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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
30 November 1962 Muskegon, Michigan grey cece
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BL ressimy: naleon
‘ BX Wos Aircraft
Loco __ L930 XIX Ground- Vi suol OD Ground-Rodar O Probobly Aircroft |
GMT 01/0030Z December | 0 Air Vi sucl 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a ‘Wan Aathaaaleot
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XXNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
0D Insufficient Data for Evaluction
, OQ Unknown
6 minutes one not reported |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
Bright night, Object that looked like Description, duration and flight]
Star and moon in sight for 6 minutes, consistent with a/c analysis.

| Report indicated that object did not
_|disappear. Solid, sharply outlined.
|White color, Faint hum accompanied
flight. Initial observation in SW at
45 dgr elevation in east. Changed
course during flight.

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ATIC FORM 329 (RFV 26 SEP 52)

ASTRONOMY

Science News Lerver for October 27, 1962

Jupiter, Saturn Still Visible

Venus shifts from the evening to the morning sky and
Jupiter, except for the moon, is the brightest object in the
November evening sky, James Stokley reports.

> ALTHOUGH the planet Venus during
November shifts from the evening to the
morning sky, Jupiter and Saturn appear all

month during the evening and Mars rises
before midnight.

Jupiter and Saturn, along with the sur-
rounding stars, are shown on the accom-
panying maps. These depict the sky as it
looks about 10 o'clock, your own kind of
standard time, at the beginning of Novem-
ber, an hour earlier in the middle of the
month and two hours earlier as it comes
to an end.

Except for the moon, Jupiter is the bright-
est object during the evening, with astro-
nomical magnitude of minus 2.1, It is in the
southwest, in the constellation of Aquarius,
the water carrier, for the map times. Earlier
in the evening, about the first of the month,
the star group and the planet will be di-
rectly south. Similarly, the whole sky will
fay be shifted farther toward the east.
Jupiter sets about 1:00 a.m. at the first of
November, and about midnight at mid-
month.

Saturn Visible

Saturn is in the constellation of Capri-
cornus, the horned goat, which is lower and
farther west than Aquarius. This planet sets
* about 10:30 Nov. I and 9:30 on the 15th.
Thus, on the map, it is shown close to the
horizon with its light dimmed on account
of the greater thickness of atmosphere that
it must penetrate.

At the beginning of November, Venus
sets less than half an hour after the sun,
so it will be difficult to locate. On the 12th
it reaches inferior conjunction, when it
moves between sun and earth. Thereafter
it will be to the west of the sun, coming up
betore sunrise. By the end of November it
will be conspicuous in the early morning
sky, rising more than two hours before
sunrise,

Mars comes up in the east about 11:00
p.m. on the first, 10:30 on the 15th and
(0:00 on the 30th. At the same time it is
increasing in brightness, from magaitude
0.7 to 0.3. This is because the planet is
rapidly approaching us. Its distance, at the
beginning of November, is about 116 mil-
lion miles. On the 15th it is about ten mil-
lion miles closer. When the month ends, it
will be a little less than 95 million miles
away, only a littke more than the sun’s
distance. (The closest approach, for this

isir, wih come next Feb. 3, Its distance
will chen be 62.4 muttion miles.)

Among the stars of November evenings,
the brightest is Vega, in Lyra, the lyre,
over in the northwest. Above it is Cygnus,
the swan, with first magnitude Deneb; to
the left (shown on the map of the southern

half of the sky) is Altair in Aquila, the
eagle.

In the northeast is Capella, in Auriga, the
charioteer. To the right (southern map) is
Aldebaran, in Taurus, the bull. This star is
distinctly red in color. And below Taurus,
Orion, the warrior, is just coming into view,
with two first magnitude stars: Betelgeuse
and Rigel. Toward the south, below and a
lictle farther east than Jupiter, ‘stands Fomal-
haut. This star is part of the southern fish,
Piscis Austrinus.

How far can a person see with the naked
eye?

Ask someone this question. Perhaps he
will think of the view of some distant state
from the top of a high mountain and an-
swer “a hundred miles,” or something of
that order.

A more correct answer, however, is fif-
teen quintillion miles—that is, 15 followed
by 18 ciphers!

