| ID | #1632154974 |
| Added | Mon, 20/09/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | The Ambala Tribune
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
Ambala, India, TRIBUNE, October 14, 1954, p. 7
OBJECT WITH A LONG TAIL OVER KOLKATA
CALCUTTA, November 12. - A bright glowing object with a long tail, which was reportedly seen in the sky over Kolkata on October 21 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.
This officer, who was 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. The location of the object was stated to be at an angle of 340 degrees.
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 seemed 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 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 officer of the Dum-Dum airfield confirmed that such a thing was observed. He declined to make any comments, but said that he was sending a report to the relevant authorities.
The Reverend Father F. Gore, the responsible astronomer of the observatory of the College of St. Xavier and Senior Professor at the University of Calcutta, commented: "It's not an astronomical object, that's for sure."
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 at the same time.
Dr. Gore explained that the lack of sound could be due to another mode of movement, unknown to us at the moment. His luminosity "may be a camouflage hiding his real identity."
According to him, 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 coolness of American scientific authorities seems to be that they know about 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."
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
Amballa, India, TRIBUNE, 14 October 1954, page 7
LUMINOUS OBJECT WITH LONG TAIL SEEN OVER CALCUTTA
CALCUTTA, Nov. 12. - A bright luminous object with a long tail which is reported to have been seen over sky in Calcutta on October 21 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.
This 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. The position of the object was stated to be on the 340 degree bearing.
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 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 Dum Dum Aerodrome Officer confirmed that such a thing had been observed. He declined to make any comment, but said he was sending the report to appropriate authorities.
Rev. Father F. Goreux, astronomer in-charge of the St. Xavier College observatory and a senior professor of the Calcutta University, commented: "It is not an astronomical object; that is certain".
He said he had also received telephone calls from some of his acquaintances in the city, who claimed to have seen 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 luminosity "may be a camouflage to hide its real identity".
The low speed and change of direction as had been observed in such cases, he said, were not compatible with movements of astronomical objects.
He added: "To my mind, coolness of American scientific authorities seems to be 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".
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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