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en us s ristmas tar A crescent moon and the planet Venus will be close to­

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rises later, about two hours before the 11un iu Libra, the: scales. '

If, on Christmas eve, when the crescent moon is standing nearby, you look at Venus through a telescope, you will find that it also is in a crescent phase.

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~ This yenr we will have n renl Christmas star. The planet Venus, which has been in­creasing in prominence during the autumn, will be at its greatest brilliance on Dec. 23.

After the sky gets dark, around this date, Venus will be blazing in the sou thwest,

_ until it follows the sun below the horizon, more than three hours later. But even this will not be the full extent of the displ.1y. On the 24th, the moon, in a crescent phase, three days after the new moon, will p.1 ~~ just to the: nnrth of Venus. While the closest approach cowes, for Atnerit,nl.; , du,·­in~ cbylight hours, they will still t,~ du~c tuRether that evening, Christmas l , ., .• • tnd will form :l st.riking backdrop for the carolers singing their Yuletide grceuu~~.

Venus is the only planet that can (1,· ••:en well on December evenings. On the~,., •tth, ~lercury is farthest east of the 'II" ' '"I will rem>tin briefly in the southwe,tr rn .. 1,. 1 after the sun has sc:t. Possibly, if ~~~u h tve :1 very clear view in that dirc:ctiuu, citu.l look closely, you can get a glimpst: of this innermost of all the planets, but this ic; nut really a favorable time to sec i~fercurv .

No planets appear on the accomp " '71">( maps of the December evening ' " t··~. (, .r these show their appearance l:tLcr 111 h~ even in g. aftc:r Venus has set. I I 1 v •, Jr:nvn for about 10:00 p.m., your I)Wn ,., 1J kind of standard time, on Dec. I, ;ulJ <I n hour earlier at the middle of the '' " •1tl •

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Brightest of these stars is Sirius; the dog­star, part of Canis Major, the great dog, shown near the horizon. However, its low altitude causes a partial diminution of its light. Later in the night it climbs higher in th~ southern sky and is thc:n even more C•>ll ~p1CUOII S.

Un the:: .htronomer's scale nf ~t:t r bright· nesses, Sirius is of magnitude mi nus 1.4, which means that it exceeds any other st:1r that we can see in the nighttime sky. Com­pared to Venus, however, i t is relatively fai nt, for the magnitude of that pbnet i's minus 4.4. Venus now i~ ne:uly 16 times as bright as Sirius.

A bov~ Sirius, Orion, the \V:I rrinr, ma v he Sl..t:ll. In Lhis group arc two bri~h t '> ta rs "f the "fint 1r1 aglll tune·•: lit• telheu~e. ro t! It: left, and Rigel , a little lower anJ tn the right. Between them is a row of th ree fuinter stars that form Orion's belt.

Directly above Orion is Taurus, the bull,

with Aldebaran as the brightest star; dis­tinctly red in hue, it is easy to identify.

To the left of Taurus is Auriga, the ch.1rioteer, with the star Capella, :mother of the first magnitude.

Descending from Capella, we come to Gemini, the twins, with the stars called Castor and Pollux, of which the latter is the brighter. And between Gemini and Canis Major stands Canis Minor, d1e lesser dog, with Procyon as the brightest sur.

Over toward the southwest are found the remnants of the constellations of the autumn evenings. Near the horizon, as shown on the maps, or higher if it is earlier in the evening, is Vega, about all that is ~:~en of Lyra, the lyre. Above and to the lrft is Cygnus, the swan, with Deneb. \\'hile Vega and Deneb both nre first mag­nitude stars, their low altitude makes them look fainter.

About 3:30 a. m., at the beginning of Oc:~.:ember, and 1 :30 a. m ., at the enu, another planet, Jupiter, appt:ars in the 'outheast, in Virgo, the virgin . Its bright­ness now is just about the same ns that of Sirius. Mars, of the second m:tgnitude,

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It will not be quite as thin a crescent as tl.at of the moon, but more like the moon some two days later, or about five days after • • It 1s new.

The reason for the lunar phases is founJ in the fact that, as the moon revolves around the earth, it presents to our view varying amounts of its illuminateJ hemisphere.

At new, it is practically between the sun and us; the sunlit half is entirely turned away and we see nothing. But a few days later, as the moon swings eastward from the direction of the sun, it remains in the. western sky for n while after the sun has set. A narrow sliver of the bright half then appears to us, ns a crt:scent. Then, as it swings still farther a \vay from the sun, half, three-quarters, and finally all, of the sunlit side is presented to us, bringing the full moon.

