Project Mogul was a top secret project involving high-altitude balloons carrying radar corner reflectors, designed to detect atomic bomb explosions and possibly forewarn of an atomic attack on the United States run by Dr. James Peoples, assisted by Dr. Albert P. Crary.
Project Mogul was a top secret project involving high-altitude balloons, started in 1947, whose primary purpose was long-distance detection of atomic bomb tests in the Soviet Union through detection of the sound waves in the upper atmosphere generated by the explosions. It was run by Dr. James Peoples, assisted by Dr. Albert P. Crary.