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/Tolson , at f Laughlin Mohr Tele. Rm.___ Holloman____ Gandy (SAUCERS ) ; . ‘ —— 1 PHYSICIST NO SCOTT SAID TODAY THAT THOSE FLYING ®THINGS® PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEING MAY BE ®ANODE GLOWS® CAUSED BY IONIZATION OF THIN AIR IN THE UPPER. ATMOSPHERE, A ONE REASON SCOTT FEELS THAT WAY IS THAT HE HAS PRODUCED "FLYING | SAUCERS" IN HIS LABORATORY AT FORT BELVOIR, VA,, WHICH POSS 3 THE CHARACTERISTICS ATTRIBUTED TO THE RADAR-SPOTTED "OBJECTS" REPORTED HERE IN RECENT WEEKS , | "SCOTT WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BRIGHT METEOR WHICH FLASHED ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN SKIES HERE SUNDAY NIGHT, BUT ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS A UCING "BLIPS" ON AIR FORCE RADAR SCREENS, ENTIFIED OBJECTS® WERE SPOTTED BY RADAR AT NEARBY F IN MARYLAND SHORTLY BEFORE LAST MIDNIGHT, THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT se. BORATORIES AT SCOTT SAID, "I AM CONVINCED THAT THESE . “FLYING THINGS * ARE NATURAL PHENOMENA,” — - SCOTT HAS BEEN CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS WITH A LARGE VACUUM JAR UNDE NDITIONS SIMULATING THE RAREFIED AND IONIZED UPPER ATMOSPHERE, SY IONIZING THE THIN AIR IN HIS BELL JAR WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY ! SCOTT AT WILL PRODUCED BALLOON-LIKE BLOBS OF LIGHT WHICH HE COULD MOVE , AROUND AT ANY DESIRED SPEED, ALL, HE SAID, COULD HAVE BEEN ®DETECTED® BY RADAR, : | | ‘ | 3 dD. : AND REVERSE THEMSELVES, OR WINK OUT, | api tae BY ALTERING THE’ AIR PRESSURE HE CHANGED THE COLOR FROM A NEON-LIKE’ E TO WHITE OR BLUE OR WHITE WITH A GREEN HALO, HE COULD MAKE THE BLOBS APPEAR TO LEAVE AN INCANDESCENT TRAIL LIKE A JET DISCHARGE . SCOTT EXPLAINED THAT AN ®ANODE GLOwW® FORMS ON AN IONIZED 1 ECTRIFIED) LAYER OR VOLUME OF GAS WHICH IS POSITIVE IN RESPECT To E SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE, SUCH GLOWS COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE FROM 50 200 MILES UP, HE SAID, DEPENDING ON CONDITIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC ~ ESSURE AND IONIZATION, ) 8/6--TS1259P INDEXED tg be 4 ‘~ wa ' D> | | ‘: ip sor Gimp of ye Yh - 98 AUG 11 1952 i, a J | é ee AMICK 441059 6 2) AUG 14 iv? WASHINGTON CITY-NEWS SERVIEE—