS) for its Sounding Rocket Program (SRP). This DSEIS addresses the programmatic changes to the SRP that have occurred since the issuance of the 1973 final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the NASA SRP and analyzes the site-specific environmetnal impacts at the three principal U.S. launch sites located at: Wallops Island, Virginia; Fairbanks, Alaska; and White Sands, New Mexico. DATES: Comments on the DSEIS must be provided in writing to NASA on or before July 27, 1995 or 45 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's notice of availability of the Sounding Rocket DSEIS, whichever is later.

46. Welcome To their use is strictly prohibited anywhere else on White Sands Missile Range. Formore information contact the Missile Range Public Affairs Office at (505) 678 http://www.travelsw.com/southwest-trips/southwest-trips-new mexico/trinitysite.c

Make hotel-motel reservations in the Southwest...or anywhere! Click here. COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? TRINITY SITE, A HALF-CENTURY AFTER THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB Those men standing a few miles from the blast site truly must have wondered what they had unleashed when they saw the awesome result of nuclear chain reaction rise up from the desert floor in front of them! The scientists who assembled "that first Atomic Bomb in a ranch house a couple of miles to the south had just ushered in the Nuclear Era. The world would never be the same. "Ground Zero," Trinity Site, is deceptive in its solitude and remoteness. Except on two days a year, the 1st weekend in April and the 1st weekend in October, when the site is opened to the public. You can actually stand on the exact point where the bomb was detonated. If you came by this way without the big fence that surrounds the place, and the obelisk marking the site, if it was just desert, you'd never suspect an Atomic Bomb was exploded here. There is a slight indentation in the ground, the grass is stunted and brown if it grows at all, but that's about it. We stayed at the Sands Motel on the south end of Carrizozo. Not a pretentious place by any description, but clean and comfortable and the only motel I know where they have direct TV in the rooms and you can click through a dozen or so movie channels.

47. Alamogordo Daily News The White Sands Missile Range Museum has an interesting mystery this visit to WhiteSands, please contact Jim Eckles in the Range's Public Affairs Office at 678 http://www.alamogordonews.com/Stories/0,1413,160%7E9603%7E1138312,00.html

Business of the Week Buy Photos! News Headline Stories ... Video Reviews GetAd(2, 'l1', 120, 90, '/loc'); Site Search: Enter search term, hit enter key Advanced Search GetAd(5, 't', 468, 60, '/loc'); ARTICLE OPTIONS PRINT ARTICLE EMAIL ARTICLE LINK ARTICLE OTHER ARTICLES IN THIS SECTION Agriculture: living the good life Audra, Justin announce wedding plans Gigler, Wails engaged Health Happenings! ... Some gulf weapons honed at WSMR Article Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 7:46:13 PM MST Do you know when Jack Benny came to WSMR? The White Sands Missile Range Museum has an interesting mystery on its hands. So far regular sleuthing has failed to come up with an answer and it is time to see if anyone can help solve it. The question is when did entertainer Jack Benny and movie actress and singer Ann Blyth visit White Sands? One humorous photo shows Benny riding cowboy-style on a WAC Corporal rocket. A saddle is attached to the rocket and Benny is riding it and waving to the camera. A smoke grenade was placed in the tail of the rocket for effect and smoke is clearly coming from the rocket's motor as if he is getting ready to take off. Painted on the rocket is "White Sands Proving Ground" which means the photo was taken before the name was changed in 1958. Also in the photo is Ann Blyth looking on.

48. Dryden Flight Research Center - News Room: News Releases: TESTS TO BEGIN ON MODI project transitions to White Sands Missile Range for unpowered landing at the WhiteSands Space Harbor Flight Research Center Public Affairs Office Edwards, CA http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewsReleases/2000/00-03.html

