PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Probably Was Balloon Balloon
30 May 58 W of N. Africa PossiblyBalloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local. Xa Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 000 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 30/1145Z 0 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 000 Probably Astronomical Was Astronomical
Yes Possibly Astronomical
XOXNo Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE OY 0 Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not given one West 0 Unknown
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obj moving West shooting flame & Based on the scanty info given
white Smoke & appearing to be falling. conclusion cannot be drawn.
ATIC forM 329 (rEv 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
DD REMARKS C N
ORGANIZAT FROM NAME 20 . ! ? : 1 NAME OR .MEMO
repo rock offi revi ORGANIZA 1 NAME OR TITLE
FROM NAME OR TITLE e+
ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION
ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION
MEMO-ROUTING SLIP
13 review and comment.
/Ggt reporting officer states.
rocket fired from this area.
DA   A AFCIN-4E4 to the nature of the sighting.
3. The object could be a jet acft. as . AFCIN-4F3 AFCIN-4F2
James O Bolieu l. The attached report is submitted for
However, would appreciate your conclusion office feels the object could be a missle or 2. Due to the proximity of North Africa, this
DATE INITIALS
CONCURRENCES. OR SIMILAR ACTIONS NEVER USE FOR APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS.
* 69216 DATE your
GPO: 900 TELEPHONE 3 June 58
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THE HOLLY RIVER SAUCER "
tree? there in the road.
HANK MOLLOHAN: We couldn't BARKER: What was his name in
tell too much. You see we were at case I want to get in touch with
the foot of the hill and he was clear him?.
on top, you might say, and we HANK MOLLOHAN: I really don't
couldn't tell much what he was do- know.
ing.
BARKER: I had heard reports Coole.
from other people who had talked HANK MOLLOHAN: There was
with you that you had seen two another man with him who called
little men about three feet tall. ... him Rodney.
HANK MOLLOHAN (Interrupt- BARKER: Rodney Belknap. I
ing): No, we didn't see nothing like talked with him last night. I asked
that. him, "What you think of these
BARKER: They must have exag- people? Are they truthful?" And he
gerated that. You saw a man and said, yes, he was sure that it wasn't
you were so far away that naturally someone just making up something.
he looked small. You wouldn't have And he said that you acted rather
any idea of just how tall he might frightened. Were you?
have been? HANK MOLLOHAN: Well, I waSn't
HANK MOLLOHAN: No. ALALA exactly brave. He wanted us to go exactly brave. He wanted us to go
BARKER: You saw movement up on top of the mountain with up on top of the mountain with
where it landed. Could you see the them that night, and we told them
object itself? we wouldn't do it. We would go the we wouldn't do it. We would go the
HANK MOLLOHAN: We couldn't next day, but we wouldn't go after next day, but we wouldn't go after
actually make out the object. We actually make out the object. We night.
thought we saw it a time or two. BARKER: Did you feel it might BARKER: Did you feel it might
BARKER: At BARKER: A the time you saw be dangerous to go up there?
movement, was it still daylight? movement, was it still daylight? HANK MOLLOHAN: Why, yeah,
HANK MOLLOHAN: It WaS about we didn't know exactly what we'd exactly what we'd
4:30 or 5:00 in the evening. It was 4:30 or 5:00 in the evening. It was run into. run into.
pretty dusky then. pretty dusky then. BARKER: Was it after dark when BARKER: Was it after dark when
BARKER: When you saw BARKER: When you saw this you went for the police?
thing land, what was your impres- HANK MOLLOHAN: Oh yes, I
sion that it was? suspect it was 7:00 o'clock when we
HANK MOLLOHAN: I thought it left.
was something from the United H. G. MOLLOHAN: Yeah, latEr
States, maybe, Army or Navy. There than that.
are so many experimental things. HANK MOLLOHAN: It WaS about
BARKER: I understand that you 10:00 or 10:30 when the police got
called the police. here.
HANK MOLLOHAN: No, We didn't BARKER: Now after it was dark,
call them. We' started to call them could you see any lights?
and decided if we did call them and HANK MOLLOHAN: We thOught
there wasn't anything to it, people we saw one light. We weren't ab-
would think we were crazy. Then we solutely sure. We thought we did.
got to thinking about it and we just H. G MOLLOHAN: Now, let me get
drove to Sutton and they weren't a word in here. There were three of'
there so we went to Gassaway and them fellows up there that had
found this State Policeman sitting .lights, wasn't there?
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40 VER SAUCER -
THE HOLL?
HANK MOLLOHAN: YeS. revolving, going round and round.
H. G. MOLLOHAN: Well, as I un- BARKER: Was It on top of the ob-
derstand it, the Knicely woman saw ject?
a red light way down there on the HANK MOLLOHAN: It WaS on the
ridge, this side of them. top of the hill, where the object
BARKER: That was when the po- went down.
lice were up there? BARKER: And it was sticking up?