And November evenings afford the best
opportunity to look so far, for the object at
that distance is high overhead. It is the
galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda,
often designated as M 31, its number in the
catalogue of such objects compiled by a

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French astronomer named Charles Messier
in 1781,

Because Andromeda, pictured as_ the
chained princess, is directly overhead for
the map times, it is shown partly on the
northern chart and partly on the southern.
The special map, Fig. | (p. 278), shows
this part of the sky together.

Great Square of Pegasus

Look first for the constellation of Pegasus,
the winged horse, high in the southwest.
There you can see four stars, arranged in
a square, generally known as “the. great
square in Pegasus.” But actually the star in
the upper left-hand corner, Alpheratz (some-
times called Sirrah), is not in Pegasus at all.
It is part of the next-door constellation of
Andromeda. And just to the north of An-
dromeda is Cassiopeia, who in mythology
was Andromeda’s mother, the queen. (Ce-
pheus, represented by another constellation
nearby, was the king.)

If, from Alpheratz, you look toward the
northeast you will come to two other stars
about as bright (they are all second magni-
tude). These are called Mirach and Almak,
although the names are seldom used.

Between Alpheratz and Mirach, as be-
tween Mirach and Almak, are fainter stars,
of the fourth magnitude. And from each of
these, as from Mirach, there extend lines
of faint stars toward the northwest. Just to

(Continued on p. 278)

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yhe west of the second star from Mirach
(which has no special name but is desig-
nated as nu Andromedae) is a hazy patch
of light. You can see it clearly with the
maked eye if the sky is clear—and dark.

This is Messier 31, or M 31, 15,900,000,
1)00,000,000,000 (15 quintillion) miles away!
o go that distance, light—which travels at
t speed of 186,000 miles every second—takes
bout 2,500,000 years. Thus, to avoid using
such an awkwardly large number as 15
uintillion, the astronomer says that its dis-
tance is 2.5 million light years, Or, using
nother unit, it is 0.77 megaparsecs. A parsec
is equal to 3.26 light years, and a megapar-
sec is a million parsecs, or 3,260,000 light
sears, When you look at it, the light energy
shat enters your eye lett on its journey long
wefore the human species had evolved on
sarth.

M 31 is a twin of our galaxy, the Milky
Way system of which our sun is a very
linor part, This is made up of some hun-
dred billion stars, arranged in the shape
ofa grindstone about a hundred thousand
sight vears in diameter. We are in it, al-
Lhough not at the center, but part way out
moward the edge. As we jook in the direc-
suon of the center, we see a concentration
of stars—so close together that the naked
«ye does not show them separately, and this
sauses the effect of the Milky Way.

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direction we can look beyond, and see the
millions of other galaxies that can be photo-
graphed with large telescopes. Of these, the
one in Andromeda is one of the closest.

If you were living on a planet, going
around one of the billions of stars that make
up Messier 31, and looked back toward our
galaxy, you would see very much the same
thing that you do when you look toward it.

Celestial Time Table for November

Nov. EST
2 5§:42p.m. Algol (variable star in Perseus)
at minimum brightness
4 2:00 p.m. Moon passes Saturn
5 2:t5a.n. Moon in first quarter
& too p.m. Moon passes jupiter
10 9:00a.m. Moon nearest; distance 223,500
miles
it §:04 p.m. Full moon
12 3:00 p.m. Venus between sun and earth
14 4:58 a.m. Algol at minimum
16 earlya.m. Meteors visible radiating from
constellation of Leo
17 1:47a.m. Algol at minimum
18 4:00a.m. Moon passes Mars
9:t9 a.m. Moon in last quarter
ty (0:36p.m. Algol at minimum
22 1£:00 a.m. Moon farthest; distance 252,000
miles
7:25 p.m. Algol at minimum
27. +1:30a.m. New moon
Subtract one hour for CST, two hours for
MST, and three hours for PST.
* Science News Letter, 82:274 October 27, 1962

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No Case (Information Only) S November 1962
Tucuman, Argentina

