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The following is an Evening Star article from Saturday, August 30th 1952 titled "Two Scientists Link 'Saucers' to Weather"
Two Scientists Link 'Saucers' to Weather
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 30. - Two Philadelphia scientists agree that warm weather may be responsible for the latest list of flying saucer rumors.
Dr. I.M. Levitt, Director of Fels Planetarium, and Dr. Roy K. Marshall, director of education of the Philadelphia Inquirer's radio and television station, find no evidence that the saucers have ushered in a "Buck Rogers" age.
Dr. Levitt pointed out yesterday that, in warm weather, mirror-like atmospheric conditions might reflect street lights from miles away, causing the illusion of flying discs.
The "blips" reported on Civil Aeronautics Administration radar screens could be produced, Dr. Levitt said, ionized clouds, or other natural [phenomena].
Meteors, according to Dr. Marshall, as they build up a mass of ionized air, glowing at a temperature of 3,500 degrees or more, would register on radar screens.
Dr. Marshall also pointed out the professional and amateur astronomers, although they spot dozens of meteors nightly, have never reported seeing a flying saucer.
Source(s): https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1952-07-30/ed-1/seq-5/