PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was BaiiOOft 19 August 1957 Cambria AF Station, Calif 0 Probably Bali-n DATI-TIM! GROUP ~ TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Boli-n Lecwl ax;,."".,_ Vlsu.l 0 CHoundRoclor 0 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft A~W...R~u lars 0 Air-Intercept Roclar 0 Possibly Alruoh .... os 6. SOURCE GIXas Astrono"'icol J t.p 1 t e r av .. 0 Probably Astrono111icel l!ilita,.v 0 PassiWy Astrono111lcal 7. ~ENGn4 0, OUIIItV AT ION L NU .. IER OF OBJ ECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other Insufficient Ooto for Evaluation minutes rpt 2 hove r ing 811~, SU"*ARY 0, SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS roun d objects. posit~on o 1 s1grt1ng sJ.Ze o n e whita , one r eddish orange, one 500 It and near horizon. h igh the other 1 mile separ at~. appears white to r eddis h t.ecaus e th:rc are ..1s uall v r oports from rada r or a/c in that a rea. Seemed t o hove r . anything unusual. Conclude d this Ros~ and descer.ded s l o-vly. sighting a a s afte r 15 minutas. ther repor t of 3 simila r Yh 1 t h appeared b e stacked. 5r1SNCE NEws LtTTER for fuly 27, 1957 Saturn Visible Along with Venus and Jupiter, which will be visible in the early evening, and Saturn, the August sky offers the oppor- tunity to see the famous aurora borealis . By JAMES STOKLEY ~ ALTHOuGH SA TUR~ is the onlv planet visib le in August well into the eve. ning, two others can be seen soon after the su n goes down. Brightest is Venus \\ hic:h, at the bcgin- aiaf of August, sets about an hour and n hal after Slfnset. It is so brilliant th:~t it be e~sy to IOC\te, IO\\ in the west, if the sk v is c:le:~r. Jupiter. a little higher and farther to the south, follows about half a n hour later. About :'1 seventh as bright as Venus, Jupiter still more brilliant than any other st:lr 01" pl.1net. On Aug. 22 Venus P"W'S Jupiter, and they will form a brilli:ant pair in the tky, se:par:ated by a dinan'c :~.bout that of the di:unetcr of the full moon. Saturn. ;aoout a si."Cth .u brrgbt .u Jupl(er. is low in the south in rhc ronstdbaon of Ophjuc~w. the sc:rpcnt barer, right abo.,e the sa.r Ancares, which is an Scorpitrc, the .:ot'(';Of\. Both StU :1nJ pJ , e t Ue ~.O'I'o'"' a."' d.: ... ~ n p:wying ffi:l!l.J whith dc?~t the: Jky as it .1p~rs around 10:00 p.m. \"OU: owo l:hJ ,lf Sl'l n d 11 .l ri nl!-1ldd one hour iDr d.tyhght ~vmg mr~r the bc~nin::; of A'L~U .. TI"' P(..c:nn.:c ir similar :at !he ua br.Jr odier, or' nvo hours orlie:r a . \ub'\1\1 cn:n~ to :u t Five Bright Stars .'\ntltes is one of fi,e brigit ~:u~-th.ll is, of the astronomer' fuse magnitude- isible in .\ ugust evenin~. The ntost briUi~nt of th~e is Veg:t, in Lyr:a, the lyre, which is timon directlv Ocrlle;~,l Jt the h-.~u ( tr ..,h: ... h t.hc tn.Jp\ ari prq:Jrc:d. Seal11d lttrib:ot 1s Arcrur..;~ in Bootcs, the iJ.-Jr.dri\'cr, hiih in the \'-C'\t . .o\ar.arc:s is in tLird p!J':. Gbndng do" O\\-:uds a I itt!.: from Veg.1, -- IDward the eastern !lortzon you \\ ill come 'eo C}gnw, the S'll'an. In thi ifOUp one ~-h<b Deneb, fourth rightcs1 of our August ; 'en. The fifth is oat far aw;y. It is Altair, ' " f!.' . .Aquib, the c:agle, high in the south. A! I:ilr is c:IS)' l O CC.:Ogtl j i' e bec:l USC: it I< ' lt:-'..nded b~ t\\ o binter smrs. T he one belQ" IS c:1lled Alsb:lin :and the one :lbo\e is hard to recognize an Jrchc:r in thb lfOUP but one can castly finJ a teapot. T he handle: is to the left anJ the spout to the righr, as if its hot tea were betng poured on the scorpion's t:11l! T he six stars th:a make the handle anJ the lid also form a dipper, which is sometimes calleJ the mtlk dipper, pe.rh:1ps bee:~ use the Milky \V JY passes through this p:trt of the sky. T he other two dippers, '" hich are much better known, are in the northern sky. the northwest we see the Great Dip.