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Information on the density of the upper atmosphere obtained from observations of the Russian satellites will lead the United States to launch its own satellite higher than was originally planned, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory announced yesterday...
Fred L. Whipple, director of the observatory, said that a joint study of Sputnik by Smithsonian and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory revealed that the air at an altitude of 140 miles is "five times denser" than previous American rocket studies had shown...
This admission confirmed the judgment of J. Allen Hynek, associate director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Hynek questioned the veracity of the British announcement on Friday, stating that available evidence did not justify the prediction...
Observation difficulties have made it impossible for scientists to determine exactly when the rocket will enter the earth's atmosphere. However, Smithsonian scientists have definitely agreed that it will fall before the originally-predicted date of mid-December, possibly within a few days...
...Allen Hynek, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, last night refused to verify a report that the rocket of Sputnik I would crash to earth sometime today...