Project Skyfire, 1940-1962, Undated
- Scope and content:
- Just as Schaefer’s best-known work at General Electric was Project Cirrus, one of his most important jobs with Munitalp was Project Skyfire. Schaefer became familiar with the problem of lightning-induced forest fires while he was still working at G.E., but it wasn’t until he transferred to Munitalp that he could give the issue direct attention. Working alongside Harry Gisborne, chief of fire research in Missoula, Montana, Schaefer researched the use of cloud seeding techniques in changing patterns of lightning storms in the northwestern United States. This subseries contains the data, charts, maps, and photographs from this project.
- Arrangement:
- Arranged alphabetically
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