| ID | #1632150046 |
| Added | Mon, 20/09/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | The Hindustan Times
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
India, HINDUSTAN TIMES, November 13, 1954, p.
The mystery of the flight of an officer from Calcutta
CALCUTTA, November 12. - A bright glowing object with a long tail, which was reportedly seen in the sky over Kolkata on October 31 from the control tower of the Dum Dum airport, caused a wave of rumors about flying saucers and Martians. observers.
The airport administration has a report from one of their technical officers about his observation of this mysterious object. As it became known, an officer on duty at the tower on October 31 at about 18: 00 suddenly discovered a flash in the sky that was moving at a speed of more than 500 miles per hour at an altitude of about 2000 feet.
It was stated that the bright white object had a long luminous tail of scattered white light and passed about five miles north of the observation point. The light appeared to be about three or four times brighter than the taillight of the plane, and the object disappeared from his field of vision within a minute. It has not changed its altitude, flight direction or speed. It was steady in its movement and gradually disappeared.
The foreign plane, which was circling at that time, did not report anything about this at the briefing.
The airfield officer of the Dum-Dum airport confirmed that such a thing had been noticed, and a report on it was submitted to him. He refused to give any comments on this, but said that he was sending a report to the relevant authorities.
The Reverend Father F. Gore, an astronomer, head of the observatory of St. Xavier's College and a senior professor at the University of Calcutta, commented:
"This is not an astronomical object. That's for sure."
Doctor of Science from the University of Luben (Belgium), Reverend Gore conducted research work under the guidance of Dr. Einstein and has many years of experience in astronomical research.
He said that he also received phone calls from some of his acquaintances in the city who claimed to have seen a similar object in the sky almost on the same day and time.
Dr. Gore explained that the lack of sound could be due to another mode of movement, "unknown to us at the moment." He said that his luminosity "may be a camouflage to hide his real identity."
He added that the low speed and change of direction that were observed in such cases are incompatible with the movement of astronomical objects.
He added:
"In my opinion, the composure of American scientific authorities seems to suggest that they are aware of this. If this were not the case, they would not have kept silent about the object, which was also observed in America many years ago."
In this regard, he referred to a very interesting report that he read some time ago, which said that a pilot chasing such an object "blew his plane to pieces".
Dr. Gore felt that the main thing was to collect observations from all sides in order to determine the truth about these objects.
Original news
India, HINDUSTAN TIMES, 13 November 1954, page
Flying Mystery Over Calcutta
Dum Dum Officer's Account
CALCUTTA, Nov. 12. - A bright luminous object with a long tail which is reported to have been seen in the sky over Calcutta on October 31 from the control tower of the Dum Dum airport has started a spate of speculation about flying saucers and Martian observers.
Airport authorities have a report from one of their technical officers about his observation of this mysterious object. It is learnt that the officer while on duty at the tower on October 31 last at about 6 p.m. suddenly found a flash in the sky which was moving at a speed of more than 500 miles per hour at an altitude of about 2,000 ft.
It was stated that the bright-white object had a long luminous tail of diffused white light and was passing about five miles north of his observation point. The light appeared about three or four times brighter than an aircraft tail light and the object disappeared from his view within a minute. It did not alter its height, direction of flight or speed. It was steady in its movement and disappeared gradually.
A foreign aircraft which was circling at that time did not report anything about it at the time of briefing.
The aerodrome officer of the Dum Dum airport confirmed that such a thing had been observed and a report on the subject had been submitted to him. He declined to make any comment on the subject, but said that he was sending the report to appropriate authorities.
Rev. Father F. Goreux, astronomer, in charge of the St. Xavier's College observatory and senior professor of the Calcutta University, commented: "It is not an astronomical object. That is certain."
A doctor of science from Lubaine University (Belgium) Rev. Goreux has done research work under Dr Einstein, and has years of experience in astronomical research.
He said that he had also received telephone calls from some of his acquaintances in the city who claimed to have seen a similar object in the sky almost on the same date and time.
Dr. Goreux explained that absence of sound could be due to a different mode of propulsion, "unknown to us at present." Its luminousity he said "may be a camouflage to hide its real identity."
He added that the low speed and change of direction as had been observed in such cases, were not compatible with the movement of astronomical objects.
He added: "To my mind, the coolness of American scientific authorities seems to suggest that they know about it. Had it not been so they would not have remained silent about an object which had also been observed in America years ago."
In this connection he referred to a very interesting report which he read some time back, in which it was stated that a pilot while chasing such an object had his plane "blown to bits."
Dr. goreux felt that the main thing was to collect observation from all quarters to determine the truth about these objects. - P.T.I.
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