This t1kes about two weeks. During the next two weeks the changes occur in reverse order, and the moon is new once again.

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This ~tory ia a bit out of date, but it should be new to most of our American readersa In December of last year, three men found a sm•ll flying saucer with strange WTiting on it on a moor near Yorkshire, England. The men were dri•ing up a steep hill on the moor one night, when the engine ot their car suddenly cut out. Accordin& tc their report to the newsp&pers, they then aav a glowing object in the sky above aome nearby trees. The object appeared to tall to the ground. One ot tbe m•n, named Hutton, then took a flashlight ~d went out to

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The baae ot this ~ster1oua saucer-Shaped object is made of cop~r. It is double-skinned, w\th a m.tal ooatin' about 3/l6tb of an inch thick. It has two Yent holes in t.he top, with scorch marks around them. A •batt runa through the middle, end with a flashlight it ia possible to look into the in-terior. Therein is round some copper tubing about a quarter of an inch in di-ameter coiled around a metal cylinder. Al3o i~side is a. powdery substance ot some kind. The ohjact. ia strongly made, and if it is a mers hoax, it wet baTe coat the hoaxter & fsirly large amount of money to construct it.

There are hieroglyphics on the outside of the saucer, and when the object waa t.aken ape rt, .17 thin copper sheet a similar to tin foil in textut-e

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Message inaide to be d•alt with ~ philosophers~· not o~ticials. Gcod ~i•h••· Ulo." The inside message, written on these 17 copper shaeta,beg1ns aa tollovst 11-ty nt.me ia Ulo, and I write thia message to youp my friende en th• plane't. ot the sun you call earth. Vnere I live I will not say. You are a tierce race,

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THE FREE PRESS STORY SAID tHE FAIMER SHIPPED HIS FIND TO TliE REGINA LEADER POST TO CUlM A 1100 IEVAID OffERED IY THE .PAPER TO THE JINDER OF THE ilRST PIECE OJ tHLIOCKET. . - .

IERT MCl<AY1_ EDITOR OF THE VORLD~SPECTATOR AT NEARBY MOOSON IN, . · SAID HE CHECK~ THE POST OFFICE, THE EXPRESS OFFICE AND THE BIJS LINES AND FOUND THAT NOTH lNG HAD IEEN SHIPPED TO THE REGINA LEADER POST - 1

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O'Fallon, Illinois Forto Alegro, Brazil Cedar Key, Florida Lal·:e City, Florida Lake C~ty, Florida New Or~eans, Louisiana S Weymouth, New Jersey

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~ Ne'..Jburgh, New York (CASE MISSING) Te:<arkana, Texas Griffis AFB, Nev York

OBSERVER EVALUATION

Military .Astra (MBTEOR) Insufficient Data Balloon Insufficient D~ta Balloon

(PHYSICAL S@ Other ( PARll.CHUrE FLA.RE) Aircraft· :Balloon

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reports) Astra (METEOR) wng Island, New Yorlt, lifaryland Torrington, Connecticut Oceana NAS, Virginia

lo.'1U.lti Civilian 1-fulti (Military) tfulti ( 9 reports)

Other (UNRa:LIAEIE REPORT) Astro (STAR/PL~NET)

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Thia queationnalre haa betn prepared ao that you can Sllve the U. S. Air Force as much lnfctmation oa pouible concerning the unidentified oerlol phenomenon that you hove observed. Plea•• try to answer 01 many question• 01 you poulbly can. The Information that you give will bt uud for rtaearch purposes, and will be rtSIQrdecl oa confidential material. Your natnt will not be uud In connection with any atatementa, conclualona, or publications without your permiuion. We request this p.raonal Information ao that, If It Ia deemed neceuory, we may contact you for further dttoi Ia.

1. When did yov see the obltct? 2. Time of cloy:

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a. Eyeglasses Yes No e. Blnoc ulars Yes No b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Yes No

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-· -19. IP there woe MORE THAN ONE o'-Ject, then how were there? -...-:~~-r._-.,_:-:-. __________ ,

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(Circle One): a. t feud uf n pin I• 'Silver dol.lar b. "•Q h. Ba .. ball ~ Din'• I • Grap•frult

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22.1 (Circle One of the followlnv to lnodlcote how certain you are of your answer to Queet.lon 22.

a. Cert'31n ~ Folrly cert9ln

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a. ln ·the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? c.·. In open countryside? d. Flying near an airfield?

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28.2 How fast were you rMv ln9? - ---------miles per hour.

28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?

