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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon 7
.Ox
30 March 1957 Lake City, Florida 00 Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloan
Local_ X. Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 30/23337 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astranomical
Yes 000 Probabiy Astronomical
No 1 Civilian Possibly Astronomical
.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
51 min one ENE
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, pear shaped, size of pea, Of preparing officer: that a 6ft
color white. Object moving ENE. Lost Wx balloon was released Eglin
sight of object as darkness set in. Field at l600 hours. EST and. was
in the vicinity of the sighting
at time indicated.
/
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Science News Lerter for Febrnary 23, 195
LYNX Castor
Pollux GEMINI
MARCH CANCER Praesepe
1e57 SICKL
LED CANIS
Denebola MINOR Betelgeuse TAURUS
Procyon
≠ HYDRA MONOCEROS Aldebarand
VIRGO Jupiter
ORION
CANISSirius OERIDANUS
PYXIS MAJOR MAJOR Rigel
PUPPIS LEPUS LEPUS
dSpica Spica VCoRvuS CORVUS VELA VELA
EAST 1 EAST Juce South WEST
* 0 *0 SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER OF BRIGHTNESS
which does not contain any first magnitude Celestial Time Table for March
stars, but it can hardly be called an un- stars, but it can hardly be called an un- MARCH EST MARCH 4 EST
important constellation. It is one of the 12 I 11:12 a.m. 11:12a.m. New moon. New moon.
that mark the zodiac, the band through that mark the zodiuc, the band through 7 8:25 a.m. Moon passes Mars.
which the sun, moon and planets all seem 9 6:50 a.m. Moon in first quarter. Moon in first quarter.
to move. 12 2:30 a.m. Algol (variable star in Perseus)
at minimum brighrness. at minimum brightness.
Praesepe or the Manger Praesepe or Manaer 14 5:00 p.m. Moon nearest, distance 223,100
miles.
11:19p.m. Algol at minimum.
In this group, on a dark clear night, one 15 9:22 p.m. Full moon.
can sce a faint misty light that has some- 16 4:07 a.m. Moon passes Jupiter.
times been mistaken for a comet. Actually 17 1:00 p.m. Jupiter in opposite direction
this is a naked-eye star cluster, a great from sun and nearest earth,
aggregation of distant suns, known as Prae- distance 413,400,0o0 miles.
8:08 p.m. Algol at minimum.
sepe. It is sometimes called the Manger, 20 1:00 p.m. Mercury behind sun.
and two donkeys, represented by stars 4:17 p.m. Vernal equinox (beginning of
nearby, are supposed to be feeding from it. spring in Northern Hemi-
Early in the l6th century, when he was sphere).
making the first telescopic observations of 21 1:23 p.m. Moon passes Saturn.
the skies, Galileo looked at Praesepe and 23 12:04 a.m. Moon in last quarter.
26 11:00 p.m. Moon farthest, distance 252,
counted 40 stars, thus proving that there 100 miles.
were stars which could not be seen by the 31 4:19a.m. New moon.
naked eye. Subtract one hour for CST, two hours for
Modern powerful telescopes reveal sev- MST, and tHree for PST.
eral hundred or more in this little group. Science News Letter, February 23, 1957

10Caw rfo baly Thaisk 1957
MAY 83 (367
Dear Miss,
This replies to your
unidentified observation you enr years
sgo.
We appreciated learning of your unusual experience and
n rurnoses. At this late
date, it wour impractical to undertake a detailed inves-
tigation. It is important that an individual report his
observation as soon as pcssible. This enables Air Force
analysts to perforu a comprehensive investigation. analysts to perfora a comprehensive investigation.
Your interest in the Air Force's progrem on unidentified
flying objecte is approciatsd. I have inclosed tbe 1967 flying objecte is approciated. I have inclosed tbe 1967
report on cur project- report on cur projeet. East Lansing,
Sincerely,
Michigen
GRORGE P. FREEMAN, JR. CRORGEP.FREOMAE.JR
Lt Colonel, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Coosnunity Relations Division
Office of Information
Attachment
East Lansing, Michi gan 48823
Lr
CoorDINATED By (Office Symbol, Name, Grade, Date) oard cy - SAF-OIC
SAPOT- SAFOI- Combk cy - SAF-OIC
Reader cy - SAF-OIC
Activity cy - SAF-OIC
Stayback
the