- pc:r, the handle: extending to the left, toward s. In the dipper's bov\ I, opposite: the han dle, are the "pointers," which show the direction to Polaris, the pole: star, around all the other stars seem to wheel every d:ly. T his star is at the end of tbe handle of the Little Dipper, which ex- rends upward :~od to the left. Northem Lights Glow During this ~umr.1cr of l~i, if th" skv i5 chrk and y 'IU :ue .. way froen the glo~n of city lights, th~re K a gtl0t1 dunce th:at ;ou m-.y \Ce tho: _ rc~.. borali~, r.he nvrthcrn T he .!llr<r:l ln~ \:lriou, fon\lS. S..mc:times :, i:. ju., 1 pale grc.:n .. rr-!t, luw in lite nonhcrn sk XirCT r"ln . in"nll ouida:nt for a wlu.lt:. r;ay~o c:..<t:C"ndio~-o thw rd the. l enidL m1; ckvdnp a len,: <he l J:C'r edge. &.mcrimc~ t'l= ucs may pul ~t", or he m those &om a b:tm:ry of huge sc m.h lights may :1ppcar for a fe\\ ~conJs at ::1 Other t:imcs the ar ... with 1ts auoci:uetl rays m:~y rise until it is nearly ovcrhc::1d with the r;a~s seeming to converqe at .1 c: point to 1 1m n ur" I crown 1g:1in "\\':JVCS vt ctcJt,oun" mty move rJpadly upw a.d from the nur thrm horizon. c\ety fe,\ ;cconch. Such \\J\CS light U!J r:a; s, arcs ;~nd other iorms, such as lwninous draperits, as they go p:asr. \\'htle yellow- green is the mo)t usual color seen in th e .IUmr.t, manv othas ha\e been OO'II:rved The tlr.1pc:nc:~ Jre often red, \\ lulc: pJie hluc:s .tnd even nolcts have ~en rep()rted by ob:.crvers. Although aururas occur in the e.trth\ armo~pherc:. at hei)thts of 60 or more males, :'Ire: CIU!>ec.l by the sun. When the: )Un reaches it:. ma<tjmum of .acunry, which \ aries over J cycle: of about II years, and )unspots are ntO)t numerous, .1\ thcr are about now, ar emits brge q uan- titic:s of fr.tgmcnts of :~toms be-aring clce- ch:.rge)--somc positive, some: neg:nive. These enter the: earth's Jlmo~pherc, espe- ciJII)' near the poles, where they arc drawn 10 by the magnetic field of our pwnet. In \Orne manner, not yet fully understood, the: gaso an the upper atmosphere :ue m.adc to resulting in auroras. Auroras Reported Low A recent report on auroras published in Great Brit:tin suggests that they can oeeur a< low an the ;atmosphere as 24 m1les above the earth's surface. B. Murray of the Geophuiul ln- srirute, College. Alaska, found this by )t:ld\- ing the n Jiatinn cmirtc:d bli aunMpheric. U7onc dur ng 010 aurora Aonopt ert .. ozone tS the" triple form of laf i"inJ.: o"C~gcn rh.n prrw:~1c~ :a bllnket nllectinR li\ing thUl~ frotn the: ~un' in rtnc uh:r: j(JI"r r;tdi. U<Jn. \\'uh~Ht tht) blanker. lire \',olllc.l be bum tL to crisl' ~fr. Mnrr '\ if m~uriu rbc inlr:Jre.t r lllJJt'inn s:hen off :n night hy ozone. Sn,:all c h n~ in its intemiry a re Mrm1l. but cn \! r h 26, he: oh~rvcd Ul 'l''"ltionally !Jr,:;c. increase," amounting to I~{. TillS tncrc:a<c: occur red immediately after :an au ror.