PROJECT 1Uu7:l R~CORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS a Wa s Balloon 3. DATE-TIME G~OUP .C. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Prob'Jbly Balloon P oni bly Balloon 0 Ground Visual . 0 Air-Visual iS. SOURCE :111 itary 0 Wa s Aircraft 0 P ro b obi y AI rcroh 0 Po asi bl y AI rcrofr 0 Ground R odor 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably A::otronomicol Pouibly A:stronomical 7. LENC'l'H OF OBS2.~VAiiON a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE \0. BRieF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING r\~n.:ue-tt m~3:itl~ o: r ockP.t ap,:-ox.:! ~tt:ly on-2 Lo 1 1/2 n:iln!l ast of Poo, Ja ~ .. ti(! oe.!cort, A '.:'IC J.?ORM J'l9 (tOtV 26 :iZP S2) 11. CO~AMcNiS 0 ln,uffi cl,nt Data for Evaluation Utl. Levcci t o b:J F-JCO or 1?-Jf l ln cli.rr:b Hi.th :.s.i'tc.<b:,<nt.>-t by ~fc.\jor Cyp.:rt :1l:, rep~C't )o l.o r';;.:i:>on t o n0t. C~:-!C'!r' -..Ji_Lh .lTToi ::>r : AEr~osn, C"~ : :::u~Nil~L INTELL l(~f:~K:: ( r:~rE,-! .t\FCIN-4X2/Capta Ln McNei 11/5 9117 E~ctract fro:,, ATIC Dnty Offic .. "'r.S R-.! -,o:::-t 4E (Hajo r Ft'i end) Fol l o...JL:1g is an cxtr:~ct f r om ATIC Duty Officer, 1/l,t. 0 . E . H1yc3 r ~port dtd 23-29 J a n 6 0 for your info~mation~ 235D -Itt:ceived t . ..::o conf~rence t e lephone c all from r-:ajor. Cypert o f the Ai. r Force Command P ost. Received r eport from A,,tl.:-~.~w~ Airway3 (operator at PJOlEY Towe r ...ra3 Charlie T-.!rrc ) . ll~s sage 1!..\'i'S 21057 to RAMEY to t-IER w.:1s int~rccoted on r eadback S v?ttcJ ap?arent t tissile or rocket approximately 1 1/2 mil e s East of Poppa Indi a Deacon France a t 0326Z heading East past 100 to 20 from vertical south of my aircraft trackln g approximately 300 moving ESE to t~W apparentl y ascending. Propulsion f lame stopp-::d .:1l~toat ov~rhead. Telephone d (usin g 330-46). h i m and 4F b e given a copy rno:::-n~ng. Called Maj. F r iend . He r~quest~d of messag e firs t thing in t h e 24J5 -R~turned with me ssages -GuarJ S.lid Poppa India Be aco'l is in Pora., Brazil. 0146 -Another confer e nce call tJith Najor Cypert. H~ r e ?o.rts t h ai: l~\TS airplana ~aking UFO report wa3 actually a~ove Poitcres,, Franc e and according to NAJOR CYPERT's g uess probabil y saw an FlOO or F l01 climb to alitiude with afterburner. 2nd sight, message saying " cave cite d 3 ships (one i::> a/c carrie r u nconfirm- ed) clos~ tog~ther sever~l aircr~ft a r e circling. Coordinat e s .1re 3133 North 7455H at 0 238Zebra. Our Flagpo s t N:tvy Duty Cf fleer says ships are our own including "HASP Carri e r . aptain, 0 3AF S ciENCE NJ:W) L~;anlt fen Ocam/Ja 26, 195!) Celastiol calendar for 1960 holds many interesting tlac Pill}' l.lrt\ 11f the \\odd \\ ho rt' tlti; \'.ill he 'l' 11, lumc \cr. prospects for astronomers, brightly in early morning. while V enus and Jupiter shine Sr~pt. 5 bring., rlw nr", ,, t 1l.1l c.:dl'C uf tltc ntoual, tlti, time l:ttc.:r in tlw uwming hour-;. Pn~<lh in ~orth A11wri<..1 cxcert tbc C'\lr<.'llK nortllt'.l:>tcrn J.lll \\ ill hl able tu ~ce the rraoo11 l'lllt'ring tlac t<.11 th\ sh:l<.low, I11Jl c,nl} :~l,lllg tlac \\'co,t Co.ht "ill th e end he 'isiblc. 