PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
28 April 1963 50.35N 170.10w (Pacific) 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 29/1024Z xAirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No Civil Airlines 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE EX OtherSa luation
00 Insufficient
Unknown
not reported one North
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object assumed to satellite orbit- ECHo data -not-available. Object
ing S to N. Appeared dgr eleva- assumed satellite by rpting
tion.and was followe lonandwasTo. wed visueiiy to the Sually to the officials. officials. Case Case carried as as
horizon. Blue and wh horizon. Blue and white color. Moving color. Moving satellite.
rapidly. rapidly.
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17 1011t 1 7 hord So AOT
P851900r 08519-0r
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) (REV 26 SEP 52)
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No Case (Information Only) 5 ipril 1963
Souther Califomia
1N1R-5EP 63
Case 71. Southern California, April 5. 19€3 reported
y hundreds f persons. It did not act like a meteor, as it stopped and started
again several times. First seeming to disappear abo reappeared at
roughly 9:15 p.m. It, later "disintegrated P Reporter.
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GLOBAL SIGHTINGS
SAN DIFGO, CALIF...The San Diego Union-
(April 6,1963) newspaper carried a story
entitled: "Flash in the Sky a Satellite?"
Several hundred persons San Diego, and
many more from all Southwestern
states as far east so, Texas saw
a bright flash the sky, Pont
Arguello reported similar sigitings.
Many asureak nead-
ing over wat ing over water Ocean) at high igh speed speed-
Then whatever it was began to tumble and Then whatever it was began to tumble 'and
the color changed from red tea weird blue. the color changed fr
Vandenberg AFB state Vandenberg iFB stated that it had made a
routine launch of a satellite, but would
not give details as to time, etc.The time
in San Diego was sometime after 7:Oo PM. in San Diego was Sometime after 7:Oo PM.
lhat would account for the change of
color of the streaking red to weird blue?
Leng before satellite launches, this col-
or-change characteristic was known to UFO or-change characteristic was known to UFO
researchers.
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No Cis+ (Information Only) 7 April 1963
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Then I saw that it was moying
across the sky. somewhere be-
tween 400 and se0 teet up.
I reckon it was about two
or three miley awav. It was back
and loucked just like a wagon
tyre he said
I was really sweating bv
this tune. sand Mr. Fulas. 'I am
usudin serptical ot these thoogs
bu: this really trigheme! me It
THT moyd o in a wourth westerly
dir-tion. Then wa  brght
orange Hash is it went of it a
tangeit. It muoved off wery hast
and left a trad.
Mr. Piolay aidi that bwo or
thhi mues laurr a tet plane thy- monuotes laier a iet plane
pased ver Mr Finla ra the pased ver. Mr Fonla rau the
R.A.t at Boher to tell dem of R.A.r at Boder to tell dhem ot
his experinee and to ash them his experiner und to ash them
if they had wern aavthing. Lat af they had wrn aavthing. Last
mght the buty ottcer at the
statrou said:'I an afraid I can statron said: 'I an afraid I can
thet comrent ou thus malter. thot comrent ou thus matter.
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'8: , Coviaor 1905 istralia
On the 3oth of April, a dispatch out
of Canberra said that the sphere had
"definitely been identified as part of a
space vehicle." It went on to explain that
Mr. Allen Fairhall, Australian Supply
Falling Spheres Found Minister, told the House of Representa-
In early April 1953, newspapers were tives that identified as
printing the news of a mysterious metal part of a space vehicle, and that Aus-
sphere found by Mr. J. McLure on sta- tralia was "communicating with the
tion property near Broken Hill, New overseas Governments from whose space-
South Wales in Australia on 8 April. It craft it might have come." The dispatch
also said that the sphere carried the
was shipped to Broken Hill for examina- faint outline of a hammer and sickle,
tion by scientists there. It could not be the Sovjet emblem. Fairhall said the
cut or broken into by the use of a file sphere had not been opened as it might
or hack saw. Metallurgists at the Zinc contain "something of scientific inter-
Corporation said it had been subjected est." "It's a million-to-one chance that
to great heat, was 14 inches in diameter, a piece of orbitting hardware should sur-
weighed 12 pounds and was spherical vive the temperature of re-entry and be
and hollow. McLure, who found the ob- recovered in one I piece," he said. Various
ject said that no one had been in the other newspapers carried the news that
area of the sheep station where the ob- scientists (unnamed had determined
ject was found, for about 50 years. that the object was a pressure vessel
After the initial news release from from a space vehicle, designed to with-
Broken Hill which contained the fore- stand great pressure.
