SCARE IN STRATOSPHERE
EMANATES FROM GONDOLA. VAPOUR AS DENSE AS SMOKE. CHICAGO, Nor. 13. A prediction that when he and Captain Anderson make another stratosphere hop they will go higher than the estimated 73,000 feet they achieved, was made by Captain Stevens. “As far as taking another trip up soon, of course, that’s up to the National Geographic Society” (sponsor of the ascent with the United States Army Air Carps). “But we had some ballast left when we came to earth. We took 800 pounds with us. Next time we’ll measure it a bit closer, and I think we can go at least 5000 feet higher.” “A phenomenon which hasn’t yet been explained yet was the vapor which continued to emanate from the gondola, sometimes as dense as smoke,” Captain Stevens said. ”We knew nothing could be on fire, though, because all precautions had been taken against it.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12735, 16 December 1935, Page 3
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