\ h:.d moved into the: region of sl..y cm crcJ b, tltis instrument. The cicnt.ist belie\es tltlt the incrc:~se 1\,\~ .tue either to more ozone bein~ present or iu mr .. r Jture ~np; ht~htr. He: point:. ,,,It in h ) report, \hich :1ppc:.us in :'I.' lttu't' f)Hh 11l}, th:lt thz~ rC"IJtl\e'\' low.Je-.c:l oc '\trrc:ncc might lu-.e me tr i!ucnce on tht There: is no" ~oing on. all O\er the Tarazed; they_, arc, rcspecchcly, of the "' fOurth :anJ third Jru,pHudt:S. URSA ~PR'J..' Low in the southwest is Scorpius, in wfUcb anorcs af'Pc::ln . The curved row .of ~s in this group is supposed to form ~ the scorpion's uil, as it is picrured on the ~ . old ttar maps, which drew the figures ar6und the surs. A little htg her, and to the left, is Sagittarius, rhc :1rchcr, now in the best position of the year for northern coun- MINOR ilol.m~ ~!E lfiiiEILlD~ Cortisone-Like Crugs Stop Childhood Killer ~ CORTISONE-LIKE drugs arc now turn- ing the tide of battle agnanst nephrosis, the killer that usc:J to claim 50% of its victims. A thrcc:.yor study of the: drugs on 30 children a t the: Children's Hl))piL1l of Phila- delphia has sho wn that the: :~drcnal steroids can cut do~ the death rate to 20%, Dr. Wallace: W. McCrory of the hospital told ScltNcE Suv1cE. Associated with him in the resorch has been Dr. Milton R.lpoport, also a pcdi:Jtri- cian and kidney spc:ci:~list at the bospicl.. This is the first time we: have been ng to state: the outlook for this disease -.ith the present therapy," Dr. M~Crory said. is an :1c:quircd degencr.~ti\c: dis- case o{ the kidneys which o.:curs mostly in children. T he: cause h sn:l un~.,o\\n and until the ster oids came: into usc in tbc arly t951Js there has been Jj ulc: thu could be: cblt for !he ' ict:Um. Now, with h urm>nr:-tr"":lllnellt. irnrrove mcnt c~n :;onl<:tirne' !lt' nouu:d witi,in ""'O ecL..s. al though then it h mJJ nJO t::~rly to ~II '~hJt the funuc wurc: of t~e di'iO.rc: ~ill be:., Dr. McCror)' cxpl:uncd. The moH cminu ~ympwm uf tt!!phr05is s trcr.:nJ I> <\ cllans Jll 0\'~:-JJe !,007 dt:lt c::-~es pLlcc bt-c uc: ot :10 tn.Jfi1ity to d immJte e.'CC<:>S water. The ~reroid tTc::atment ~ porc:rr.i.1!ly d:w- serous :md mun be car~(nll. .:.~d1~.1. It is PtU.&II) ahen alonh ~ 1111 diet the:-:~py aad antibiotics. In some c:1scs it is oecess.uy ro keep up 1ile ~tt.roicb for a )e:lr or so to insure :Jctu:ll improvements, and there arc c.JSCS V~-hJch do not improve even with the steroids. Inbred Chickens May Double Egg Production A CLUE 10 the dc\clopment of chickens th2t rnigbt uy. rwice J, man y e~ as Diay's bcru !us been disco\ ercd by t\\ o Amcrian poultry rcse:1rc:hers. Working with a ~tr:liO of RhoJe Island Reds, W;ala:r ~{oqpn and D r. William Jtohlmeyer of South Dakota State College, Brookings, S. D., have found that :l sur- prisingly high numuer n them h:tve a par- tial]y dc:vclogcd nght o,iduct not found in abe a ' eragc hen. Normally, :u the baby hen develops in its egg. it has the potentialities for de- veloping both the left :tnd right ovaries and o viducts. But n:lture somehow stops further grO\\ th of th e org:ans on the right \ide, and :tlmost all hens J re born with only one: functioning side. As a result, their egg proJuc:rion is SciE!'lCE Ntws Lt:TTt.R for July 27, 1!)