Proposed reply to letter 22 March 1967
Dear Miss
This replies to your letter of March 22, 1967 in which you
mentioned an unidentified S
1957. lin yaro ago.
We appreciated learming of your unusual experience and will
-
a.s
as possible. I as possible. This enables Air Force analysts comprehensive
investigation. investigation.
Ohave ietind Che 1967 ngert -
in v pryec :
in vnd prgect.
Gf

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EAST LANSING. MGHIGAN NORTH HARRISON ROAD
Reh 40020 21,1967
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I anld it had diappeaned.
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No Case (Information Only) 8 March 1957
Houston, Texas
$ Mal 1uin, 3/00/57
Object Seen Over Texas
HOUSTON, Tex., March 9 (UP)
--Two pilots said they had
chased an unidentified flying ob-
ject that played cat-and-mouse with them for ten minutes last
to Houston. night on a flight from Beaumont
. The object whizzed past a
Tennessee Gas Transmission
Company DC-3 flown by Victor
Hancock: and Guy Miller and
then "just messed around with
us," Mr. Hancock said.
I still don't know what it
was but it knew we were follow-
ing it." Mr. Hancock said.
"When it wanted to it kept ahead
of us easily. It would seem to
stop, then when we caught up
with it, it would be gone."
REPORT ON CORONARIES REPORT ON CORONARIES
HUSTON TeMN HUSTONTAMen
hed a3ed- hedaed -
gouse witi shere.ico.ig.min- gouse witix here. icor.to min-
utgs iaet nigot en a tignt from utgs iast nigot gn a ggt from
Eeaimoot to Flnron a. Eeaimoot to Mlonton
IeUrC sazed ysc the UFCaazedwscthe
Tramamission
Des fiowirby Vicror Hanr
and Guy Mgle and then
meased aipund with int"
ck said
st don't know wkat it
but it knew we were fol-
HoWing. it." Haneock sald. "When
it wanted to dt kept ahead of us
easily. Ir would: seer to stop,
then when we caught up with
It it would be sone"
Hancock said therd were large
Hehts "white and.brilliant"
on the tMng."
Hancock notified kilington
Kir Force Base but the air
force wai unabla to pick up the
ying object on its radar.
tA similar obieck was repert-
slrhted aver Houaton and
Sw Angelo last week.
1957,Nar.9-Pasadena,Texas-9:45pm-UFO plays tag with DC-3 for l0 mimutes!
of Pilots tried to catch it but it out-manuevered them n in excess
of 200mph! It hovered occasionally.was about the size of a
plane,and traveled S. to'N,! ports by Pilots increasing)

was," Miller said.
stop, or seem to stop, just under us, We would bank around, get close to it and
it would be gone again." They got ot within "I got
the idea that it was at least the size of our plane," Hancock said. felt that
it was just messing around with us. I know that it knew we were following it."
The object was seen aporoaching Ellington Air Force Base's main rurway by the
pilots, and it "cut across military traffic." t the time the object vanished,
it seemed to be 200 feet over our
reaction." Both men notified
Ellington AFB, and Houston International Airport an Ellington officials were
investigating. Hancock said the Civil Aeronautic tower's radar operator reported
to him by radio that he had picked up an object close to the plane's position,
then lost it; then lost it; but UP but UP reported that the "Air Force was unable reported that the "Air r Force was unable to pick to pick up the
flying object on its radar." --Houston Chronicle, iiar. 9; Fort liorth Star-Tele-
gram, lar. 9; Washington Post & Times Herald, Hiar. 10 (UP); Newark Sunday News, gram, ilar. 9; Washington Post & Times Herald, Har. l0 (UP); Newark Sunday News,
Har. 10 (UP); N. Y. Times, liar. 1O (UP). Mar. 10 (UP); . Times, liar. 10 (UP).
1

