PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. OAT! 2. LOCATION 0, SIGHT1HO Four radar returns with fliJ.{hl palh changeable. Radar film submitte d for analysis. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 2fl lll'tr 52) 12. CONCLUSIONS 11. COMMEMTS Thrnp t tacks, two following irlcnlicnl paths at 120 dgr from lhc a/c. /\11 speeds are t.IH~ same ( 1400 mph) No v isunl : i~htint; although t.hc hlips we r e inrli<~nt<~<.J at. rnn({US of . int! possibly cause d hy '~quiprncnl mnlfunctJon, or morcVikcly ' ' " olhcr c l ccttonic equipment w1thin thP plane . HEAOQUART ERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UHITilO STATill AI,. ~O,.CIE WfUGHT,.ATTil,.IOH AI,_ 1"0-.Cit ASE, OHIO ATTM OF: TDEED suaHcT: Evaluation of UFO Report From Dow AFB, Maine n' TDEW (Lt Col Friend) 1. Three separate tracks are v1$ible on the scope, two of them following identical tracks at 120 degrees from the air- craft heading. The third track is at a varying angle at about 315 degrees from the aircraft beading. All three tracks are traveling at the same speed --1400mph. 2. It would appear that visual sighting of at least one target would be made (at noon) since all three tracks are beaded for the observing aircraft and come within 2 miles, 3! miles and 5! miles of the aircraft before "disappearing." 3. Since the ''targets'' were not seen visually or on auy ground radar, and since the apparent speeds are identical (two even traversing identical angular paths) it is consid9red likely that these scope returns are a result of either equip- ment malfunction or more probably are caused by other elec- tronic equipment on the plane. 4. Still, only insufficient data was submitted-'fho range on the scope was not indicated but is assumed t o be 2 miles between range markers. Likewise the weather is said to be "~/A" but it would have a bearing on visual observation as well as radar operation. case No. 23 - I don't feel there was sufficient information to corroborate electronic in~erference. ScaEHC Nnvs LETTER for April 27, 1961 ,tSTIIONOMY Mars, still visible on May evenings, is about as bright as Regulus in the constellation Leo, both of which are locoted in the southwest portion of the skies. By JAMES STOKLEY ~ THE PLANET MARS joins with nine bright st:1rs that shine in the evening skies Three of these stars, as well as Mars, are high in the south. Their positions are shown on the accompanying maps, which depict the sky as it looks about 11 :00 p.m., your own kind of daylight saving time, at the firs t of May; 10:00 p.m. at the mid dle of t he m onth a nd 9:00 p.m. at the end. During summer evenings these will be much more prominent. In August, for U. S. observers, Vega is directly overhead, brighter other s~r that you can see. As for the other naked-eye plan~ts, Saturn rises in the east about 2 :30 a.m. (your own nd of daylight saving time), just as Mars is setting in the west. Jupiter rises about two hours before the sun. Venus appears low in the cast about an hour before the sun rises. You can see it as a very brilliant "morning even as the dawn is breaking. Mercury is not visible this m onth. It comes between and sun on May 17. rninor pia nets that h ave come even closer in recent years. Amor, discoverc:d in 1932, o.1ch within 10 million miles, while Apollo, also found in 1932, can m ake a 6.5- million mile approach . Adonis w :IS found in 1936; it can come within about 1.5 million milc:s. The record seems to be held by Hermes, which \Vatter Reinmuth discoveretl from the Heidelberg Observatory in Ger- many in 1937. Only about a mile in d iam- eter, it passed within about 500,000 m iles- about twice the distance of the moon a t its Betulia Approaches Earth Toward the southwest is the constellation of Leo, the lion, with the first ma st:~r c:dled Regulus. This, and five stars a hook-shaped formation, form a c:tlled the sickle. H owever, as the lion was pictured on the old star maps, the blade of the sickle, which cur ves Up\vards :~nd then down, toward the southwester n horizon, m:~rked the animal's head. ~ny astronomers all over the world are now pointing their telescopes toward Lyra, photographing a faint object that, on the tirst of ~lay, is in the position m:~rked by a small "x," just above the letter "s" in Because it is so close, the object's through the sky is very fast and its will ch ange rapidly. H owever, it will take an astr onomical telescope to see this object, which is the t in y pldnet Betulia, probably no more than 25 m iles in d iameter. But we had no advance warning these visitors were coming. They were n ot discovered until they were already close. The approach of Berulia on May 21 will the record for a predicted close :.p- proach. The closest before this was in 1931 when Eros came within 16,200,000 m iles. At that time 44 observatories in many parts of t he world observed it carefully and charted its path. The purpose was to find :~ccurately the length of the ast ronom- ical unit, which is the mean distance of the earth from the sun (about 93 million m iles). , .. ~ The relative d istances of the pbnets from' each other and from the sun can be deter- precisely from the laws of plonetary mu\'cment. T hat io;;, you can dra\\' :1 m:1p Mars Close to Regulus ~[.,no i:. now in this same part of the sky, .md .1bour the same brightness as Re~u Ius. !In t' : .. tronomical brightne'~ sc. :c. ) Ltrs c.lY l" J i,tinguish, ho,~e,u, as the planet h1nt-~ ~' Hh :t ste:~Jy reddish light, unlik:: the [\\in i-~ ~ glow of the star. .