PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon November 1962 Muskegon, Michigan 0 P robably Balloon Possibly Balloon OATETIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1930 XIX Ground Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar BIX Was Aircraft P robobl y Al r c roh GMT 01L0030Z De~m}ler 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Ai r-Intercept Rodor Possibly Ain:roh Was Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astrono mical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a. HUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient Dot a for Evol uoti on 6 minutes one 0 Unit no'Wn SUMMARY 0,. SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS night. Object that looked like Description, duration and flight star and moon in sight for 6 consistent with a/c analysis. indicated that object did not disappear. color. Faint hum accompaaied Initial observation dgr elevation course during ATlC J'ORM Jl? (RP.V lfl 9P.;P Sl) S(;U. NCF. Nt:.ws Lt:.n'LR fur October 27, 1962 Jupiter, Saturn Still Visible Ve nus shifts from the evening to the morning sky and J upiter, except for the moon, is the brightest object in the Novembe r evening sky, James Stokley reports. ;li>-i\L THOUGH the planet Venus during 1\:ovember ~hifts from the evening to the morning sky, j upiter and Sat urn appear all month during the evening aml Mars rises before midnight. and Saturn, along with the sur- rounding stars, are shown on the accom- m aps. These depict the sky as it looks about 10 o'clock, your own kind of standard time, at the beginning of Novem- ber, an hour earlier in the middle of the th and two hours earlier as it comes to an c:nd. Except for the moon, Jupiter is the bright- est object during the evening, wit h :~stro nomical magnitude of minus 2.1. It is in the southwc:st, in the con~tdlation of Aquarius, the water carrier, fo r the m ap times. Earlier the evening, about the first of the month, the star group and the planet will be di- rectly south . Similar! y, the whole sky will then be shifted farther toward the east. Jupiter sets about I :00 a.m. .1t the fir st of November, and about midnight at mid- Saturn Visible Saturn is in the constellation of Capri- cornus, the horned goat, which i) lower :tnd f.trther w~t than Aqu:trim. This planet sets :-thflltt 10:30 Nov. 1 and 9:30 on the 15th. the map, it is shown close to the horizon with its light d immed on account the greater thickne of atmo,phere that it must penetrate. At the beginning of Novembe r, Venus sets less than half an hour .1fter the sun, ll be difficult to locate. On the 12th it reaches inferior conjun..:tion, when it between sun and earth. Thereafter be to the west of the sun, coming up betore sunrise. By the end of November it will be conspicuous in the early morning sky, rising more th:ln two hours before Mars comes up in the east abo ut 11 :00 p.m. on the first, 10:30 on the 15th and ! 0:110 on the 30rh . .-\t the same time it is i:1.:rc:asmg in Lri~btnc:ss, from magnitude 0.7 to 0.3. This is because the planet is r:tpidly approaching us. Its distance, at the beginning of November, is about I 16 mil- lion miles. On the 15th it is about ten mil- Ji,1n mile:~ closer. When the: month ends, it ''ill be a little le~s th:m 95 million miles aw1y, only .1 little more than the sun's c!i,c:~ nee. (The clo~e~t :1 pproach, for thi~ .1 ir, . ..:ill ;:or:1c: nt:'<t leb. 3. It~ di,tance .