: 7278 One of the most interesting cases of all occurred on the hight’ of |
November Sth, and is related in a long account in "La Gaceta® a newspeper pub-
lished in Tacuman, Argentina. An Italian truck driver named Pier Livio Quaia |
was driving his vehicle late that nicht when he was forced to screech to '«
stop because of a UFO which was blocking his way only 100 yards in front of
him. The brightly-Lit object was hovering’ just above the ground, right over

the highways It beamed a powerful light into the cabin of Quaia's. track;
dDlinding him for a few instants; but thereafter the light grew cimmer, moet
was able to observe the sancer carefully as it slowly rose-into, the night sky.
It was shaped like an egg, ° 12 yards long and.4 yards high. Green and ‘red |
lights came out of window-like openings “ike glass; abot one yerd in au

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of the saucer there was a white circle, like glass, about ons yard in diam”
eter; and this was illuminated from inside the machine, ~- Qnaia continued his.
journey,’ and shortly thereafter came upon two brothers driving another }
The three men eventually spent over an hour watching ths UFO make |

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and strange movements of all sarts. One of the men took a shot at the machine,

but we are not told if he hit it. Finally, the three grew tired of.

So i ete ey (of Tucunan, stp pave 8 tom atte:
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No Case (Information Only) 8 November 1962
Tucuman, Argentina

) SOR we weed near: ‘the Same town « ‘ two. youths were
oe eee when “they, as well as.
truck coming in the opposite direction, were stopped by an intense white
light. The engine of the motorcycle stopped fumctioning, and the startled men
watched a flying saucer move slowly across the highway and land ona small!
hill about 500 yards away. The saucer stayed on the ground for a few seconds, :
during which time the heat or light from it. cecal er opragt cA beam.
feel their skin turning. The UFO then ascended to a height of SO: yards above
the ground, performed several maneuvers, and left the area at high
After the.episeds the motorcycle still refused to start.up, and the tw.
hitch-hike te the next: town. It. was found that all the oil in the motercycle
had dried up and the electric circait had burned out. Serie papper Sem
densors and cables. were ..ail melted. ‘in. the town of Saita,. the youths wers

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By “Sky Ghost’ vas
A strange elliptical-shaped object

which hovers stationary in the air above |

the Fleetwood Elementary School at

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, has caused |

a stir. APRO’s W. K. Allan of Calgary,
interview Mike Williams and Miles
White of Lethbridge and forwarded the
following information to headquarters:

The object, which appeared about 6
feet in diameter, first appeared in 1959
and was sten “six nights in a row,” by
school children and at least one adult.

»,1t-was seen again on November. 23,1962.
S-at- 10: 30° p.m! ‘After: ‘hearing . about’ it;:
‘White’s mother and her son and the

Williams boy went to the school on Fri-
day, November 30, 1962. The object was |

sighted again. It was shining with a blu:
ish light and appeared to be over /the
school’s bell tower.

On Saturday, December 1, the boy!and
his mother returned at 9 p.m., and saw
it hovering over the school yard about |

20 feet off the ground, It appeared to be

almost transparent. They threw stones

at it and after about twice the time ex-
pected for the stones to fall to | ‘the
ground they were heard falling on ‘the

roof of the one-story school annex’ be-'

hind thei, backs in the opposite . direc-

tion to which they were thrown. hi
After the Saturday sighting, | Miles

White and Mike Williams went to a>

movie, during which Miles’ speech be-.

came blurred, didn’t make sense and he
fell asleep. He complained first of a
“buzzing in the head.”

The story was published in the papers,
and the boys as well as Mrs. White were
reluctant to talk of their experiences,
fearing ridicule. aN

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No Case (Information Only) 25 November 1962
Northaapton, Ohio

NORTHAMPTON, OHIO-Nov. 25, 1962 = :22 AM.

