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Have you seen any nymjr;
saucers lately?
If so, contact Dr. Donald H
Menzel, director of the Har
vard Observatory and author,
of the book ‘‘Flying Saucers”. |
and he’ll probably convince
you that you saw an airplane
reflection, weather balloon,
milkweed pod, spider web or
the northern lights.
Dr. Menzel took time out
during his visit to the Uni-i
versity of Alaska Geophyscial
Institute this week (Tuesday)
to tell an overflow audience in
the Eielson Memorial Building
that‘‘there’s not a shred of
evidence that saucers exist”.
Dr. Menzel holds many
scientific awards and has writ
ten several books besides ‘‘Fly-)
ing Saucers”. He was on ac-(
tiveduty with the (J. S. Navy
during World War II and has
served as a leader of many
scientific expeditions. These
include heading a joint Har
vard-Massachusetts Institute
of Technology eclipse expedi
tion into the U. S. S. R. in
1936. He said he has tracked
down hundreds of reports on
flying saucers.
‘‘There is no evidence t^
support the popular idea flying
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Dr Menzel sljid. “There is p0
evidence hey are missile* sent
>ver the United States hy a
’"oreipn power. Both ideas are
nonsenee. ”
The scientist said the so
called flying saucers fall into
more than 100 classes. These
include reflections of the sun
upon distant airplanes, weath
er balloons, milkweed pods or
feathers floating a few feet
from the viewer’s face, spider
webs between the viewer snd
the sun. varying air currents
causing mirages, shooting
stars and the northern lights.
He explained he has used
many of the above objects to
convince people they actually
were seeing flying saucers. In
addition, his investigations
have proved people saw the
above objects and called them
flying saucers
“The flving saucer scare
started in Jund of li?47 when a
Seattle, businessman flying
near Mount Rainier saw some
mysterious objects in the sky”
Dr. Menzel explained. “They
finally disappeared and he re
ported what he saw when he
reached his destination. It was
a dull day for the newspapers;
they picked up his story and
flying saucers were born.”
The scientist said the Se
attle businessman probably
saw sun dogs, caused by re
flections of light on ice crys
tals in the sky. He added it is
theU S. Air Force’s responsi
bility to nvestigate any re
ports of unusual flying ob
jects. The Airforce generally
was secretive about its in
vestigations and this frighten
ed people because they be
lieved the probers were cover
ing up reports on real flying
saucers.
"Even so, interest in flying
saucers almost was gone by
the end of 1947,” Dr. Menzel
said. "Then in 1948 an Air
Force pilot wrecked his plane
and lost his- fife while chasing
an object which resembled an
ice cream cone. This, of course
revived interest in the sau
eers ” Dr. Menzel said he be
lieves this pilot was chasing a
sun dog.
"Many pilots see sun dogs
and report saucers, ” he ex
I plained. He illustrated his
talk with slides and pointed to
a picture of a cone-shaped sun
dog. The scientist said people
are continuing to report flying
saucers all over the nation.
"The popular belief now is
that they are little ships fly
ing through the air at speeds
exceeding 1,000 miles per
: hour,” Dr. Menzel said. "They
j snpposedly are piloted by
[little green men. Thousands
of people have written to tel
me how wrong I am about
saucers ever since I published
my book.”
Dr. Menzel said flying sau
cer reports aren’t new. There
are many historical refrences
to them, some dating back
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