ZCZCSOPJ11CZCSQD079ZCJ YF10 5 ''' '' YY R,JEDSO TO ?<JED3Q/ATIC ].,jZBF I AFC RC Fil Cm1El\STAREl\ NY TO C HlCl'JOHAD COt'!ASDEFORLA~iT C.:.AF HASH DC i t'!FO C0:1DR COGARD rcr:D S,....VE'J rRO~l RIO C ~-"~::TO;LP.OL "liNITED SATES COAST GUARD lJY :JY" CUARTO POSil'IOi'l 17.0~ r: Ai'"D 66.5~ "";PILD 17 Kt!OTS Sl~Y CLEAn AT APPROXIi~ATELY 02.3'~ Gt!T TO BE SEEN unrn;:.:rlT!FIED OB.JECT i1ITTHiG COinllJUOLS L lTZHfiiT'rJJ.-r Hlil1T .;~;n RE:J 'Lt~s;;!:D t1I'fl!OUT LEAVI~;c THf\CK ItJ ~JORTH TO SOUTH DIR~CTION UN1FO i llSAPP::.\Rlt~G II: '[!{[ DI~TAtiCE T CAPT R10 C~IARTO. l :;! ..:lHI (Y Cl A::;SIFIC-\TI~ i JOINT MESSAG:=:FORM Sl'AC::: BtJJW n::.:r:iiV:~D FO". _ ... .:!o-ft '1/CJtrtO.'I t.:.7!1n"l f'l'liCC:07.NCE 1 YPE M!':C.: (ChC'<"k) ACCOUNTI,-.C O~IG Q,> RF..-:;:flj; TO t:!.fot'"'IIICATh"l'l SPFCIA L. INSl'RIJCTION~ X r!G, 'ri- P .A.FB 'lli.IS C E~'r.:~1 RZCEIVED A REP.)EiT OF Alii u7 0 SIC...i'ril'IC ~.-iHICH OGGURRID OBJ.E.C1' ',/AS 'RE?O:i'l'.ED TO BE TRA VELLil';G Ffmt NO!iTH TO SOU'lli. OBJ~'r t W.\53 VIE'./ED FO.R .A.PFROX 40 SE:;. REt.lUEST INF O CO:.;CER.NI.f\.C P0.3SIBLJ: !{1SSrr-.:.; o~:::...q IO~IS ON Tit''lE .L"D D.\'l'S OJ!' SICH'l'H-IG. COO.RDHU.T![ON ~ ~?.::, Retbman /' Col lioffzr.an J OINT MESS AGEFORM P l'lECE;OEN.::E TYPC I-ISG (Cb k) URIC>. Orl f1:.F'E' .. S ro ACCOUNTI'lC AFC1N-4F.4G- S- Cl ,,'J<:'jHiCA noN or F r:'r'.nS.NC~ CO~iDR A .. ~l'l'C PA.TaiCK AFB , FLA CC}1DR A'!'IC WPA.WB OHIO A'l'TN: AFCIN- 4 SSIFI ED FRO.N NTGRY-19-05- 15:1. Refsrenc~ yo:J.r Uncla.:;:lified Nsg AFCIH-~4G-5-99h-E. .Nagativ~ info 0:.1 subject sig;1t Lng,. had n o mia:Jil<! firings from 27 April th~"'OL\gh 4 Nay 59. w 1-ri:>:o NM-1EANO 'I"ITLF. c.;.r7n0t!Jr ... tl r&;uuvxi)...------- 1 C~p t::1i n Robert C. Wo.ldt ,;f.l l)iiiTY CU .~.IFICATION 1 u~lCLASSIFIED SI"~CIAt. I; I.::;TPUC.'TONS OATE: TIM:! SctENCE NF.ws L t:n'f.t( for Uarrl: 28, 1?59 A~TRO~IOMY A n annular eclipse of the sun will occur early a month that will have two planets prominent One of thcsc i, S.mtrn ,., hich is now in S 'f:itt:lriu>, th... 1rchu. It C"In~'i ''II :~b'>llt I :00 a.m. at the first of .\pril and :~bout 11 :00 p.m. :1t the end. l\krcnry is the other. On April 26 it will be (Jrthe~ t \V'C:.t of the su11, :uv\ will rise a litth: ,,h;,,J <f that l ,oJ}, becominz visible low in tlw e.1.st !lt d;t\1 n for a fc.v Joys Thi~, howe1cr. tll not be a very f:tvnr:~bh: time to set l hi> pbnct. the evening skies. By JAMES STO'<LEY ;.. :~IJININC FOR TIIPEE. hours nfter ~:1:1:;ct, the pl.tnet Yt:nll~ now domin:ncs tlv: wc~tcrn c~cning ~;;y. More~ th~tn 61) tllnt:$ <15 hright :n :1 typicnl star of the lt!'