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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 1. DATE 2LOCATION LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
November 1957 Over Pennsylvania Yas Bailoon
0 Probably Balloon
o Possibiy Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircreft
GAAL 2040Z AinVi sual Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTGS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Probably Astrenomical Aurora
No Civilian 0 PossiblyAstronomicai
LENGTH OF OBSERYATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
00 insuificient Data for Evaluarion
1 SW Unkno wn
Not given
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING. 11. COMMENTS
.Bright lights changing color, white to Probably Aurora Borealis.
amber to red, traveling Sw with great. speed
White on te, red on bottom.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 9EP S2) ATIC FORM 379 (REV 26 9EP S2)
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6 Novenber 1957 Aurora(21 Catos)
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antl  lage and btyhe red gatiey bad
ate oi de cast and ws Den Sktd n
it that Other reports of september ith hav The m xt ag S
nthe Lern reeived frore C: E. On. Norwalk the siagysal dexdhopanat
mowed Wisonst I. Aexetf. Madison. Wiscon baw auoa it Ptbva
1 am and sin. I. V. Evnden. St. Betnard. Ohio. and graphee is M Fri imas a
oros R. R Powell, Lawrence. Kansas than an boor
algd the Nuroral activity continued at a bigh Than shelt da them n
B inodlok level throughout the month Another toath.se oe the miit i Se
and ddtpared." hright display was obwre oniy font days Sad from Hha New Y ak ae n
fo
a hewthe the
. habui i back. ot
deeved at Glat
e mottha hights
the  the ite tells The SpimbaLi
hhe brats teadhed jurora was o
thall to ehe wenith. Pittsburgh that Walter
gee ln Iara. A. Feibelman's photor
h coterge was dark graph. at 11:03 p.m.
EST. shows the raved
thrhgm dike a open strwsure. very distinct.
Tode th the toThe lv. despite the interfer-
3a  degrees ence bv clouds and
Sat.Atheugh remain- bright moonlight. Mr.
e thws teatutesalter- Feibelman noted that
daer Tall mooon by Welrer A, Felbehoai Seutraber Jh bum Prhchd Masg
wher mal es wateonty phrotographie reer ete Tbe latrr was niin ie a
i. dedisgunhed Wr Wekh wads at Pitbutge, Pemisylvanin, in to- formation. with, intong eed pate hes
-gri i tn Highe trore tar operaticn witir the IGY Auroral Data Lhe nogthein lighr repostet bere can
. mikea he tapul puhations. Center at Cornell University. He com- at best comptise only a stall part ot he
. . Feocker u. Hioxpestor, Uhig mented on the wide extent of this aurora, wotaf auroral astisiy duang tn arme
he4 1rin 8:5 t 18.30 p.m reaching far into the west and southwest rable momch for thev ate merehe a sle
wart he Psnls etimax twn t bright red siwe aoprared near the chose pling bronn a linitn groglathical at
of the dispd Ouhwhen systematic redsti
Vnotwortay auroral plorn on the world wide suroral prigrin have baa
oight i Sepicwber 22-23, dely seen anslyzed will the over-ail stoty henhed
over the United States. is discussed bv
James E, MeDodald in his article on pag COMET MRKOS AND SOLAR
Hi R. E Morehead, at Des Momne His  R.Fi Morehead, at Des Momne ACTIVTY
Jowa, desribes this aurora as consisting of Jowa, describes this aurora as consisting of Recent photographs oi Comes Recent photographe oi Comes Nig ps Ma
cays convcrging on the zenith, some ex accordiag toe asttohomrty at Yerkes Uh according toe asttonomrty Jt Yerkes Uh
tending dowy nearly to the southern hori- tending dowy nearty to the southern hori- servatory. show the occurence in is tht servatory. show the occurrence in is t
won. Aimost half the sky was brilliant red Ainvse halE tha kv wat brillirt re of irregular chaoging patches of figh
at the height of the display. a tew rays These patches are composed of coroed
appearing almost blood red: in the north gases, whose hunninosity is Crused be jetx
ern sky. however. the forms were mainiv of tast-moving electrans. prorans re
greenish white alpha partades ejected frote he sun
On"the West Coast, at Vancouver. Similar streams ot sola: cofpus alt tahs
Brush Coimmbia, Terrv Tavlor watched tion that coilide with thr carth ae re
the peak of the September Zznd displav at sponsible lor the hright totthun igius
8:50 pm. Parife standard tine He observed during the presens prak t to
writes. "The had grown into 3 Ii vear cvele of solar iett
spectacular whie whiripool of Cumet Mrkos is the objert th wao
milky light, with a clear spot in the center. consptruoun dut:ng Aaguse belt its rayinth
Bright rays covered over 75 per of recmston frotm the sun las yes arind
the sky, nearly obiiterating the Znd-mag into the wouthern is whierr i  n
usest faint.
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R.Otoupalik, reports a spectacular aurora
at Greelev. Colorado. rwo morningy
later. about 3 a.m. Mountain standard
time on September Bid. From the north
ern quarter of the honzon. greenshr ahite
ravs extended 70 degrees up the sk with
the rising flashes that tharacicnve i dam
ing aurora. photograph of this same
event, by A. J. Morehouse at Battle Crrrk.
Michigan. is shown on this page.
Both of these displavs were dwaried by
the widespread auroral storm on the ove
ning of September 4th which was ex
tremely brilliant despite the presence in
the sky of the moon only foar davs betore
its full phase. This display is perhaps t
be classed with the greatest aurorae of the
past few decades. From as far south as
Batesville, Arkansas, J. R. Wright reports:
"I first noticed the spectat le as a vellow
SEPTEMBER AURORAE 2
NaTO porermech cutuy wat on
muered inm vinai ing rad cnomie
ations Th a a coye of h
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ages aee vbkd andi o
Tu ah ver
UO nrough
eptenby a reub ri of ote
lights The miosith wss in, ue opening
hows when Cherdore E Aos of Worres
ter. Masschoetes. secuzed che piccures
repindured Nere. of a very brilliant dis
wiw stt low in the worther skv te
the sugot of Mt Wa hser proups as the Big Dipper, the- piteres
He prsinrod his-Super Hkomta B camera : bave beer oaiched in winauth, to make
in the. duecions nortiwest, notth-nonth-evident coe prosduecud changes in pom
west. ani aorth. Bv weans f dach tar dud. ated loctn ok the aisoral featres in
Above and rigbe Three views
of the Sre northern lights on
Senicnhel Je photographed
ebou A Rs. EST by T.
I- Agon in ceatral Massachu-
setus. He used an f/2.s lens
goutnl hundie of the Rig Dip-
per appears at the right in the
second picoure and the bow!
is in the third pictwre.
Leit: On Separnber.Jed.
abour 3 o'clock in the morn-
ing. A. J. Morebouse at Bat.
tle Creek. Michigan, secured
this one-minute exposure on
Tri-N Alo at 6/4.5. He
pointed his Kodamatic cam-
era 2o degrees up the north-
western ky.