[meteorite-list] NP Article, 01-1958 Nininger, Hazard of Meteorite Raaltiation
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:10 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV125kA5nNGV90000c05b_at_hotmail.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C30B37.BC580DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Daily Tribune=20 City: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin=20 Date: Monday, January 20, 1958 Page: 3 Sees Hazard of Meteorite 'Retaliation' LOS ANGELES (AP) - Meteorite tracker Dr. H. H. Nininger of Sedona, = Ariz., says a falling meteorite might cause the extermination of teh = human race by setting off atomic warface. Dr. Nininger, head of the American Meteorite Museum since its = founding in 1946, offered this explanation in an interview today in = support of his terrifying idea: "Those charged with teh defense of our nation never have made = meteorites the suhject of study. A falling meteorite very easily may be = mistaken for an intercontinental ballistics missle. "Each spectacular fireball continues to create misunderstanding, = even terror, among those witnessing it. Airplane pilots mistake = fireballs for burning planes or report them as flying objects. Military = personnel on sentry and lookout duty report flying saucers and = unidentified radar blips. Personnel of the Civil Air Patrol contunually = are sent in search of falling planes and grounded unidentified fluing = objects where none exist. "Untill the advent of the ballistic missile and the Sputniks, such = errors were dangerous only to a few. Today the situation has changed. A = meteorite could explode over Los Angeles today and we might find = ourselves engaged in warfare before the true identity of the object was = ascertained. "Likewise, an unarmed missile could be launched by an aggressor to = determine range and accuracy before launching a more lethal weapon, and = with the present lack of adequate recognition and investigatory = knowledge and procedure by our defense forces, such fact would not be = known until potential attach had become a reality." Dr. Nininger, who has been engaged in the study of meteorites for = 37 years, said all military defense personnel should be thoroughly = familiarized with the known auditory and visual characteristics of = falling meteorites as differentiated from the characteristics of = ballistic missiles. He said radar technicians should be instructed in = recognizing both the blip of the meteorite and the ionization trail left = by the meteorite's passage. ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C30B37.BC580DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type = content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: = none"=20 leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 acc_role=3D"text" CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"><?xml:namespace prefix=3D"v" = /><?xml:namespace prefix=3D"o" /> <DIV>Title: Daily Tribune <BR>City: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin = <BR>Date:=20 Monday, January 20, 1958<BR>Page: 3</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sees Hazard of Meteorite 'Retaliation'</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> LOS ANGELES (AP) - Meteorite tracker Dr. = H. H.=20 Nininger of Sedona, Ariz., says a falling meteorite might cause the=20 extermination of teh human race by setting off atomic=20 warface.<BR> Dr. Nininger, head of the American=20 Meteorite Museum since its founding in 1946, offered this explanation in = an=20 interview today in support of his terrifying = idea:<BR> =20 "Those charged with teh defense of our nation never have made meteorites = the=20 suhject of study. A falling meteorite very easily may be mistaken = for an=20 intercontinental ballistics missle.<BR> "Each=20 spectacular fireball continues to create misunderstanding, even terror, = among=20 those witnessing it. Airplane pilots mistake fireballs for burning = planes=20 or report them as flying objects. Military personnel on sentry and = lookout=20 duty report flying saucers and unidentified radar blips. Personnel = of the=20 Civil Air Patrol contunually are sent in search of falling planes and = grounded=20 unidentified fluing objects where none = exist.<BR> =20 "Untill the advent of the ballistic missile and the Sputniks, such = errors were=20 dangerous only to a few. Today the situation has changed. A = meteorite=20 could explode over Los Angeles today and we might find ourselves engaged = in=20 warfare before the true identity of the object was=20 ascertained.<BR> "Likewise, an unarmed missile = could be=20 launched by an aggressor to determine range and accuracy before = launching a more=20 lethal weapon, and with the present lack of adequate recognition and=20 investigatory knowledge and procedure by our defense forces, such fact = would not=20 be known until potential attach had become a=20 reality."<BR> Dr. Nininger, who has been engaged = in the=20 study of meteorites for 37 years, said all military defense personnel = should be=20 thoroughly familiarized with the known auditory and visual = characteristics of=20 falling meteorites as differentiated from the characteristics of = ballistic=20 missiles. He said radar technicians should be instructed in = recognizing=20 both the blip of the meteorite and the ionization trail left by the = meteorite's=20 passage.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C30B37.BC580DE0-- Received on Fri 25 Apr 2003 03:34:10 PM PDT |
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