Project Blue Book Archive

Page ID (PID)	MAXW-PBB1-963
Collection	NARA-Maxwell


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Roll Description	Maxwell Blue Book 1
Document Code	N/A

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whereas the ordinary meteors are cometary^fragments. There is a further dis-
cussion of this point later with reference to La Paz.
Astronomer 0, whose professional rating is only moderate, has. seen ''
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'' Astronomer P, whos''e professional rating also is only moderate, has
seen none and does not consider the problem very important. (See footnote.)
Astronomer Q, with an excellent professional rating, has seen no''
unidentified objects but says that reports come in occasionally from the
Fraser River valley northeast pf Vancouver. Apparently these sightings have
been concerned with lights similar to the Lubbock lights.                                            I
Astronomer R has personally sighted an unidentified object, a light
wHich loomed aexoss his ijange of vision, which was obstructed by an observatory
dome, much faster than a plane and much slower than a meteor. If it had been
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a.plane^ thqn its rapid motion could be accounted for only by closeness'', but
since no motors were heard, this explanation was essentially ruled out. Light
was steadier than that of a meteor and was observed for about "^hree seconds.
Astronomer R does not ascribe any particular significance, to this sighting,
except as it constitutes one of the many incomplete and unexplained sightings.
Astronomer R was not reluctant to talk about the subject |Of flying saucers and
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pointed out that we must not fall into tho error of believing that we under-
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stand alii physical phenomena. As late as the year 1800, it was thought im-
Foqtnote: The professional ratings given here show that "sightings" and
        interest in the problem do not run inversely proportional to
''professional rating of the astronomer.
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