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Catholic Experts Offer SomeOpinions on 7Flying Saucers(N. C. W. C. News 3fervice)With the nation in a grip of speculation over 'flying saucers’ —what they are and if there are such things—the N. C. W. C. News Service has sought out opinions both in the scientific and theological fields on the subject.Impetus has been given the “flying saucer” subject by reports that objects resembling what the “saucers” are supposed to look like have been spotted on radar. But U. S. Air Force officials' say that radar picks up any number of un-identifible objects—such as rain squalls, water spouts, birds, surf spray and even a wave from another radar.The consensus of opinion as gathered by N. C. W. C. News Ser-down and just reason out the matter, something like this:“Any man-made device is never perfect. Many are supposed to have seen these so-called ‘flying saucers’ but there never has been any report that one has broken down. Therefore, we must reasonably conclude that they are not man-made.“And even if they were made by inhabitants of another planet, they would not be perfect and eventually would have to break down. But none has ever broken down..“I personally believe they are natural phenomena and I look to the scientists in meteorology and kindred fields to come up someday with the answer to the puzzle “vice seems to be that “flying saucers” are phenomena, but—.—An authority in scientific research acknowledges that objects .could be made to travel at “flying saucer” speeds but adds there is no dependable data upon which to base conclusions regarding the“saucers.”—An expert in the field ofaerodynamics at the nation’s leading Catholic univeristy points out that “flying saucers” are nothing new and have been reported as being seen for years. He confidently expect that meteorologists one day will come up with the answer.—One of the nation’s leading astronomers hold that there is no use speculating on the subject because there is nothing to speculate on.However, here are the opinions three authorities in scientific fields gave the N. C. W. C. News Service:FDH.gu13frlt;FItaH.loWyetomO’L.ydeeDr. George Speri Sperti, director of the Institutum Divi Thomae with headquarters in Cincinnati; member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences; discoverer of biodines; inventor of the K-va meter and the Sperti sun lamp light treatment process, and author of works on scientific subjects:“With the piercing of the ultrasonic barrier, there seems to be little reason to doubt the possibility that objects can travel at any of the speeds reported for ‘flying saucers.’olli(heyei-l-nr;r,aiserl-LSe‘ The absence of dependable data makes it extremely hazardous for the scientists to render an opinion on this sensational phenomenon.“Scientists have long speculated on the existence of life on other planets but have encountered great difficulties in justifying the belief that life as we know it can exist there.“The narrow temperature range in which man can exist, atmospheric conditions, the compostition of air, oxygen tension, the energy distribution of the sun’s spectrum, the presence of vitamins and trace elements, and innumerable other factors all permit of only minor variations for the existence of life as we know it. t“Science, however, cannot denythe possibility of life in another form on other planets under another set of conditions.foB.OJ(MOOOsiTaieiO001JFslt;naIIaFfierleifasDfarididn-;i-;s.n-0.n,r-iniz-lderidA.or*s;S.U.onn-iyFather Francis J. Heyden, S. J., astronomer at Georgetown University, who was chief astronomer of the Manila Observatory in the Philippines from 1931 to 1934,taught astronomy and navigationat Harvard from 194*2 to 1944, and has written extensively in the field of astronomy: 1 ^“The expert opinion, as far as I can gather it, is that * no one knowtis what they are.“No scientist can begin to speculate on what a 'flying saucer’ is because none ever has broken down. ' vw s *“In brief, it is a subject in wliich there can be no speculation because it is too indefinite.”y.Agnf«liJrrbllt;JAEI/1sJIs\t1ILouis Henry Crook, head of the school of aeronautical engineering at the Catholic University of America, • who has perfected several important inventions in the field of aerodynamics:“As far back as 1928 men-'have been experimenting in making machines which look like flying saucers. A number of such machines have been perfected: There in nothing in aerodynamics which denies that such machine* can be made to travel at very high speed.“But this subject of “flying saucers” which is being talked about today, especially on ;the theory.that they may come from another planet, a person should sitII
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Monroe Bulletin
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Sat, Aug 30, 1952
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