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...earth's atmosphere had been pretty well exposed as hoaxes or hallucinations. But most people were still sure that some kind of unidentified flying object did exist, and they wanted some sense-making explanation. Last week they got the best one yet. It came from Dr. Urner Liddel, chief nuclear physicist for the Office of Naval Research...
...flying saucers, said Physicist Liddel, were actually giant plastic balloons called Skyhooks, which the Navy has been sending aloft since 1947 with electronic instruments to record cosmic rays. As the 100-ft. balloons soar higher & higher (maximum height: 19 miles) they expand, and are often pushed along by high-altitude winds at speeds up to 200 m.p.h. When seen from below, particularly when reflecting light rays from its underside, a Skyhook looks exactly like a big saucer...
Other speakers were Captain A. L. Pleasants, U.S.N., Commanding Officer, Boston Branch, Office of Naval Research; Alan T. Waterman, Deputy Chief and Chief Scientist, Office of Naval Research; H. M. MacNeille, Chief of the Fundamental Research Branch, Division of Research, Atomic Energy Commission; Urner Liddel, Acting Director of the Physical Sciences Division, Office of Naval Research; and Lee L. Davenport, Associate Director of the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory...
HARVARD BOSTON CLUB Cunningham, r.w. l.w., Mahoney Wood, c. c., Nelson Baldwin, l.w. r.w., Liddel McGregor, r.d. l.d., Langmaid Palmer, l.d. r.d., Morrissey DeGive, g. g., Crosby...
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