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29. What direction were you loolcinw wh.n you first sow the object? (Circle One)

a. North c . East e. South b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest

30. What direction were you looking whf.tn you last saw the object? (Circle One)

r.a;· North ~Northeast

c. East d. Southeast

e. South f. Southwest

g.· West h. Northwest

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31.1 When it fi rst appeared:

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31.2 When it disappeared:

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34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One}

;fiJ ~lear s Icy ~Hazy c. Scattered clouds d. Thick or h.avy clouds e. Don't remember

34.3 WEATHER (Circle One)

~)Dry ~- Fog, mist, ar light rain

c. Moderate or heavy rain d. Snow e. 0 on 't rememb.r

34.2 WIND (Circle One}

a. No wind b. Slight breeze c. Strong wind ~

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34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)

Q.colcl b. Cool c. Warm d. Hot . e. Don't renMmber .

. 35. When did you report to some official that you had seen the obiect?

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40. Po you thinlc you can estimate how far away from you the object was?

(Circle One) Yes ~;~. IF you answered YES, then how for away would you say it was? feet.

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Please indicate any special ftduc:ational training that you have had.

a. Grade school [,/' -- •••• b. High school v c. College J y l "' .;.-

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Like the moon, it has no light of its own but is illwninated by the: sun, so that one half is bright and the opposite half dark.

2 7 11 :oo p.m. Moon f:uthest, distlncc 251,300

milc:s. :z8 J 1 :5! p.m . Moon in fir st quarter.

Last April 14 it w 1s c.1ut beyond the sun, with the entire bright hemisphere turned earthwards. Since then it has been moving and is now cDming between the earth and sun. Thus, most of its sunlit hemisphere i~ turned away, and we have a crescent phase.

Subtract one hour for CST, two hours for MST, 3nd three for PST.

On Jan. 28 it will be, nearly, directiy between us and the sun, and this will correspond to new moon. After that it will become: a crescent again, visible in the morning sky before sunrise.

Unlike the moon, Venus is always so f:u away that only thtough a telescope are its phases visible.

The phases of Venus differ from those of the moon in another respect.

As the moon travels around the earth, its distance does not change very greatly, only from about 221,000 miles to 253,000 miles.

Thus there i, no great change in its ap­parent si:~.e, :and the diameter of the full moon is about the same as when it i'l in a n:1rrow crr"~nt ph.Ht". But when Venus is full it i~ out f •r be• yond the sun, about 160,000,0flll 111 iles away. Just before Christ­mas it will Lc l l' ~:. than 40,000,000 miles away, a ml un J.111 . 2S its distance will be aLout 26,1HN),("III 1111l~s. Thus, as it gets near the " .1c: ·"" ph.e ~. it is much larger, seemingb, i·e ·lee , ky.

That i'i H·h v It i11 brightest. when a cres­cent. Alth••ll.,h lc·~• than half of the bright side is vistulc tn us, its proximity more than make:~ up for this, and the p:~rt we can see tills the largest area of the sky. Then it is at the greatest brilliance .

Winter Arrl"es

On De~: . : l 'le •un, which h:u :tpparently been tr<tvrltna ,outhward in the sky since last June, rc- ,, hri its southernmost point. This is the wint~r solstice-the beginning of winter iu the Northern Hemisphere-and it occurs at 9:t!IJ p. m., EST.

At that mr)rnent the sun will be dircctl y over a point n~r the eastern edge of the Arunta 0Mert, which is in Australia, on 1

the border l1ecween Queenslan.d and the I Northern Territory. In Australia, and other southern countries, the sun will be high in the sky, marking summer's beginning. I Celestial Time Table for December Dec. EST

3 6:to p.m. Algol (variable st:tr in Perseus) at minimum bri)Chtness.

7 1 : t 6 :1. 111 . Full ntl)(ln. ij 1 o :oo p.m. Saturn on far side of sun, tlis·

tance I,OJO,ooo,ooo miles. 13 early a.m. Gcminid meteor shower, me·

tcors apparently radiating from constellation of Gcmi ni.

midnight Moon nearest, d istance :ljO, too miles.

14 12 :45 a.m. Moon in l:lst quarter . t6 12:57 p .m. ~{OI'ln p.lsS<:~ Jupiter. c'l :::13 ·""'· .\lgul ,\C minimum .

J:s 6 p.m. \ l, '>(m p:~~se~ '\t.tn . 'lO 1 1 :04 p.m. . \ lgol at min• mum.

1 : 12 a.m. ~~w ~oon. 21 9:49 v.m. Winter commences in :-.:llrth·

t'rn Hemisphere • 23 7:53p.m. Algol at minimum .

11 :oo p.m. Venus at greatest brilliancv • ::14 1:27 p.m. Moon pasS<:s Venus.

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