1\g.ai11 thi, wrll bt fo l. ln\\'cd, on Sqn. 20, hy :a p:a rt i.tl eclipse uf sun. Thi-; will not be vi!>1hle .tlo11~ rl~t cast~.:rn cu:t~t .,( tlac United ::;l:trc a nd C:ul :tcl<t, for it \\ill o..cur after ~ura,ct. From the ~lidwe~t the will set '' hih: it i\ p:trtly hidden hy the moon. In the lllC'Illll tai11 and P:~cific ~tate), persom \\ill be :tbll to c:cc it from beginni11g to cnJ . By JAMES STOKLEY IF YOd \\",\NT tu st~ pl.1ttc:r~ in j.muary, Ciu will la.l\'c t t1 ge t up :;arly in the morn- ill~. An htur or SL t'::fop~ su nri~c both \'Lilll' anti Jupittr .lrc shining brightly, low in tltc sou lhl:a i ~crn ' k " \en! I' i, 1~ow dr:t w- ing clt\\cr to Jupiter, :'Hld the p:tir w ill m:~l.;e a ~rri~ing sight on ,:,(" morning of ].111. 21. At that time Venus ',\ di be Icc;~ than tw ice t l e appar,nt di:.mcter of the full moon to the north of J upiter . fn tht.: t'\cniug skiu, uH: lrilli.11H COil stdl,won.; u \\ inter .trc ~.hining-. ;1s depicted on rltc ;~.:cnmpau~ in~ rll;lp~. These slaow tlat. k:l\ eos as th~r :>ppear abCiut ten p.ru. (>n ::-0\\-n l,ind of st mclarcl time) on J:m. I, a n hou; c 1rlicr a t the middle of the month .mel two h(Jur~ earlier at the end. Most compi..:uous o f the~e StJr groups i~ OriCin, hi~h in the scnth. Look fir~t for the tlucc st.trs that for111 th t belt of thi~ ct<lc~tiJI warrior. :Vm e it i!' Betelgeuse .tncl bdow i ~ R igd , hoth st.t rs of the fir st n n::;:1iturle. A little higl1e r and to tltc n}!h t i~ rhe fi~urc of Tal1ru5, the h11ll, in which tlac hri~ltt st<H' .\luebar:au shinrs. Un the other side of O r i1m \ 'ott will se..: tlat. l\\U clt'lg.;: C:lni .\Ltinr, the ~rc:tter, and C:anis Mrnur, the !cc;:.cr. T he large clog is below. In it i!' ~iriu.;, ~cncr.tll y k nown :1s tlw drg-~t.tr, the bri;:htt:,;t th:lt \\C ca n st'e in IQC: uigltttimt-~ky. The ~.malkr cln~ is hi~hcr :tnd f.trther e.t,i, ancl in i t i~ the :.ta r c;dJd Proc~un. St ill higher st::lllJ G emini. the twin~, in whi~h rhcre .1re t wo hri~ht -t.ar,. C.t<;tor :md f\1lu'\, <tlt hl)usrh the forlllcr i~ ,.f the )C:C<Ind .,,trnnr.mic.tl m.tg- niwdc . \ u d hi~h "'erhe.HI. in Auri~a, the ch.tt ioreer. Cnpe!lJ c.1:1 be ~cen. Low in th\.. ed,t, :md :.!lnwu un the: m:tp Clf t ile rl(lrthan h.rlf , ; i!w ~J..y, i.; Leo, the Hun, \\ ith. :.noth.:r in r 1.~nitucle st ar, R~ogu]u,. I IO\\ t'\'l!r, l t' .. it:'~: t!lis ic; rather I'"'. its light i:; at-~Mhc- ~ 1l ~ ntmn~phcrc, :tncl o;(('ln$ StllllC\\ )Lit i. . '.~ th 111 it \\'C1llfd h.: ;1( WC,IlC:t' .tltitml~ T l1is i~ true :tl"' lll :r: ..:\Cn grc~ttcr C'\- tet1t. of l>cnd>, in C} gnu,, rhc S\\ ..tn, j ust a bm ,. the IIOrt II\\ r-.tcrn hl)f'iznn. If }'Oll l<1o~k ~tl ir c:rrlit:r in the C\Cning, be(orc it h.t~ clt-.:.::ndccl '-( lnw, \'Oll \\iII lind it cnn. 'idcr.thly L ightc:r. The allflol\ gnc' thr.Jug!t it> ph:t.,l' ' in J tnu:uy '' itlt Iii t q ll.lllc.:r em rh fiftl1, .\1 nn tr. d. t\\ '' huur' fua lllr>tlf)t.tin cor thr. hn11r' fllr l'.t. .. ifi .. , .. n,l.trd tilllt:.) Fullrnconn ClllllC.; :t C fo:';l 1'111. Oil tht: l )th; lt~t qu:tr .tt 1 :If, .1111 11\ titc 2Xtlt Tlu.! n h AIl i' uc.