historical
William "Bill" Carlyle
Lt. Col. (ret.) William "Bill" Carlyle — original-nine working-group officer 1956–72; memoirist 2003–05; d. 2019. His niece Helen is the executor of his papers.
also known as: William Carlyle · Bill Carlyle · W. Carlyle · Carlyle
About
Lt. Col. (ret.) William "Bill" Carlyle — original-nine working-group officer 1956–72; memoirist 2003–05; d. 2019. His niece Helen is the executor of his papers. The canonical historian of the 1956–72 founding period.
Key dates
- Apr 1956 Joins the Wright-Patterson working group (original nine)
- 1956–1972 Working-group officer
- 2003–2005 Writes the memoir
- 2019 Dies
Appearances
The Book (1)
16. From the Tonopah Notebook
The man's name was Bill Carlyle.
The Codex (2)
2. The Operators, Several Kinds
The 1961 visitor at False Cape — whom Daniel Wexler met in a Quonset hut on the Virginia coast on a Tuesday afternoon in September, and whom Carlyle's memoir preserves at the resolution of typed minutes — is the founding specimen for what…
7. 1956 — The Bilateral
(then Maj.) William Carlyle, USAF.
Artifacts (4)
From the Tonopah Notebook
The man's name was Bill Carlyle.
Findings of Inquiry — Col. D. Wexler Incident, 26 Sep 61
TRUE COPY
REDACTIONS BY
HELEN CARLYLE
2021
Convocation Minutes — Pact Standing Committee — Special Session — 12 June 2026
(ret.) William Carlyle, USAF, includes a working archive — drafts, correspondence, and annotated typescripts — held by the Subject's niece and literary executor, Dr.
Three Postcards to Dr. Helen Carlyle — Marfa / Truth or Consequences / Tonopah, Oct. 2019
Helen Carlyle — Marfa / Truth or Consequences / Tonopah, Oct.