Mr & Mrs Joseph Tomsello were in their dr-

iveway,: having just arrived home. Their
attention was drawn to an object that was
moving Sw to NW, and was the apparent size
of 14 moons. The object was moving toward
the woods and was seen well from cbout 200
yards. Its speei was like thot of a Pipor
Cub passing overhead; the drawing that was
submitted showed it to be shaped like a
half-moon with the rounded edge down, Its
color was orange-red except for a silvery
pin point of light coming from its center.
This in turn was surrounded by a spherical
rosy glow, larger than the clear. outline
of the object. It moved towards the woods:
and disappeared. aA few seconds later this
same object or another with a different
appearance seemed to retrace the path of
the first object. As this object moved 5
at tree top level, it was larger than the
first, about the size of two'water mellceng
and had the general shape of a shield. It
had an orange=-rec shield shape surrounded
by a ch>rcoal colored wide edee which roll
owed the inner contour, Again, the midcle
section of orange-red part had the small
pin-point of light. The inner and outer
perts were sharpely outlined. As the UFO
moved past, it suddenly disappeared in mid
air. There was no smoke, trail,sound.

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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Forca as much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hove cbhsena-,
Please try to answer as many questions as you possibiy can. Tha information that you 3) va will
be used for research purposes. Your name will no? be used in connection with anv xtataments,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. Wa request this perscnal informaricn sa
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details,

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1. When did you see the object? 2. Time of day: Cheam
Howr Minu7es
ie Ligg Lie Iss : hs
‘2 {Circle One): A.M. or fA,
Day Month Year
3, Time Zona: J
(Circle One): ©) Eastern (Circia One): 2, Daylight Saving
~ Caniral CE) Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other

4. Where were you when you saw the object?

i a a Li : a: .
Nearest Po ity of Town Sicte oF tounty

5. How long was object in sight? (Total Duration) f
spititeos Hours Minutes Seconds
a, ee c. Not very sure
Cb.) Fairly certain d. just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined? 2g tam eka
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? Yes ee No

6. What was the condition of the sky?

| DAY _NIGHT
a. Brignt a,) Grignt
b. Cloudy » Cloudy
7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you inuked a} the objac:?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b, In back of you e, Overhead
Cc. 19 your right f. Den’? ramember

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‘No Case (Information Only) 27 November 1962
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

LOCAL SIGHTINGS: Cuy. Falls, 0. Nov. ots |
A single [large white lisnt tha
blinked yequiar arly Once a second, was seen ;}
passing overhead toward the N. NeE . Using
7x50 binogulars, no other lights « or shape
could be detected. Estimate altitude was
about 2000: feet, speed of 100 mph. This
object followed a stendy NNE course it was
lost from view because of low trees in the
area. The observers: Fran ae Roy Renner,
F A.E. Candusso, No smoke trail, no sound
no change of spved, color or shares The
night was clear and cold.

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caesday, November 28, 1962, they
were travelling on che 10 a.m. “Fiving Seotsman”
from Edinburgh. Between Belford and Sea-
houses, on the north-east co: ist below Berwi
on-Tiweed, the train was travelling ag a very shaw
speed (abo tt 15 moh.) and one of the men, a
keen amateur photographer, deeic led to use the

opportuns nity ta tuke some colour photogr: pits. af
the coastline. At £1.20 a.m, glan cng f throu h the
window at the opposite side of the carriage, i.e.
looking infand, he saw an enormous oval-shaped
object, trey in col our \ ‘ith three parallel lumin-
ous bands runni: ng along its length and a slight

fuzziness at one end. Bi is immediate reaction was

an amazed “Good ! henvens for words to that
elect), 2 ying saucer!” His two companions,

uniter suggesting he put more water in it next

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ali three stared at it with some incredulity for
nauwly (so minutes, for although it seemed to be
aut Teast “ mile away it would have covered eight
inches of a ruler heid at arm’s length.

All Me ee men are engineers, “not prone to
exaggeration, and i they stand by this remarkable
stutement which suggests that the object, what-
ever it was, must have been of colossal propor-
tions. Fortunately they had the presence of mind
to remember the camera, and a very successful
photograph was taken, copies of which I enclose.
For 2 few seconds afterwards their attention was
taken from the object to check the camera and
when they looked back the object had disap-
peared completely. They told me that they were
staggered by y this total disappearance 2 so short
a space of time. f have interviewed all three men
(two of them are colleagues of mine) and : they are

