P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 28 February 1!iosJow Ax:izooa Probably Balloon 4. TYPE OF oasERVATION Possibly Balloon DATETIME CROUP 0 Ground Vi suol 0 Ground Radar Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft XXl Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Po ssi bl y Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical ~il:i:taty Possibly Astronomical i;Q_. Other f?. J .C v fl L'ENOTH OF OBSERV A. TION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 19. COURSE uffl ci ent Data for Evoluatl on BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING presented. ..:!ascribe-d additional e lev~tion distant .. time .. No Insufficient ATIC FORM 319 \REV 26 SEP 52) CIE !fll IE Ill[)~ TECHNOLOGY Tiny Circuits Cut and Welded by Electron Beam ~ A NEW ELECTRON be:1m machi1 cuts, drills and welds circuits so minute that they fit on wnfers no thicker th:m a fingernail. The electron cutter-welder works like gun, shooting electrons on a surface wi of 10 billion watts per square inc H ighly accurate, the machine which wor on all metallic materials and glass ca n beamed to a spot less than five ten-tho sandths of an inch. T he operator vie1 progress through binocular lenses whi fy the work area about 14 to T he manufacturer is H arrilton Standa divi~ion of United Aircraft Corporation. Science Newt lett.,, 83: 57 January 26, 1~ OCEANOCRAPHY Ocean Rivers Measurec By Deep-Sea Devices ~ SL'R~IERGED oce.mic ri1ers will mea red b) deep-sea current meteri Paindic recording~ '"'ill be made of d . . time of day, depth, \'elo..:ity and di recti nf water Anw. The mc.1~uring de1 ice~, '' h: resemble oil c:~n~, c:1n be lowered to a Je1 of se1 en miles :tnd oper:1te for a m on D.1t.1 Jre collected on 16 mm photograp one frame expmed every 10 minu T he new in,truments were de1eloped he: Cc:ner:d Dynamics Corporation. Scie nce News letter, 83:57 January 26, I Earth's Crust Found Thicker in Colorado ~ THE EARTH'S CRUST is 30 miles thick eastern Color.1Jo, only 10 miles thick in the fertile central nlle v of California. It is 20 miles thick in the high mountains of central :--:e1ada. a symposium on the o the ea:th's crust in the western l'oited States was told in Den,er. This new kno11 ledge resulted from seismic probings earth's inr:::i r bv underground nu- ar Jnd con,ennon;ll e'(plosions. explosions :tre part of the Vda Uni- form p~ogram to find ways to detect, locate anl! identify underground nucle:~r explo. sions. To do th1s, the \tructure of the earth\ crust must be known to Jctermine the path~ seismic wa1es travel from an explo~ion to different points on the earth's surface ancl how long the wave~ take to travel these Tltc detailed \lllth n( llu: '""''' \ tnu:turc in the \\'nt w.1~ uncicr the direction IJ{ L. C. P.al..i,er llf the Interior Dep.trtment'~ \.cu. l .. glc:tl Suney. He ~aid th.tt the: new in(,,r. <Nt:E Ntw~ L1'.1"rLK f or /clll//c/1 y l6, J%3 mation about the crust was based on a net- of about 2,000 recording~ of scbmic wa1es frnm underground nuclear ,and con- l'entional explosions. T he network extends from eastern Colo- to the Californi:l coa~tline, and from Id:~ho to the Mexican border. The thickest part of the crust being .\lr. Pakiser reported, is probably under the Color:~ do Rockies, ''here it mJy <:.'<tend down as far as 40 miles. distance reduced to 62,100,000 miles. Still better oppositions will come in April 1967 and May 1969. And then comes the very favorable approach Mars will be only 35,000,000 miles away- the best in t he second hnlf of the 20th Next month Mars will be farther away- and fainter-than it is now, but will still be ~ prominent object in the evening. And so, an the article for the March evening skies, we will tell some of the interesting things that astronomers have already learned or sw:mised about this fascinating and mys. tenous planet. Celestial Time Table for February 1 3.50 3.m ~loon 111 lir>t quJrtcr 2 t o:oo p.m. ~Iars neJrcst earth, di,t.tn.:c: 6::.::So.ooo miles ~.oo 3.m. 5Jturn in conjunction with "'" ~I<Kn j'3>SC> ~!Jrs Full m tlon .