\li ;mnth ~(ars will drJw c!o~r :wJ clu"l'r to Regulus and on the bsc night of ~!Jy \\'Ill pass Jbout :1 degree to the north oi it. ( :\ degree in the skr is about twice the: J iameter of the moon.) ;\oout as high as Leo, toward the s.outh- t, is Bootes, the herdsman, with An:turus, 2.5 times as bright :IS Regulu s. Below is Virgo, the virgin, in which stands Spica, a st ar only slightly brighter th.tn Regulus. The constellation of Bootes extends over map of the northern half of the sky nd there it comes near the end of the Jle oi the big dipper, which is part of Ursa ~tajor, the great be:~r. The d ipper is ow seen inverted; :lt the bowl' s left are surs called the pointers. Their line, followed downwarc!, brings you to the north st:~r, Po!Jris. Under the great be31' are several bright stars that were conspicuo us in the south on winter evenings. but are now about to appe:~r or :1 while. In Gemini, the twins, is Pollux, ;t(ong with his hinter brother, Castor. FJrther right is Aurig;~, the ch:~riot eer, with Capella, and to the left of the twin s is Procyon, in C:tnis Minor, the little Low in the northe:1't ~t:mJs Veg:t, in lyn, the l,rc. Under it is Cygnu.;, the sw:tn , ''' ith lknd, .1 fir)t m 1~11itudc ,t.tr th.lt jo; olimmed lu.:~:;Ju!>c it is n ow very low in the .h.y anc.l ~o i~ hown ~1s second m ag nitude. Thousands of such m inor pl:lnets :uc ;.;,,own, but on \lay 21 B!tu'i.1 yill come !!~tleo;. i the-.::uth. Astro- cally speak1ng. this is n::ry close. . :\ctu311" there ;:~re 3t lc:"t four other of th .. : PI:tr l>yt.tcm i11 1 hich the proJ~nrtion.; .trc :tccuratc, but thi~ is not \'eq uo;eful unless rou It,, , e a .;calc: of mile~. But if you I 3 SWICPIUS CENTAUR liS SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER OF BRIGHTNESS , lfiiiEIL PSYCHOlOGY' Drinking Increases Sensuous Thoughts ~ SOCIAL DRINKING increases sensuot thoughts while deere a sing restrainir thoughts, psychologis ts told t he meetir Eastern Psychological Association : men who drank liquor at fratunity party had many more though about love, sex and r omance than tho who had soft drinks. A s the party pr gressed, the drinkers let up censorship c their imaginations. Unlike the soft beverage drinkers, d students drinking liquor became less co1 cerned about time. Being on time ft appointments, having enough time to c what they wanted, or wasting time waitir. for others became less and less importan . or two drinks does not seem to lx enoug h to cause these changes, Rudoh Dr. David C. McClelland of H arvard sity and Michae l K ahn of Yale University told the meeting. he: fraternity members drank an aHrag of 14.H ounces of 86 proof alcohol. Tho~ in a group that averaged only 4.07 ounct per person were not affected in che sam gener:1l etfe;ts of soci:1l d:-inking ar often neglected by p sychologists '"ho co1 centrate on the drinker's loss of intellectu. .tJilities and physical '-='CJrdinaricn, tb psychologists said. For th is srudy, a typical social situario set up. The students ""ere not awar that ;~lcohol research was being conductec 25 minutes, the party or discussio was in terrupted and the students wrot ts of stories about pictures shown to therr the stories, the psychologists sa' how the students' thoughts changed as th e Science News letttr, 13:26.1 April 27, 19~ ANTHR0,010GY Man's World Reversed By Pregnancy Cravings IT IS DEFINITELY a ma.n's world i1 Lagglla, Ceylon, but women ha\'e founL way to turn the ubles: dola-duka. Since ancient times, men have re\'ered dola-duka, the intense pregnancy cravings o f their wives. hile Ameri~ns m:~ke light of a preg. nant womans craving for strange foods and rare combinations, Laggala villag ers know is a serious matter, Dr. G. Obeyc:- sekere, University of Ceylon anth ropologist, reported in AmeriC<Jn i\n thropologist, 65 : In La~tg.lb, it is a sin tn deny a wom::~n her cra~'ing~. The e:u s nf the fetus will ro t a \\ Om.ln 's cravings arc not s:lti sfied, it is Sci ENCE NEW~ Lenu for 1Jpril 27, IY63 held. A pregnant woman may hold this threat over h er h usband to make him fetch carry, wait on her and look after the children . Escaping from the man's world once in a while hel ps t he