Show Secret Data Lost As AF Balloon Parachute Fails Falls WASHINGTON ASHINGTON r July Tuly 22 MV- MV The Air Force listed as ts still sUll missing Tuesday two metal containers con containing classified data that should have been parachuted ed from a Moby 1 Dick stratosphere stratosphere strato strato- sphere balloon over Pennsylvania Pennsylva Pennsylva- nia last week The fhe Air Force made this disclosure disclosure disclosure dis dis- closure in describing as erroneous erroneous erroneous ous a published report that two crates of secret documents had been lost from an airplane over Central Pennsylvania A spokesman n explained the Pennsylvania Civil Air Patrol was asked to carry out a 3 search last week when one of oC its experimental experimental I mental upper atmosphere balloons balloons bal ha- bali i loons failed ailed and started to come comedown comedown I down from its assigned altitude I between and feet ahead of schedule These balloons are equipped with automatic releases that drop certain delicate instruments by parachute should the balloon fall fallt t too o rapidly Civil Air Patrol officials said that some planes participated in the search for the missing cases last week but that the search earch has been called off ore by theAir the theAir Air Force although the Air Au- AuRe Research Research Research Re Re- search and Development Command Command Command Com Com- mand was still anxious to get hold of oC the two metal containers |