\lgol ( I'Jrt;lhle st~r in Per c:u,) Jt rn1n1murn brighln<'" 1 s 11 :"'' p.m. ~loon tJrthe,r, tl1>t.1nce r. lioo males S :o s p.m. 1 o:no a.m. .\l~ol .tt minimum ~loon in IJ>t quarter l!lol at minimum Algol Jt minimum ~foon pJ es Venus Moon p.IS>e> Jupiter Mool'l nearest. dist;ance 2::5.- Subtra~t one hour for CST. two hours ror MST, anJ three bours for PST. Urs. Uscar t-rank, Herm.m oaA~:J, uca- man Ziffer, Sheldon Aaronson, S. H . Hutner and C. ~f. Leen reported this ~tudy. Tests protozoa are underway in other laboratories. Science Newt letter, 83:.57 January 26, 1963 TECHNOLOCY Tiny Yeasts Survive 50 Years in Antarctica ~ T INY Ll\'1:--IG THINGS-yea)t,, molds and bacteri a--suni\ed more thnn a half a century in a frozen food cache left in ntarctica by nn ill-fated British expedition to the South Pole. Material from a one-pound bottle of h:~kc:rs' yea)t w:as grown at the: Universit y Texas, Austin, by Drs. George H. Meyc:r, arie B. Morrow and Orville \Vyss. It was ivided into fi1e pans from which cultures two types of yeasts, t wo kinds of molds d three speci es of bacteria were grown. Entire cultur es of bacteria and yeast were eveloped from the lower three 1e material. The food cache, in which the jar of yeast was left by the expedition of apt. Robert Falcon Scott of the British 'N'avy in his expedition of 1911. The research was reported in N ature, Science Newt leiter, 83:57 January 26, 1963 :ONSEIVATION Ducks Poisoned Eating Shotgun 1Joo LEAD POISO~ING kills .1n estimated per cent of the total duck population year, but th e poisoning i~ caused by ::ating shotgun pellets and nor by pellets buried in the flesh as a result of "oundin~ by hunter~. according to \\'bcon~in Con- servation Dep:lrlmenl re~e:trchcrs . The ducks mi,rakc the lead ,hot fur sm . tll and grit, which they eat anci store 'n the gizzard for grinding up seeds and 1thcr hard food~. The di~estive juice~ then on the lead. forming toxic compounds hat can c:1u'c 'i..:knc:ss and ue:~th. Science News leiter, 83:57 January 26, 1963 Citrus Mites Not Stopped By Florida Freeze FLO RIDA s December freeze:, which mo.,t of the citrus fruit crop, di d ~ot kill d ire.:rly Texas citrus mites, m:~jor m~ect pests. Side and Rear Fender tights Fight Road Glare ~ GLARE that stops :1utoists from seeing dangers on the road :1t night is neutrali7ed by :1 new type of road lighting devised by Dr . .\terrill J. Allen of Jntliana University, Bloomington. The drying :and d ropping of leaves and fruit removed some of the pest~ from the trees, but entomologists are not optimistic that the weather misfortune will reduce the pests to any large extent. Severe damage l'y ~ubterranean termite~ to homes around Christmas time is reported U.S. Department of .\griculture from Arizona's S.tlt Ri"er Valley. ve warbrc again~t cattle-d:amaging screwworm~ is reported from :tlong the can borde r of Tex.as and Arii'on.t. ~lore th:m 6-t million screwworm flie~ made ~tcrilc by r:adi:ation wc:re released in early D ecem- ber so th:H product inn nf :1 not her gener.ttion \lill be intcrruprnl. .