quite certain that they were looking at < solid

object.
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DATS LOCATION - . OBSERVER EVALUATION b
1 ‘East Point, Georgia > ee Balloon [>
1 »Arlington, Massachusetts  ———- Aircraft ee
3 ‘64.45N 29.45W (Atlantic) " Military Astro” (METEOR) 1;
3 °25.5N 85.4W (Gulf of Mexico)- eres Insufficient Data I
h ‘Ridgefield, Connecticut~ mae Aircraft 3
-: 66 ‘66N 28W (Atlantic) . Military ~ Satellite . id
; 6.6 \San Mateo, California © oy aR Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT) ;'-
i 7 45.50N .173.30W (Pacific) . Military Insufficient Data bs
4 @ => “Lincoln Park, Michigan ~ See (PHOTO) = Other (CONFLICTING DATA)
3 10: >= Brooklyn, New York “o4-*- Multi Other —
5 “lis ‘Ashland, Oregon Tae Astro (METEOR) Is
Prue ‘Robbins AFB, Georgia ~— SAS. Astro (METEOR) het
| DR13 \Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada Ales RE Other (UNRELIABLE REFORT) |*
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14 ‘Pound Ridge, New York/ Wilton,Conn Multi Astro (METEOR) =
16 -61.38N 07.15W (Atlantic) Military Insufficient Data
18 ‘Huntington, West Virginia ree Satellite
18 ‘Tirol, Italy ESB Astro (METEOR)
20 Cambria, California Multi Astro (VENUS)
20 *Worcester, Massachusetts aes Insufficient Data
=e | \ Venezuela Wiis ( PHOTO) Insufficient Data
{3B -Miamisburg, Ohio REAGRE Astro (VENUS)
“i 30 102.18N 162.09W (Pacific) EOF Satellite 5
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DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION e,
Dec Universe Science News Ltr
Dec ‘Akron, Ohio Newselivping
2 ‘Riverside, California Newsclipping
12 ‘Osaka, Japan Newsclipping
12 ‘Kent, Ohio Newselipping
18 ‘Milan, Italy Newsclipping
19 ‘Tacoma, Seattle, Washington Newselipping |
20 “Milan, Italy Hewsclipping Ys
; 22 . ‘Buenos Atres, Argentina . -~\ Bewsclipping ) ase
5 28 \Alcron ,” Ohio + ~“Newselipping
3 2 ‘Clifton, England ‘ Newsclipping
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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice conceming the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight
(by A few b. Dull moonlight
c. Many No moonlight — pitch dork
d. Don’t remember . Don’t remember

9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?

CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
@ Clear sky (a) Dry

b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow

e. Don't remember

10, The object appeored: (Circle One):

(a) Solid d. Asa light
b, Transparent @. Don’t remember
c. Vapor

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1}. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stors? (Circle One);

a. Brighter: c. About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don't know

11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:

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12, The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred ) e. Other

b. Like a bright star

(} Shorply outlined
d. Don't remember

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13, Did the object: | (Circle One for each question)
a. Appeor to stand still at any time? (vas) No} Don’? know
b. Suddenly speed up ond rush away at ony time? Yes (Ne Don’t know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes (No) Don't know
d, Give off smoke? Yes (No) Don't know
e. Change brightness? Yos a Don’t know
f, Change shape? Yos No) Don’? know
g- Flash or flicker? Yay No Don’? know
h, Disaopear and raapcear? Yos No Don't now

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14, Did the object disappear while you were wotching it? jf so, how? |

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15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?

(Circle One): Yes Don’t Know, IF you answered YES, then tell whot
it moved behind:

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16. Did the object move in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud?

(Circle One): Yes (nd Don't Know, IF you onswered YES, ther tel! what

in front of:

17. . Tell in a few words the following things about the object:
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18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm’s length in line with a knowr object and ota how
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?

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19. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any detoi!s
of the object that you saw ‘such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails.

Place an crrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

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20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?

(Circle One) Yes (No )

IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimats?

21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?

(Circle One) Yes Co?

IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was?

22. Where were you located when you saw the object? 23. Were you (Circle One)

(Circle One);

a. In the business section of a city?

a, Inside a building &) in the residential section of a city?
b. Ina car c. In open countryside?
© Outdoors d.

d. In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?

e. At sea f, Flying over open country?

f, Other g. Other

24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:

24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)

a. North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f, Southwest h. Northwest

24.2 How fost were you moving? siles per hour.

24.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking ot the object?

