Recording Media
Film: Kodak ISO 1000, Kodak ISO 400, Kodak ISO 800.
Audio: Maxell High Bias XLII 90 min Audio Cassette.

Investigators
Haviland, Peter; Phinny, Carolyn; Phillips, Dean; Phillips, Katie

1700-1830: Stood on the west side of the monument discussing another case while Dean went to get gas and we waited for Carolyn to arrive.

1830-2015: Monitored area near marker 17, where Almonte was captured. According to memorial documentation, this is the location where most of the carnage occurred. Both the Sanyo and the Canon were set up on tripods for a series of daylight shots. The Sanyo was loaded with ISO 400 film and the flash was deactivated to prevent reflection. I took a background sweep with the Sperry 200A and picked up nothing outside of the base range noted above. The noise level generated by other visitors to the location made use of the parabolic ear difficult. I took measurements with the IR thermometer of the ambient air temperature and the water temperature, both of which dropped 10 degrees from the time we arrived to 2015. The ISO 400 film in the Sanyo was used up by the time the sun set, so I re-loaded with ISO 800 for night time shots, and turned the flash on. A second sweep of the area with the Sperry 200A and the IR thermometer revealed no significant fluctuations in readings.

2015-2100: Visited the Mexican Encampment. Sentiment of several team members toward Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna may have aroused some activity. As we were leaving the area, Dean Phillips felt drastic changes in the air temperature that were only a few feet in diameter, and smelled a campfire burning. No one else detected these things. We took several photographs of the Mexican front line with the Canon and the Sanyo. We took the Kodak Advantix to the location of Santa Anna's tent when the other 2 cameras ran out of film. We left at 2100 when the park closed.  

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