News Releases News Room Home ... News Releases TESTS TO BEGIN ON MODIFIED X-34 EXPERIMENTAL ROCKET PLANE January 5, 2000 Release: 00-03 Printer Friendly Version NASA's first X-34 has completed its transformation from structural test vehicle into flying experimental rocket plane and is ready to begin tests that will lead to its maiden flight later this year. A government /industry team at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., added flight computers, electronics, hydraulics, landing gear and other equipment needed to ready the X-34 for unpowered flights at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. With the upgrades comes a new designation. The non-flying X-34 A-1 will now become the A-1A. Led by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the team was comprised of engineers and technicians from the Dryden Flight Research Center, the Kennedy Space Center in Fla., and Orbital Sciences Corp of Dulles, Va. Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., built the A-1, as a structural test article for ground vibration and captive flights while attached to its L-1011 carrier plane. NASA decided in mid-1999 to upgrade the A-1 into a flight vehicle to augment two other flying X-34s designated A-2 and A-3 now under construction at Orbital's Dulles facility. "The A-1A is identical to the other flight vehicles except that it lacks the thermal protection system and propulsion system required for high speed, high-altitude flight," said Jeff Sexton, flight-testing and operations project manager for the Pathfinder Program at the Marshall Center, which includes X-34. "But we've added all the flight mechanisms - avionics and wiring, hydraulics, control surfaces, landing gear mechanism and flight software - needed for unpowered flight testing."

49. News Flash Of The Week The Public Affairs Office at White Sands Missile Range has recently added 80 historicphotos of the Trinity Site and related topics during World War II to its http://members.aol.com/JTankard/trinity/flash.html

White Sands Missile Range web site adds 80 photos of Trinity Site during WWII The Public Affairs Office at White Sands Missile Range has recently added 80 historic photos of the Trinity Site and related topics during World War II to its web site . Some shots show daily life at the Trinity installation before the test, including men playing polo with brooms and a volley ball rather than the standard polo mallet and ball. Also included are eight photos of the Trinity explosion. Return to Unofficial Trinity Site main page.

50. SPACE WEB SITE DIRECTORY HOME PAGE - SECTION ONE House Statement National Space Transportation Policy White Sands Missile Range. Scienceand Apps NASA Office of Space NASA Public Affairs AND RELATED SITES. http://members.aol.com/wsnspace/web1.htm

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51. Alabama Aerospace Advantages - AMCOM/Redstone Arsenal information, contact the AMCOM Public Affairs Office at the the Army Program ExecutiveOffice for Air Laser Systems Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range. http://aerospace.state.al.us/acasi/usarmy.htm

U.S. ARMY AMCOM/REDSTONE ARSENAL A D V A N T A G E S HOME JOBS NEWS COMPANIES ... Other Advantages The Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) was established in 1997 as a readiness command to develop, acquire, field and sustain Army aviation and missile weapons systems. The Command is headquartered near Huntsville at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. AMCOM manages Army aviation and missile systems, from research and development to procurement and production, from spare parts available to flight safety, and from maintenance and overhaul to eventual retirement. AMCOM provides the Army with technologically superior and affordable state-of-the-art aviation and missile systems. AMCOM provides support to the: Army Program Executive Officer, Aviation Army Program Executive Officer, Tactical Missiles Army Program Executive Officer, Air and Missile Defense. Redstone Arsenal is home to some of the nation's most advanced missile and rocket research, development, and test facilities, with a replacement value of more than $2.5 billion. AMCOM manages seven of the Army's 16 SORTS systems, and most of the Army's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases. The Command's annual FMS budget averages about $15-20 billion.

52. The New Mexico Museum Of Space History - Shuttle Camp Program Overview White Sands Test Facility; Lincoln National Forest; National Solar Observatory, Sunspot,New Mexico; White Sands Missile Range, Public Affairs Office; and the http://www.spacefame.org/edscpo2.html

Additional Information For more information on these programs contact the NMMSH Education Department at 877-333-6589 (toll-free)or 505-437-2840 space-ed@zianet.com Special Overnight Information Overnight sessions are available to cadets in the Earth through Voyager programs. Lodging: Housing , meals and evening activities are included in the tuition. The cadet may opt to bring additional monies for sodas, snack machines or gift shop purchases. Class photographs will also be available at an additional cost. Additional overnight information will be mailed with the student's confirmation of enrollment. Transportation: Transportation between the hotel and the New Mexico Museum of Space History will be provided to all overnight residential students. Transportation to and from Alamogordo/White Sands Regional Airport and the Texas-New Mexico-Oklahoma (TNMO) coaches bus depot is also available. The Alamo-El Paso Shuttle provides van service to and from the El Paso Airport. Security: Camp supervisory staff and a separate security staff member are on the hotel site when camp is in session to ensure your child's safety. At no time are cadets allowed off site without an accompanying adult. Camp Schedule: Cadets attending overnight sessions are exposed to identical day-camp curriculum, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Special program notes will be mailed to Voyager students.

