Times de Los Angeles, 27 octobre 1935 Rudiak, D. < Robd: "MEXICAN PLANE SIGHTS COLORFUL AERIAL BODY [LATimes 1935.10.27]", Magonia Exchange, dimanche 7 octobre 2007
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Excitement was created on the plane of the Central Airways of Mexico yesterday afternoon en route to Los Angeles when a strange body was observed near Hermosilla, Mex
The object appeared to be a ball larger than the largest star and compared with the full moon as a tennis ball would compare with a basketball, Pilot Paul Adams and Co-Pilot J. E. Tremayne said at Grand Central Air Terminal.
When viewed through a small telescope, the colors of the ball changed to a mixture of red and greenish hues.
The ball was visible from 2 p.m. until about 3:10 p.m. when it disappeared over the western horizon. Passengers confirmed the flyers observations.
The possibility existed that the object might have been a rare and unexplained fireball, although the recorded appearances of fireballs have been only of few minutes duration. These strange celestial bodies become visible as golden balls and burst in a red and green shower of light.
If the object was a fireball, it represented an extraordinary astronomical phenomenon, according to Edward H. Morse of Pasadena. Morse saw a fireball some time ago through his fifteen-inch telescope. It lasted only a minute or so, he said.
One theory was advanced that it might have been a weather balloon which had drifted over that region.
According to Weather Bureau officials here, balloons are used for wind observation of different colors including red and blue.
They doubted that this could have been one of their balloons, but pointed out that El Paso and other border stations use colored balloons.
The object was reported first by Field Manager Otero of Hermosilla airport. He could not explain it.
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