clouds, John Wilbur, the engineer, was in th co-pilot's
Jacobson was navigating, and sa e object first. Brosdal vrites:
"About 50 miles east of Papa 3 - a check point betveen Nassau and Tuna -
the co-pilot, engineer and myself saw a very bright white light. It seemed to
grow in intensity to the point where it would be about three or four times as
strong as Venus rising and would then subside. This happened three or four
times; meanwhile, I 'came ' enough to check the radar screen. Sure enough,
a target showed up at 3 o'clock, 45 to 50 miles away. a target showed up at 3 o'clock, 45 to 50 miles away. U Using the cursor on the
face of the radar, I checked the angle of sighting and it checked with the
visual angle.
"The light appeared d to be stationary (on the scope), or moving in a north-
east direction (same We watched the light visually for about four or
five mimutes, and on radar for tventy minutes."
had ary definite shape; the radar image indicated that was larger than
normal aircraft. The scope was tuned to a SO-mile range
tain Brosdal most was the intensity of the light in its bright phases. After
perhaps four cycle f brightening and dimming, the light faded out slowly and
completely. Captain Brosdal did not alert the passengers, , and apparently no
one in the cabin of the plane saw it.

MARCH 81957 MARCH 81957 BAUDETTE, MINNESOTA BAUDETTE: MINNESOTA (KEYHOE-1960 P 55) 55) 1 WITNESS 00
A PILOT WITH 2OOO HOURS OF FLYING EXPERIENCE REPORTED SIGHTING AN OBJECTO1 AN 08JECT01
FROM THE GROUND. FROM THE GROUND THE UFO HE SAW WAS CIRCULAR,FROM FIFTEEN THE UFO HE SAW WAS CIRCULAR FROM FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN FEET  02
IN DIAMETER. MOVING UPWIND, ITS ODD GLOW SHONE ON THE IN DIAMETER. MOVING UPWIND ITS ODD GLOW SHONE ON THE SNOW-COVERED GROUND 03
IT WAS SO LOW THAT IT SEEMED IT WAS SO LOW THAT IT SEEMED TO SUCK THE LOOSE SNOW UP TO SUCK THE LOOSE SNOW UP UNDER IT AS IT PASSEO. IT AS IT PASSEO. 04 04
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/UNC LA S S IFIE D/UFOB-702-135.
(1) DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT
(A) PEAR SHAPE C
(B) PEA ate
(C) WHITE
(D ONE(1) IN NUMBER 03:10
(E) NEG
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(G) NEG
(H)NEG (H) NEG
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(1) NEG
(2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OBJECT
(A) SUN,S REFLECTION
(B) OVER HEAD
(C) UNKNOWN
(D) MOVING EAST NORTH EAST
(E) DARKNESS SET IN
(F) 51 MINUTES
(3) MANNER OF OBSERVATION
(A) GROUND VISUAL
(B) NAKED EYE
(C) NEG
DATE AND TIME OE CICUTINC

MARCH 8 19S7 BAUDETTE• MINNESOTA MARCH 81957 BAUDETTE MINNESOTA (KEYHOE-1960 P 55) 1 WITNESS 00
A PILOTWITH 2·OOO HOURS A PILOT, WITH 2OOO HOURS OF FLYING EXPERIENCE REPORTED SIGHTING GAN OBJECTOI AN OBJECTOI
FROM THE GROUND THE UFO HE FROM THE GROUNDTHE UFO HE SAW WAS CIRCULAR, FROM FIFTEEN SAW WAS CIRCULAR, FROM FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN FEET 02 TO EIGHTEEN FEET . 02
IN DIAMETER MOVING UPWIND, ITS ODD GLOW SHONE ON THE SNOW-COVEREDGROUND SNOW-COVERED GROUND 03
IT WAS SO LOW THAT IT SEEMED TO SUCK THE LOOSE SNOW UP UNDER IT AS IT PASSEO. 04 UNDER IT AS IT PASSEO• O4
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on 15 March 1957.
Our files indicate that wo have recoived no report of
that particuler fireball olghting. Ke do have records of a
Piruball dighting of only one thot
rooulted in considorcble publieity and nntiomride attontion.
Iis wos the Pen-Amorican Airlino firobnll sighting of 9 March
1957. Howevor, Chis
east of Savannah, Georgia. If you deoire the date on this
be heppy to foruord it to you.
noture ere roported direetly to
novopapors, estrononical obsorvatorios or other egancies,
and never come to the attention of the Air Foree. The
Afr Force doos not take cogndzence of reports not ofricially
roported to it.
1
The imlication bhat roports of this nature ere unduly
clasoifted or mey be withhold by the Air Force from reputable
seiontists is erroneous. soiontists is erroneous. Only the names of sources, confidents,
and classified aopects of and classified aopects invostigations, analysis, sites and investigations, analysis, sites and
equdyment are ever equdymont are ever clossifled, clossisled, if if et at all. In fect, the Air Force In fact, the Air Force
has a standing poliey hos a standing policy of kooping of kooping the the publie informod regarding publie informod regarding
unidontified flying obiects okch periodic roleaoes; a.copy
of the letes taen
hos beon revieved with
mueh interest end will our ne files on
this subject.
Thank you interest.
Sincorely,
LAREION J. TACIOR
Mejor, U3AP
Publio Inrortation Division
Ortice or crntion Sorvicos
Inclogure
s/s
Profescor COMEBACK-SAFIS-3
Univarsity of Pennsylvanie READER-SAFIS-1
Philedelphia 4, Pennsylvanie STAYEACK-SAFIS-3