(Circle One) Yes 7 No ° )

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25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?

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a. Eyeglasses Yes No e. Binoculars Yes No
b, Sun glasses Yes No '  f, Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Yes No g. Theodolite Yes No
d, Window glass Yes No h. Other

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26. in order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a cammon

object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same oppeorance as the object which you saws

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27. in the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an “A’’ on the curved line to show how
high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when yeu first saw it. Pluca a “B’’ on the some curved line to
show how high the object wos above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Place on ‘A * on the compass
when you first saw it. Place a “‘B”’ on the’ compass where you /ast saw the object.

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28. .Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an ‘*A"’ at the beginning of the
path, a ‘’B"’ ot the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.

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29. IF there wos MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? »
Draw a picture of how they were orranged, and put an orrow to show the direction that they were traveling.

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30. Have you ever seen this, or a similar object before. jf so give date or dates aad location.

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| 31. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) (vos) No

31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) Yas No

31.2 Please list their nomes and addresses:

32. Please give the following information about yourselt:

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35. Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific points of the
questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.

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MEDICINE
industrial Noise
Not Cause of Illness

> THE WIDESPREAD belief that sus-
tained industrial noise can cause high blood
pressure, diabetes or any other systemic
disease, or can bring about emotional illness,
is termed “strictly nonsense” by Aram
Glorig, Los Angeles, director of research
for the subcommittee on noise of the Amer-
ican Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-
laryngology.

Dr. Glorig finds there “is no authoritative
evidence that noise produces any problem
with respect to health except hearing loss.”

He ‘pointed out, however, that he was
referring only to industrial noise, and said
the effects of the extreme high energy noise
of jet planes have not been studied.

Dr. Glorig said hearing loss depended
upon the intensity and frequency of the
noise. He noted that there is a normal
hearing loss with aging of about 15 dec-
ibels, which is equivalent to the amount
of hearing that can be lost without serious
impairment of the ability to hear speech.

* Science News Letter, 82:273 October 27, 1962

RADIOLOGY
Need More Studies on

Secondary Sex Organs

> THE AMOUNT of sperm, fats and
testosterone, the male sex hormone, present
in the male secondary sex organs appears
to be related to the amount of radioactive
material which these organs will absorb.

Dr. Paul L. Risley of the University of
Oregon reported his findings at the Inter-
national Symposium on the Effects of loniz-
ing Radiation on the Reproductive System
held at Colorado State University, Fort
Collins.

Scientists have concentrated their research
on the effects of radiation on the testes, Dr.
Risley observed, but have done little work
on the effects to the relatively radiation-
resistant secondary sex organs, such as the
seminal vesicles and the prostate gland.

Dr. Risley observed in his studies on the
accessory sex organs, using mainly isocope
tracers of radioactive phosphorus, thar
young rats treated with testosterone show a
less marked uptake of the tracer in these
organs than do normal adult and castrated
males. These results could be influenced by
the fact that the hormone was administered
in a sesame oil base, he pointed out.

He found thar there were different radio-
active phosphorus uptake levels ac ditferenr
olaces in the sex organ system. Higher up-
take was associated with places of high
metabolic activity and lower uptake was
found in areas of lower metabolic activity.

In another study, he observed that the
absence of sperm in immature and castrated
animals was associated with a larger uptake

Setenct News Lerien for October 27, 1962

than was seen in normal adult animals with
large quantities of sperm. As yet, no ex-
planation has been found for this.

In addition to his specific findings, Dr.
Risley believes that the research shows “that
radioactivity measurements of injected radiv-
active phosphorus can be used as a fairly
sensitive method to measure altered general
metabolic changes in the male accessory sex
organs in response to hormonal factors,
vitamin and nutritive deficiencies, pharma-
ceutical agents, ionizing radiations, or other
physiological effects.”

* Science News Letter, 82:273 October 27, 1962

SPACE
Space Radiation More
Than Previous Estimate

>» THE RANGER III lunar probe has
shown that the intensity of gamma rays in
interplanetary space is probably as much as
ten times higher than anticipated.

