Final checks are made before the launch of German V2-Rocket at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico. Jeeps loaded with men are driven to side of a hill to await the launching of rocket. Rocket is launched. A trail of white smoke is emitted as the rocket leaves the ground. A cub plane takes off a runway and is airborne.
A road leading to Langmuir Laboratory in New Mexico. Clouds loom over the Magdalena Mountains ahead. A sign for Langmuir Laboratory. Dry fields on either side of the road. A car driven on the long straight road. A roadside sign reads: 'Cibola National Forest'. Trees flank the road.
Laser induced lightning experiments conducted by Electromagnetic Hazards Group on Mt. Baldy, Colfax County, New Mexico. Words, "Mobile Test Station, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory" on a trailer. An antenna near the sign. A U.S. National Forest Service sign for the Cibola National Forest. U.S. Air Force personnel climb into the Mobile Station and close the doors behind them.
Laser induced lightning experiments conducted by Electromagnetic Hazards Group at the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratoryon Mobile Test Station on Mt. Baldy, Colfax County, New Mexico. Air Force personnel at controls. Movement of an indicator on the screen. Personnel shuts the door to a trailer of the Mobile Test Station. An antenna fastened with metal cables at the Station.
Laser induced lightning experiments conducted by Electromagnetic Hazards Group at the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratoryon Mobile Test Station on Mt. Baldy, Colfax County, New Mexico. U.S. Air Force personnel opens the door to part of the laser setup. The laser can be directed vertically into heavy clouds to break down atmosphere and cause lightning strikes. A civilian technician makes adjustments on part of the laser apparatus. He rotates a knob repeatedly. Another technician rotates a knob on a Laser Machine.
Laser induced lightning experiments conducted by Electromagnetic Hazards Group at the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory Mobile Test Station on Mt. Baldy, Colfax County, New Mexico, and at nearby Langmuir Laboratory. View of South Baldy mountain and a tower or observatory of the Langmuir Laboratory. Dark clouds over a hill. Laser equipment. Two balls taped onto a wooden stand.