\ :t( r~en f-c 1)~.4 tulhnn n:tle~.) h:~lf of the sky) is Aluir in Aquila, the In the northeast i s Capell:~, in Auriga, the charioteer. To the right (southern map) is Aldebaran, in Taurus, the bull. This star is distinctly red in color. And below Taurus, Orion, the warrior, is just coming into view, with two fir st magnitude stars: Betelgeuse a nd Rigel. T oward the south, below and a little farther e ast than J upiter, stands Fomal- This star is par t of the southern fish, Piscis Austrinus. far e:~n a person see with the naked Ask someone this question. Pe rh :tps he will th ink of the view of some distant state from the top of a high mountain and an- swer "a hundred miles," or something of thJt order. A more correct answer, however, is fif. teen quintillion miles-that is, 15 followed by IS ciphers! And November evenings :1fiord the be~t opportunity to look so far, for the object at that distance is high overhe.1d. It is the gala.xy in the constellation of Andromeda, often designated a~ M 31, its number in the c.1talogue of such objects compiled by a French astronomer named Ch:~rles Because Andromeda, pictured as the princess, is direct! y overhe-.1d for m:~p times, it is shown partly on the northern chart :~nd partly on the souther n. The special map, Fig. I (p. 278), shows of the sky together. Great Square of Pegasus Look first for the constellation of Pega.sus, the winged horse, high in the southwest. can see four stars, arranged in a square, generally known as "the great square in Pegasus." But actmlly t he star in the upper left-hand corner, Alpheratz (some- t imes e:~lled Sirrab), is not in Pegasus at all. par t of the next-door constellation of Andromeda. And just to the north of An- dromeda is Cassiopeia, who in mythology Andromeda's mother, the queen . (Ce. pheus, represented by anot her constellation W:lS the king.) Alphemtz, you look toward the: northe:1st you will come to two other st:lrs about as bright (they are :11l second magni- These are called Mirach :.nd Altmk, :~!though the n.1mes are seldom used. Alpheratz :1nd Mirach, as be- tween Mir:tch and Almak, are fainter stars, of the fourth magnitude. And from each of these, as from ~irach, there extend Jines of faint stars toward t he northwest. Just to (Continued on p. 278) PHOENIX AUSTAIHUS Among the smrs ot November evenings, the brightest is Vega, in Lyra, the lyre, ovc:r in the northwest. Above it is Cygnus, the swan, w ith first magnitude Deneb; to th e left (shown on the map of the southern SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER OF BRIGHTNESS KILt. ASO Ovt R"lu.: The: Str~t<',t:)' o( Annihi- n-R.tlph E. l..tpp-/Jusic Rl(s, 11)7 p .. S4.\)';. Ot'"II''C' nudc.tr \\ l'.IJl<lll< tllCkpilc, in t<r.:ontinc:ntJI rni"tlc,, ~lr.IIC\!\ o cleterrenc .111,1 tho: forces th.tt .uc .tccderJ!ing the nucle.u-arms Kso w YouR 0\\ .'1 I.Q. -II. J. Ey<enck-Pcn gu'n, 191 p., tlh" .. p.tper, ~>sc. Clc:Jr e'(piJnJ t11n of wh.lt the tntdh~,~c:n~c: quotient mc:a>ures and how tC:>t> ~hnuiJ be evaluJtc:tl. I ncludcs ci~:ht sets of 411 I.Q. problem> each. for self testing, with t~bles lo r converting results. L,,w ASD P>''CIIIATI\Y: Cold \V:u or En- tente Cordi.tle-Shddon Glueck-/o/ms Hop- funs Press, 181 p., S.J.95 Legal scholar analyzes the conflicting claim< :1nd complex issu es in volved in establishing non-responsibility for crime "by reason of insanity" in the courts. MARS PnoJECT-Wernher von Braun- Univ. o/111. Prus, 9 1 p., diagrams, paper, 95. Reprint ( 1951), ba~cd o n calcul:nions made in 19-18, this study Jemon.trates the technical feasi o an cxpc:tlitio n to Mars. Mooe.RI'f AMERICANS 1:-1 SCIENCE AND TECH SOt.OOY-Edn:t Y o,t-{)f!dd, t75 p., photo J::r~ph, S3.z5. Bio!