H. G. MOLLOHAN: Way down HANK MOLLOHAN: Uh huh.
there on this side of them. BARKER: And where was he,
BARKER: And none of you people when he saw this?
had a red light. HANK MOLLOHAN: was in
HANK MOLLOHAN: No, I didn't the road, over there what they call
even see it. the Old Taylor bottom.
BARKER: Did the police go where BARKER: And you weren't with
you had seen the object? him at that time?
HANK MOLLOHAN: Yes. You see, HANK MOLLOHAN: I WaS With
we stood on the road, along the riv- him, but he was looking through the
er, and when they went up on top glasses. You see, we just had one
of the hill we hollered and tried to pair of glasses. I never could locate
direct them to where it was, the best it.
we could. BARKER: NOW, to BARKER: Now, to review, I review, I
BARKER: Did they find any they find any would like you to tell me the names
signs? of everyone who witnessed this essed this
HANK MOLLOHAN: They said HANK MOLLOHAN: They said thing.
they didn't find any signs at all. they didn't find any signs at all. H. G. MOLLOHAN: Well, H. G. H. G. MOLLOHAN: Wel, H. G.
BARKER: When were you up at Mollohan, Jr., saw it, and his wife
the site? saw it; Walter Knicely saw it; and
HANK MOLLOHAN: We Were up Ora Moats; and myself; and Eddie Ora Moats; and myself; and Eddie
the next day. Mollohan and his wife saw it. Mollohan and his wife saw it.
BARKER: And what did you find? BARKER: And what did you find? HANK MOLLOHAN: There WaS a
HANK MOLLOHAN: We couldn't man on what they call Gibson Ridge
find nothing, except where people saw it the same day, too.
had been trampling around, proba- bad hee BARKER: What was his name?
bly the police had done it, or some- H. G. MOLLOHAN: Cougar or
one else. Gibson, I swear I can't remember
BARKER: Are there open places which.
where something that big could HANK MOLLOHAN: Out on Gib-
land without breaking any branch- son Ridge. You
es? Ridge is?
HANK MOLLOHAN: There are
places where there isn't heavy tim- BARKER: No I don't know this
ber, grown up places where t they country well.
could set straight down, like a heli- HANK MOLLOHAN: It's just
copter. But as far as an airplane north of here, about two miles, as
landing and taking off, there isn't. the crow flies. They came over here
BARKER: What was it your the next day in a pickup truck to
brother saw? find out what we'd seen, if it was
HANK MOLLOHAN: He SaW & rod, anything like what they had seen.
it just looked like a radar thing, a BARKER: How did they describe
big rod with a thing on top of it, what they had seen?
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THE HOLLY RIVER SAUCER 41
HANK MOLLOHAN: I waS Work- know if the State Police from this
ing. I didn't get to talk to them. My area reported it, and Ed told him
wife was telling me about them just what was said and what hap-
being here. pened. Told him he just doubted it.
BARKER: Did they see anything He was pretty well tore up over how
as close up as you did? the law acted about it.
HANK MOLLOHAN: I really don't BARKER: Tell me this, did the
know. law seem to disbelieve. . . .?
BARKER: Have you ever heard H. G. MOLLOHAN: Well, you knoW
any stories about flying saucers? I wasn't with them while they were
HANK MOLLOHAN: I've heard here. Just the two boys were here.
quite a few of them. They just plainly told them they
BARKER: What do you think a- weren't going up in them woods af-
bout these stories? ter dark. In fact the deputy sheriff
HANK MOLLOHAN: Well, I think told them that he didn't see any
there's something to it. I think they sense in going up there after night,
see something. but the state police would t listen
BARKER: Do you think that what to him.
you saw was from space? BARKER: They went right on up
HANK MOLLOHAN: No I HANK MOLLOHAN: No I don't BARkER: Tney went right on up
think it was from space. there then?
H. G. MOLLOHAN: They Went H. G. MOLLOHAN: They went
it wasn't? right on up three of them.
MOLLOHAN: WEll, 'the MOLLOHAN: Well, 'the BARKER: Well, when you l saw saw
HANK something like that land, it might something like land, it might
main reason was the fuel. The way be just a bit difficult to tell your- be just a bit difficul to tell your-
the fuel was burning and everything self to go up on mountain
they'd have to have an awful load and investigate. Just one more thing
of fuel to carry as big a ship as that I forgot to ask: What was the color
was and bring it any distance. of the object?
BARKER: I believe it was your BARKER: I believe it was your HANK MOLLOHAN: It WaS more HANK MOLLOHAN: It was more
impression that perhaps this was impression that perhaps this was of an aluminum color-about the of an aluminum color-about the
some experiment.... some experiment same color of the sky. If it hadn't odn't
HANK MOLLOHAN: I believe it been for the dark cloud, I doubt if
was some kind experimental we'd have ever seen it.
thing of the Army or Navy had. You BARKER: Did it seem to glow?
know they have a proving ground at HANK MOLLOHAN: No, only
Aberdeen, Md., that isn't too far. when the sun glinted on it.