going information, the obect was shipp- Apparently no more information was
ed to the Weapons Research Establish- released concerning the mystery sphere,
ment in Salisbury for examination. Mr. but a small article in the Omaha World-
R. Pitman-Hooper, the Zinc Corporation's Herald (Nebraska, U.S.A.) for 2 Octo-
manager, refused to make any real com- ber 1963, carried the information that
ment on reports s that the Corporation's that the Corporation's the first sphere had not been identified
metallurgists at Broken Hill had determ- metallurgists at Broken Hill had determ- when the second one was found in Oc-
ined ined via via X-ray X-ray spectographic spectographic examina- tober about 35 miles from the location
tion that the objeet contained beryllium, tion that the objeet contained beryllium, of the first one.
titanium, and magnesium and had only titanium, and magnesium and had only The press The press release release divulged the fact
this to say: "All I can say at this stage this to say: at this stage that despite inquiries abroad, the Aus-
is that our scientists have had a look at tralian government had not located the
the object, that any tests they may have origin of the first sphere. The second
made so far are inconclusive and that sphere was described as 16 inches in dia-
the sphere has been placed in the charge meter and weighing 18 pounds. It was
of a senior Army officer." The Director also said to be a "stainless steel ball"
of the.Broken Hill division of the U. of on which a valve had been turned into
New South Wales, Mr. T. K. Hogan, New South Wales, Mr. T. K. Hogan, a fused mass, apparently as a result of
said that university scientists had made said that university scientists had made intense heat.
a visual inspection of the object and that It is interesting to note that to this It is interesting g to note that to this
what they saw would not be "inconsist. date no definite news concerning the
ent with the report that it contained be- metallic c makeup of that first sphere has
ryllium, titanium and magnesium." He been released, nor has there been any
said further that the metals were cer- further description or clarification of the
tainly of modern origin and were also physical properties of the second. This
non-magnetic. He also commented on an brings to mind another mysterious ob-
unusual "submerged are weld" around ject which was found in South Africa in
the suriace of the sphere which was a early 1962. This object was identified as
most beautifully executed job." He dis- as spherical titanium pressure tank from
puted the idea that the object was some the fuel tank of an Atlas rocket. There
sort of tank or cistern float, and said it
had the remains of two lugs still attach- was no doubt that this object, at least
ed to it. Hogan also said that the object according to press reports, belonged to
was definitely hollow and that they a U.S. space vehicle. The question now
would have "dearly liked to ope nit." arises concerning the reason that the
He theorized that the object probably Australian spheres have not been identi-
had originally been protected by some fied. The'most recent releases state un-
sort of heat shield which protected it equivocally that the sphere has been
from the intense heat which melted the disowned by Russia and the U.S. Then
lugs. whence?
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No Case (Information Cnly) 13 April 1963
Hollistor, California
SiUCCE: IArA
Case 73. Hollister
town for the third straight night. On as described a g red ball, trailing
smoke behind it." (NICAP Reporter.) MASA
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o Chss (Information Chly) 16 April 1963 /
M C.jon, Califormia
Sacdce IHOR-SER 63
Bartlett sightin three UFOs in a
triangular formation travel from 270 degs 29 eesin (LS)

" Mrs W ggins sand i appeared
low on the wuth-astern horzon
and to the raked me reiriled
i bright star. Hoer through
bincnlars it appeared to be re-
colving and wiis da hing hollinunt
yed aad gran hghts it was rising
and talling sharpl. aud moving
trum right to laft.