~7 probably only half of \\hat It wuld be, the scientists the Rhode bl.tnd Red stt;lln, which ha~ been inbred for II >e:tr~. h.1) frcquenrl~ yielded at kast a partiJily de\clopc:d ov1duct on the righL Although this hJs been found bc:forc in case) it now appe:trs that the tc:nt right oviduct nuy be .l heredi- tary f:tctor. No unrc!Jtc:d stock has bc:en 1nttotluced to the: group during the II yeJrs and no selection hJs bc:c:n mJJe for t\\ o.sided O\ i- Whether the chickens could be: further inbred to more fully develop on the nght side, :and thus possibly double egg produc- tion, still needs to be determined. The scientists report their findings in Natur~ (July 13). Scien(e News letter, July 27, 19$7 PSYCHIATRY General Hospitals Treat More Mental Patients ~MENTAL P,\TIE!~TS Jrc being treated in incrca~ing numbe" Ill l(enCr:ll hospitals, Dr. Ch:arles K. Bush uf the .-\menc:an Psvchiatr1c A~ation u.-porb. In the t:nitcd States in 1954, 5b4 gc:ner:1l hospit:1ls rcp<~rtc:d 25,011 beds an p~ychiatnc units with a total o( 264,8.37 .u.lmiss1ons. These are th~ htl<pir:als that ,dmit mcnt.JI patirot"t in od:~r dun rrr.er~cncv sintJtwn~. ,\ bout 19 ,.thir~l, of thC">C: P')dtutric unm b::l'"le 1 1j in the ) .. ~r ten )e.lr~, Dr. e tlm:tt~. Bc.CM:... I l;fJ tl-tc.rc: ere nnly f\\0 c:cnrral c 'Pte! !syJu:1 :.: p:au ~ts. The Plu_ladd liP. tnd tlte Sc-cu~t} u l the i'-icw Yuck Hc><ipll.l) I ,IJn cJ 10 1779. In f'11,0, thn~ w.1' .1 toul of 19 HI nrrJ) hmpn:1ls WIUl p vch1.1tric unats. [n the ye:1rs from 1M to 1920. wh1ch include1 ltl W.1r I, 13 ndd1uon.1l units were brin~ting the total tn \ From 19.Jl tl) JCJ.tO or r Jughly the pcrtod b~t\\ een \\ 1 rid W:ar I :tnd World War II, 9 units wcr opened. in. I lin., I I 10 \'<.t eran~ Admint\lration ll,><paul' :mJ one: in .1 Fc:derJI Gnq~:nment Put-lie Hohh Set\ a.-.: ho-p a ul. From 1941 111 1445, the pcruxl of World II, 46 units were :added, mdudang 18 in gener:1l hospu:~ls of the t\rmed Services. At the end of World W:1r II, therefore:, \\.lS .1 total of 176 psv,haJtrlc. units in gcncr:al hospitals, or 32 of the number m 1956. Of the: 5 4 hospat.als now :admuung mcnt:JI plUcnts, l23 say the\' put them 10 regular metl1~l or sur~ic.1l \\ arJ~. ~lany ho,pml\ rem.1rkecl thar they cmld use m:ln} more lx<h fur pwchi.ltnc tJ~c,, but :1 fe\\ reported that their P~'.:hiatnc uniu were not pJying their \\ 'Y bee:~usc: there were not enough p:ltic:ntS. The a\c:ragc: length of st.l'l \\:1\ reported to be: from 20 to 30 dJvs. Per \hem CO\t r:~nged up t1> 5-15. with the maJotlty report ing between SIS anJ 522. Dr. Bush's \tudy IS reponc:J 111 the: lmu icon journal ofl'sychiatry (June). S(ience New\ leiter, July 27, 19$7 Radioisotopes Help Weigh Red-Hot Slag ~ THREE BRITISH scientl\t~ ha,e suc- in weighing Jccur.uc:ly 30 tons of red-hot molten -.l.1g from an open-hearth \ted furn.1.:c by a procos usang :1 radio.tcti\c: i-.<Hopc: to mca~urc the slag-rna\~ and1rectly G. R. Chur..:h, \\'. C. He~ch'ood :and G . .\. Nicholson of Unned Steel Comp.anies, Ltd., of Great Britalll, required :m i~otopc: \-.irh very specific chemic:al and nuclear properties. The i~topc: they needed would ha\c: to mix completc:ly with the: molten ~l:lg in an 80-too to 350-ton capacity open. hearth furnace, emit mc::1surable Jmounts uf radiation, offer no hclth problems and be: e:ISily obtainable: free from other radio. :tctive impurities. The isotope they found was b:trium.J40 one of itS narural dec::~y products, l:tnthJnum-140, both gh ing off electrons Jnd gamm.1 rays, and both chcmieally sim- to the slag components, the scicnusts repor t in .Vatur~ (June 22). ~ll'<cd in \\ ith the slag-mass, composed ox1des and salica tes