BARKER:Did anyone from the BARKER: Did it appear metallic?
Air Force or any other government HANK MOLLOHAN: Yes.
agency question you about it? BARKER: Well, thank you gentle-
HANK MOLLOHAN: No sir. men very much for an interesting
H. G. MOLLOHAN: Ed talked to account. This will go into my rec-
the F.B. I. When he was u up home. ords as another case of people who
He talked to the F.B.I., I believe have seen the so-called unidentified
it was in Washington, on the tele- flying objects. We don't know quite
phone. what they are, but perhaps one of
BARKER: And what did the F.B.I. these days we shall. Thank you very
man tell him, anything? much.
H. G. MOLLOHAN: He Wanted to THE END
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astronemical research has develeped-radio
astronomy.
The sun, the moon niàny other ob
jects in the universe are sending us radio
waves. Many radio telescopes have been
built to pick up these waves, and provide
data for study and interpretation.
If a piece of iron is heated to approxi-
mately a thousand degrees Fahrenheit, it
begins to show a dull red glow; at 3,000
degrees, it shines brilliant white. These
waves of visible light range in length from
approximately 1/40,000th inch, which give
the sensation of red, to approximately
1/70,000th inch, which gives v violet. Shorter
than red are the infrared, given off by ob-
jects much too cool to show any visible
glow. The longer waves in the infrared
run into the shortest radio waves, and these,
too, are given off by objects that are rela-
tively cool, even at temperatures greater
than those of normal surroundings.
Jupiter's Lightning
Such waves in the radio region, an inch
or so in length, have been d detected from the
moon, Mars and Venus, resulting from
temperatures in the region of zero to 32
degrees Fahrenheit. Jupiter, however, is
much colder, and no radiation of this sort
has been detected from that planet.
Nevertheless, in 1955 1955 s scientists in Wash- scientists in Wash-
ington did pick up waves from Jupiter, some pick up waves f from W Jupiter, some
45 feet t in length. Unlike those due to the Unlike those due to the
temperature, these temperature, these were variable, coming in
bursts, and were also much stronger. also much stronger. Each
burst may last for a second or more. may last for second or more. The
static that we sometimes hear on our static that we sometimes hear on our r radio radio
receivers usually comes from from distant light- distant light-
ning g flashes here on earth. flashes here on earth.
One theory to explain the bursts of
"static" from Jupiter is that there, too, light- Jupiter is that there, too, light-
ning strokes occur in the clouds of methane occur in the clouds of methane
and ammonia that fill the planet's skies.
But the total power of such a Jovian stroke But the totalp power of such a Jovian stroke
is about a hundred trilliont trillion times as great
as the average stroke on earth.
Venus, also, has been found to broadcast
somewhat similar signals, but these are
much weaker, and shorter, too, lasting only
a small fraction of a second. As these waves
are studied by the new radio observatories,
and others now being built, we will doubt-
less acquire much new data about the
planets, as well as other celestial bodies.
Celestial
May EST
1:00 a.m. Moon nearest, distance 223,400
miles.
4:21 a.m. Moon passes Jupiter.
3 7:00 2.m. Partial eclipse of moon begins,
visible in region of Pacific Ocean.
7:23 a.m. Full moon.
5 early a.m. Meteors visible, radiating from
constellation Aquarius.
6 5:22 a.m. Moon passes Saturn.
10 9:37 a.m. Moon in last quarter.
12 9:58 a.m. Moon passes s Mars.
14 6:00 2.m. Moon farthest, distance 252,000
miles.
9:00 a.m. Mercury farthest west of sun.
7:25 p.m. Moon passes Venus.
16 9:16 a.m. Moon passes Mercury.
18 2:00 p.m. New moon.
25 11:38 p.m. Moon in first t quarter.
29 9:25a.m. Moon passes Jupiter.
30 2:00 a.m. Moon nearest, distance 226,300
miles.
Subtract onc hour for CST, two hours for
MST and three for PST.
Science News Letter, Apri

Equatorial Crossing Graphs of
succeeding orbits are corrected.
data, assumed to have coincided with the point of orbital injection. Using
an equatorial crossing angle of 65° it is computed that the perigee, regard-
less of its original location, will shift in the orbital plane at the rate of
0.43° per day and this shift will be in a direction opposite to the motion
of the Satellite.
National Technical Processing Center
Washington, D.C.
* This ephemeris was prepared in order to furnish a guide for radio
(20.005 mc satellite transmissions) monitoring and is not intended to
have the accuracy necessary for optical sighting work.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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least likely is Soviet aircraft or missile activity.