a
Navy Dept. I
heve one good observation from a ship, and by newspeper cliopings reports
ue, as coordinates are not given.
-
A9 the object was brilliant. thers seems every chance
that xere whero "flying saucers"
ete. ars worked on.
or held from reoutable scientists.
I am therufora renuesting vou to have the reports on this
object mailed to me on loan, so thnt I can comute its atmospheric path
and if possible its orbit in spece. The reoorts will be carefully returned,
and I will b ppy to communicate the results I obtain. -
As I served on the scientific staff
Ground during 191s nd 1919. and as local consultant during the Second
World War, I had roper "prence.
ery
Dept. of Astronony,
University ot Paunr., SW
Plil-delpuia 4, Pa.
2 enouees.
T

White in color, the objects "were like bubbles ... about the size of a basket-
ball. OdLt. They didn't have any light of thei mave ey iigne C " own; cey Just reilecced iigncs on wm; they just reflected lights on
the ground. One of them broke away the ground. One of e others and began to change color, e others and began to change color,
to red. Then I saw that it was just 1 was just 1 reflecting red light from the State Farm ing red light from the State Farm
ailed off" and the fifth slipped to-
ward the ground and splattered against the asphalt of Central Avenue. ward the ground and splattered against th he asphalt of Central Avenue. "It sound-
ed like a thin sheet of ice slapping against the ground." and his wife Pand his wife
found the street wet where the object had hit, and moisture had spread over a
15-foot area. "It felt slippery to the touch, like an alkaline solution," and 15-foot area. "It felt slippery to the touch, like an alkaline s S solution," and
was "cooling or mumbing" to his fingers. "I have a cold and couldn't smell it,
but my wife Said it smelled sort of like burnt matches." This case seems like
good evidence for "unknowm aerial life-forms." -Charlotte Ob- "unknowm aerial life-forms." --Charlotte Ob-
server, Mar. 22. ont snut

(CSI)
No Case (Information Only) 23 March 1957
Ventura County, Calii fornia
March 23, 1957. In California, Ventura County Deputies
and on patrol in the Ventura-Camarillo area, reported seeing a red-
dish, glowing object in the skyinear a runway at neasd runway at Oxrard Air rorceBasey-aizez2 Oxnard Air Force Base, at l2:22
a.m. They said they watched it hover nea the field and dart about the valley field and dart about the valley
until until 1:37 a.m., when it disappeared to the north. 1:37 a.m., when it Two police police officers at near-
by Port by Port Huenene reported Huenene reported a similar sighting at about the similar sighting at about the same time. same time. Mirs. Lirs.
wife of an officer at the air base, telephoned the field shortly after wife of an officer at the air base, telephoned the field shortly after
midright to report what she described as a "brilliant, flashing red object" in to report wnat she described as a "brilliant, flashing red object" in
the sky over Santa Rosa Valley. A jet interceptor, in the air at the time, was
ordered to check, but spotted nothing. Col. E. F. Carey, Jr., air base command-
er, said that a radar check proved negative. --Los Angeles Lirror-News, liar. 23 er, said that a radar check proved negative. --Los Angeles Lirror-Nlews, liar. 23
(Credit: lrs. Idabel Epperson). (Credit: lrs. Idabel Epperson).