(rJphicJI sketches, from Elmer :\ . Sperry, origin.ttor (jf the gyro~cope, to John P. Ha,~:en, dir~lor uf the Vanguard project , the: intc:nlqwndcn~c:: o scicnulic de vc\opments. Mtmc, Aconn < 6-Anr tliTtCTURE-Lco L. Ber:lnek-Wi/r), 5Sf p., illu., S 15 before Chri>ttn:b; St7.511 .1hc:r. Rc,ults o f scientific and :mal)'" 11f a.-..u,ti.: principle~ :tml cv:tlu.ttio n ami tcdwirJI 1k" rtplion o f 54 :tcom tically outst:lnJing h .lls i n 15 countries. THF. OIUCI:-1 OF It~ h--C.rl~tnn S. Coon-- Knopf, 7-15 p., illu<., Sto. A det:tilcd histor)' of the evolution of the ~ub,pecies o r r ace1 o m:tn, prescntin~ nujM r('>C:trch on the: f.tctor~ and fore<" that m.1tlc: the primate genus, man, evolve from :t les\~r to ::1 m o re sapient stat~:. TTIF. P.\l..ACE~ 01' Clttll-) .1111~"1 w . ltcr Grah.lltl -Prinuton U 11iv. l'rtss, .:!li9 p., 153 ill us., $i.50. A schol.~rly rccre:ui., n fr om the: clues o( e~c:lv:ttcd ruins, uf th.: l\111111111 palaces, vii!Js and houses in the LJtc Bronte .I!(C:. PRII'ICIPLI!S OP Ot\I~A'IIC CIIE.,IISTRY-1'. A. Gei.sman-Fruman, ::n<l 1'11., l\~1 p ., diagr Jms. S9.75 Presents themc:nc.1l .t<pc:cts :u inteRral part of dcscriprion of .:hanctcmtics, behavior and :tpplications o f or~::tnic .:omp<>u nds. REPORT OF TN I! NA MO~.U. CIIEMICAL Luo- llATORY 1961-C. E. 11. 8 .1wn, Chmn.-Dcpt. of Scit'ntl/it: & lndmt. Ru. ( Bn't. ln/omt. Scrv iw), 75 p., illus., plpc:r, Sr. 1o. Reports on Br iti>h rese:~rcb o n the c~tr.lction of metals, new m:uc:ri:~ls, corro~inn .1nd isotope applications. THE SEARCH FnR PLA:-IF.T X-Tony Simon, foreword by Clyde W. Tomb:tu~th-Basic Bks, 118 p ., illus. by Eel "1:1\sbcrg, SJ.75 Tells the s.,g:1 of the pc:rsc:vr-ran.c: :tn<l h:trJ work th:1r l~d to the ducov~v t Pluto. T11F. SnA;o~cv. Ll\'15 nF r.\MII. tt\R IssC'T"$>- Edwin W:ty Tealc-Dodd, ::o8 p., illus. by Su z~n Swai n , photographs by :tuthor, S1. Written to stimuiJte interest 1n the pc-culiaritie, of liv- ing insects, such :u the dr.tgonrty, the: :tphid ~nd the lady bird beetle. STR.\SCE Wo l\1 M U:-n!!R THE 1\hc ROSCOPF- l\!Jrl(arc:t CogrMt-()culd, 138 p ., illus. by :tuthor, S1.z5. 1\t ecnntlrv srhool lrvel. in ,: .. l(lc~ ~xpertmenr;. -T1.HC'Tli~'F SHt FL. liV: \r: \l:'i''T r: \.LLOUi R_,. otA7tOI'I FROM Nucr.Ht\ \'r'r" ~oss-L. V. Spc:n- c~r-NBS (GPO), tH p ., illus., p:.pcr, 75. Monograph summarize:~ methods used and rc: s-."3reh dau on the penetr3tion o f structures by ~mi'T\2 t:1 ys. Scie nce News letter, 82:276 October 21, 1962 brighter vi science le A T ri-Sim plex Microprojector scopic specim ens wet or dry- dents learn better because they n ow there's a new optical syster:xi in cond enser . . . a n d a super-effi, bigger, brighter, sharper image~ classroom a nd s ee for yourself. i SAUSCH ~ lOr'IIB I INCORPORATED : 16934 Bausch Street 0 T'd I ike an ol) 'l'r i -Simrlo>x' 1 Rochester 2, N. Y. rtr.:-:. r t'\r.w'l LF.n r.R fnr Octobt.r li, /%2 Q\ CASSIOPEIA Mirach ... e ANDROMEDA""' e/ ""' I Alpheratz Scheat GREAT SQUARE Fig. 1 MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF ANDROMEDA GALAXY--M 31 (Continued from p. 27--1) he west of the second star from Mirach (which has no special name but is desig- as nu Andromcdae) i~ a hazy p.uch nf lig ht. You can l>ee it dearly With the n;tked eye if the sky is clear-:HlJ d.trk. This is Messier 3 1, or M 3 1, 15 ,OOO,Ol)0,- 000,000,000,000 (15 quintillion) miles away! To go that distance, light-which travc:ls at 1 5peed of 186,000 miles every second-takes 1bout 2,500,000 years. Thus, to :woid using ~uch :m awkwardly large number :ts 15 quiutillion, the astronomer says that its dis- is 2.5 million light years. Qr, using :-mother unit, it is 0.77 megaparsecs. A parsec cqu:tl to 3.26 light yeors, and a megapar- is a million parsecs, or 3,260.000 light r;. When yr)u look Jt 1t, rhe li~ht c:ner~y . il,,, .:mers your eye lett on its jo urney long :,eforc: the human spe,ie.'l h:~d evolved on M 31 is a twin of our gabxy, the Milky W.ty system of which our sun is ::t very lk-u inor pilrt. Thi~ is m.tdc up of some hun- Jrcd billion stars, arr:lllged in the shape 1( a grind~tone :~bout a hundred thousanJ i~ht \ear~ in di:unec:r. \Ye :-tn: in ir, .tl- it1U !h nne \t the ccnrer. :me part w1v nut "'' :trd the edge. th we look in the d irec- Utm of the center, we see a concentration ')f stJr'l-<;O close together th:tt the naked ~yc: does not show them separately, and t his ;ause~ the c:ffc:ct of the: Milky W:ty. Tow:~ rd the: sides of the grindstone: there are considerably fewer stars, and in that direction we can look beyond, and sec the millions oE or he.r galaxies that on be photo- graphed with large telescopes. Of these, the in Andromeda is one of the closest. Tf you were living on a planet, going around one of the billions of stars that make: up Messier 31, and looked back toword our gal.txy, you would see very much the same thing that you do when you look toword it. Celestial Time Table for November 2 5:-12p.m. Algol ( v:1riable sr~r in Perseus) at minimum brightn~s 4 2 :oo p.m. Moon pl>SCS S.tlurn 5 ::! :15 .1.m. ~(oon i n fine qu:urer lo I :c;o [~.m. :-roon Pl'Sc:S Jupiter 111 9:oo :t.m. Moon nc~arc:,t; thsr.tn.:e 2~3.5<'0 11 5 :o-1 p.m. Full m oon 12 3:00p.m. Venus uctwccn sun :lllu C:ll'th q 4:;8 a.m. AlKol at minimum 16 carl)' :t.m. Me teors vbiblc: r:tdi.lting fro m constc:ll.ltion of Lcfl I7 I :47 a.m. AlA"ol at minimum I):I'J 1.m. \ foon 1n l.tst ou.1r:er t :) w:.;opm .. \ll{ol 1t minomum . 22 11 :oo a.m. :-roon fJrthcst; di.uncc: 2p,ooo 7:25p.m. Algol at minimum 27 I :30 :t.m. New moon SubtrJct one hour for CST, two hours for MST, and three hours for PST. Science News leller, 82:274 Octob8r 27, 1962 No~Case (Information Only) Tucuman, Argentina - ~ otthe 'liiiMt'":" ot all ocotll'led 011 tu b1&ht.1of l !lcYULdnr Stir-. aM. 1.ii_N&ta4 SA. a. ~- aoooQQ't.