During this period, the USAF was conducting high altitude parachuting experiments for manned reentry as part of the speed and altitude tests dramatized in 'The Right Stuff'. Personnel were elevated to these fixed wing unattainable altitudes by balloon during early development of metallic composites. A Top Secret Military Project launching gone bad due to high winds, the test jumpers were dragged along the rocks and bashed to death until the capsule and balloon broke apart. One airman suffered massive cranial injuries where his brain gray matter was oozing out of his skull. The airmen were rushed to the hospital where they were studied and filmed. What better disinformation ploy by a creative Govt PR team than to conjure a suspicious UFO story and seemingly try to suppress it.