53. Alamogordo New Mexico Resource Guide, City Or Community Of was set off near here at White Sands Missile Range on July Park and Zoo 1321 N. WhiteSands Blvd. 2800 Holloman AFB NM 883308287 Public Affairs Office 505-572 http://www.usacitiesonline.com/nmcountyalamogordo.htm

Home Advertise National Attractions Directory National Business Directory ... Washington D.C. Our Nation's Capital Footsteps of history Community Nicknames Choose a new Community in New Mexico Choose a new State Check out these Special Messages Welcome to Key to the City's page for Alamogordo Otero County, New Mexico Zip Code Spanish for "large Cottonwood" White Sands, The Space Center, and the Toy Train Depot The New Mexico state capital is Santa Fe. What would you like to know about Alamogordo Location City Attractions Alamogordo Government Alamogordo Business Directory. Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce. Alamogordo Community events. Alamogordo Libraries. Alamogordo Schools. Zip Codes Return to Index The population of Alamogordo is approximately 35,582 (2000). The approximate number of families is 11,974 (1990). The amount of land area in Alamogordo is 44.313 sq. kilometers. The amount of surface water is sq kilometers. The distance from Alamogordo to Washington DC is 1738 miles. The distance to the New Mexico state capital is 192 miles. (as the crow flies) Alamogordo is positioned 32.88 degrees north of the equator and 105.95 degrees west of the prime meridian.

54. New Mexico Department Of Public Safety - Emergency Services Adjutant General, Military Affairs, Department of, 1. Secretary, Public Safety,Department of, 1. Disaster Prepd. Office, White Sands Missile Range, 1. http://www.dps.nm.org/emergency/distribution.htm

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55. How To Get To The Trinity Site Missile Range. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE White Sands MissileRange Public Affairs Office AT (505)6781134/1700. This document http://www.hevanet.com/refugee/2trinity.htm

HOW TO GET TO THE TRINITY SITE Triniyt Site, whee the worlds' first bomb was exploded in 1945, is open to the pubic twice a year on the first Saturday in April and October. Trinity is located on the northern end of the 3.200-squar-mile White Sands Missile Range, M.M., between the towns of Carrizozo and Socorro, N.M. There are two ways of entering the restricted missile range on tour days. Visitors can enter through the range's Stallion Range Center which if five miles south of Highway 380. The turnoff is 12 miles east of San Antonio, N.M., and 53 miles west of Carrizozo, N.M. The Stallion gate will be open 8a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors arriving at the gate between those hours wil receive handouts and will be allowed to drive unescorted the 17 miles to Trinity Site. The road is paved and marked. The other way of entering the missile range is by travelling with a caravan sponsored by the Alamogordo (N.M.) Chamber of Commerce. The caravan forms at the Otero County Fairgrounds in Alamogordo and leaves at 8 a.m. Visitors entering this way will travel as an escorted group with military police to and from Trinity Site. The drive is 170 miles round trip. There are no service station facilities on the missile range. The caravan is scheduled to leave Trinity Site at 12:30 p.m. for the return to Alamogordo. The caravan may leave later if there is a large number of vehicles in the returning caravan. Included on the Trinity Site tour is Ground Zero where the atomic bomb was placed on a 100-foot steel tower and exploded on July 16, 1945. A small monument now marks the spot. Visitors also see the McDonald ranch house where the world's first plutonium core for a bomb was assembled. The missile range provides historical photographs and a Fat Man bomb casing for display. There are no ceremonies or speakers.

56. Hollow Earth Theory For Roswell Incident EXPLANATION Staffers at the White Sands Public Affairs Office know the Every yearthe Office receives unsolicited letters hidden on the Missile Range, what the http://www.aliensonearth.com/misc/1998/oct/d01-001.shtml

Aliens On Earth .com Resources for those who are stranded here Search: Our Private Catalog Keywords: Aliens On Earth Bookstore Search: All Products Amazon Books Music Video DVD Toys Computer Electronics Software Tools Outdoor Camera Keywords: Location: Ufomind Mailing List Oct > Here NOTICE : The page below has been permenently FROZEN as of January 2000. Due to resource limitations, this section of our website is no longer maintained, so some links may not work and some information may be out of date. We have retained this page for archive reference only, and we cannot vouch for its accuracy. Broken links will not be repaired, and minor errors will not be corrected. You are responsible for independently verifying any information you may find here. More Info Hollow Earth Theory for Roswell Incident From: campbell@ufomind.com (Glenn Campbell, Las Vegas) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:15:00 -0800 Found on the official website for White Sands Missile Range at: http://www.wsmr.army.mil/paopage/Pages/WU%23132.htm www.ufomind.com http://www.ufomind.com/misc/ (#5) Index: Hollow Earth Ufomind Mailing List Oct > Here Area 51 Research Center This site is supported by the Aliens on Earth Bookstore Please visit our business if you appreciate our free web services.