.;t m:~gnitu,\c, it :l!'PC:trs long b.-furc :~ny other -.nr or vbn-:t, so there is no douut d ir~ idcutity. Hardly ll,ts Venus c~;ccndcd below the "t. . .:rn lv>rizou, bdo:e :tn<'thcr pl.met, 0nlr ~t:~hdy lc bril:' 311", ri~s in th.: suuth- ~ ... t. Tbi~ ic; Jupiter, :1 quarter :1~ bri;;ht a; \'c;nus, m.J still o1~:i",-,wcring ~tny star. At the beginning of April Jupiter rises, in the constdl<ttinn oi Scorpius, the scor- a little more th .:1 an hour nft.:r Venus M. ts. On April 12 :h~re is no interval L ~'' .-c.'n the settin;.: c._ o:1e nnd the rising of the \,,her. Th~ ~::w actor app(!.1rs on th..: crlr~:ial st!l j >t JS the old one i<: ('-;i.inl{. Ily the end of April it will he l~J~:.iblc lJ sec hoth :r. the sky .lt the same Mar s ~.aceding A third pl.tnl"t i~ . ~,n visible. This is ~hr~. sttll re~erling from the earth. At the midJlc of April i t'i distnncc is :-~bout lfil,llOO,OOO miles. anJ b.:cat~e of rhi~ it has faned from irs ::rilJi.,nce of n few llh)nths ago. Tn f:Kt. it i; just on the lorderline between f:r.,: and second m;~gni Th-: accomp.1nyin~ "llPS ~how the ap- of the ski~s a!->ou: IO:OU p.m., your own kind of ~t' ,J.trc.! ti:ne, at the t.e~:in:ting c.f r\pril. n Lour e:trlier :t t the oi th~ mon~h r.J wo hours carlie~ ai: the ~n I. Vcnm ;, ;A" r: '~r the hori?on, t <H' :~rd the Ol1rthwes. 1:1 T .'tr'H, the bull, :md to the ri~ht of ~ -: : st<tr Aldcb- uan. M r=~ i~ hi/:t!: r~mini, the st..r c . J!.:cl Pollux. ( ,.-to1c other con- ~picuou.; ~t1r in thi' t.:c.u;-. r.1nks un!y in '<'N >IId m.tr,nitucl..:. Jupiter docs not .lw~v o1 th.: m.Jp">, bnt Sor!Jiu~, in which it ~t.1n<h. is just h~low Libra, the sc.1l::s, whi~l i, ~hown n;ar the south.:!l'itcrn h ,ri :on. l'lrectlr west, .tnd ne:tr the hnri:on, i Orion. th: h11ntt'r, which w:ts so .:onSJicu- o~ in th; ~outh on winter cveuiug~. H ere i~ .,,. n th..: st:.r c:.llcd Jktd~wsc. To.vard 1.: .. i11 C;tni~ ~l:tjnr, tht }.!fe.tt ucg. i\ :rilli1 1r Siri11~. t\ h,wc this i> tlw h;o;~..:r dnri. C.ni> ';~nor. wirh Pr qon. lli ;h in rh" ~o11th thl''' cv~nin,:r~ io; I.cn, th \i 1. Tk: right h.1nd J.trt of thio; group, r, llt . .i:c a ~rn1J1 r ,:flnp ola is a ~ecnnd m,tgnitude st.1r in the Ji,m\ Next to l.eo, tnward th: ldt and a littlt- is Virgo. the virgiu, f,>r which Spic.1 is the brighte~t sw. /\nd :1bovc Virgo, in the