[meteorite-list] NP Article, 08-1961 Meteor Could Touch Off WWIII
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:25 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV94EEbRQwGF500001f80_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0032_01C39000.245277D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Sheboygan Press =20 City: Sheboygan, Wisconsin =20 Date: Wednesday, August 02, 1961 Page: 9 Meteor Could Touch Off War III SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - World War III could conceivably be touched off by a= meteor, mistaken by a panicky nation for a missle, says Space Expert Mur= ray Korahauser. Kornhauser, manager of Gernald Electric's missile and space projects, sai= d precautions against such a disaster should be taken now. Speaking before the opening of the western regional meeting of the Americ= an Astronautical Society, Kornhauser said public education about meteoric= events and a simple radioactivity test would "effectively dispel this th= reat to mankind." He said that any meteorite weighing 200 pounds or more would appear "stri= kingly similar" to a missile. He added that about once every seven years = a sizable meteorite falls which "could cause dangerous reactions." He said meteors and missiles are bright, smoky, noisy, have blast waves, = and cause seismic waves, fireballs, fall of debris and craters. One sure way to tell the difference, Kornhauser said, is to make a radioa= ctive test. He urged such a test be made before "retaliatory" missiles ar= e launched. "If a large meteorite fell in a populated area," Kornhauser said, "in the= ensuing panic there is a high probability of an immediate retaliation th= at would launch World War III." Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0032_01C39000.245277D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Title: Sheboygan Press </P> <P>City: Sheboygan, Wisconsin </P> <P>D= ate: Wednesday, August 02, 1961</P> <P>Page: 9</P></B> <P> </P> <P>M= eteor Could Touch Off War III</P> <P> </P> <P>SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - = World War III could conceivably be touched off by a meteor, mistaken by a= panicky nation for a missle, says Space Expert Murray Korahauser.</P> <P= >Kornhauser, manager of Gernald Electric's missile and space projects, sa= id precautions against such a disaster should be taken now.</P> <P>Speaki= ng before the opening of the western regional meeting of the American Ast= ronautical Society, Kornhauser said public education about meteoric event= s and a simple radioactivity test would "effectively dispel this threat t= o mankind."</P> <P>He said that any meteorite weighing 200 pounds or more= would appear "strikingly similar" to a missile. He added that about once= every seven years a sizable meteorite falls which "could cause dangerous= reactions."</P> <P>He said meteors and missiles are bright, smoky, noisy= , have blast waves, and cause seismic waves, fireballs, fall of debris an= d craters.</P> <P>One sure way to tell the difference, Kornhauser said, i= s to make a radioactive test. He urged such a test be made before "retali= atory" missiles are launched.</P> <P>"If a large meteorite fell in a popu= lated area," Kornhauser said, "in the ensuing panic there is a high proba= bility of an immediate retaliation that would launch World War III."</P><= /FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line arc= hive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0032_01C39000.245277D0-- Received on Sat 11 Oct 2003 03:01:18 PM PDT |
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