Somewhat more likely. and consistent with n the
observation and the area observation and the area involved, would involved, would be a
carrier aircraft torching: carrier aircraft torching: Based on the scanty Based on the scanty
information given, it is doubtful information given, it is doubtful that a correct correct
evaluation of the report can be made.
E. Y. Davidson Tun 58
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13.21 UT MAY .03 NCRTH OF CITY IORIZON MOVING SE
AT 12.33 UT NAY .04 NORTH CF CITY 08 MOVING SE
AT 11.45 UT MAY .05 NORTH CF CIl ABO MOVING SE
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UT MAY OF BOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
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IPHNON PENH, CANBCOIA UNIVERSAL TIME
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IPORTC ALEGRE, BRAZIL UNIVERSAL TIME
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Morocca
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NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY) 5 May, 1958
Montivideo, Uruguay
Source: Craft Digest, Fall 1958
on May 5, 1958 created
A BRIGHT SILYFR
euch an intense he
open the window Carlos Al ejo Rodriguez tly erly couree and
within 8oo' rarda to see the
metallic appearing. cal. The object then teok off at faniautic epeed toward the sed. 'top •haped"obje
SPACE-CRAFT UM.EST PO BOX 7O8 SAL.EM,OREGON USA PARO 2

Informati on Only 8 May, 1958
Source: APRO Bulletin, January, 1964 Tarpon Springs, Fla.
1958 Encounter With UFO
On May 8, 1958 two sisters driving on
U.S. Route 19 at the Tarpon Springs
Road in Florida had a very peculiar ex-
perience. Miss Hazel Alverson and her
. sister Mrs. Esther Freeman were driving
back to St. Petersburg from Brooksville.
At about 6:30 p.m., both women felt At about 6:30 p.m., both women felt
pain in their faces and experienced con-
siderable eyestrain. The sourse of their
trouble apparently was an object in the
western sky, approximately in line with western sky, approximately in line with
the sun. Miss Alverson, an amateur pho-
tographer, checked e light intensity
of the object, which showed a reading
of 1600, as compared with the sun's read- of 1600, as compared with the sun's read-
ing of 300. She took a photograph of the
object, which showed a lighted area, but object, which showed a lighted area, but
was too faint in the newscut to repro- …was too faint in the newscut to repro-
duce. duce

INF ONLT 16 MAY 1958
Far-Ranging
Radar Spots
Sputnik III
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 16--
(UP) - Probing American long-
range radar picked up Sputnik
III and the booster rocket which
propelled it today.
The two Russian-made space
invaders, scheduled to pass over
the United States tonight, were
Iracked by equipment at the Air
Force's Millstone Hill installation
at Westford, Mass.
Experimental high power radar
picked up the larger of the two
objects, apparently the booster
rocket, at 10:44.30 a.m. The Air
Force said the object was some
863 miles fron Westford over the
western Atantic.
The radar followed the path of
the booster for six minutes in a the booster for six minutes in a
northeasterly direction. The ob-
ject disappeared over the horizon ject disappeared over the horizon
beyond Newfoundland at 10:50.15 NEw
a.n. toward Iceland.
The second and smaller object, The second and smaller object,
presumably Sputnik III itself, was
picked up by Millstone radar at
10:53.35 a.m. At the time it was
in the sky northeastward beyond
Newfoundland and 1.047 miles Newfoundland and 1.047 miles
from Westford and following the from Westford and following the
orbit of the bigger object. 1
Millstone detected radio signals
from the satellite transmitter at from the satellite transmifter at
the same time as the sighting of
the snaller object.
Reports of optical sightings.
meanvhile, were co-ordinated at
Smithsonian astrophysical observ-
atory in Cambridge, headquarters
for operation moonwatch teams
around the world.
Smithsonian said that, weather
permitting, Americans should get
iwo chances to view Sputnik III
and the booster tonight. However.
overcast skies were expected to
conceal the big man-made moon
on its first pass, just aster dusk.
as it sweeps over Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts a n d
Connecticut from about 8 to 8:04
p.m.
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No Case (Information Only) 27 May 1958
Biggleswade, England
1
195
period of
monthe by a mechanic who finelly confessed his stunt The heaxter,
named Frank Ruseell, built a contrapticn s, a balloon, and
fireworks, which when released at night gave a flying saucer
for several seccnds. He would then rotrieve his device it again when
the spirit moved him. British euthorities are undesided as ther to pros-
ecute or not..
NX28 2818 1774958
BIGGLESWADE, ENGLAND MAY'27.--(UPI)--FRANK RUSSELL GROUNDED HIS Fi
"FLYING SAUCER" TODAY BEAUSE HE GOT TIRED OF LYING TO HIS WIFE.