" Wite hovering in almont the
samr posif on. the obect apared samr posifon the obwect aared
to move n a serted coire and to move n i serded coire and
hezen tn nse is  raveiled out hazen to rse as  reaveiled out
of ght t a tortherly sreution of ht ta mortharly mreution
The fnllowing day. Aprd 20. The following day. Aprd 20.
the Laaston Examaer had the Laason Examaer had
e "A Trange ohi r e " A Tange hi
in the rastor ty mepaed on in the astor ty repued on
huhy thus moght. wi ghted ght ai hed
agai last tight by soveral again. last sight by soyeral
farulies in the area. farulios in the area.
Mrs. D. I. Wiggias. who Mrs. D. I. Wiggias. who
helps to manage the post olice at helps to manage the post oflice at
Woudsdale, said he sighted the Woudsdale, said he sghted the
hirct alont ? p.i. yesterday. hjrct alont 7 pi. yesterday.
hagh in the eastern sky
I was very much higher in
the iv than on Thurday might the siv than on Thurday might
and bmoevdars had to be used to
get a dlear vew of it. The obiect
was till behaving in an erratic
mamer. rising and falling and
moving sideways and in circkes.
It was still dashing very brilliant
colours of red and green as it
moved high into space," she said.
The ubpect appeared to be
rising steacily all the time it was
visible last night.
"It was abnost invisble by
10.39 p.im.
Mrs. Wiggins said the
object mvsersied a number of
people who sighted! it

Source: Saucer News (S
Four colleze students saw a group of bright luminous eircular ob-
jeots, treveling at tromendous soeeds over a irive in theatre near Ripon, Wis-
consin, last April l9th. Sone of the Urg' s wero Jiver in solor, and others
wore a bright orange. Do-degree turn
mion wouid bave badn Lmpessible for lormal alrerart. A deteetive sent to the
theatre to investigate the incident also saw toe saucers himseli, aocording to
7 the stadents...
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S : diedn, Jonasy, 1964
Lights At Fond Du Lac, Wis. A
During the week preceding 19 April
1963 strange lights were seen maneuver-
ing in the skies above Fond Du Lac. On
Wednesday night, patrons at a drive-in
theater saw about 20 objects. These ob-
jects were sometimes white e or crimson
in color, moved rapidly and now and
then in formation from horizon to hori-
zon. The direction of travel was mostly
east to west. It was also noted that they
made sharp turns.
A spokesman for the Federal Aviation
Agency in Milwaukee stated that the
objects could have been airplanes objects could have been alrpienes re- TC
fueling at high altitudes which would ex- fueling at high altitudes which would ex-
plain the lack of sound. The Agency had plain the lack of sound. The Agency had
received similar reports a week earlier received s similar reports a week earlier
and had determined that in this case
they were airplanes, and most likely B58
supersonic bombers which renewed op- supersonic bombers which renewed op-
erations over Wiscnsin on 1 April. But erations over Wiscnsin on 1 April. But
the sharpi turns?
(Editor's Note: It seems odd that an (Editor's Note: It seems odd that an
exact identification was not made, for
surely the FAA would have known what surely the FAA would have known what
type of planes were, where and when.
This one sounds like another "possible"
identification).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
. STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
AF IN: 54657 (29 Apr
INFO : NIN-9, XOP-1 XOPX-4. SAF-OS-3, DIA-25, DIA-CIIC-2, ARMY-2,
SMB 3953 CMC-8, JCS-3 CIA-11, NSA-7 (123)
DE RUHLKH 3
ZNR
0 2911057
FM 326 AIR DIV KUNIA FACILITY HAWAII
TO RUHLKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RUHphH/co"Hawseafron Pearl Harbor HawaII
INFO RUEAHQ/CSAF USAF WASH DC
RUECC/CNO WASH DC
RUECW/SECNAV WSH DC
RUWGALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RUHPA/CINCPAC CANP MM SMITH HA
RUHAFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HA
PUHP3/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HA RUHP3/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HA
FUaUAAK/CoNUsJAPAN FUcHU as JaPAN PUAUAAK/CoNUSJAPAN FUcHU as JAPAN
PUAMC/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/CONUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN
RUCSBRB/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NE3R RUCSBRE/CINCSAC C OFFUTT AFB NEBR
AF GRNC
BT
UNCLAS HADOC-D 9785
/C I R V I S/ BARRIER PACIFIC AIRCRAFT CALL SIGN 0874 REPORTS
SIGHTING WHAT APPEARS TO 3E A SATELLITE AT POSITION
53 DEG. 35 MIN N. 170 DEG. 10 MIN W. AT TIME 1324Z.
APPEARRED 45 DEG. ABOVE HORIZON AND WAU FOLLOWED
VISUALLY TO HORIZON. ORBITTING SOUTH TO NORTH. SLUE
AND WHITE COLOR. MOVING RAPIDLY. NO EVALUATION.
