“STRANGE OBJECT”

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29871, 11 July 1962, Page 12

“STRANGE OBJECT”

Cape Hallett Report

A “very strange object” was seen over Cape Hallett late Saturday evening, the New Zealand scientific leader of Hallett Station (Mr C B Taylor) said yesterday He was speaking to “The Press” by radio-telephone The object had three yellowish-white lights the centre light being midway between the other two and much brighter than the others The obiefct travelled from south-west to north-east, with its highest point in the north-west about 35deg from the zenith J When the object was in the northern sky, if emitted a brilliant flash of white light As it neared the horizon the smaller lights disappeare! in the auroral glow

“It took about three to four minutes to cross the sky from about 11.10 p m to about 11.13 p.m.. said Mr Taylor “W- have no idea what it could have been It was too slow for a meteorite, but too fast for a satellite" Seven of the station's crew of 18 saw the object, and it was photographed by the allsky auroral camera The other Antarctic stations had been asked whether they had seen or recorded the object, but so far there had been no result from these inquiries, said Mr Taylor He had heard, however, that a similar object had been reported from New Zealand and if so he was keen to get details If a second report were available, some idea might be got of the object’s height and flight line