57. BMDO, U.S. Army, LMMS Conduct Third THAAD Flight Test interceptor Missile at White Sands Missile Range, NM, October 13. US Army ProgramExecutive Office Missile Defense Public Affairs Office Huntsville, AL http://lmms.external.lmco.com/newsbureau/pressreleases/1995/95103.html

58. APS Office Of Public Affairs - Panel On Public Affairs - Report Of The APS Advis is generally restricted to two test Ranges (White Sands and the Pacific Test Range),which means including (but not limited to) the Missile and interceptor http://www.aps.org/public_affairs/popa/reports/nmd.html

search popa Questions? Comments? contact us menu courtesy of milonic.co.uk/menu Report of the APS Advisory Committee for Technical Studies on National Missile Defense December 20, 2000 Committee Members: John F. Ahearne, W. R. Frazer, Steve Koonin, Frederick K. Lamb (Chair), Kumar C. Patel, Roberta P. Saxon, Jeremiah D. Sullivan Officio Members" James S. Langer, George H. Trilling, Judy Franz A. Questions addressed by the Advisory Committee The APS Advisory Committee on National Missile Defense was appointed by the President of the APS to consider whether the APS should initiate a study of aspects of national missile defense (NMD) and, if so, to assist in identifying possible leaders and members of a study group. The Advisory Committee addressed the following questions: What is the current status of the U.S. NMD program and what are the key technologies and technical issues? Are there important technical issues that would be appropriate for the APS to study? If there are important technical issues that would be appropriate for an APS study, should the APS conduct a study now?

59. Declassified Government Links Naval Warfare Systems Command White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) Department of InternationalField Office Naval Research Division of Public Affairs Total Quality http://www.angelfire.com/biz/troopsupport/govlink.html

Unclassified Government Links Ballistica Maximus Link To Every Embassy FBI Explosives Unit-Bomb Data Center Army Forces Command Current Satellite Imagry ... Medical Science and Technology Division (formerly Biomedical Division) Information, Electronics and Surveillance Department Industrial Programs Department Ocean, Atmosphere and Space Department Weapons, Marine Corps, and Special Programs Department ... Fort Belvior, Va - Defense Systems Management College Fort Belvoir Fort Benning, Georgia Fort Bliss Fort Campbell ... Yuma Proving Ground, AZ Email: TroopGear@aol.com

60. JASSM Proves Deadly Accurate In First Test Flight By Jim Swinson Air Armament Center Public Affairs. s JASSM Systems Program Officetechnical director. personnel assigned to White Sands Missile Range – did an http://www.afmc.wpafb.af.mil/HQ-AFMC/PA/news/archive/2001/jan/EglinJAASMtest.htm

JASSM proves deadly accurate in first test flight By Jim Swinson Air Armament Center Public Affairs EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFMCNS) – Test teams successfully put Eglin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile imaging infrared target seeker system through its paces Jan. 19, clearing another major hurdle toward it entering the nation’s precision-guided munitions arsenol. During a flight test held at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Maj. Wayne Opella, an F-16 pilot with Eglin’s 46th Test Wing, launched the JASSM about 15,000 feet up, cruising at roughly 500 mph. The weapon separated cleanly from the aircraft, deployed its wings and tail section, and ignited its engine at the proper altitude to begin a 70-mile dash toward the target array on the desert floor. During the flight, the cruise missile’s GPS navigation system functioned flawlessly, recognizing three navigation way points and completed necessary maneuvers to keep it on the pre-programmed mission attack plan, said Dale Bridges, Eglin’s JASSM Systems Program Office technical director. As the JASSM approached its target, it performed a pitch-over maneuver and dived on the target at a 70-degree impact angle. The state-of-the-art infrared imaging seeker recognized the target scene and guided the weapon to a hit, according to Bridges.

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