Laggafa women live wit h it the rest of the: time, Dr. Obcyesekere explained. determine one of the distances in miles, then you can make the scale. The 1931 program, arranged by the Inter- national Astronomical Union, was designed to find one such distance-that of Eros. Coming so near, this was possible. After 10 years of work in analyzing these obser- vations, the late Sir Harold Spencer Jones, was Astro nomer Royal of England, ed that the astronomical unit was 93,003,000 miles. This was. a little longer than astronomers had previOusly supposed But other methods of determining the ength have given a value somewhat di1ferent. And so have radar methods. These involve bouncing radio waves off Mars and and accurately timing ~e echo's rn to earth. Some of the differences are as much as I 00,000 miles, and astron- omers do not know the renson for such a discrepancy. Perhaps new work, based on servations of Betulia, may give a clue. Betulia, inciuen tally, was discovered on May 22, 1950, and is n::~med after the wife Dr. Samuel Herrick, astronomer at the rsity of C31ifornia at Los Angeles. He is a long-time specialist in observing minor lanets. With the aid of a colleague, ~Irs. M. P. Francis, he calculated the time table for its visit this r ear and has urged that it be ob served. Celestial lime Table for May s 9 :00 oa.m. ~eptune ne<Lrest e:uth, distance l,7::J,OOO,OOO miles 6 midnight Moon ianhest, distance 25~.500 8 I : a,.p.m. Full moon 16 5 :oo a.m. Moon passes Saturn 9:37a.m. Moon in last quarter 1 7 11 :o o p.m. Mercury between e:~rrh anti ~un 19 noon Moon pmes Jupiter 2 t t :1>0 a.m. Moon passes Venus 22 m idnight New moon 29 -1 :oo a.m. Moon passes Mors 30 Jl :5 6 a.m. Mq,on in first quarter Subtract one hour for COT, two hours for MDT, and three hours for PDT. ScltMe News Le"" 13,266 April "D, 1963 disposal systems to 700/o of urban and 50% of rural populations throughout Latin America. 3. Reduction of infant momti~' 4. Improvement o f n utrition. 5. Training national health pero;onnel :~nd imprO\ing health services. At the week-Jon~ conference the leadero; et up StUitldineo;, pri oritie< and method;; for :-~chie' in,ll the nhjccti\ c~ nf t he cha rtcr. heir \\'Mking ,,o;.,umption i~ th:~t he.dth l.1n<; are .10 important, in,ep:~r:tble p.1rt nf ocb I .md economic pro)(rc~<;. Sclnce News letter, 83:26$ April 27, 196 3 Harmless Heart Murmurs Common in Children MANY CHILDREN arc denied physio l activity because of harmlc:~s, or innocent, Innocen t murmurs occu r in 25% to 50% of school children, Or. Bernard L . Segal of H ahnemann Medical College and Hospitnl in Ph iladelphia told a H ahnemann <;ym- murmurs can be sorted out fr om murmurs by ca reful use of the tethoscope at the bedside without recourse to expensive or hazardous di:lgnostic pro.. ced ures, Dr. Segal said. Science News leiter, 83:263 April 27, 1963 tBureau of Mines Reports On Properties of Flames ~ STUDIES of the fundamental properties of tJames from Bunsen type burners h:~ve been summarized and interpreted by the :Bureau of Mines to provide new insights l:md to gu ide future resea rch in to the the. ries and applicatio ns of combustion, the epartmen t of the Interior reports. es differ in a number of ways accord- ing to their sou rce, m anner of burning, turbulence aml luminosity . When candle Aamcs or ~ras jets were used for illumlna. tio n it was dt>sirable to h ave little specks uf u nb urned c.'lrbo n d:m cing in the flam e to m:t ke a bright yellow li~hc. However, \I hen gas is burned sootlessly in ::1 stove or furn::1ce, the lack of lumino~ity inJicates fficiency. A Bu nsen t1.1me, :llmo)t colnrle~' is one the most ethden t Jnd most easily stu d ied ~pes of flame. Facts learned while experi- with Runsen flames can be :tpplied n studying or using any o ther efficient flame. a roaring jet flame propelling a 1upersonic airplane or a fire in the: shaft of 1 coal mine resembles a Bunsen flame, the :urbulen t burning of a gas-air mi:<rure in d uct, the research contributes to a basic nderstanding of jet-engine Barnes and ~fety engin eering problems in a mine shaft. Science News letter, 83:26.5 April 27, 1963 '0o/o Fewer Cavities With hosphate-FI uoride STANNOUS FLUORIDE, now used to eat children's Leeth, a nd a part of some :>Othpaste formula), has a potential rival in a phosphate. Buori J e solution that cuts den- t.al decay 70%. ''Promising" results of seven ye:trs' prelimin:try resea rch were announced .1t rhe meeting of the International 1\sso- .:iation for Dental Resea rch at Pittsburgh by D r. Fin n BruJe1oiJ o f the Forllyth Dental nfirm:try. The researcher said there was :l!>On why the pho~plute-Auoride solu. inn could n1>t be put into dentifrices t' r mouth lo7.cnge". although it might be .1 difficult chemic:tl task to perfect rhe he~ 1111xtnre. Sci~nce News Lotter, 83:265 Aptil 27, l 963