S1x RUSSELL, A MACHINE TOOL OPERATOR, HAD BIGGLESWADE IN A TIZZY FOR·
MO ITUS LTTU 1
IT HAD FLASHLIGHT BULBS FOR HA D A RODATI ACHMENT TO
SUPPLY A ROTATING EFFECT.
RUSSELL SA D HE WOULD .SNEAK GADGET UP ON A NYLON LII
RUSSELL SAID HE WOULD SNEAK OUT AND SEND THE GADGET UP ON A NYLON
LINE WITH A METEOROLOGICAL BALLOON INSIDE IT FOR LIFTING POWER.
HE WOULD LET THE SAUNCER, LIGHTS ABLAZE, REMAIN IN THE AIR FOR
ABOUT FIVE UTES. THEN A TIMING MECHAI OUT THE LIGHTS AND
SHOT A F: WORKS ROCKET INTO THE SKY.
TO ONLOOKERS, IT EARED THAT THE SAUCER HAD SUDDENLY VEERED OFF
INTO SPACE. THE REEL IT IN AND LAUGH AND
LAUGH. -Very, ey funny
DL/MF556P
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JUNE 1958 SIGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Sumner . North Turner, Maine Civilian Other (UNRELIABLE REPOR
Jun Tokmak, Kirgiz, USSR Civilian Insufficient Data
1 Salt Lake City, Utah Aircraft
Eunice, New Mexico, Pecos/Kermin, Texas Multi Astro (METEOR)
Marshalltown, Iowa PHYSICAL Other (VOLCANIC ROCK)
-Kansas City, Missouri IN FOLOWING Astro (SPICA/JUPITER)
New York, New York FOLDER Balloon
mm±nnot∞ Uruguay Astro METEOR)
Dayton, Ohio Aircraft
Yellow Springs, Ohio Aircraft
-N of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Balloon
Puget Sound Area, Washington Military Balloon
S Bethpage, Long Island, Mew York Astro (METEOR)
-lo Mi W of Huntsville, Texas Military Air/Vis Satellite (Sputnik3
Dayton, Ohio Aircraft
-Las Cruces, New Mexico Astro (METEOR)
-Hong Kong, China RAF Insufficient Data
-Pueblo, Colorado UNIDENTIFIED
Portland, Oregon Other (REFLECTION)
-Pecos, Texas Pecos, Texas Multi SLt Astro(VENUS) Astro (vEnUS)
Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge, Tennessee Aircraft
-Memphis, Tennessee Insufficient Data Insufficient Data
.Fort Bragg, North Carolina Fort Bragg, North Carolina UNIDENTIFIED
Walker AFB, New M Walker AFB, New Mexico Military Insufficient Data
-Bremerton, Bremerton, Vashington Vashington Multi (Cubli) Aircraft
22 -Knoxville, Tennessee Astro (METEOR)
23 Alexandria, Louisiana Alexandria, Lowisiana PHOTO) Other Other (CAMERA LEAK) LEAK)
24 -Dallas, Texas Astro (MOON) MOON)
26 -Tacoma, Washingten -Tacoma, Washington Astro Astro (METEOR)
26-29&ll-Jul Belfast, Naize Multi PHOTO) Astro (ARCTuRus) Astro (ARCTURUS)
28 -52/26N 35W (Mi Atlantic) Civil & Mil Air Astro (METEOR) Astro (METEOR)
- S of Charleston, est Virginia Eastern Airlines Astro (METEOR)
Nome, Alaska Astro (METEOR)
-North Park, Colorado Insufficient Data
Climax, Colorado Astro (METEOR)
-Uruguay CIOVI Insufficient Data
ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)
DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION
Jun Universe Science News Ltr
Jun Montreal, Canada or)
Jun ZISHARMAN Pakistan (Green 164)
6-10 Over California Map
10 Marysville, California Newsclipping
19 Glen Arden, Maryland Newsclipping
21 -Cary, Illinois Green 164)
29 -Conn, Ariz, Atlantic Ocean Newsclipping
29 Shannon, Ireland Newsclipping

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266 Science NEws Letter for April 26, 1958
ASIRONOMY
UNIVERSE
Saturn Joins Jupiter
In May, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible in the evening Even along the Pacific Coast, not a great
deal will be v visible for this is a rather small
sky, and Mars, Venus and Mercury in the early morning sky. partial eclipse.
The year's only eclipse of the moon occurs May 3. Both earth and moon are illuminated by
the sun, and cast shadows behind them.
When the moon passes between the earth
By JAMES STOKLEY is of the second magnitude, Denebola is its and sun, and the lunar shadow falls on this
commonly used name, which is rather un- planet, there is an eclipse of the sun. Such
JUPITER, NOW shining brilliantly in usual. an event occurred recently, on April 19, but
the southern.evening. sky, is joined by However, another second magnitude star was visible mainly in Asia. When the moon
Saturn, the planet with the rings. As soon with a common name is visible in the west. enters the shadow of the earth, and its light
as it is dark, if you look toward the south, This is Castor, one of the twins, in Gemini. is cut of, there is a lunar eclipse and this is
you will see Jupiter in the constellation of Just alongside is Pollux, his brother, a star what happens on May 3.