\irpl.111e~ :trc ~..:.attcrin~ 600 ~tcrilc flrt'' t 1ch wnk c ,, tr <\Ida e~l IOil,(J(){) l>qu.arc mile~ to pro\ ide ;a b.arricr 7one ag;ain't ill\ .l,inn from :\texico. By mea ns of auxiliary light~ on the front bumper of a car which are directed to the road be~idc and behind ir, the ohjc:m bl.1cked out by the: glare of an approachin~ car':. he.ltllights are m:uJe vi~ible. Con- ' 'entionJI ~ealed bc:1rn headli,t:ht~ nre thcd. Science News letle r, 83:.57 January 26, 1963 Science N~ws letter, 83:57 January 26, 1963 No Case (Information Only) cion, Paraguay, a sigh t.ing vaa ede 1n e&l"l7 atudent ned ADast&cio Le.nn, v!lo aaw a 010 livt 1l1 tb aport. field ot a lool school. S.ucer icb.t- bc were &lao de b.1 senral ot.bel" reaidenta, uclud1ng & h1&h ot!1c1al ot the M1n'b7 early February 1963 Asuncion, Paraguay ot the IDtel"ior, vb.o saw U/0 co b7 at h1&h locit:r No Case (Information Only) 2 February 1963 Robertsville, Ohio ROBERTSVITJ.E, OHIC: (2 :.Iiles south) 2/2/631 Time: 4:00 to 4:30 PL f. husband and wife I watched an cbj ec t ;novir.t; :n;;r ::. t very s low I speed, less than 1000 feet b:r tht:.i 1."' es t.i -~ mate. "It r:as jus t 0ne ve,..; ::,ri;:;ht blcish white Egh t fla sl:in~ i re. ul-1 rl:r 1 nd 30ilC ! are_ by the lignr.., bur.. cou:.:l not '"~ L.U , an: definite shape or fern. 'Ih~'re was n0 I s0~.:i. 'ke called the Akron-Canton ir:_Jcr:. No Case (Information Only) 4 February 1963 Tucuman, Argentina On tb 4th ot 'bru.&Jo:T. tift pbotos ot oro vere taken ill q1l1.ok aucoeaaioa b7 Adnlto del Valle Riftro, u en&i:aerl.nc atladent. l1Yin& 1A Tucu- mn,. Arcenti.na. Two ot the pictur.a (too poor in qnlity to reproduoe lwl"'e) ver. published in the 1ebrual7 15th 1di tion ot La Gacet.a, a Tuonn neva- p&JMI' ~ pieturea vve deftloped 11pt in llle nnap&~r a own laborato17,\ aDd do not appeal' to be talceci. Tbq ehov vbat RiftJ"' deaoncd a NUO.l" !.l1ing at relati~ low 8peld at a d1atenoe ot a half aile or ao the (Ir.fo n.1o."tion l{EWSLEI%!4R SAUC!RS IN THE N~5 Bl~nbe~m, New Zealand, February 4, 1963, On thie dat~ a housewife looked up into a cloudleee eky and saw a silvery flying object, shining Yery brightl1. Ita size was 2 inchee at arm's length. At first ahe could oril1 see tbe underside ot the object, but later it moved away and abe could' see the upper part and the porthole thereon. She observed it !or about 3-4 minutes. Although the witneaa not aure, she eetimated the o bject's altitude at 10,000 feet or ~ore. A drawing made b1 the witnes s ehoa an ~long~ted half-moon-shaped obj~ct with a fin protruding !rom one ~nd, with 5 po~tholes ~n the center. (Souree: N.Z. Scientific Space Research Newsletter, ~arch-~pri~, via Robert J. Gribble, HICAP Report~r.) No Case (Information Only) NE.iS BRIEFS 1 In ?iove d1 ~ceo, It&ly,a yotmg o~inter nazaed Mario Sal .a so February 1963 Piove di Sacco, Italy clai:lled last Febr..t.ary to have --_ photos;ra?hed '1 nying s~ucer a.nd one of its occup~ts. lie says hlit wa valktng alone through snow-covered woods vhen he uv a nugo, Mund lu1.no\U object. near which was standing a ~ in an outfit vhich appeared to be made of cello-l pba.ne. S.a.l .. o took tour piotu.r. while the aan clilJlbed into the saucer and too~ ott. Onfortuna t.ly, n ha-re not sen &l1'T ot th.se pict.urea. vbiob aust be quite sensa t!onal if they an genuine P ve Di S~ceo february 2 196). Pa ter Mario Salmaao, 21, claiaa he photographed a UFO and its occupant. He said he saw a hu~e round luminous obj4ct in the woode and a man nearby in a plasti c suit which ~s transparent. Salaaeo did not eay how his p4ctures ~= out. The Planetary Center in O.arborD, MichigaD ie attel!lpting to eecure copie~ ot the photo. ( Sour4e: 'f:~ited ?reea International.) Ho C.:1 s c ( Inf orrna t ion Ot:l:r) So..trc'3: S:;.u c e tJe~:s Gl endal e , C~lifornia Glendale,, Califo r!li~, F\Jqru~rz. 5, A Uro wa~ spotted shortly before DOOil in the sky above Glendale. A!