glow descend in the pasture on his parent's coperty
newspaper's account told of Air Force Intelligence investigating and relating
to Mr. the following: "Perhaps it is just as well you ran." Then,
according to
told wor an incident, similar to his, occurring in Florida. They said
it involved a women walking along a road who had become transfixed with fear
by a glowing object hurtling toward her silently. The craft knocked her down
to te
found dead with severe burns on her body.
According to s story, recounted by the News Tribune, the Air Force
the Florida incident, involving
files?
the above questions fullylly

APRIL 1957 7 SIGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Reseda, California Insufficient Data
Vashington, D. C. Astro (METEOR)
5ON-∞ 32.0ON. 82.45W (Ceorgia) Military Ealloon
Portland, Oregon Aircraft
Shelton, Washington Aireraft
9 Columbia, South Carolina (CASE MISSING) Military Astro (METEOR)
9 Colorado Springs, Colorado Insufficient Date
9 Rhinelander, Wisconsin I Astro (STAR)
9 Temple, California (Not U UFO) Other (Hole in Ground)
10 High Falls, New York Astro METEOR)
10 El Centro, California Ealloon
10 Ogden, Utah Balloon
11 Argentia AFB, NF (CASE MISSING) Military Astro (METEOR)
11 Bradley Beach, New Jersey Aircraft
11 Oakton, Virginia Aircraft
13 East Tawas, Michigan Insufficient Data
14 Vins-Sur-Caramay,-France Other (UNRELIABLE RPT)
HiLeah, Florida ' Astro (METEOR)
999 Eglin AFB, Florida Other (MIRAGE)
Albuquerque, New Mexico Ealloon
San Pedro, California Aircraft
21 Phoenix, Ari zona Phoenix, Ari zona Other (UNRELIABLE RPT)
21 Santa Barbara, California Aircraft
22 22 Amarillo, Texas Astro (METEOR)
22 SE United States SE United States Astro (METEOR)
23 Guam, Marianas Military Military OtherFIARE Other FLARE
23 23 Harrow-Weald, England Aircraft
23 Kent, Washington Aircraft
a 244 Port Columbus, Dayton, Ohio Others Others Balloon
24 Bedford, Indiana (CASE Bedford, Indiana (CASE MISSING) MISSING) Civilian Astro(STARS) Astro (STARS)
24 24 El Centro, California El Centro, California Other (FLARES)
25 Ringgold, Louisiane. Ringgold, Louisians rinFite) Fite) C UNIDENTIFIED
29 English Channel Fnclish Channel Aircraft Ainonaft
29 Ferndale, Michigan Aircraft
29 Worcaster, Massachusetts 1-2. Astro (METEORS)
3. Aircraft
29 Seattle, Washington Astro (METEOR)
30 Crane, InDiana (CASE HISSING) Civilian Aircraft
Apr-May Unitad States, England Astro (COMET)
ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)
DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION
Apr Oxnard AFB, Louisiana Newsclipping
Arvada, Colorado Speck (Green 164)
Vest, Freugh, Wegtownshire, Scotland Nevselipping
british Radar Site Newsclipping
Tampico,-Mexico Newsclipping
Norfolk, Virginia Newselipping
Sault Ste. Marie, Onterio Newselipping
Flenders, Long Island, New York Newselipping
Falade Trance Palal da, France Mewsclipping
New Zealand Newselipping
White Plains, New York Newselipping
Hicksvile, Long Island,New York Newselipping
Virginia, Minnesota Nevsolipping

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1957,M 9-Aleutia ns-Two huge Quakes cause Idawaves in San Francisco,
Hawaii & Japan! Had strength of:8 Richters!!
uSky Blasts" investigated by fficials!!
1957,Mar.3-Valley 1957,Mar 3-Valley Stream,NY-Morning-A huge Stream,NY-Morning-A huge chunk of chunk of ICE crashes onto ICE crashes onto roof
of car, deeply of car,deeply indenting it! Ice was jagged & super-hard!
1957,Nar 2-Violent 1957,Nar 2-Violent Tremor from SW Pacific! from SW Pacific! (+A Quake in Jamaica!)
1957,Mar.1-Barrow,Alaska-Awesome,red I 1957,Mar.1-Barrow,Alaska-Awesome,red LI HT amazes Eskimos! Unwavering, IT amazes Eskimos! Unwavering,
brilliant GLow,for past month!(Blue-green lights in N. re- brilliant GLow, for past month!(Blue-green lights in N. re-
-. ported from NYC & N. NJ the night of March First!)
.

