In regard to the
14 & 17 & 21 Oct 1949 at
Mt. Palomar Observatory in the NICAP chronology and Sparks' "BB
Unknowns" list: The 25 Nov 1949 "case" in the Blue Book Archive is not
a "case" occurring on 25 Nov 1949 but the date the document was written
and it contains some material on this incident. It is not actually a
case file, but a collection of correspondence related to the potential
detection of atomic powered UFOs by Geiger counter equipment, which was
put together in 1952. There are several pages about the events and
witnesses at Mt. Palomar. (MAXW-PBB7 907-953 - Tom DeMary)
The witness on the Blue Book project card is identified as "Focke,"
which is not correct. Focke was neither a UFO witness nor a UFO
reporter.
He was Dr. Albert B. Focke, a scientist working on the cosmic ray
detection experiment which was located at Mt. Palomar. Dr. Focke was
chief scientist of the Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego (I
don't know if he was such in 1949), and he was later chief scientist at
Point Magu Naval Missile Test Center. I know Dr. Focke's son, who
unfortunately does not know anything about the Mt. Palomar events.
Maxwell Roll #7, page 907-953.
Beginning with
http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?PageCode=MAXW-PBB7-907
| Page ID
(PID) |
 MAXW-PBB7-907 |
| Collection |
NARA-Maxwell |
| Roll Description |
Maxwell Blue Book 7
|
| Document Code |
|