BT NOTE: Advance copies delivered to DIA, NIN & XOPX.

To Care (Information Cnly) 22 April 1963
New Zenlari
Secnce. IA
Alwyn Green, 19, heard a "real
weird swish, a whooshing noise," lked up, and saw a round black sphere coming
towards him. He said it stopped fbr/a moment, then took off with another loud
3
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ance (about 35 miles) was considerably
P N THE of Monday, April came visible over the Atlantic Ocean east higher than usual. Unfortunately, no re-
23rd, at 8:05 p.m. Eastern standard of Barnegat Bay at longitude 73° 44' west, ports have been received from ships or
time. an exceptionally brilliant firebal! latitude 39 51' north, and ended above airplanes; even one good obscrvation from
was seen over New Jersey and from parts northern New Jersey at 74 36' west, such a source would help greatly.
of New York and Pennsylvania (page 323 41° 04' north. On the basis of 19 observa- Allowing for curvature of the earth,
last month). The writer learned of this tions, the beginning height H1 was 116 the meteor seemed to come from a radiant
through letters from H. C. Courten of = 37 kilometers: and the ending height point at an azimuth of (28° east
the Grumman Astronomical Society, Beth- H2 was 56 ± 15 kilometers, from 15 re- of south) and an altit of 17° 32' (af
page, Long Island. and Reinhard Eck of ports. The probable true path was 165 ter correction by -4 44 for zenith attrac-
Maywood. New Jersey. These letters ar. kilometers long. and its projected length tion). This position corresponds to right
rived on the 25th. aud the nesi dav the at ground level 153 kilometers. ascension 183°.declination -26°,or 194°
Philadelphia Inquirer published my re- Some observers called the meteor and -2s° in celestial longitude and lati-
quest for reports. "slow." and the numerical estimates of tude, which are based on the ecliptic.
Altogether. about 80 persons wrote or duration are more in accord than usual. Assuming for the sake computation
telephoned. and based From 22 reports. I compute the duration that the orbit was parabolic, I find its in-
upon those reports that had usable data. as 4.82 ± 1.67 seconds, making t the me- clination to the ecliptic to be 13°, the
It first it scemed that the solution would teor's observed velocity in the atmosphere longitude of the ascending node 213.
turn out to be unusually accurate, but 35 kilometers per second. The body did the perihelion distance 0.8 astronomical
this was not the case. The positions on unit, and the longitude of perihelion S.
the earth's surface of the subbeginning The fireball's great brilliance was gen-
and subend points could be found quite PA. N.Y. erally remarked. a few observers noticing
well. but the various estimates of angu- we. Dutme estiates ol angu- the meteor first by the shadows it it cast. cast.
far altitudes are discordant. No allowable Brightness estimates Brightness estimates range range from from that of
shitting of the subpoints aided. The esti- The esti- Paterson Venus to the full moon's, the average moon's, the average
mates from the Phikadelphia area, where mates from the Phikadel ea, where being quarter moon (magnitude - I0). It
most reports originated, are considerably most reports originated, are considerably a Newark seems fairly certain the fireball's light de- seems fairly certain the. fireball's light de-
lower than the results for observers near lower than the resuits fo oservers near Morristown New York New York creased radically for the last few degrees creased radically for the last few degrees
the end point. yet these latter observers the end point. yet these er observers City City of its path, and son of its path, and som observers doubtless
used stars for approxima used stars for approximate reference. reference. lailed to see the less bright portion and
Mter much study, arithmetic averages therefore the true end point.
were taken for both the beginning height Many said the object showed Many said the object showed a disk. a disk.