Virgo, the virgin. It is just above Spica, of the first magnitude. Auriga, the char- When the moon goes all the way into the
although it exceeds the star in brightness ioteer, is to the right of Gemini, and in it is terrestrial shadow, the eclipse is total, but
about 18 times. first-magnitude Capella. Canis Minor, the this time only the edge of the lunar disc
Saturn is farther east, in Ophiuchus, the lesser dog, is to the left of Gemini, with does so. The shadow will cover, at most,
serpent-bearer, and a little to the left of brilliant Procyon. only about one and one-half percent of the
Antares, the bright, reddish star in Scorpius, In addition to Jupiter and Saturn, some moon's diameter.
the scorpion. The planet is about half again other planets are visible later in the night. Along the Pacific Coast, the shadow will
as bright as the star. Mars s rises about 2:30 a.m., at the first of reach the southern edge of the moon's disc
The accompanying maps show the appear- May. Venus follows about an hour later, at 4:00 a.m., PST (7:00 a.m., EST) and
ance of the skies at about 10 p.m., your own and shines in the eastern sky more bril- will leave it at 4:26 a.m. During this period
kind of standard time (add one hour for liantly than any other star or planet. the lower left-hand part of the disc will look
daylight saving timeat the first of May, daylight saving time at the first of May, On May 14 Mercury is farthest west of a little darker than normal. a little darker than normal.
an hour earlier at the middle of the month an hour earlier at the middle of the month the sun ,and rises about an hour before sun- But even though only a small part of the
and two hours earlier at the end. The stars rise. By this time, however, the sky will be country will be able to see the eclipse, we
are the background against which the man- so bright, and the planet so low, that Mer can all see the planet Jupiter which is shin- can all see the planet Jupiter which.is.shin-
made earth satellites can be seen as they cury will be difficult to observe. ing so brilliantly in the southern. sky. And
flash briefly across the heavens. The year's only eclipse of the moon, and The year's only eclipse of the moon, and when you look at Jupiter you are looking at
Jupiter is shown on the map of the south- the only eclipse of either sun or moon visi- a powerful radio station.
ern sky, but Saturn does not quite make it. ern sky, but Saturn does not quite make it. ble in the United States, will occur in the
Part of Ophiuchus is shown along with early morning hours of May 3. Unfortu- Celestial Radio Station
Antares, but Saturn is below the horizon. nately, it will only be visible in the western nately, it will only be visible in the western
At the beginning of May it rises about three part of the nation; in the east the moon will In recent years, particularly since the end
and one-half hours after sunset. By the end have set before the eclipse occurs. of World War II, an important branch of of World War II, an important branch of
of the month it appears only about an hour
after the sun has gone down, before twilight
has faded, in fact. has faded, in fact.
"B1G DIPPER "B1G DIPPER Nite
Arcturus: Conspicuous Star BOOTES
MAY URSA Mizar
About the most conspicuous star to be 1958 LYNDX MAJOR
seen on May evenings is Arcturus in Bootes, POINTERS
the bear-driver, which is just about the CANCER HERCULES
eastern end of Virgo. Another bright one Pollux URSA
is Vega, in Lyra, the lyre, which is to the Castor MINOR LITTlE DIPPER CORACO
northeast. Just below this group is Cygnus, Polaris Vega
the swan, with Deneb. Although this star GEMINI AURIGA LYRA
is classed in the first magnitude, it appears CEPHEUS
Capella CASSIOPEIA CYGNUS
a good deal fainter. It is so low in the TAURUS PERSEUS. Deneb
sky that its light is absorbed by the greater
thickness of air through which it has to WEST Jace North EAST
pass.