~in liLa Ge.ceta~ a ~paper pub., li.shad in 'lUclmwl,. Argentina. An Italian truck driver named Pier Liv1o Quaja vas Qrinng hi Tehicl.e late that Dight vhen he vas toroed 1.o screech to :.a s"t.Op becaue f4 a OFO 1rh1ch vaa b1.ook1nl his yq only 100 ,ud.s in floont ot h-ira. naa br1pt.l7.1 1t. object vas hovw:1nc just above the grormd, right. ner' the It beamed .a pove:r:tul. light into the cabin ot Qu.aiaa. truck~--;; bl1Dd1nl Me tGr a ffiV 1nat-antat bat thara1tter the-light grn c:B..,r. Dd~he was able to ~l'fw +be 1&11.08Jt care!Ul.l7 u it alovl.J" rose 1nto, the.idpt akT.' It vu shaped lilce an ea . ' l2 JUda lone and .;-4 ,uWI high. Green. alld 7ed ~ lights out ot v1Ddow-11Jre~ along the c~Mmference. CG the. bott:ca. or the saucer there vaa .a vJrite c1rcle, like. gla about one yard in diuz#" eter-, .. Dd this as tad b 1nd.da tlle JD&oh1ne. -Quai a C<Zt.jnued! his. j'OUl"Dey, " aDd abort.l.y tberutte upon two brotben drivi.Dg anothvtl'aw 'l'he three etwtua117 ~t onr m hour vatcb1ng the UFO ke low paaea and atl"eztce ~ta or all so:rta. Ckte' ot the 11:en took a shot at the e~e, but we ow ~t. told 1t ~ bit 1\. FiDll7 U. three gJev t1reci ot -watc J No Case (Information Only) 8 November 1962 Tucuman, Argentina truck ccwr'n1 in tJw oppoaita di:'ectiaa, vue atopp.d b7 an inta whi.tA 11ght. Tbe encin of tu IIOtorOJcl stopped i'anotion1ng, rd the tartldo mM Y&tobed a f"lJinc aauCC" ann 8l.CNJJ' acroaa tl:r b1gbway nd laid Oil a bUJ about SOO )'&1"da ~ fbe .Nunr at.a,-..:1 OD the g:z"~:M.md for a fn ~a,. during wM cJr .. t1ae the b.e&t o~ 1'-P,t f'lw it . wu so iDtAG tNt thq ooulcl tMl. th..tr lldD bJrn1ng. "" UIO thm uoaded to a beigbt ot .50-7arda abon. tbe a;t1l"'td... h'ftNl. nn. aDd left the UN at high aptti. utez. tba.epitde tbe J~Gtoro;role at1ll retiaMd to atazot. .up, nd the t.o .bed to. bitch bike te the JlUlo teND;. It.. waa tou'ld tb&.t. all the oU 1Zl t~ .otoro;tcl.e bd driecl.lap :...m the el.eatr.1o. 61roa1.t !wcl burzud out. . ~ aparkpl.11p t o-. dcaor. oeble..,.,-1IUe :au .Mlttd ~'ln. the t.a of Slta.;. the 7oath. nr- t%1at1d br, a .doota tor : a.tbe'\" 8"'a .. :.wtdoti looked like thq .btl1l. ;Jo c.~e-/c~"lzr DePART MEN r OF THE AIR '-ORC~ STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNClASSIAIO MfSSACit ACTION: CIN-17 OOP- 2, OOP-eP- 2, SAFS- 3 , DIA-10, DIA/CIIC-3, JCS- 35, ARMY-2, SCVJB A 099 AZ CZ CHQA 61 ~ CCJX25 9 DE RUFYAW 171 FM 80399/ClJN2 TO RUFTQH/COC'JUSFORAZ LAJES FLO AZORES R~EAHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RUWGALBICINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO RUCSBRB/CINCSAC OFFLITT AFB NEBR UNCLAS /ClRVIS REPORT/ OBSERVED 2 MULTI ENGINE BOMBERS SH1ILAR TO 852 TYPE CROSSED OLR PATH 4303N 1735W 1753Z HEADING 305 DEGREES FL 250 SPEED 35 0 NO INSIGNIA OB~RVED BE YOND OUR RANGE NOTE: ADV CYS TO CIN, DIA & CP. 08/ 18 17Z NOV R UFYAW /fo C4r~ ,JA/ Ait-T/tJN &NJ-'1". iJE RUEHBA255 H1 USA IRA BUaJO:: 1\ IRE!: ARGENTI~A 1'0 _IDJEAHO /CGF S u:::AF HA.:.:H C C ~D~AHQ/ll27TH U.:AF FAG FT B~LVO!~ VA ~UC QifTD WPAFB OHIO HUfGWAtUSAlRA ?ARt S fRANCZ ;'\RGENTINA L.l\ UNHED FIVE ( 5 > GA~1MA C!:NTA URO ( CENTAURE) ROCKETS 5i.T..JEEN 1~-15 NOV 1962. PROJ~CT SPQNSORE:D DY dATIONAL 1\IRCTIAFT !~JDUSTRY PLlUlT CDINFIA). IWC:c::r s LAUNCciED AT CHl"MlCAL, P~OVICE J F LA RIOJA AND REPORTEDLY RSACHED 1'\LTITUD Of 9 0 TO 12"3 T:!OUSAND ~1ETE~:, AND THAT ALL TE!:T~ l:JZRE SUCCE~:?FUL. P.T<G":ITINS f;.: =. I STED BY T:::!\t-1 OF TEN C 1!3> F NCH TECHNICIANS rt:i:AD~D EY Children Frightened tJ J By "Sky Ghost" _,....- A strange elliptical-shaped object which hovers stationary in the air above the Fleetwood Elementary School at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, has caused stir . APRO's W. K. Allan of Calgary, interview Mike Williams and Miles White of Lethbridge and forwarded the following information to hea