These findings were reported by Dr.
James R. Arnold, the University of Cali-
fornia at San Diego; Drs. Ernest C. Ander-
son and Marvin A. Van Dilla, the Los
Alamos Scientific Laboratories, and Dr.
Albert E. Metzger of the California Insti-
tute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Labo-
ratory. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is
directing the Ranger project for NASA.

Although the gamma ray flux measured
by Ranger III was found to be roughly
equal to that from primary cosmic rays,
its significance is not great enough to re-
quire any changes in the design of -radia-
tion shielding for manned spacecraft.

Additional data from the Mariner II
probe now hurtling toward Venus has in-
dicated that the charged particles radiate
as a continuous “solar wind” from. the
surface of the sun into interplanetary space.
The wind has peaks of activity and quiet
periods, varying with events on the sun,
though the relationship itself is not known.

© Science News Letter, 82:273 October 27, 1962

PHYSIOLOGY
Weightlessness Does Not
Affect Body Functions

> NINE HOURS of weightlessness pro
duced absolutely no variation in Astronaut
Walter Schirra’s physiological responses.

The astronaut said there was no undue
retention of liquid body waste such as ex.
perienced by previous astronauts during
space flight. Elimination proceeded nor.
mally rather than consciously, Astronaut
Schirra emphasized.

Astronaut John H. Glenn had reported
that he had felt no need to void during
weightlessness and had done so prior to
re-entry only because he thought it was
advisable.

Space medical experts have been con
cerned thar body functioning might show
variations such as too long retention ot
wastes during weightlessness, For long pe.
riods of flight, more than a few days, this
could be hazardous and result in internal
infection.

® Science News Letter, 82:273 October 27, 19462

CHEMISTRY
Fertilizer By-Product
From Ocean Water

> A NEW SOURCE of fertilizer will be
minerals extracted when sea water is con-
verted to a fresh, drinkable water supply.

This is the prediction of Dr. Murrell
Salutsky, supervisor of ag¢icultural chemi-
cal research at W. R. Grace and Company,
Clarksville, Md.

It costs almost one dollar per thousand
gallons to produce fresh water from the sea.
This could be decreased by the value of
mineral compounds which now handicap
the conversion process. Half again as much
water will be needed in 1975 as in 1960,

The compound, magnesium ammonium
phosphate, precipitated from sea water, is
valuable as a long-lasting fertilizer because
it contains nitrogen and magnesium (es-
sential for plant chlorophyll) and has a low
solubility that permits efficient consumption
by plants, The same fertilizer is also pro-
duced commercially from raw materials.

Other markets for sea residues may come
from chemical industries which need po-
tassium, chlorine, caustic soda and metals.
The only chemicals that are now obtained
directly from the sea are salt, magnesia and
bromine.

Dr. Salutsky is discussing these new ad-
vances with local sections of the American
Chemical Society.

* Science News Letter, 82:273 October 27, 1942

METEOROLOGY
Electricity in Ice
Crystals Causes Lightning

>» LIGHTNING can be blamed on the elec-
tricity in tiny ice crystals, water drops and
hailstones, Dr. B. J. Mason, University of
London physicist, said in Endeavour, 21:156,
1962.

In wind tunnel experiments, ice crystals
were blown against a single hailstone at
speeds from approximately two to 60 miles
an hour, which are the same as air currents
in clouds, Ice crystals of lower temperatures
took on positive charges, leaving the hail-
stone negatively charged. The amount of
charge was dependent on the temperature
difference between the crystals and hail-
stone.

Supeccooled water droplers were alvo
blown through the tunnel. They accumu
lated, frozen, on the hailstone surface.

During the freezing process, the droplets
ejected positively charged particles, Electri.
fication of clouds is believed to follow the
same pattern. Positive charges migrate to
the colder particles in the cloud, negative
charges to the slightly warmer ones,

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ture of ice and supercooled Water droplets,
and an upper layer of ice. The negative
charge is concentrated in the lower levels
and most of the positive charge is found in
the cooler upper levels.

* Science News Letter, 82:273 October 27, 1942

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