Antares, in Scorpius, also appears fainter
than it should, for the same reason. CANES VENATICI
To the right of Virgo, and now in its best URSA MAJOR LEO MINOR
position of the year, stands Leo, the lion. ARCTURUS MAY CBOOTES COMA BERENICES
This really is in two parts. To the right is 1958 ORONA Arcturus Denebolaw "SICKLE"
a group of stars, not an oficial constellation, LEO Regulus
called the "sickle," because of its shape. HERCULES
Regulus, another star of the first magnitudle, VIRGO CANCER
is at the end of the handle, which points SERRENS Spica CRATER
downward. As pictured on the old star OPHIUCHUS LIBRA CORVUS CANIS MINOR
maps, the blade of the sickle formed the Procyon
lion's head, Regulus was in his right shoul- HYDRA
der, and the star west of Regulus was in his SCORPIUS CENTAURUS
right paw. Anitares
To the left is the triangle of stars which EAST Juce South WEST
depict the animal's hind quarters. The tail A3ml,
is marked by Denebola. Although this star YMBOLS FOR STARS IN OF BRICHTNESS 5E3-SL-
m
JUPITEF SSN

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FLYING SAUCERS MAY 15P
The
HOLLY
RIWER
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SIGHTING
By
Hank
Mollohan
as told to
GRAY
BARKER
. Illustrated by ENKU
Gene Duplantier Gene Duplantier
Editor's Note: While frantically trying to keep up with
the reports coming in on the November flap, Eastern Editor
Gray Barker found that one of the most dramatic reports
had fallen practically in his lap. Driving over almost un-
negotiable roads to reach an isolated farming section near
his own country home at Sutton, W. Va., Barker made a
tape recording of the actual conversation of the witnesses
for Radio Station WCHS, Charleston. W. Va.
.Although the grammar used by the witnesses is none
too good, and Barker's part of the conversation doesn't read -
like his carefully edited copy submitted for his regular de-
partment, we feel the tape is so honest and convincing that
we're taking the space to print it verbatim, without editing.
a
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SUTTON, W.VA.
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CHASING THE FLYING SAUCERS 35
persons, who appeared to be ter- that occasionally come from some-
restrials, yet who had long hair and where else in our existence, but that
wore garments with a luminous tint others were lights on the vessels of
on the chests, emerged. The mys- explorers, or voyagers, from some-
- terious personages encircled the where else."—Charles Fort in "LO!"
truck and examined it for about
three minutes, after which they re- "Sputniks" And "Mutniks"
entered the saucer and began to Even if the writer could not make
ascend. At about 1500 feet the huge up his mind exactly what the No-
machine released two small disks, vember flap had meant, as he had
one slightly larger than the other, never been able to make up his mind
and the two small saucers went in altogether about saucers in general,
opposite directions. there were, he felt, a few valid con-
Partially recovered from their clusions that could be reached.
scare, the two men tried the engine, It was evident not all the sight-
which functioned normally. ings had been psychological in na-
. Dr. Pacheco assured the writer he ture. Although the saucers had
has similar cases in his files, many closely followed the launching of
of the accounts involving persons of "Sputnik II," they could hardly
! known reliability and good charact- represent hysteria. For one thing,
1 1 er. er. by allu goou the American public had greeted the American public had greeted
And erasing all skepticism in the "Sputnik II" quite calmly, perhaps
writer's mind that something was writer's mind that something was even too calmly for even too calmly fo Bits own good. wn good.
really being seen was a dramatic "Sputnik I," which cam "Sputnik I," which came more as a more as a
sighting on Holly River near the surprise, was not accompanied by
scene scene of the famed Flatwoods of the famed Flatwoods a decided step up in saucer sight- a decided step up in saucer sight-
Monster of 1952, and consequent- Monster 1952, and consequent- ings. If the saucers were merely
ly right in right B.'s .'s own stomp- own stomp- psychological, should they not have
ing grounds. I have lived appeared much earlier? appeared much earlier?
in this part in this part country long It is also true that the average
enough to know enough to knov ese good, honest e good, honest individual does not watch the skies,
people well, and that I can tell when is relatively unconcerned with what is relatively unconcerned with what
they have witnessed something goes on there. The launching of the
strange and are telling the truth Red satellites surely resulted in an
about it. This sighting, involving a increased awareness of what was
cigar-shaped obviously mechanical going on in the heavens, and, given
craft, is such a good one I have ask- only a fixed number of saucers, more
ed Ray Palmer to give me the space people looking up were most cer-
to print verbatim a taped interview tainly likely to see more of them.
I made with the witnesses for Hugh But people were watching for the
McPherson, who conducts a weekly first satellite-why not more saucers
saucer program over Radio Station then?
WCHS, Charleston; and this will 'Reliable witnesses were involved.
likely be carried elsewhere in this Even the military itself reported
same issue. sightings. Yet trained observers
"Unknown, luminous things, or be- were once again ridiculed by the AF.
ings, have often been seen, some- The "contact" stories, although of
times close to this earth, and some- a new variety, could have been made
times high in the sky. It may be that up-maybe only some of them, may-
some of them were living things (Concluded on Page 80)

II
2:30 in the afternoon. We started
hunting, and I happened to look up
on top of this mountain and saw
this object. It looked to be about
40 feet long, more or less in the
shape of a hot dog bun. It had port-
holes around each side-I'd say half
a dozen on each side. And there was
fire coming out of these portholes.
It would swing kinda like it was
trying to get in under the timber,
then it would back up. At times I
The hill where Hank Mollohan saw could see both sides of it.
his U.F.O. x mark at peak). BARKER: Did it appear to be
cigar shaped?
