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THE CINCINNATI PAINT INCIDENT -- A PARALLEL PHENOMENON?
Residents in Cincinnati, Sept. 11, 154 had similar experiences. One Albert
Allgeyer came home from work to find the bright yellow trim on his two- story
house stained to a "washed-out brown, almost black color. 11 The stains wouldn 1t
rub off, without taking the hard top coat of paint.too. It looked like someone
had used a blow-torch, and in some places the stains appeared in dirty brown
rivulets. Allgeyer was certain that the stains weren't there the night before.
So was Howard May, neighbor, who received similar treatment. His house is
trimmed in yellow too, as is another house across the street where stains
appeared.
On Sept. 22, I talked with Allgeyer again and learned that the Kettering La,b at
University of Cincinnati had taken air samples as well as specimens of the af­
fected paint.
A Dr. Hughes explained that the mystery was caused by the chemi­
cal reaction of hydrogen sulphide which could attack the lea d in <rertain paints.
The Lab averred that the chemical probably emanated from the MillcreekValley
which runs near Allgeyer's home, and which has since affected other homes in •
the area. Although a Proctor and Gamble doctor who examined Allgeyer told
him that the chemical mentioned is not injurious to people, Allgeyer, five days
after the incident comnlained of extreme swelling of both hands and eye lids.
Described as some kind of allergy -- not hives, they offered no explanation.
Editor's Note: Remembering other ubiquitous mysteries, viz., pitted wind­
shields, metallic pellets, curious ash deposits, I refer red to a re cent article
written by Edward S. Schultz, of Buffalo, N. Y. entitled,
11 The Growing Wind­
shield Damage Phenomenon, 11 which appeared in B. S, R . A. 's May-June, 1954
issue of Round Robin.
In this, Schultz offers plausible and provocative theory
... and the possible answer to these phenomena. Write Meade Layne, Direc­
tor, 3524 Adams Ave., San Diego 16, California.
CASE FILE REVIEW: Space does not permit the use of all the excellent ma­
terial received. Sightings in the U.S. , Europe and Australia are continuing
and will be used in forthcoming issues of the Newsletter.
C-22, Rockford, Ill. .. 9/5/54) As they had done on many occasions, amateur
astronomers, Peter Bartkus and Theodore McColm, were watching the moon
through a telescope. Between the hours of 10:35 and 11:15 P.M., Bartkus
write s :
11 1 observed the most unusual phenomena I have ever had the experi­
ence of witnessing." Bartkus continues: "The moon was observed through my
6 11 cassigranian reflector telescope using a secondary mirror. The total focal
length for this setup is over 100 11 , and with the use of 15 0 and 2 00 power occu­
lars we got tremendous power with the least loss of light.
The moon was in
the first quarter and its diameter was 29 feet, 30 inches. We saw a spherical
object ascending from the northern section off Mare Humboldtianum area. It
was not glowing or brilliant, but seemed more like a dull reflected light of a
planet. Its size we estimated at about the diameter of craters Pitiscus or
Vlaco. At the time it disappeared at 11: 15, it had travelled more than the 29 1
30 11 of 'arc in about 40 minutes. We checked out the possibility of atmospheric
diffraction in the sky or the scope by traversing the scope, and by changing
the occulars.
The object must have been a powered body because as the moon
was descending at 1081 mph, the object was ascending and not following a true
orbit. It was definitely in space, and in the same field as the moon, or near
the moon. 11