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The Beginning
In July 1955, a paperback copy of Morris K. Jessup's recent book The Case for the UFO arrived at the Office of Naval Research in Washington, D.C.
Jessup was an auto parts salesman who had once studied for a doctorate in astrophysics at the University of Michigan (he is sometimes misidentified as an astronomer). He had a deep interest in scientific ufology, believing that rigorous study of the physics of UFOs might unlock the secrets of Einstein's Unified Field Theory, among other things.
The book had been mailed anonymously from Seminole, Texas, addressed to Admiral N. Furth (a nonexistent officer) with "Happy Easter" scrawled across the envelope. Naval officers found that the book had been copiously annotated by hand, apparently by three different anonymous people (but penned by just one man, as it turned out). These notes were far more intriguing than the book itself, which was a rather standard examination of the flying saucer phenomenon. The author of the notes claimed to know exactly where the alien visitors hailed from and how their vehicles functioned. In fact, he provided so many details that the more imaginative ufologists would wonder if the notes had been written by the aliens themselves.
The author included tantalizing references to things like vortices and magnetic nets, motherships, a Great Ark, a "great bombardment", and "telepathing". He also gave the outline of a mysterious "Philadelphia Experiment" conducted under the auspices of the Navy in 1943. Einstein, who was helping the Navy develop conventional weapons at the time, had agreed to apply his incomplete Unified Field theory to the problem of radar invisiblity - and succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
In the 1880s, German physicist Heinrich Hertz observed that radio waves passed through some objects while reflecting off of others, and realized the incredible potential for detecting objects at a distance. In the 1920s, the U.S. Naval Research Lab experimented with Hertz's findings and discovered that an interference pattern was returned when a ship or a plane passed through a radio signal. Two decades later, as international tensions escalated in the run-up to WWII, microwave radar was rapidly developed. By 1939, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US possessed functional radar systems.
The next goal: Achieving radar invisibility. But according to the margin notes in Jessup's book, the Navy went a step farther, and aimed for optical invisibility as well. Einstein himself worked out a way to envelop a destroyer escort (an anti-submarine ship) in an electromagnetic "fog", a forcefield so powerful it would bend light rather than reflect it, rendering the entire ship invisible.
Whether he knew it or not, the author of the notes had sent his information to just the right people. Captain Sidney Sherby had developed a deep interest in UFOs after one of the best pilots under his command watched a glowing saucer fly in formation with his plane for 5-10 minutes. Commander George Hoover, chief of Special Projects, was also intrigued by saucer sightings, and both men were frustrated by the military's reticence on the subject. Sherby referred to Blue Book as a "one-way street" and a "sink" into which UFO reports vanished.
Sherby was impressed enough with the bizarre revelations in the margin notes that in 1957 he sought Jessup's permission to print several hundred copies of the annotated version of his book. It came to be known as the Varo Edition.
Jessup wasn't too surprised by the notes. Months before his book arrived at the ONR, he began receiving related information in the form of letters from one Carlos Allende of Gainesville, Texas. Among other things, Allende explained that there were two races of extraterrestrials active on Earth; the benevolent "LMs" and the hostile "SMs". This is strongly reminiscent of the Deros and Teros central to the Shaver Mystery, which was still playing out in the pages of FATE magazine when the Navy received the book.
All of these letters, just like the annotations in Jessup's book, were batsh** insane. They were written in stilted, grammar-challenged English, with many capitalizations and underlinings. But you have to give the guy some credit for spreading the insanity around. Nowadays it's easy to slap your craziness up on the 'Net for all the world to enjoy; back in the '50s, he actually had to stamp and address all this lunacy.
The first letter Jessup received from Mr. Allende chided him for encouraging his readers to demand government research into Unified Field Theory. He didn't realize the dangers, Allende warned darkly.
He claimed that as a merchant seaman, he had witnessed the Philadelphia Experiment from the deck of another ship berthed at the Philadelphia Naval dock (the USS Andrew Furuseth), and described in detail the surreal torments suffered by the crew of the destroyer escort used in the experiment, identified in later letters as the USS Eldridge.