bear-dri\cr, i~ t\rcntrus. P.1rt of Boote~ is shown on the map of the ~outlwm sky, and p~rt on the n '1rthtrn, where it come~ clt>~e lO the end tf the hanclle of the Big Dipper. \\ hich is nnt : con~tdhtinn in it~ own right, but .1 p.1rt tA Urs;t .:-f.,jor, the: gre.tt be tr. April aho I.Jrin :\n cclip~e of tlu: :.un tne trst f). t wo ttm year, hnt this om: will 1\tlt be vLihle frnm the United State~, o r :tny p:1rt of Nc.rth or South Americ.t. It ~\ill, I.u:.wcver, L~ seen over :1 brge ar~a, tncludnh Au~traho~ aud New Zc..t!.tnd, and much of tl.e TndLm Ocean :111d th.: ' Otlth- westcrn P.1cific. Solcu Eclipse Due The dipp::r io; now high in the n orthern skr, in :tbvut its bc't cvcnin,; ro~itiou of rl ~ year. In the bowl of the dipper :~n: twu stars b(!5t known :.s the pointer~. \...e-This i~ what is c.tlleu ;>n :111nuhr eclipse. cause a line d rawn through thtm leads to t\ ny ecltpse of the stm oc.:urs .. .,hen the Po!ari~, the pole: star, which io; now bdow moon m:n::s in front of it, and hide~ i, thc:m. Polaris is at the end of the h.tndlc more or less, from view. P.ut the di:;t 1nce of :h.! linlc dirper, and this, in turn, i.-; of the moon \'lries c::~ch month, from per- part of Ursa ~!iuor, the l,,~er be.H". hap~ 222,000 to 252,1'100 milcs. When furth- I 0w in the sky, ww;~nl thr nortlt, i~ est, it dn1.:s not appe:1r as b rge as whrn it l'rr-oet~s, the chatnpion: C.t~<iopei.t, tltt i~ nearer. 1 n f:t~t. it is then nc,t l.lrge que~-., ;;n.J Cephets, the kin~. t\l,.J. low t:nough to co\c:r the ~un's di;c cr.mplrtdy. i1 >~ northe:..;t, the mnp shows the st.1r Then , even though it may cornc pn:ci~cly \'~g:., all thrtt is Yisiblt of Lyro~, the lyre. in frc>nt of the :;un, a rin~Sh.1ped area of B~t' 1-.~er at ni)!ht it clitnb~ higher into the th.; soi.r surface can be seen a~onnd th~: sky. :ts it will in the evenings lo~tc:r in the blnck disc of the moon. This is c:tllecl the By midsummer, in fact, \'cr,:. is :nuulus, frnrn the Latin word fnr ring, rtlmcst directly ovcrhc:al in the tvcning~. and so \\ c hwc the nar11e :~nnul.1r c: ... lip~e. In auditir.n to Venuo;, M:~rs ancl Jupitr r, f rom a ship in the Jndi.H Ot:ean, :.t th::re :1rc two other rlanets th1t cnn some-.1!.out 42 degrees south l:nitudc:, 72 degrees ti'Tl:::~ be ~e"n with the nak,J eye. <"t<t longitndc, just ,,; the sun \I'O~ rising LEO Mt:IUR in the caH on ,'\pril c;, the h:J..inning of thi~ annular t: !ipse could he seen. I Th.: rnth over 11. hich the rin,! nuy h:: seen gX"~ nurth.