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0-19 (Rev. 9-7-56) @ Tolson Nichols Boardman Belmont Mohr Parsons s e TON. Rogen, ———__ Mystery Objects Called’ ee ° Nease —______ Mirage b Astronomer’ Net Holloman —____ i By the Associated Press Gandy, A Harvard astronomer Says mysterious objects Teported m various parts of the country and the Gulf Of Mexico are mirages stemming from natural causes. . tor of the Harvard College qi ., that the “another fiying saucer Scare.” ithe Atr Fotce has started an investigation o: the reported sightings of ine strange glow-| ing objects in the sky. ‘The| mosphere which would gi the Topo ee Gas, Dad racy efieaoes ou ieNe & the responsibility of checking ki teports of unidentified flying! As for reports of the auto objects ,but as one officer put| engines Stalling, he said, “It it, “We don’t investigate all of would not be surprising that a them.” ‘A rash of such reports has|2¢Vous foot could stall an en- developed since Sunday, with| gine.” some of the Dr. Menzel, author of a book about flying saucers, said he has been studying them for Southwest. Some of the Der-/about 10 years ang has yet to Sons making the) reports saiq|hear of one which could not the objects caused their auto/be explained by natural phe- engines to stall and their radios | nomena, to fade. “They are caused by a layer Cutter Claims Sighting Rs Head a shies acute as a ; Yesterday the Coast Guarq|lens and forming an image o Cutter Sebago radioed ftom the crea as nase as 40 or 50 NoT RECORDED Gulf of Mexico that an object | Miles away,” he said. } 367 resembling a brilliant plenct Common in West 140. NOV 13 19) with a high rate of speed was “They are nothing more than tl aad. eee eae Tears @ mirage. They are prevalent radar, ~ just after nightfall as the Dr. Menzel said it is probable heated air begins to cool off at the cutter’s srewmen gore Wash. Post and false mera likely from Times Herald bubbles of hot air in the at. jhave clear air.” Wash. News rs ~—|_ ‘The Air Force aiq that dur- Wash. ster ea ing the first half of this year EEG only 1.9 per bend of the 250) re- N. Y. Herald ported sightings of ; saucers and other strange oh Tribune Jects in the air have been N.Y. Journal-__ classed as “unknown.” And the ( L . American le V we Alt Force wasn’t ready to be= ie A Heve that even this small per JY “N.Y. Mirror a centage has sinister implica- 4 N. Y. Daily News tions. + It seemed a good bet the aA OY Dimes Air Force will agree with Dr. Daily Worker Menzel’s opinion that’ the eur= The Work rent! sightings have explana- e Worker tions in nature, or that the New Leader reported objects are actually air similar: man-made > Date LE aE