Allende watched the Eldridge become encased in a green, "fiery" fog like St. Elmo's Fire. Then it vanished from sight and radar for several minutes. It flickered back into view, briefly, before teleporting 300 miles away to the harbour at Norfolk, Virginia. When it reappeared in Philly a second time, the skeleton crew on board had undergone irreparable and horrifying changes. Those who were not fused to the steel parts of the ship were prone to spontaneous combustion, going "blank", or getting "stuck" (unable to move, as though catatonic). Others made it through the experiment safely but vanished in midair later, in front of mystified family members. Over half the surviving crew members had gone insane and had to be permanently confined to psych wards.
Allende opined that the Navy was probably blameless in the whole catastrophe; they didn't know such terrible things would happen when they reached into the outer limits of science.
In his second missive to Jessup, penned four months later in response to a letter requesting more information, Allende volunteered to undergo hypnosis or take sodium pentothol to help him recall the names and service numbers of some of his shipmates. No one took him up on this offer.
Though he remained quite skeptical of Allende's claims, Jessup was fascinated by all these weird stories - particularly the Philadelphia Experiment. He tried his hardest to unearth any evidence that could corroborate Allende's account. By 1959, his research had reached a critical point. He told friend J. Manson Valentine that he had important news to share with him about it, and even claimed the Navy had approached him about joining similar projects. Then his car was found in a park in Coral Gables, Florida, a hose running from the exhaust pipe to the window. Jessup was inside it.
Naturally, quite a few ufologists promoted the idea the idea that there was something sinister about Jessup's death. Gray Barker fanned the flames the hardest. A friend of Jessup, Ivan T. Sanderson (whom we met in Time Travel Hoaxes?), indicated that Jessup had feared for his life in the days before his death.
But the clues led unmistakeably to suicide. Jessup had sent letters to several people expressing thoughts of ending his life. One of them was addressed to paranormal radio talk show host Long John Nebel (the Art Bell of his day), in which Jessup outlined an afterlife experiment he wanted Nebel to perform on-air after his death. Nebel was to try to contact Jessup on the other side (Jessup's widow reportedly threatened to sue Nebel if he actually did this, so the experiment was never carried out). When his stepdaughter May learned of Jessup's death, she automatically replied, "How did he do it?". By all accounts, he had been deeply depressed for at least a year prior to his death. Financial woes, marital trouble, and professional problems had overwhelmed him. No one really knows if the disturbing stories related to him by Carlos Allende, about deranged sailors and malevolent alien entities, played any part in his emotional decline - but they certainly couldn't have helped.
In 1967, eight years after Jessup's death, Allende began sending letters to another ufologist, Jacques Vallee. They were more or less identical to his previous missives, but now Allende seemed eager to make a buck off his notoriety; he offered to sell Vallee flying saucer blueprints for a mere 750, and his own copy of the Varo Edition for 6000. He referred to it as "the book that killed Einstein (so hard was its psychological blow on the good ">SS Maylay (a nonexistent ship) he had survived a collision with a UFO that was 1600 feet in diameter. The enormous explosion caused his hair to fall out in clumps, and in the morning the Maylay was coated with a layer of "angel hair" (tinsel-like stuff frequently reported in early close encounters).
Carlos Allende appeared to be a drifter, posting his letters from places as widely separated as Texas, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. Several of them were mailed from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, which just happened to be the home of UFO/sci fi enthusiast Robert Goerman. Beginning in the late '60s, Goerman attempted to track down Allende and verify details of his stories. By this time the Allende enigma had found its way into dozens of books and magazines devoted to UFOs; he had attained near-legendary status in the UFO community without ever showing his face. In fact, it was probably his elusiveness that led so many people to become obsessed with his stories in the first place.
Then the phantom appeared, briefly. In the summer of '69, a gaunt and jug-eared mean stepped into the Arizona headquarters of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), holding a copy of Jessup's The Case for the UFO, and introduced himself as Carlos Allende. He declared that the annotations had been "the wildest pack of lies I ever wrote".
This confession didn't dim the allure of the Philly Experiment. Instead, it fired even more interest. In 1979, William Moore and Charles Berlitz released their book The Philadelphia Experiment. We'll be meeting Moore again in the saga of Paul Bennewitz and the Dulce base; for now, I'll just mention that he's not exactly the most trustworthy source for accurate information. In fact, he's an admitted disinformationist and hoaxer.