~tw:~rd w Perth, Australi.t; tr.,,,r~l~ th.tt Ctllltinent to C.tpc ~ld vitk on the north..:;t,tern co.tst; cru>,c:s the :u;ific o, c:tn, :wd <:n:Hhk.tn.11 :~nd S.tn Cri~tclnl in tlu: Scklll~On l~l.tnd~. The ~ath rnrrw' "' :111 end ,,.; the sun is ~.:uin~. at :.hc.ut It'll dr~nts Mlttth aud JGS dq:(n:c~ wnt, whkh i~ in tht: southw ~tc:rn P.t,ific The eclip~.: will b~" at it; rn n;i1mm1 ''here the p'lth crm~e~ uorthcrn A1't r.1li.1; th<.:re thr annulu: will be 1i~iblc for seven tnin- ntcs 2o sccon<ls. 01;:r .1 IIlilCh Ltrgcr art:a, in .luding th. rc't of Au-t~ali.t, New z,_..,tLmrl. p rt of !\ nt:tn:tiLa, Brrnc.:l', th Cc!bc., :~nd 1':cw Guin'.":t, then: will h,. ::t p.tnhl c~lip~c. tis rc~icm tl moon will p rti:tll} c,l\'cr sun, with .1 br~cr portion hidd.:n the n ':l rer I h..: p!.t-.C is tO the r.tth of the an nul.t r ec.:l i ph'. A curiou' hnurc of thi~ rc.:lip~c i~ th It it end~ tht" c4 1y befo:c it Sl.lrto;! This i' hc:c:au;e, in prlll!rcs~ing fro:n \\C~t to cast, it cro;~cs the l1ttt:rn.1 rion.tl Date at I llO dcgrct:s )()n~itttdr.:, the pl.rcc where 1:1e cl.ty ch::tngcs. Tn t:le lndi;~n O.:can, a~ in Auw.tli,t, it will be \Vcdncs- d.ty, April S. ll11t :~ft..:r it croms the D.tt<.: Linr.:, \\ hi::h it dOf'~ in the lotc ::tftcrnoon, it will be in a rc~;i<>n of the c.1rth wht'rc i~ still 'J'uc~day. April 7. Fe w l:dipse Obs ervations AlthCtugh astrrmorncrs oft .. n tr:~vcl long dist:mcc~ to observe eclipsts of the sun, ::ts they did l.tst Octc,her to Danga hl:tnd. :>l~o in the Snuth P.tcific, where a tot:~l rclip.c w:t~ to be vi,ible, few i~ any will m1 ~'" much effort to observe the Au~tr:~lian Mo~t CJ( the obsen;~ tions made b~ cclip5e c"<pedition~ require that the sun he com- pletely eove;ccl. Even the narrow rin~ of th:: sol.1r disc left visible at ;.n annubr cdip.>r pre\ c:n t~ such work. H owever, it i~ likely th.lt many :tm:tteur astronomer.;, :~nd e1cn some profe ionak who M.: lo- .:d near the p:rth o f visibilit}', will t;tkc adnnt:rge of their opoortunitv to ~ee :r rare and interesrin~ phenomenon, en:n thonJ;h it i; of rclati vel~ lttt!e ~cicn ti fie Celestial lime Tobie for April 2jt2:qa.m. l'.:w m'lon, annular cclip~e. :'~loon flrth . clis~ncc Z5Z,3oc. )>f' .n pHsc~ \'cnu~. ~!or1n p.l\<es :-ftr. M 1)/t in lir)t qu.l!tcr. Full moon. 1'-(uvu pl~\cS )11u'te. \'t !b!e Jo\v in e 1 .t I fn n c: .-rv 1 d tht, d le. C'>t cJt~; dt~l.n.c l,72:;.r,Otl,'ltl" Suhtr1C' on h'ltlr fur C<;T, 1 vn h ~ur~ fnr