~r ... ,t tn t~rtlt (.tt Jcris,t:c) 1111 j.m. 2lJ, " htll ir j, 2' r)' l~tl n11lt., .aW:l)'. rt ~ hrtlle' t ,Ji,lllh .. C:. '-dlr,l Jo~;o;, I"OIIIC~ 011 {:ln . IIi, <1t perihtlin11, c1r nc:lrC)t th t ~u11 fvr the yc.tr. Its di~ra11c:c will th~n \1c ~l,l~\000 lllilt:s (curnp.trcd tu llc:lrl> 94,'>00,0(10 mib next July 1, when we will he f:tnhcst aw<ty, or at aphelion). It is 1nainly hec:wsc the s11n is n ow su l(lw in (allr !.ky th:tt we :lrc ing cuiJ Wt\tthc r, J c,pitc tltc. ~un's rc!.t- tt\'e prOXIIIlll}' Looking ahc.td tu tit~ ccJc,ti.ll c:.tkndar in store for u~. There :ltc four c:ditN:,, twc, of thc ltlucm nnd t\\'() of the sun. Hoth o f the former 111d one o( th e latter \\ill Le vi,ihlc fru111 tlt.! tlmtcd St ah:-.. Tlure will be :t tr.lll-.it of ~krcUJ y, i.e., a passage o( th:lt pl.tnet :1cro\~ the (;,rcc o{ th e 'un, likcwi' e 'i~ihlc from this p.~rt of tltc world. And t here will be a nurnber of occasium. mo)t of t hem also \'i~ib!e fr"rn th~ U. S., wlrcn the rnoon will oc..:ul~, 1)r "eclipse," th e bright st.tr .\lcle- On 1'-brclt 13, in tlrr \err carl r morning !:ours, the II lOOn \\ill c:nrcr the !>h:~dow of th~ c.1rth, and s111Ter : tnt:tl eclipse. This will be vi)ihle frorn mo~t of North Ant cric:t. T\\1J wc't'k~ l:ttcr, nrt 1\f:trclt 27. p trt of th e nw, n's ,Ja,tdtl\\ will fall o n the cnrth, pro- ducin g :1 p.trti:al cdip~c of rh c '1111. Au~tr.1- li.t. ,\nt.1rc.:tic.l .lllcl the l ndi:111 Occ..an .viii be 9 I Mllllll E,er) I 16 d ,l)'S the p la11et ~!crLuq wnt<~ bet\\ ceu the :.un and t:lrth, to th.: pn.,ition c.alkd infcrinr conjunction. Ccncr.tlly, a 1 such a rime it ;, north vr muth of th e lme fmm 5Wl tn c:1rth. Hut about I~ time,, in .1 celllur y Me rcury c:ornc' clu~e cnnugh ttl tJ,i, line that, from the earth, it i~ '-ten ro p.m in front of th e sun. Such an C\t:llt i callccl tran~it of 1\fc:rcllry. and nne occur!> (1n t'nding at 2:11 p.m. Thi, ,,jJI be vi~ihlc front the UniteJ States hut not Lu rlae n:~ked eye. Through :t tcle~copc, prc,pcrly fittl!ll to obse rve th e hrillirrtt face of the ~un, vou \\'ill he :~hlc to 1-c:e :1 tin)' bl:tek dC>t, ,Jowly moving frorn the r:htcm '" tlw western edge of th e sobr rli~c. \\'hen tlae moon gfX'' in f rnu t nf tlac ~1111 \\'c ca ll it an cclip,e, but \\'h~11 it p.a\\t'S bct\\cc:n t t:. :111d . 1 't:tr (nr, r.ndr. :anntlrcr IIY ORh r I\ HIS t l[pus" _ - , r UPPi S (tllUMRIJl PCiiii~U; \ piJnet) the cvent is termed an occult.ltii'n. As it mm C) around the sky each month, the moon often occults stars, but m ostl) faint ones, often too faint to be )Ccn " ithout a tc:lescope. Occult:~tions of right stars are rather uncommon. In fact, there arc onlr four fir st-lll.Jgnitutle stars- Aldebaran, Regulus, Spica and Anta rc:s- which are in the part of the sky through wh1ch the moon moves. Hen~ oniy these can ever be moon will be in a phase between first quar- and full, and will occult Aldebaran, the bright stir in Taurus, the bull. Each month the path of the moon across the sky is nearly the same as the preceding month, so this is one of a series of occultationc; of Aldebaran, which began last September, and occurs 13 times in 1960. Of these, eight be visible from North America. Ama- teur astronomers will have an interesting time watching them. Several will happen in convenient evening hours. Celestial Time Table for January, 1960 5 1 :53 p.m. Mooo in fint quarter. 