Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, Report, 1952-1953

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frCIIII the oantar ot the acrND, if it st.ill. appeaNd. at all. Dr. Al~es
~elt nob a technical solution vaa simpler am would coat much lees than
a •4opp1er filter'.
Jm§lffAml!D CQ§MIC RAY ffimQMl{A
Two reported ca.ees l-1ere exatninEds
one at Palomar· Mauntain, Ca11tarn1&,
1n October 1949, when cosmic ray counters went •ott scale for a tw •econda",
apparGZlt.ly while a •V" of fqing saucers w.e ob88l"Ved 1'1.sual~J and~• a
aeries ot obaervationa b7 the •1oa Alu,os Bird WatchC'a Association" from
August 1950 \Q January 1951. when cosmic ray coincidence counters behaved
queer~. C.1rcuit diagrams and records were available tor the l.att.., and.
Dr. Alvarez wa able qu1ckl3 to point out that the recorded data were
·undoubtedly due to instrumental ertects that would have been recognized
ae such by more experienced observers.
The implication that 'radioactive ef'tects were correlated With
unidentified t:cy'1ng objects 1D these tvo cases vu, theref'ore, rejected
by the Panel.
IJOOATIOHAL lROORAM
The Pnne11s concept ot a broad edueatio?lal pr-ogram 1ntegrat12Jg
efforts o tall concernoo aeenciee uaa that 1t should have two ma.for
dmaa tratn1ng and "dehmldng" o
The tra1n:tng aim would result in propar recognition of iumaalq
llluniiMlted ~bjects (e.g., balloons, aireraf't retlections) as well u
mtural phenomena (meteors, fireballs, mirages, noctU.ucent clouds).
Both visual am radar recognition are concerned. There would be ma.u;y