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Since last July the opticians, directed by tall, spindly Dr. John A. Anderson, have been making the final tests. They proved that the great mirror will allow the pinpoint image of a star to diffuse into a spot whose diameter is equivalent to less than .07 seconds of arc. Such accuracy is better than necessary, since the normal turbulence of the atmosphere causes seven times as much distortion...
Despite flares and a pinpoint, radar-controlled search pattern, rescue planes crisscrossed the area in vain all night. At 7 the next morning, a Marine fighter pilot sighted an overturned life raft. A following B-iy spotted three survivors floating in the shark-infested water. An hour later the Coast Guard cutter Hermes picked them...
...avoid eye movements which might part the healing tissues, Mayor Lawrence for the next six weeks will wear goggles with pinpoint holes that will force him to look straight ahead...
...flying saucers." Two Portland deputy sheriffs spotted "20 in a line going like hell to the west." A Spokane woman saw five fluttering "washtubs," each "about the size of a five-room house." A Seattle coast guardsman took a picture of a "saucer" at dusk. The picture showed a pinpoint of light. A policeman saw a lone saucer skimming high over San Francisco Bay. From people in Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and 29 other states and Canada, reports came...
...such as the Navy's "Bat" and "Loon") have passed the blueprint stage. But Colonel McCutcheon can already outline how their successors will be used in war. Some will have enormous ranges, striking at enemy cities and blasting them to rubble with atomic warheads. These will not need pinpoint accuracy...