Mar,l&-Los Angeles,Cal-5Olb, chunk of I lls.bounces homes.(+
Lake Albano
Mar:l9-San Gabriel,Cal-5O1 lece alls,pierces roof(See4/9INF#50)
Mar,21-f ark;iJ-lia windows..
Mar,2l-Tacoma,Vash-
falling, was " at I end,fell slowly over De-
fiance Park,finally disarpeared in a cloud. (Thanx APRG).
Mar.2l-London,Eng-didnight Large,sillent Disc ares 2o°,hovers,receeds..
Mer,22-Hanford,Cal-5:l5pin-Large,circular,grey UFO seen.(Clear,blue sky).
at 3600mph(30miles in 30sec.)1.als goins NI., Then, (Another?)
UFo shot-by at the same speed.!
(+A true Earthquake felt in Hunterdon Counby,NJ,near Lebanon.)
Mar,24-Ventura Counky,dal-l.2:22am-Fleshing,red.glowing UFO seen near OX--
nard AF Base by 5
flew North,'(Radar-che eck fouund nothins,aoto ssel.
Mar,2l-Port Hueneme,Cal.2 Aid to'chese Carl
ring,vanishes,
2 Naval-Base-Patrelmen reported 2
Mari25-Off E.Coast-Day-UFO sighted by PAA_Flight 216(E,Ilunson,Capt.).
Mar,28-Moline Acres,Mc-35ibs. of orushed-Ice Left from a falling'piecel

added. themselves and to the group in which they Science News Letter, February 23, 1957
Dr. Nash is sometimes asked to testify worked, they said.
for a worker that his hearing "Toss" was "Finally, the modern medical philosophy CHEMISTRY
caused by plant noise and is permanent in must continue to be that basically man is Watered Down, Reheated
nature. Industry, on the other hand, while better off having to fare for himself-that
wanting to compensate employees who ac- being too well cared for, having too little Minerals "Fluoresce"
tually are deafened, wants the ear specialist fear from cradle to crypt is not healthy
to rule out disablements that happened and that all drugs are still only a small and THE FACT that some minerals turn
years ago, Dr. Nash reported. essential part of medical practice, certainly bluish-green under ultraviolet or "black
A third party, the insurance company, no cure-all for modern trouble to be dis- light," when they are watered down and
wants to distinguish between a temporary pensed indiscriminately without sound - reheated, might prove to be a new tool
hearing loss and a permanent one, the medical advice," they concluded. for studying the surface of solids.
physician added. Science News Letter, February 23, 1957 A description of how a large number of
"In efforts to make the best of a bad
Emotional Health These defects occur in the arteries, at the This he calls the reversibility of fluores-
point where they divide into two branches, cence by annealing and thinks that when
and have been considered by sore to be the colorless minerals are first heated
TRANQUILIZING drugs can endanger the main cause of the aneurvsms or sac of
your emotional health as well as your physi- blood which forrs in the weakened area. strongly, water is driven out, driving out
cal health. Drs. Herman A. Dickel and When these aneurysms burst from too much with it the possibility of fluorescence.
Henry H. Dixon, department of psychiatry, pressure, they can cause paralysis and death During cooling in open air, water vapor
University of Oregon Medical Schcol, Port- by disrupting the flow of blood to vital condenses on the surtace. When excited by
land, warn in the Journal of the American brain tissue. renewed heating, the water molecules are
Medical Association (Feb.9). A study of the brain arteries of dogs. bound more strongly to the surface and
The psychiatrists studied the erfects of the horses, and sheep has shown that these de- this state is fluorescent.
drugs in 8,200 patients suffering from fective walls occur quite frequently in ani- Reversible fluorescence, Mr. Przibram says,
anxiety and found that some became de- mals as well as man. Dr. Stehbens reported. with more and varied study. might shed
preased enough to commit suicide, some' These findings indicate that defective some ordinary light on the adsorption of
sufiered severe toxic reactions, and many walls are not the only cause of the dan- vapors on solid surfaces and on the strue-
ochers experienced serious emotional prob. gerous blood pockets in man, he reported. ture of solids.
lems. Science News Latter, February 23, 1957 Science News Letter, February 23, 1957

