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THE CINCINNATI PAINT INCIDENT -- A PARALLEL PHENOMENON? Residents in Cincinnati, Sept. 11,'54 had similar experiences. One Albert - Allgeyer care home from work to find the bright yellow trim on his two-sto house stained to a “washed-out brown, almost black color." The stains woul rub off, without taking the hard top coat of paint.tes. It locked Nke someons ae Se had used a blow-torch, and in some places the stains appeared in dirty brow . Fivulets. Allgeyer was certain that the stains weren't there the night before So was Howard May, neighbor, who received similar treatment. His house trimmed in yellow too, as is another house across the street where stains appeared. - On Sept.22, I talked with Allgeyer again and learned that the Kettering Lab : University of Cincinnati had taken air samples as well as specimens of the a fected paint. A Dr. Hughes explained that the mystery was caused by the ch cal reaction of hydrogen sulphide which could attack the lead in certain paint The Lab averred that the chernical probably emanated from the Millcreek Va which runs near Allgeyer's home, and which has since affected other homes the area. Although a Proctor and Gamble doctor who examined Allgeyer tol. ~ him that the chemical mentioned is not injurious to people, Allgeyer, five ds after the incident comnlained of extreme swelling of both hands and eye lids. Described as some kind of allergy -- not hives, they offeredno explanation. Editor's Note; Remembering other ubiquitous mysteries, viz., pitted wind- 3 ee ‘ 3 o& t ee ee ee ae ee Ske shields, metallic pellets, curicus ash deposits, I referred to a recentarticl written by Edward §. Schultz, of Buffalo, N.Y. entitled, "The Growing Wine shield Damage Phenomenon," which appeared in B.S.R.A.'s May-June, 1954 issue of Round Robin, In this, Schultz offers plausible and provocative theo: «+. and the possible answer to these phenomena. Write Meade Layne, Direc tor, 3524 Adams Ave., San Diego 16, California. » ball . CASE FILE REVIEW: Space does not permit the use of all the excellent ma- terial received. Sightings in the U.S., Europe and Australia are continuing and will be used in forthcoming issues of the Newsletter. C-22, Rockford , Tll...9/5/54) As they had done on many,occasions, amateuz astronomers, Peter Bartkus and Theodore McColm, were watching the mooi through a telescope. Between the hours of 10:35 and 11:15 P.M., Bartkus -. writes: "I observed the most unusual phenomena I have ever had the experi- ence of witnessing." Bartkus continues: "The moon was observed through m 6" cassigranian reflector telescope using a secondary mirror. The total foc: length for this setup is over 100", and with the use of 150 and 200 power occ lars we got tremendous power with the least loss of light. The moon was in the firat quarter and its diameter was 29 feet, 36 inches. We saw a spheric: object ascending from the northern section off Mare Humboldtianum area. It was not glowing or brilliant, but seemed more like a dull reflected light of a . planet. Its size we estimated at about the diameter of craters Pitiscus or . Vlace. At the time it disappeared at 11:15, it had travelled more than the 2‘ 30" of arc in about 40 minutes. We checked out the possibility of atmospher diffraction in the sky or the scope by traversing the scope, and by changing the occulars. The object must have been a powered body because as the mor wae descending at 1081 mph, the object was ascending and not following a tr erbit. It was definitely in space, and in the same field as the moon, or near the moon."