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Where IsCoolah “Saucer”?SYDNEY. Wednesday.The Coolah Ilyins saucer has attracted the Interest or three Sydney scientists who are seeking information which might help them to locate the meteor.They arc the Government As-‘.roncmer (Mr. Harley Wood), a CEIEO radiophysicist (Dr. R. N.• BraccwclH, and the Professor of Geography at Sydney University (Professor J. MacDonald Holmes).. If they can get Information . pinpointing the position fwithin j ton miles) where the niete°»‘ ^ell . they will organise on expedition . to the area.Dr. Bracewcll, a Fellow of the ( Royal Astronomical Society said ; that he believed a meteor shower -was in progress.He said he was .not so much * interested in the meteor itself, but in any crater that may be f there. fIt. would be of much help to 1 a section of the CSIRO which is lt;conducting radar experiments on ( the moon.” he said. 3Many experts believe that the craters which pit the moon’s sur- f face wore made by meteors, and 1 wc would get some valuable in- i formation by measuring the era- lt;ter of* this reported meteor if we can do it quickly, before the ‘ weather changes its outlines. 1 Mr. Hartley Wood said that | there was no doubt that the ob- f Ject seen Inst Monday was a ; meteor. 1It seems to have fallen some- -1 where north-east of Wellington, 1 If people who saw it would tell ’ me where they were at the time, and give me a bearing on the ; ■ meteor, there would be a good 1 chance of finding It.We would certainly have a good search for it.I People In Dubbo saw the ' meteor in the cast on Monday i night. J t
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Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate
Dubbo, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Jul 23, 1952
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