L.U.F.O.R.C. Bulletin No. 1a

This bulletin from the London Unidentified Flying Object Research Organisation (L.U.F.O.R.C.), dated February 13, 1960, provides a summary of various reports concerning unidentified objects and space phenomena. The primary report concerns an object tracked by stations that was initially suspected to be a Russian satellite but was later identified by the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, Mr. Sharp, as a casing from an early Discoverer series satellite. The bulletin notes the Pentagon's interest in this as the first man-made object found in space. The document also discusses a theory by Russian physico-mathematician Mr. Agrest, who suggests that ancient space visitors landed in the Anti-Lebanon mountains and that tektites found in the Libyan Desert are remnants of a missile associated with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Furthermore, the bulletin mentions a report from the Kazakhstan Astrophysical Institute regarding the discovery of a tenth planet beyond Pluto, though it notes this claim is regarded with skepticism. A section on the moons of Mars discusses the theory that Phobos and Deimos are artificial satellites, citing observations by astronomer Sharples and the work of Soviet scientists I.S. Shklovskiy, L.I. Sedov, and V.I. Krasovskiy. Finally, the bulletin reports on a vision of the Virgin Mary seen by Michigan Governor G. Mennan Williams and his wife at Saint Augustine's church in Warsaw in October 1959, noting that L.U.F.O.R.C. has received no evidence to confirm the event.