Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

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of the sky is now--and has been for many years-under surveillance
every clear night in several meteor and aurora observing proBrams as
well as sky mapping programs at the various locations listed below.
Although the attention of those astronomers is largely directed
toward identified rather than unidentified objocts, no case of any
striking m1id0ntifiod objoct is known to Dr. Page or Dr.,··
Such
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an object would most certa:inly be reported if found on patrol plates.
A case was cited where an astronomer refused to interrupt his
exposure in order to photograph an alleged sighting in a different
part of the sky. This led Dr. ~
to say that, if a program of
watching could be an adjunct of planned astronomical programs, little
cost would be involved and that the trained astronomical personnel
might photograph a sighting of an unidentified object.
. The location of some of these programs and their directors are
believed to be:
a. Harvard University, Cambridge and New Mexico (meteor patroll-­
Whipple.
b. Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago and For~•Davis, Texas
(several prograrns)--Meinel (auroras), Kuiper,.--·(asteroid.s),
Morgan (wide angle camera).
c. University of Alaska, Fairbanks (aurorae)--Elvey
d. Dominion Obs'ervatory, Ottawa (meteors)--Millman
e. Palomar Observatory, California (sky map)--Minkowski
r. Lick Observatory, California (sky map)--Shane
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