Hi and the end height H2. as best ap Trenton and 36 gave the color. From their impres
peoximating the truth. A drawing of the Asbury sions, we conclude that sions. we conclud the body body was was
path was made to scale: the heights of path was made to scale; the heights of Philadelonia Philadelohia Park bluish white with a short orange tail. One
two internediate points were computed two internediate points were computed person reported a 3usecond train: nobody person reported a 3h-second train: nobody
and they roughly confirmed the path: the and they roughly confirmed the path: the else mentioned such an appendage. else mentioned such an appendage.
average of I5 estimates of the downward average of i5 est of the downward JERSEY JERSEY I wish to thank the Philadelphia Ir I wish to thank the Philadelphia In
slope of the meteor's track checked quite amden maen quirer and all of those who reported this quurer and alt of those who reported this
well. Therefore, despite the large acci- New J event to the American Meteor Society.
dental errors in HI and H2. it is proba- Barnegat Without such aid, no fireball's path could!
B3y be calculated.
ble that the derived path is about correct.
Catalogued as AMS 2370, this fireball CHARLES P. OLIVIER
reached its end point at 12m 56 ATLANTIC
Atlantic OCEAN 521 N. Wynnewood Ave.
sicdereal time April 23, 1962. It first be- City Narberth. Pa
Reprinted from SKY AND TELEScOPE. Vol. XXIV. No. 1. Ja/y. 1962.

No Case (Information Gnly) 24 April 1963
Northern, California
Scunce:
Bight iashes, glowing objects,
fireballs, and blobe of green iire were seen in nis ar 7:45 p.m. to about
11:00 p.m.2 The phenomena might be associated wiih/the Lyrids, a meteor shower
hichI periodically occurrs this tim Reporter).
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1 - 31 MAY 1953 SIGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
1 Silver Grove, Kentucky Other
29.57N 140 03W (Pacific) Military. BALLOON
Ocean City, Maryland AIRCRAFT
m±oo Arlington Heights, Illinois BALLOON
Whiteman AFB, Missouri Military BALLOON
North Vernon, Indiana CTvilian (PHYSICALSOther (ASD TEST VEHICLE
SPECIMEN W/PARACHUTE)
8 58.15N 169.20W (Pacific) Military AIRCRAFT
11 Northfield, Iilinois AIRCRAFT
15 Louisiana-Mississippi Area Multiple Other (ROCKET LAUNCH)
15 Beaufort, South Carolina AIRCRAFT
15 Evanston, I linois AIRCRAFT
17 46.13N 173.53W (Pacific) Military Other (FLARE)
17 46.15N 171.15W (Pacific) Military Astro (METEOR)
18 New Plymouth, New Zealand UNIDENTIFIED
21 40.02N 10.16E (Atlantic) Military Other (MISSILE/ROCKET)
22 Parkersburg, West Virginia Astro (METEOR)
22 Pequannock, New Jersey UNIDENTIFIED
22 43.20N 172.50W (Pacific) Military Miirvary Astro(METEOR)
24 Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii Military INSUFFICIENT DATA INSUFFICIENT DATA
26 Gulf or Mexico Military INSUFFICIENT DATA INSUFFICIENT DATA
28 Philadelohia, Pennsylvania Philadelohia, Pennsylvania Civilian Other (CONTRAILS) Other (CONTRAILS)
29 30.50N 169.00W 30.50N 169.OoW (Pacific) (Pacific) Military Military INSUFFICIENT DATA
31 44N 49W (Atlantic) Military Other (ELECTRONIC INTER-
FERENCE FROM WITHIN
AIRCRAFT)
ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)
DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION EVALUATION
May May Universe Universe Science News Ltr
May Mav Samoset, Florida Samoset, Florida (Ltr)
May Bosklcof, South Africa
-5 Northern Hemisohere -Sky & TX
Westlake, Ohio IAPA
Livernool, England IAPA, FSR
7 New Orleans, Louisiana IAPA
9 Mt. Zion, Wisconsin IAPA
10 Eagle Bend, Minnesota APRO.
10 Belfast, Maine FSR
13 Northern Ireland FSIC, FSR
17 Miami, Florida IAPA
18 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio FSIC
20 South Australia FSR, Saucer News
21 Bebington, England FSR
27 Australia FGR
29 Canberra, Australia FSIC, FSR

LSTHSUNIAN AST-4HTALCA CEXSSVAIONY, CAMARIOGK, NUSSACHUSETYS
AM 24, 1963
SATELLITE I960 10TA i, ECMO I
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T. - Agrl1 23.0, cimoa axu ia dnya, V.T Eccuntricity - 0.018650 + 7.05 = 10 (0-7.)
