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SUBJECT: OBJECT ENTERING SOLAR SYSTEM ? FILE: UFO2289
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I would like some of your comments on this 19 July, 1991 radio
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broadcast 'For The People'. Since the item is from an old article,
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what happened to 8-13A?
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The host read the following from a 6 Oct 77 article from the NY
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Times:
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Government Scientists call newly discovered heavenly object a
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stray asteroid. Astronomers worldwide in disagreement with
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official explanation call the phenomena an intelligently guided
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object.
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Washington, Oct 6. United States Government astronomers at the
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national radio astronomy observatory have identified an
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uncatalogued object near Jupiter as an asteroid from outside the
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solar system. Their conclusions have been contested by leading
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astronomers across the world who believe the object is not a
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natural phenomena. The object, designated 8-13A, was discovered
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on Monday by Dr. Leo Moffet at the Green Bank Radio Astronomy
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center in West Virginia. Dr. Moffet made the discovery while
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searching for evidence of an atmosphere on Io, a moon of Jupiter.
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His instruments detected a small object not previously recorded
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just outside Io's orbital path. The existence of the object has
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been verified by scientists worldwide. Dr. Moffet initially
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believed that the object was a tiny moon of Jupiter, but its
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course and velocity persuaded him otherwise. He then assumed it
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was an errant asteroid on an extremely elongated, elliptical
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orbit around the Sun. He named it asteroid 8-13A in accordance
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with the observatory's classification system.
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When the discovery was announced to the scientific community on
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Tuesday, astronomers throughout the world focused their attention
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on 8-13A. Its size was approximated to be 7 kilometers, about 4
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miles, in diameter. Scientists had expressed surprise that the
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object had hitherto escaped detection and focused their attention
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on plotting its course. No trace of an orbital curve could be
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found. The object is apparently on a straight trajectory that
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will take it very close to Earth. According to calculations,
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there is no danger of collision. But if 8-13A's rate of
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deceleration remains constant, it should take up orbit around
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Earth just inside that of the moon on or about Oct 25. In light
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of the discoveries concerning 8-13A's trajectory, Dr. Moffet
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modified his original statement and described the object as a
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cometary body from interstellar space which was making its first
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and only visit to this solar system. Not all scientists agree
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with this explanation, however. Dr. Lawrence Rude of the British
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Interplanetary Society stated 'the facts surrounding 8-13A
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effectually discount the possibility of a natural origin for the
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object. First, the object is on a perfectly straight path toward
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Earth. Second, it is traveling at just the right speed to enable
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it to enter into a stable orbit around Earth. If it were
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traveling any slower it would be pulled into Earth by gravity
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with catastrophic results. If it were any faster, it would pass
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by our planet and move on out of the solar system. Finally, the
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fact is that 8-13A is DECELERATING as it approaches implies
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guidance. Natural celestial bodies do not decelerate of their
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own accord. It is my belief that 8-13A is neither an asteroid
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nor a comet, but an intelligently guided vehicle from beyond the
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solar system.'
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Other announcements similar to Dr. Rude's have been released by
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independent astronomers and research centers across the country.
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Scientists at Lincoln Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts have
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been observing the object's light curve in order to estimate its
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shape by measuring the different amounts of sunlight it reflects
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as it rotates. If 8-13A were to show no change or a regular
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cycle in its light curve, evidence would suggest that it was
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entirely smooth and thus of artificial origin. However, the data
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shows an irregular light curve. To the undaunted supporters of
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the artificial origin explanation, this fact merely means that 8-
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13A must have a complex design. The United States Government is
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sticking to its natural object theory despite the evidence
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presented by leading authorities. At a news conference here
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yesterday, a spokesman for the national radio astronomy
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observatory stated that 8-13A is an asteroid or cometary body
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which originated in another star system and has traveled here
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through the emptiness of interstellar space. The apparent
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deceleration of 8-13A is a natural affect brought about by its
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passage close to the strong gravitational fields of other
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planets. The possibility of its entering Earth orbit should be
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regarded by all members of the scientific community as a unique
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opportunity to study matter from beyond the solar system. This
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matter, it should be emphasized, will prove to be entirely
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natural. 8-13A is not, as some radical scientists would like to
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believe, a spaceship from another world.
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