10 4:00 a.m. Mooa- occults Aldebaran. a.m. Mooa farthest; distance 252,- 300 miles. 14 1 :34 a.m. Alaol (variable star in Per- seus) at minimum bright- 16 10:23 p.m. Alp at minimum. 19 7:12 p.m. Algol at minimum. 21 6:00 a.m. VenUJ passes Jupiter. 10:01 a.m. Moon in last quarter. 25 3:00 a.m. Moon passes Jupiter. I 0:00 a.m. Moon passes Vc.nus. 26 ; :00 .1.m. Moon nearest, distance 224,- 800 miles. one hour for CST, two hours for ~1ST, Jnd three for PST. Science Nwt L.tter, December 26, 1959 P'\JILIC H!ALTH Many Cardiac Patients Can Get Life Insurance ~f.-\:-..;y PERSONS who h-ave heart disease, iAcluding even those who have recovered from a heart attack, can now get life in- The reason for this is that life expectancy in persons with varying types of heart dis- ease has been shown to be: "vastly better" th<~n was formerly supposed, two physicians This knowledge has been derived from .~tudies and expt:rience of both in sur:tne companies and practicing physi- ci:lns, D rs. Richard S. Gubner and Harry E. Uttgerleider of the Equitable Life As- ~urance Society report in Jlodern Conc~pts of Cardi,vascuf.,. Dis~as~ (Dec.), published J:..y the American He:trt Associa- horn with heart defects compri se 1nother g roup of cardbc~ \\ ho :tre becoming incrcains:rly ins urable, the doctors say. Science News letter, December 26, 1959 SciENCE NEws LETTR for Dut*mba 26, 1959 PUILIC HEALTH Foresee Isotope Problems WHEN APPLYING radioisotopes for in- dustri al and other purposes, scienti~ts must sha.rply distinguish bct:wc:c:n isotopes pro- duced bv irradiation and sepJrated fission products; the conference on "The Disposal of Radioactive Wastes," organized jointly by the International Atomic Energy Agency nd UNESCO, was told by the American specialist, Dr. A . W. Kenney of lhe Du Pon t He pointed out that no disposal problem need arise if the isotope used is one which was produced by irradiation in a re actor or an atomic accelerator. Such isotopes, he saiJ, can be returned nftt-1' a few half lives, in order to be re-irradiated. T he re-irradi- ated source can then again be applied and since this process of re-irradiation can be rep~ted time and rime again, radioactive isotopes having been formed by irradiation practically never constitute a waste. Separilted fis.,ion products from nucle.tr re.tctors, on the other hand, \\ hich are ,\ idely u:.ed in industry Jncl medicine tod.ty c.1nnot b e reactiv:Herl :m rl rhfr,.fnr,. '''" !"''! sent a grea t problem in regard to the disposal of this waste. Dr. Kenney demanded tllJt a clear label- ing should alwilys give information about the origin of an isotope, in order to know whether the source was produced by irradi- ation and thus can be reacti\ated, or whether it is a fission product, which finally will hcconH' a waste. Alrc:~dy tocl:ly, he declared, sources of both types may be useJ for the same purpose. Thus in well- logging, both antimony 122 and polonium 210 are begin used as neutron sources. An- timony 122, being an irradiation product, can be reactivated, while polonium 210. a fission product, cannot. Scieu News