A N.A.R.E . VISUAL PHF,NOI10NA -SIGHTED FROM 'TAYLOR' 1958 On July 17, 1958,P. Trost, G. Knuckey, P. Chapmqn and I. Adams noted an unusual display of' light and shadows, at Approximately 1300 Hours (G1~ PLUS 7) whilst standing at s e a level in bhe bay adj9cent to the East side of' Taylor Glacier. The phenomena had two separate forms and were sight e d over a period of' 20 minutes. The sun had not yet appe ared over the horizon but there was a bright, slightly rosy t wilight glow. sky was almost clear of' cloud with sp1rse high level cloud in the sector which the phenomena appeared. is bounded by a high headland and archinelago on the East side and less prominent headlands and Tsylor Glacier to the N~t~. Thus horizontal extent could not be ascertained. However, unbroken visibility extended from 350T through North In each case the sightings were first noted ~n the East- ern s ector and then the whole display moved to the North. First of note was an indefinable blob of shadow travell- ing from right to left at great spee d (equal to speed of Auroral movement). At the end of' a run it faded ver y quickly without other activity. A parallel drawn at the time of sighting which best describes this phenomena is a high spee d car travelling down straight These shadows foll owed each other as regularly as 3 seconds apart varying to infrequent intervals. The secon6 wss a group of' Parallel rays moving from right to left similar in ap~earance and speed to an auroral drapery but much more regular. The rays in the genera l bright conditions approximated in brilliancy to strength one aurora. In c olour, whiter than the pinkish sky' while the space betwe en rays was grayish probably due to contrast. They were based on the horiz on extend- ing upwards in uniform cmlour to between 10 -15, then blending q11ickly with the sky so that they were not visible above 15. In the eastern sector they were inclined to the right at more than 45 frorn vertical while in the north less than 45 \nth some variation. The rays moved in groups of' roughly 30 -40 with an average of' 5 seconds between groups, but with occasiona l breaks of one minute The ~vemsnt of the whole display from east to north was distinguishe~ bJ a gradual lessening of frequency in the east as the north became more and more prominent. It is regretted that at the time the observers were well away from instruments for obtaining accurate measurements. fore the above measurements can only be treated to an accuracy that could be expecte d from experienced observers.