2. LOCATION ~ ~. !!OU~C:: 10. CONCLUSIO~ Cirilia..."l ~r.d l-Iilitary Astronorlical (NOON) ConaideNd t o b a a possibl~ moon observation by JAH .:i. Lc~C"i~ OF 03Se~VATIO,.. ll. S?fl=~ SUMMARY ANO ANAl. '(SIS See Latte:r in casa file (f.lrs 6. TY?~ c~ OC\SERVATIO ... G:-:J l.llld -Visual :J, PHY SIC~L EVI DENCe F TO S E P 6 3 0319 (TOE) p,..viout dlUoft of th1 fol'tll :aay h e und, RIDEJ\TT ENGINEER(NC ASSOCIATES. INC. C4RVEL HALL rELEPHO~IC "'REA COOE '\01 267- 8120 ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND Dr . J . f.... Hynek D0arborn Observatory Ncr ,~stern University E7 sto~, Illinois Daa.~ Dr. Hjnek: I ~-~:o been .x~ani:::1,: to Hrite you for quite some time c o that I mie;ht m=l::"'i-,. :?OVP~to-'{.f?.i; e.-cn-our -1 unarr-:-prograon I hope tha t you r~nd you r fa=~ly had an enjo ble vocation north of the border. A ].:-ototype of o u.r ''!loon Blink" cquipr1ent has oeon operational on a 1 6-~nch reflector ~or the l aRt two ~onthG. The telescope is loc~ted a'.:.::..:.t siY.ty miles s:::..tth of Annapolis . Dr. Edson visited the:: f.:J.cility a"-,n:.t tHo weeks ago ~nd was pleased with the resolution of the .Lmage t.' . At present, .. .-~ arc u sing CJ. modification (S-20 photo-cathode) 0f t RCA 691L~ tube. ~Te are presently assembli.ng five fiel.d modele ~t;t:.. ch we hope t o h~ ve dis tri u t.t t c d a.nd o pera tj onal b e fore thP. De cc:mber 1']:.~ lunar eclipse. If the field trials are succes.s:ful a n d th0 p=7~ram get.s suffic~e nt fundo, we hope to field fifteen additional /,Vfo .iate our effo:-ts to secure ~n orth.icon system a t no cos t h~ve not' / I been successful, out He al~e still hopeful. In this reeurd, you might !/ tell Bill Powers that G. E . j_s working on a new system with a goal of .. \. the ultimate in st~bili ty. John Spalding is leaving the m in the very ~ .. . ne.?-.r future for Per~in and. Elmer; I think Jon Anderson t~ill be runni,r.g - A':. ::-.e ~eating in Denver I spent quite a bit of time with J11stus. Mrs. i1i !=~d Cam~ron w~s there and she becaffie interested i n the program S:: .?:: also very i ::pressed \ri t h the q u:tli ty of the pi.c t urcl3 that Just us r.~.; ::::1 taking Hit h the 12-inch anti the ortlticon syst em. On her return t.: :--:;_::-"' Ghe volunte12r 0 d to set up a ''hot-J.in e " telepho!le nctHork beb:~.J:an tt1~ jor east coast ob~ervotutics, and Manned Flight i c footing the bill. Pci")S~'.'1.t thin.lti.ng is that her office ut Godrlard \-vill b e used us a r.entr3.l dut~ collection offi.c~ for reports of ob8crvatoriec of tranaiertt luna1 lt'fe &o)'-1tclr-eome--ttme-:fi'Scti;; :;i ne--fh ~:tf:-r:~o-:--pro o .Lcm ;rh.~n-::we~P""'J!t-'1.'11~L. - :l;.for:n'attori'"-to .. Tfr{f as.:.a One fact th:d. intere:::;tcd me ,,.me; th:.~.t h~1.: J._;..:.~n t l1e peopl-e v1ere of above av~r~ge I. Q Th e o bse r va tio-:1. waG mad e bJ th~ Dr. J . A. Hynek 7 October .l964 \~ifo of ~ naval aviator (Cdr. , USN) and thr~c l~t C.luc1; (Sa ::ior) Air Force Cadets a t 2 :00 A . H . ou tlune 5 , 1964, ncar 'l eX<lrkoLa. T~1~l ,.;ere driving from the J\.lr Force Academy to Flor:Lda vThcn ~ho.y ci.gh t~d ha.i..~ 3. red, shimmering sphere hovering a bout five miles ruvay at au alti.- tu~e of 5000 feet. They stopped the car and got out to watch it, then proc~eded to drive toward it a t great speed sinc e it was a head of tl1em. As th~y approached it, the object ceased t o hover and depa rted on a late~&l track. Since they were a l l in t r ansit to different p oi n t s , the inci t wa s never rauo1ted. I do not know the names of the Air Forc e Cad s, but the worna~ was Ai r Force Lt. c.:::-. A. H . Rice , US:i , and myself ~ro ~ :~:n and would 1=-~:e to offer our investigatin g incidcjt5 on the Eae t fro= y o u in this ma er. Academy , Colorado are s till serv.Lces. very interestud ln If we could acsls~ would be most h appy Finally, I woul d li~e to invi~ you to visit uG and the N~val Academy en you are next i n this area . Joh . Gilheany Whene"T'!r your f inr.L"'lgs are publ13nad ir. boo~ fortn, I ~rould certainly lil\:e to read it. It mus: be a fasci!l.B.:in:r. ::st'.ld~r ~J.d .,ret :fMlstro.t!.nrr :r~en an a.nsra:::- c.oes n o t apr ear to be in sl ~:lt. I o~ so glad there wer8 other observers along on the trip to StJe it. I have ha.d quite a 1'ew fairly 3erious experiences ~-1:!..th e .. "tt::-asensor:r perception nnd Im o..fraid it I r d seen it alone, rrry i'o.mil; ,,.ro~ld be more or less ta~ted to call we a ":ritAh." Th8l".lc .. rou :'~r rnur leV'tttr, r:r . Hyn ek, :r:,: I ho-e I L~AYe bedn ot ~t leas~ a ~mall b l t of help. US A .r Forcs ..\ead em: Col:)rn.do S.-!.ncerely rours