Lefler, December 26, 19" Relate Growth to Tumors IT IS NOT how fat the mice are, but how well-developed their bones and muscles. are that appears to be related to lung tumors in There is a "highly significant" relation- ship between the number of lung tumors nd body length, muscle weight and bone length, two researchers at the National Can- cer Institute, Bethesda. Md., report. A simi- lar relationship may exist between human types and cancer, they suggest. By crossing two strains of mice, one- genetically highly susceptible to pulmonary tumors while the other carried the recessive for obesity, Drs. George Vl:thakis and W. E. Heston obt:1ined off.>pring with both ch aracteristics. Nearly all the mice of the nd generation had lung tumors, but the non-obese mice had almost twice as many as the obese group. Although the obese animals weighed tha'n their "normal" brothers and OP!ItATIONS llU!AttCH sisters, analysis showed they were actually smaller animals, the rescarchcn point out in the current issue: of T IJ~ /ournui of Hu~dity (SO, 99. May-June, 1959) Measurements taken included the femur or thighbone and the gastrocnemius, the large muscle in the calf of the leg. The mice were also measured from the tips of noses to the tips of their tails; In all cases the: obese mice were significantly smaller in these three body measurements. Noting that earlier studies have shown "women mC)'t likely to develop breast cancer are tho~e with good skeletal and scular d~velopment with some tendency toward obesity rather than the very obese women," Drs. Vlahakis and Heston suggest that "it would be interesting to know what correlations exist in man in respect to othe!' neoplasms, particularly lung cancer," and body types. Selene News letter, Decemb.r 26, 1959 Computers for Basebaii AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER has been used to decide whether a sacrifice, stolen b:~se or intentional walk i~ the best base- ball strategy under given conditions. E. Trueman of the University of California at Loc; Angeles told the Oper- ations Research Society of America meet- ing in Pasadena. Calif., that an lnterna- tion:ll Business Machines i09 computer hac.l been instructed how to "pby"' individual Battin~ srati5tics of a represent:ttive ma jor league lineup form the starting point. From these, tables are m:~cie show- ing the probability of selecting e3ch of 13 possible plays. I ndividual innings :m: then 'pbyed" by the computer, using random numbers to select the plays. Some 5,000 innings are played fo r each possible combination of initi:tl conditions, Mr. Trueman reported. The initial con- ditions can be va ried aa:ordini to the lead-off batter in the inning, location of b:~se runners, and number of outs. For each in itial condition, statistics a re kept on the prob ability of scoring a given number of runs, the average number of runs s~ored, an d the probablity of a dou- ble: play occur ring. Science News letter, Oecembr 26, 1959 No Case (lalormatiotl Only) 'li &IAASJCA AND N8YAOA R5SJ. u ~NT'S jC= .l'UGHT ~P~&OY UG T ,. ,..,;c:a l nd Jis vue oow ved a bn1liant ~ ~t vh.lcn .. ~"'c"d ~CroA ~'le :\ICY ~ t;. ita tzo i8efW7 .,.. n~. be uirl.