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Show New Officer Takes Helm At Green River Missile Bcsse MOAB TIMES INDEPENDENT 3 JUNE 1965 White Sands Missile Range test complex at Green River has a new officer in charge, it was announced this week. Major James M. Ivy IV has taken the reins of the test complex from Major Richard H. Schmidt, who will soon be transferred to an overseas assignment. As officer In charge of the remote test site, Major Ivy will supervise services provided by White Sands to the U. S. Army in conducting off-range firings of the Pershing' j (ballistic missile from a ' ! launch site at Gilson Butte, south of Green River, to im- | pact more than 400 miles aw- | ay on White Sands Missile ! Range. He will also supervise the launch site services' for ballistic tests of the Air Force Athena test missile. Several travelers between Monticello and Moab on Highway 160 Monday evening arrived at Moab alarmed over a strange object spotted in the sky. The object was described as brilliant; one man stated it had the appearance of a ball of orange fire which seemed to stop, hover, then i shoot away. They object was \ seen at approximately 9:30, a time period which coincides i with a reported Athena firing I from the Green River Mis-! sile Base. Today In Business Salt Lake Tribune 23 June 65 Missile Shuts Resume at Green River Atlantic Research Carp.. was back in the missile launching business Tuesday with a "double header" at its Green River, Utah, launching site. One rocket was fired just before midnight Monday,ltjhe other soared into/{He darkness early Tuesday morning. "A major milestone in the' Athena program," said the Air Force. The missiles impacted at White Sands Missile Range, |N.M., more than 400 miles to the south. First Time It was the first sequence firing, and the first time a missile had been launched from the Green River complex in four months. The firings were number 13 and 14 in a series of 77! that are calculated to refine understanding of reentry problems for intercontinental ballistic missiles. The two slender missiles imade so-called high angle reen-jtry into the earth's atmosphere compared to a lower-angle reentry of prior shots. All test objectives were achieved, Col. R. H. Parker, of the Air Force's Athena office, said. "Results were extremely gratifying especially since this was the first attempt to launch after a four-month revaluation period for the entire Athena program." I Simulate Reentry i The missiles simulate ICBM reentry by terminal motor thrust which pushes the missile back toward earth at high ICBM speeds. Atlantic Research Corp.'s Missile Systems Division recently has been doing extensively recruiting in the Utah area for engineers and other specialists for work both at Green River and White Sands. tyoab Times-Independent 18 February ... The Athena missile fired from Green River at ICf p.m., Monday, was allowed to impact within the safety range of the complex when technical difficulties in the second stage were detected while the first stage was still ignited. Thrust was terminated and, a the missile was on course and within^ the safety area, it w-a~(allowed to impact without detroying' i the missile. . - . |