~ De!enee public relatione officers in Hollrwood said they knew o f no ~ea~her balloons in ,he area, a lthough they had receiTed several calls reporting t h e object. Officials said they and the Federal ATiation Agenc1 were checking t o determine what the object w&a. The object became lost in a cloud cover at about 1~:~5 ~.H. Jet ~lanes were sighted minutes after Air Defense was notified, in the ~same area wher , the object was last seep. (Source: Glendale News Press, 2/5/ }. Credit: bert J. Gribble, NICAP R,porter.) Information Only Flying Saucer Review Alberti (Province of Buenos Aires) According to the His/onium Rttitw ofF ebrup ry 7, 1963, a certain Senor Felix Carrizo and his wife w~ driving in their car to La Pampa when, at 6 .30 p.m. of that same ~y, ~hey perceiv~ an extraordinary elongated objeCt, antense!y lummous, which was suspended at only a short d1stancc from the ground. They stopped and got out to look a t it and Senor Carrizo took a photograph. The UFO then suddenly began to move,. and vauished at fantastic speed. The photograph 1s reported h y the paper to have turned out "~tonishingly clear". I am trying to secure a cop y of Jt Alberti Provi nce, Carmel, California, february 14, 1963. Arthur Coanel of Pebble Beach said he epot- ~d. a bright "tlying object over Carmel ae he waa out walking. H& described it aa hdving a lon~ tail and said it a opeared to be falling Yery rapidly. He eetiaated ita height at 3 0 ,000 teet and ita !alling eped at 1200-201)0 m.p.h. Connel said the obj~ct'e traj~ctory too~ it out over the ocean before it disa ared. Be said ~e did not ~h1nk it ss a shoot1ng star b9cauae he bad n~ver aeen ~n that close. (Sour : Monter~ ?eninawla Kerald, 2/15/63, Yia Robert Oribb1e, NIC~ Reporter.) ilo:.Jse o f Relnesdnt~;..ives ~all~J t o rd.,Qr-c :1nd .lllC a bout n s1ghtin.; ov.ar Wi11slow, J\r1.zou a on 2,1 Feb 6~. The sighting t.oolc place 1om 5 ::JU to 6 :30 P?ll Pacific Standard T itna. S ef; n by the pilot oi a jet n l.l'C raft and Congress man Joh11 Bell Williams (a forme r 1\J.r Force pilot). Altituda was given a s 45 degrees 6 0 mile s . Tl1e object ap~earad as a Col onai 1si1 woulj l i K0 l o dak W1th '.OU Additional Information on Comet available in March and April, 1963 issues ot "Slcy am Telescope till! 1 ,. r .11 :on l(l tn..d Crttln .. t"hf' SHn i' .. rv iarmer ,\tr h.ulu Br>' w nf ()I ,yn,. .\ ..:st~lla. has '"t-V<)rted tf\at a " ! IHf'K u-.. ~ riJzhtcnt.'d .-ho~ anrl bl& ap tn>tt \o -nan~ ar>'y ftd I.\PA PRESENTS A. SPECIAL REPORT WILLOW GRO'IE, AUSTRALIA SIGHTING ('Edi tors. Note: On the 15th o ! Febru~ry of .hi.: 1ear, Mr. Charlee Brew ot -Hillow. Grove, Victoria, Au8tral~a, observe d 11 UFG hover over hie clairy !ar The Oriinal account of Mr. Brew'a sighting wae pub~i~he d in our June ieaue. Recentl-7, the Victorian Flying Saucer Resea.r ch Societ;r, P . o. Box 32, Toorak~ Victoria, Australia, sent us a tranecript of a tape-recorded intorTiew between Mr. Brew and Mr. Peter Norri.e, President of V.F.S.R.S. Along with this transcript are lettera'trom the Australian Air Force & Government regarding Mr. Brew's sight- ing, aa well as a drawing o~ the UFO aeen by Mr. Brew. We present here the full transcript ot the tape, as we~ as photocopies of the letters & drawing). Question: What tiae did :rou make the sighting, Mr. Brew? . Answer: It would be about 10 past 7, it was. Yea. 10 past 7. definitly. . Q. What were 1ou doing at the time? A. We were miL~in& and hal!-&1-approximately h ay-through. I'd say. Q. Te8. How cid you r.~tice t h e o bJect come down? ~.1. Nell, 1 llfaS lookin' out over the cows ae I re!errd to you a wt:i~e .:1go and i t :; , c n1u down ver1 steepl:r out of tbe east. Oh, I'd 1y about 45 degreC"a. Q. A1~ ~hat ct1d the o~j t look -~e wbeD ~cu fi~ct u it? ~t2~ wer~ vour r6-