BARKER: I'm at Holly, W. Va., in HANK MOLLOHAN: That's right,
Braxton County, rather out in the simliar to a cigar.
country. I've driven up here today BARKER: Most people, when they
in my brother's truck over these see this particular type (and a lot
rough roads to talk to some people of them have been seen) usually
who saw an unusual flying object call them "flying cigars." You saw
who saw an unusual nying object the thing maneuvering on the hill. the thing maneuvering on the hill.
here on November 8. First I want Now, Mr. Mollohan, Sr., would you
B the names of the people who were the names of the people who were tell us how it moved about?
involved. Could you give us your H. G. MOLLOHAN: When my SOn H. G. MOLLOHAN: When my sOn
name, sir? called me I-there was a whole I-there was a whole
HANK MOLLOHAN: Hank Mollo- HANK MOLLOHAN: Hank Mollo-
han, Jr.
BARKER: And you're one of the Hank Mollohan, whose strange Hank Mollohan, whose strange
people who saw the object, and I saucer sighting is recorded here. savcer "sighting here
believe this is your father, isn't it?
H. G. MOLLOHAN: That's right-
H. G. Mollohan, Sr.
BARKER: Now, in addition to you BARKER: Now, in addition to you
people who were witnesses, there
was your brother, Edward Mollohan,
am I correct?
HANK MOLLOHAN: That's right.
Also his wife.
BARKER: We met them as we
were coming into the house, but
they were in a y to go and meet
someone, so I couldn't talk to them.
I believe there's someone else around
who went outside-one of the boys
here, who saw it also. Now to get
into this, maybe you can tell me
now, as you did outside, when you
were working on the truck, just
what happened?
HANK MOLLOHAN: It Was about
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38 THE HOLLY RIVER SAUCER
bunch of us down there—we ran out the hilltop?
onto the porch, and they even had H. G. MOLLOHAN (To his SOn):
a telescope there, and some of them Well, that, of course, would be a
looked at it through that. It looked mile, wouldn't it?
to me just like it was pointed off HANK MOLLOHAN: Yes, that
'like a cigar at both ends, and it would be it.
looked like there was a division right BARKER: When you saw it dis-
through the middle of it, with as appear. At that time did you think
much white down here as there was it had fallen?
above, and I couldn't see no wings, HANK MOLLOHAN: We thought
myself. it had fallen, or landed.
BARKER: This division. Was that BARKER: ThiS Was still during
where the portholes were seen? the daytime when it landed?
H. G. MOLLOHAN: YeS, that's HANK MOLLOHAN: Yes.
where the portholes were. BARKER: Could i you see any-
BARKER: And there was fire thing after it landed?
coming out of them? HANK MOLLOHAN: We cOuld see
H. G. MOLLOHAN: YeS, SmOke movement, and it looked like there
and fire. Kind of a blue smoke, look- ,biue Smiokc, Iuuk" were people working around it. It
ed to me like-the best I could tell, was getting dark getting dark then, and the then, and the
and, then like a red blaze of fire shade was coming over.it and we
would fly-like they were having would fly--like they were having couldn't see very good. couldn't see very good.
trouble with it or something. And BARKER: You could see through BARKER: You could see through
it backed up, and it backed out, and the trees?
he came back again like he was try- HANK MOLLOHAN: Oh yes.
ing to get down in there, and he ing to get down in there, and he BARKER: That's when you went BARKER: That's when you went
made the third attempt to come made the third attempt to come up on the other hill to look.
down in them woods right on top of down in them woods right on top of HANK MOLLOHAN: That's right.
that ridge. It was coming a storm. We definitely saw a man. Whether
BARKER: Was.it coming a storm he was from this or was a hunter,
at the time you saw it? at the time you saw it? we don't know what it was.
H. G. MOLLOHAN: No, he was BARKER: Where was the man? BARKER: Where was the man?
right there yet when the storm Was he near the place where—
started. HANK MOLLOHAN: Right under
BARKER: A rain storm. the top of the hill-right near the
H. G. MOLLOHAN: A wind storm, place where we saw it.
and rain with it-and a bad one BARKER: Did this look like an
too. ordinary man?
BARKER: And it gave you the im- HANK MOLLOHAN: Well, I'd say
pression, from watching it, that the he wasn't any great big man, just
thing might be in trouble? an ordinary man.
H. G. MOLLOHAN: That'S what BARKER: He didn't seem to be
we thought, and we thought, the dressed oddly?
way it just dived out of there all at HANK MOLLOHAN: No.
once, we thought it fell over the hill,
and that's the reason, ... be doing?
BARKER: Did you hear any noise? HANK MOLLOHAN: He was
H. G. MOLLOHAN standing there, fooling around un-
hear any noise. der a tree when we saw him.
BARKER: About how far away is BARKER: Was he examining the