opposite the sun, which means that it will for by following its curve toward the east the constellation continues farther to the
be visible all night, rising at sunset and one comes to Arcturus, in Bootes, the bear- south, even below the four stars shown of
setting as the sun rises. It is now in the driver, tenth and last of the first magni- Corvus, the crow, but these are so dimmed
constellation of Virgo, the virgin, , whose tude stars seen on March evenings. by their low altitude that they are not
evening position is shown on the accom- bright enough to be shown on our map.
panying maps. Sun Over Equator Corvus is another of the smaller constel.
These depict the sky as it looks about lations, but it goes back to ancient times.
10:00 p.m., your own variety of standard One welcome astronomical event occurs The Romans called it a crow while the
time, on March l. By the middle of the on the afternoon of March 20, for on that Greeks regarded it as a raven, which is a
month, it will look this way at nine o'clock, date (at 4:17 p.m., EST), the sun will stand member of the same family as the crow.
while at the end of March the eight o'clock directly over the equator. Since December Quite low in the south, just left of Canis
appearance is indicated. Virgo is seen to it has been moving northward in the sky, Major, are shown a few stars, marked Pyxis,
ward the east. and now it reaches the half-way point of Vela and Puppis. Actually these are all
Jupiter is now of magnitude minus 2 on its journey. part of a much larger group, containing
the astronomical scale, or more than half It rises directly east, and sets directly some very prominent stars, but they are
again as bright as Sirius, the brightest star, west, so day and night are of equal length. so far south that they do not appear above
and it is easy to locate. Also in Virgo is Hence the name of this event, the "equi- our horizon. This is Argo Navis, the ship
the first magnitude star called Spica, which nox," which means "equal nights.". Argo, supposed to represent the mythologi-
is so close to the horizon on March eve- In the Northern Hemisphere this is the cal vessel that Glaucus built for Jason, who
nings that its light is greatly recuced. beginning of spring, but in the Southern led the Argonauts in their quest of the
Above Virgo stands Leo, the lion, with Hemisphere it is the first day of autumn. Golden Fleece.
the bright star Regulus. This orb, with a While the sun during the winter was so
sernicircle of stars just above, forms a little low for us. it was high for them, and they Argo Has Four Parts
the end of the handle, which points down- With Orion and his neighbors now de. The group is so big that it is subdivided
ward. scending into the west, and Leo and Virgo into four parts, each considered as a con-
Winter Constellations Going just coming up in the east, the center of stellation. Puppis is the "poop," or stern;
the celestial stage, i.e., the part of the sky Vela the sail and Pyxis the compass. The
With winter now approaching its end, directly south, is occupied by a number of fourth, Carina, the keel, is not shown. It
the constellations that characterize that interesting but less conspicuous constella- is farther south and contains the brilliant
tions. One of these, Monoceros, has already star called Canopus.
season are getting ready to bow off the been mentioned as standing between the In the southern states of the United States
celestial stage. two dogs, Canis Major and Canis Minor. it comes into view, but not for points that
They are seen in the southwest, instead The brightest star in it is of the fourth are north of 38 degrees latitude.
of being high in the south, as they were magnitude, so it is not conspicuous. High in the south is Cancer, the crab,
a month or two ago. The most familiar,
perhaps, is Orion, the warrior. Three stars
in a row form his belt, while Betelgeuse is
above and Rigel below.
Just to the right is Taurus, the bull, with URSA
Aldebaran. Above Orion we find Gemini, MARCH LY/NX MAJOR
the twins, with Castor and Pollux, the 1957 AURIGA
latter a star of the first magnitude. Capella POINTERS
Going from Rigel toward the left, one TAURUS BIG DIPPER CANES
comes to Canis Major, the greater dog, in CAMELOPARDALIS VNATICI
which Sirius shines. Above this group, after PERSEUS URSA MINOR
passing the faint figure of Monoceros, the Pleiades Polaris
unicorn, stands the lesser dog, Canis Minor, CASSIOPEIA BOOTES
with the star called Procyon. /TRIANGULUM Arcturus
Swinging around toward the northern CEPHEUS DRACO
sky, Auriga, the charioteer, can be located CORONA
to the right of Taurus, with the star Ca-
pella. High in the northeast is the familiar
hgure of the great dipper, which is really AWEST JaceNorth EAST>