of calcium and m:Jg. nc~1um, the kno'' n qu:~ntity of radioisotope: out through the melt. When a small ~:.mple of sl.ag was drawn off, the: total could be: computed simply by tl1e measurJble dilution of the radioisotope by To claeck their prOCC$\ tile ~ientist~ had .t spt IJI run o{ :lpproxim;~tcly 30 ton' ot slag ,., leu, crushed :and \, dgheJ b~ m a. chtnc methods. The results \hm,~d tlaat i ... tope ..,rocc:c..s h:ul a rem l,:~h wr;., \ ot plu~ or minu. on:: percent. dul ~I ;a I HS csumauons h ul rec:n <.Jr ric:d out b~ cll.;nncall~ :tnal} ;.a.1g \JIIIplc:s 10 obtJtn the r:~no of c.,lc:aum oxide 10 11\:lfl ll"' ium u:'(ide !rom whkh tot..; I m ~ omld lx: computed. The i~otope process is so ulc. the sci- entists nbsc:nc, th.lt "n would be necessary to cat ~e' er.al pounds of )IJg" tiJ get dan gerouslr radicncove. Sclen(e News leiter, Julr 27, 19$7 World's Rarest Youngste rs Doing Well ~ THE WORLD\ r.1ren voung~tcrs, whooping cranc."S :-;os. One :tnd Two, are now t\\'O months old, st:~ntl :1pproxunatel~ 30 inches high, almo~t adult.si7ed, Jnd .Jre 1n good he.1hh. Gror~e Oou~b)$ ~uper mtendent of \udubon Pu~ '= ,., Orlean' L1 .. reports. Rc~br tdephun~ c.tll\ :uc mJdc b~ the \udubon Puk r.nmtnl'sion t v W:uh1ngt1>n to keep Go,ernment offici.lls 1nformed on the ch1cks' he 1Ith, gro\\ th and general well "los. One :1nd T'' o, '' h,, Jr~ thought to b.: \\ hoopin~t crane :-.:os. 19 and 30 in the \\nrld's whoopang crane cc:nw\, Jrc as \Ct unnJmed. T h.:. :tre the ~dehncnlufT,prlllg of jl), for l~>'ephllle, JnJ Crip, the onlv '' hoopang ~:r.mes in the ''Mid hc:IJ 111 \.Olptl\ lty. Sde nce New leller, July 27, 19$7 U. S. AJR FORCE TECHNICAl INFORMATION This quest!cnnaire has been p repared sa that you can g ive the U.S. Air Force as much iafor,...11on as pat\ible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. PI-try ta amwn as many questions as yo u possibly can. The information that you g ive will a. used for reseorth p ut pose$. Your n~ 'tllill not be used in connection with any statemenb, gand~J~iom, or publication -Mtftout yovr permiu ion. We requt\1 rhis pe rsonal Information so If it is decned ne.ossary, Wit m~ contact you for further detaih. 1. When d;d you see :!-e c c t ti Houn Mlnuru A .M . or .jM. A. Where,...... yo11 when yotJ Jaw the objc~? .S. How long -obiectln w;or? tTc::cl Ourction} "' b. Fa irly certain- 6. Whot wcu the c~diloon olhe sl-y? b. Cloudy 7 . IF you saw the ab1ect during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as yo u looked a t the object? (Cucle One), a . In front of you In back of you d. To your left c. To your right f. Don't remember OCT 62 164 Th is f rm upers~ts F'TD 164 jul61. "h1ch 1s ob..,lete &. IF you sow tho objec r at NIGHT, whot did you notice conceming the STARS end MOON? STARS (C ircle One )r ( b. A lew 8.2 MOON ( Circle One): ~/ lkight moonligiTt -.p.. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight-pitch dark Don' t rememb.f d. Don' t remember Wflct ..... ,. me ecnher condihom ctt the time you !DW the object? ClDUOS (Circr. OtteJ: Sc~ered douch Thia or t.eoJ dovd$ o. Otmmilr ~THER (CucJe One): Fog, mist, or lig h t rein -=. Mcdorclc or 1-t~ovy roin ~-Don' t ntme mbor ;'-ll I Co, pore b rr{;h!ness to ~o<n~ common object. t!L T~ edges of r- oc: t:.. C:tter o. F-..n1o b il>r~J b. l.ke o brg'll >I':Jr cl. Don't rome"'be' (Circle One for eoch question) o. Afpe<:r 110 uo.- d ~t~11 cr any time?