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Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:48:59 -0500
From: Francis Ridge <nicap@insightbb.com>
Subject: Crescent moon during Mayher incident
To: A-Team
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:48:59 -0500
From: Francis Ridge <nicap@insightbb.com>
Subject: Crescent moon during Mayher incident
To: A-Team
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of the questions that arose from the document search on the Mayher
incident was a mention in one doc that the object had passed in front
of the Moon. A later document illustrated this but the Moon phase was
not correct, in technical terms. The BB doc that mentions what was inferred in the sketch in
question, was located.
http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?PageCode=MAXW-PBB13-839
and the line reads: "This object passed between the observer and the crescent moon and was considerably brighter than the moon in the background." Later on in the document group
http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?PageCode=MAXW-PBB13-846
the drawing shows a crescent moon.
With a simple computer search I found that the Moon was
visible at 9:30 PM at Miami, just as reported. It was half full. To
some that might be considered a crescent moon. Of course, amateur
astronomers like myself, would not. Is this a problem with Mayher's
credibility? i really don't believe that it is.
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