What may have contributed to a misunderstanding if the dummies were viewed by persons unfamiliar with their intended use, were the methods used by Holloman AFB personnel to transport them. The dummies were sometimes transported to and from off-range locations in wooden shipping containers, similar to caskets, to prevent damage to fragile instruments mounted in and on the dummy.[65] Also, canvas military stretchers and hospital gurneys were used (a procedure recommended by a dummy manufacturer) to move the dummies in the laboratory or retrieve dummies in the field after a test.[66] The first 10 dummy drops also utilized black or silver insulation bags, similar to “body bags” in which the dummies were placed for flight to guard against equipment failure at low ambient temperatures of the upper atmosphere.[67] [Illustration: Fig. 40. Air Force personnel used stretchers and gurneys to pick up 200-pound dummies in the field and to move them in the laboratory. (_U.S. Air Force photo_)] [Illustration: Fig. 41. For the first 10 balloon flights, dummies were placed in insulation bags to protect temperature-sensitive equipment. These bags may have been described by at least one witness as “body bags” used to recover alien victims from the crash of a flying saucer. (_U.S. Air Force photo_)] On one occasion northwest of Roswell, a local woman unfamiliar with the test activities arrived at a dummy landing site prior to the arrival of the recovery personnel.[68] The woman saw what appeared to be a human embedded head first in a snowbank and became hysterical. The woman screamed, “He’s dead!, he’s dead!”[69] It now appeared that anthropomorphic dummies dropped by high altitude balloons satisfied the requirements of the research profile. However, the review of high altitude balloon operations revealed what appeared to be explanations for some other sightings of odd objects in the deserts and skies of New Mexico. [Illustration: Figs. 42 & 43. These reports detailed the methods and procedures used for the dummy tests. They may be obtained from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Va. WADC TECHNICAL REPORT 57-477 PART I. ASTLA DOCUMENT No. AD 130965 HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON DUMMY DROPS PART I. THE UNSTABILIZED DUMMY DROPS _RAYMOND A. MADSON, 1ST LT., USAF_ _AERO MEDICAL LABORATORY_ OCTOBER 1957 WRIGHT AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER WADC TECHNICAL REPORT 57-477 (II) HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON DUMMY DROPS II: THE STABILIZED DUMMY DROPS _RAYMOND A. MADSON, 1ST/LT, USAF_ _LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS LABORATORY AEROSPACE MEDICAL LABORATORY_ AUGUST 1961 AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO ] 1.3 High Altitude Balloon Operations