sguasas af porigoe 120:991 + ):à27 (t-T.) Seat-nsjor anio 458
Bigbt aucensiom of ascenting node  340 869 - 3.2662 (c-T.) Mean ancaaly (Res 0.94 221 12.432000 (k-7.Y+ 2.127  10 (t-x.)
Bapacted average maguitude - + 1
SATELLIEE 196O 1OTA 1 SAFELLITE 1960 10TA 1
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S-N SOUTH-NORTH NORTH-SOJIH 5-N NORTH-SOJTH
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Stars Clearer Outside Cities 75,100, or Jupiter, the largest, with S8,700
two hours earlier at the end. miles. But it is many times bigger than
On April I the brightness of Mars, as Ordinarily these maps show only stars earth's 7,927 miles.
rated on the astronomer's magnitude scale, and planets brighter than about the fourth
is 0.2, or about one-third as bright as it magnitude—which can be seen near a big Planets Seen by Naked Eye
was when closest. Its distance on the first city. But if you get out into the country
is 89,600,000 miles. By April 30 it recedes on a clear night-far from the city's glare The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars,
to 113,300,000 0 miles. Then its magnitude is and haze-you see many others. The Jupiter and Saturn are all visible easily
0.8, or about five-eighths as bright as on sixth magnitude, which is about a sixth as to the naked eye, and were known from
April 1. bright as fourth magnitude, is generally the earliest times. Uranus was the first to
Mars Between considered the faintest that the average be discovered with the aid of the tele-
Two Stars human eye can see under the best con- scope. It was found on March 13, 1781, by
Mars is a planet—a body like the earth, ditions. William Herschel-a German-born musi-
revolving around the sun. It stands, at the The planet Uranus is now relatively cian who settled in Bath, England, and
middle of the month, about halfway be- close, and a little brighter than sixth became a famous astronomer.
tween two bright stars. These are distant magnitude, so it is just barely visible in a With a telescope seven feet long that he
suns. To the right is first magnitude Pollux. very clear and dark sky. Its position is had built himself and which was set up
in Gemini, the twins. Alongside (shown on shown on our southern sky map. by an X in the garden of his home, Herschel was
the northern sky map is the other twin. in Leo, about half way between Regulus and making a systematic survey of the skies.
represented by the star Castor. This. how. a fourth-magnitude star to the left, known He noticed what he recorded in his journal
ever, is fainter-of the second magnitudle. as tho Leonis. If you cannot find it with as a "curious either nebulous star or per-
To the left of Mars is Leo, the lion.
This contains a smaller group called the
sickle, from its resemblance to that agri- LEO MINOR LEO MINOR
cultural tool. At the bottom of the handle, Polluxo Polluxo
which points downward, is first magnitude APRIL COMA BERENICES COMA BERENICES CNR CNER
Regulus. 1963 Denebola LEO
Continuing from Leo farther to the left GEMINI GEMINI
and downward, you come to Virgo, the BOOTES BOQTES CANIS
virgin. Here lies Spica, another bright virgin. Here lies Spica, another bright ProcyorMINOR
star. Above, and more to the left, is Bootes, CRATER MONBCEROS
the herdsman, with Arcturus. This star is the herdsman, with Arcturus. This star is VIRGO Spica Betelgeuse
more than twice as bright as Spica. SERDENS CoRvVuys. HYORA PUPPIS
Low in the west is Orion, the warrior, Sinus ORION
now disappearing from view after shining LIBRA CANIS
so brilliantly high in the south on winter VELA MAJOR
evenings. Towever, Betelgeuse is still vis- 4EAST South WEST
ible. To the left is the "dog star" Sirius,
in Canis Major, the great dog. And higher, SYMBC STARS IN ORDER BRIGHTNESS
near Gemini, shines Procyon, in Canis
Minor, the little dog. *
To the right of Orion (shown on the URSA MAJOR CANES VENATICI
northern map is Taurus, the bull, with ADRIL Castor JIPPER
Aldebaran. This bright star is considerably 1363
dimmed because it is so low in the sky. GEMINI LY'NX BOOTES
Higher and farther to the right stands o URSA
Auriga, the charioteer. Capella is the AURIGA MINOR
bright star in this group. Lapelld Polaris7 CORONA
Although it is not shown on the maps, OWOPER DRACO
you will have the best opportunity of the TAURUS CASSIOPEIA HERCULES
year to see the planet Mercury at the end PERSEUS CEPHEUS
of Aprl. Only occasionally does it get Aldemaran vegg
into a position where you can see it low in aRad!
