https://books.google.com/books?id=BCgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA75&dq=1931+august+popular+science&source=bl&ots=8AQtS4Esgs&sig=6zXrxYNz1pE9kGFYh0H5k3wy0WA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGlOua8KbNAhUFHGMKHY13DagQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=1931%20august%20popular%20science&f=false
(scroll to page 23 to read his team’s observation at 9 miles up)
I will say this ~ I put more faith into a man who built his own flying craft, traveled upwards of 70,000 + feet AND was not paid nor controlled by any government affiliate/agency.
