PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. LOCATION 12. COHCLUIIOHI a p,.~.~,, Balloon OP OIIIRVA~TI~ON.:&. o..~. ------1 a Petti Wy Balloon I. DATITIIII OIIOUP a OreuntiRe4er a Alrlnterce't Retler a Wat Alrcr.ft a Pre~.Wy Aircraft a Po 111 Illy Aircraft a Wee Attronoml col a Pre~Wy Attrenomlcal a PottiWy Aetronomical 1. LI .. TH OP OIIIRVATION L NUMIIR Ofl OIJICTS t. COURSI Other I 1 t'l J : ; i o r:a 1 hr 10 mins thrAe outh a lntufflclent Oato for Evaluation Three objs, thinner & longer than a' cigar, very bright golden w/fuzzy outline, in a loose group. First obj was stationary when first sighted, tilted fm horizontal. Two more moved toward it. Second obj approached the first, circled over it, leaving a vapor-like trail & joined up w/ the first. The .third obj then joined th~ two ~bjs. The first obj returned to a horii~ontal positGon & all whree moved rap dly.South ~ faded. Probably interplay of sun's slant rays on scattere d clouds lu kJ~l)l)f~/COlJJ)ri Alii u:.;.a.~1~Si G01ji!ANU i1~I Ai b ttJ\v~bU/(.;01'1JJH 29'1'H AJ)lV U~lt NAJ..i'iSJHOil A.t b H4Jl'..i.i~ll/U.t t J.~t. Or l1\1i' UHlvlJ\'i J.U~'' S~kV l~J:,~ ht.AU~1UfU(1.:.ttS u~ni ( 5) l.UlJ . ut\VUt' kt~u bklGJ-n IrilS lRAIL STOPP~D VRY AE>RU?TL\. ~S'l.l.,A'f~u .3 _ . DEGREt:S TRUE UuJt .. \,1~ Ul' '!lil~ SAbE SlZt; Ai~D SHAPE ~JRE !jOVliJG TO~JARD IT A1 lhlS 'l'J.&' , ).lkS'1' 0t)J~eC'l' 1\~t'i.Ai<t;U lODE TlL'f~L) ~nO .. l '!Hi.: HOH.l/.U1Jl/\L, -~U&'tU u~" 1 At')JkUACill.ll l'HE: i IRST ClRCL!~D (J\Iii~ .11' l.iAV I:,G A V i\t'OH L l Kr.; l (~) L1HAJJUALLY 'tA ,. (1) ~HUU~lJ-VlSUAL ALKALl ~k ~OAU blLL.i~GS, ~jQ A1~A AGi A~D OC- (i, ~'I:;AIHJ::H AND Wli~DS ALOF'T COl~DI'flONS AT TIN ANJ) PLACE OF SIGH'ilNGS: St;A'ilt..:hiD CLOUDS CALi'l, DHY AhD lvAH~(i, (~) SUI(rA , NOl' AVA l LA 25 Ki'~OIS !-''1' -1~01 AVAILAbLi ! ~. :.: i '1 -NOl AVAlLAbL~. hOw occur. Muy penona do DOt know wt .... r a .tairaage is or \vhat ~ao cause it. Flnt, let me say that a mirage Is something real, not a haUucinatfon Uke a pink elephant. ~ Nor is it an optical ilJusion. Light may depart appreciably from its .. V , nearly straight-line path when exceptional temperature conditions } . _ .. ... . occur in the lower a~osobere, as, for exam e. wheo aa intensely ... J> ~ Fie. J. A leatieular cloud, oftea mlatakea f a lyiDJ saucs. bot or extremely cold layer of afr lies close to the earth's surface. The air acts as a sort of lens to bring a distant light source into focus. The lens is Jm~rfect, so that the world seen through it is distorted and unfamiliar; it is a little like looking through someone else's spectacles. No wonder one sees weird thJngs -even 8ying saucers. This brief description of a mirage wiU have to ~erve until we again consider the question in more detail. iD a later chapter.