the west at twilight. This occurs on April IWEST Jace Norta EAST

als when they came up with the cool,
national organization for the encouragem the planet. .Herschel wished to honor the eady light.
king, George eIII, who had given him a The man-made devices to get light from
tour. pension. So he p proposed "Georgium Sidus," lectron movement are still so very com-
Ozone, water vapor and carbon diox or "George's star." This s name was used lex, they defy analysis, explained Dr. John
are responsible for the temperate clim for a time in England, but continental ambe of the Ford laboratories. Many dif.
at earth's surface because they absorb s astronomers had other ideas. Some wanted rent chemical elements and crystal struc.
light and reradiate it as infrared he to name it "Herschel." But they finally ures are used. Most common method is to
The earth itself is actually bathed in accepted the suggestion of J. E. Bode, a pply a high voltage electrical LV current di-
very rarefied, hot outer edges of the su German astronomer, that it be called ectly to a complex chemical compound that
atmosphere. Uranus. This was the name, according to as been found by trial and error to emit
It is flooded not only with visible ult mythology, of Saturn's father, so it fitted ght.
violet and infrared radiation but is be in with the other planets. Man, with all his knowledge and research
barded with high cnergy electrons and p When the movements of Uranus through ools, cannot explain or even reproduce that
tons. gamma rays and X-rays, Dr. G. the sky had been determined, the astron- iny bit of light that winks on a summer
reported in the first lecture of the series omers figured backwards, to see where it ight, without wires, filaments, batteries
the University of Nevada at Reno. had been previously. This showed that a
Science News Letter, 83:185 March 23. 1 number of observers had actually seen it or vapor.
before 1781, but had thought it to be a Science News Letter, 83:185 March 23, 1963
SPACE star. Thus, several astronomers could have
S-6 Satellite Will Prob won the fame that came to Herschel, if MEDICINE
they I had only checked their observations Deadly Food Poisoning
Upper Atmosphere more carefully.
Affects Spinal Region
THE S-6, a satellite to probe the str Celestial Time Table for April
ture of earth's upper atmosphere, is sch APRIL EST THE MOST I DEADLY kind of food
uled to be launched for the first time Midnight Moon passes Mars poisoning. botulism, can cause trouble to the
the National Aeronautics and Space 2 entral nervous system like that resulting
ministration in late March. 8 7:57 p.m. Full moon
9 10:00 p.m. Moon farthest, distance from lockjaw, or tetanus.
The S-6, with eight primary detecte 252,500 miles This is indicated by studies of a 6l-year-
will measure eight vital characteristics 16 9:53 p.m. Moon in last quarter old man severely poisoned after eating
IS n.m Moon passes Saturn He was hospital
from the Atlantic Missile Range at C: 30 10:08 a.m. Moon in first quarter Dr. Tyler found the so-called "H" reffex,
Canaveral, Fla. The S-6 is scheduled 9:00 p.m. Moon passes Mars not usually present in normal persons. This
have an apogee of 555 miles and a perij Subtract one hour for CsT. two hours for reflex is found mainly in patients with brain
of 155 miles, making a 58-degree angle w MST, and three hours for PST. and spinal injuries as well as those with
earth's equator. Science News Letter, 83:186 March 23, 1963 tetanus.
The S.6 is the first satellite to be ma.- Icai cancu ***. Previous knowledge of botulism poison-
of stainless steel. It will have a 35-inch alfalfa contain a yellow pigment known ing came from laboratory animals. Dr. Tyler
diameter. as xanthophyll, and cause darker egg reported in Science, 139:847, 1963. The poi-
The satellite has unusual features for yolks, with the amount of darkening de son is I believed to act on nerve endings,
returning its data to earth. Minitrack pending on the amount of the material fed. blocking the nerve impulse before it reaches
ground stations can command the package Ethoxyquin had the same effcet and in the muscle.
to relay data from any one, or any com- the same way, with larger amounts giving Botulism and tetanas are caused by poisons
bination, of the experiments. darker yolks. The chemical is an anti released by similar bacteria, Clostridim
Dr. Homer E. Newell, NASA's direc oxidant added to rations to stabilize the botulinum and Clostridium tetani which
for of space sciences, states that there is vitamins in the feed. nay explain why they have similar actions
much information yer to be gained from A dark yolk is desirable for some uses. on the nervous system.
probing temperature variations in the upper Science News Letter. 83:185 March 23. 1963 Science News Letter, 83 185 March 23, 1963

story, which ...Here's a siaxar
dateline (aprtl Fool's im a jot nora svace to. 4x0401 that
Lidate Ltt the Anni lst
in Chilano Valley, near Petaluma, A milidng hie JOW3
stanpede the cattle. A group 132 A 0752 sauger land
aalr aboerd thair of hutanoid: fron the suucer ait oit and placed a
"here was physieal eridence to confirn 'he Atooreng 20 566 Looal sherirt,
farmer in queetion is vell story.
hown for bis craotical jokes....
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No Case 4 April 1963
Akron, Ohio
LOCAL SIGHTINGS:
W. AKRON-Thurs, April 4, 1963....Garman
Rd & Portage Path Area. At approximately
8 PM, the witness stepped into her back-
yard facing N. As she scanned the sky,
she saw a large red light over a school
in the area. She didn't remember ever
seeing a red light there before. It re-
mained stationary and steady the three
minutes she watched it. She then started
around the east side of the house to get
her binoculars (7x50) when her attention
was drawn to a "very orange" light in the
SE at about 25 elev. She noticed that
the cbject would periodically diminishto
a pin point of light, and then slowly,
steadily regain its original brilliance.
After observing After observing several such fluc- several such fluc-
tuations, she entered the house-and tuations, she entered the house-and came came
out minutes later with the 7x50 binocs. out minutes later with the 7x50 bin ocs.
The object would almost disappear even in The object would almost disappear even in
the binoculars-and she observed that the
center had the most intense coloring; the center had the most intense coloring; the
outer circular area was outer circular area was 'soft' on the ed
. ges but definite, and the color ges but finite, and the color was the
"crangest-orange".
After watching the strange objector After watching the strange object or
light for a few minutes, she decided light for a few minutes, she decided to
have a look at the light over the school.
It was no longer visible. It was r no longer visible. s She returned
to the to the orange light and continued watch- orange light and continued watch-
ing for a few more minutes. It was still
visible when she went indoors. Later,
she checked to see if it or the red light
could be seen-neither was visible. On
succeeding nights she was unable e to find
either object in the sky where she had
previously seen them. Overall duration
15-20 minutes. No so und .Reported by

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No Case (Information Only) 5 April 1963
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.......April 5, 1963
10:15 PM,Second St-Arcadia........A high
school student was just preparing for bed,
when looking out the window facing east,
he saw a yellowish-orange light over a
house about a block away. He said that
the light could be compared to that of a
very bright star in size. It would dim
until it went out; then after a few sec-
onds the object became visible again and
slowly increased in intensity until it
achieved its original brilliance. J
He couldn't determine whether He couldn't determine whether the the
object just di.inished in its light in-
tensity or became invisiole due to hav-
ing become too distant tc see. This pro- This pro-
cess was repeated rhythmically fora per-
iod of about l0 minutes. at the at the times times
when the light reappeared it when the light reappeared it seemed to seemed to
have altered its position. have altered its position. His overall His overall
impression was that the light was appear-
ing at the corners of an invisible square
7 but on a horizontal plane. It finally
diminished never to diminished never to return,Not seen since return.Not seen since
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