The Philadelphia Experiment speculated that the Eldridge had been briefly transferred to another dimension, perhaps even coming into contact with alien beings. And it contained several jaw-droppers, including Moore's interview with a "Commander Reinhard" who confirmed that the experiment took place more or less as Allende described. More than anything up to that date, Moore's and Berlitz's book triggered intense public interest in the Philadelphia Experiment. Allende's story confirmed that the government does, indeed, hide all the really cool stuff from us. Wanting a piece of the action, Allende recanted his confession and resumed his letter-writing.
Meanwhile, John Goerman was still searching for Allende. He had only managed to locate two of his brothers, Randolph and Donald. Imagine his surprise when an elderly neighbour, Mr. Allen, mentioned in the course of a chat that Randolph, Donald, and "Carlos" (Carl) were his sons. He offered Goerman a boxful of papers, containing letters from Allende and assorted documents. Most of the letters were every bit as disjointed and bizarre as those sent to Jessup and the Navy, but the box held one priceless gem: Carl Allen's seaman's papers, bearing the same ID number that he had included in one of his letters to Jessup. At long last, the mystery man was exposed. To be generous, he wasn't quite what the ufologists expected.
"Carlos Allende" was born Carl Meredith Allen in Springdale, Pennsylvania, in 1925. His brother Donald said he was exceptionally smart, scoring high on an IQ test, but did badly in school. He spent a great deal of time annotating nearly everything he read.
Goerman realized there wasn'tanything mysterious about Carl Allen. He was an eccentric teller of tall tales, plain and simple. He describes their eventual meeting as the most anticlimatic moment of his life.
To Goerman's surprise, other UFO enthusiasts weren't receptive to information about the real Allende. He had a hard time finding an outlet for his article on the man. It was ultimately published in the October 1980 issue of FATE, the same magazine that launched the Shaver Mystery.
Allende was furious at being outed as a fibber. He wrote to his father that he wanted to shoot Goerman. Since his '60 confession to APRO, he had stuck to his story about the Philly Experiment.
In 1983, science writer Linda Strand somehow obtained an interview with Carl Allen in Boulder, Colorado. Puffing a pipe, he informed her that everyone he had ever talked to about the experiment had died under mysterious circumstances. "Within two years," he said, "you'll be dead as a doornail."
Allende himself died in a Colorado nursing home in 1994.
Part II - Along Came Bielek
LAS VEGAS -- WILD TALES ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS AT NEVADA'S MYSTERIOUS AREA 51 MILITARY BASE ARE, BY NOW, FAMILIAR ALL OVER THE WORLD. THOSE STORIES STARTED ON KLAS-TV BACK IN 1989 AND HAVE SINCE BEEN FEATURED IN MOVIES, TV SHOWS AND BOOKS.8 NEWS NOWTWO NEW BOOKS EXPLORE HOW THE STORY HAS EVOLVED OVER THE PAST 24 YEARS AND WHETHER THERE IS ANY TRUTH TO THE CLAIMS OF FORMER GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST BOB LAZAR, WHO SAYS HE WORKED NEAR THE SECRET BASE AT GROOM LAKE.ONE BOOK BY CANADIAN RESEARCHER GRANT CAMERON ALLEGES THE AREA 51 TALE WAS PART OF A PLANNED, BUT GRADUAL, RELEASE OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE UFO SUBJECT. IN HIS BOOK, CAMERON SAID THAT FORMAL DISCLOSURE BY THE GOVERNMENT IS UNLIKELY, BUT THAT A PROGRAM OF GRADUAL DISCLOSURE IS UNDERWAY, USING MASS MEDIA."THEY'RE SITTING THERE, GRADUALLY RELEASING THE CORE STORY, USING FICTIONALIZED VERSIONS TO PROTECT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY, SUCH AS HOW THEY FLY, HOW THEY OUTRUN OUR JETS," SAID CAMERON, WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF "UFOS, AREA 51, AND GOVERNMENT INFORMANTS. "THEY WANT TO PROTECT THAT, BUT NOT HAVE THE PUBLIC STUCK BACK IN 1947."CAMERON IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK AT THE ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM LATER THIS YEAR. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, ANOTHER AUTHOR, AEROSPACE ENGINEER T.L. KELLER, WILL SPEAK AT THE MUSEUM ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK, WHICH EXAMINES THE TECHNOLOGY OF UFOS. THE MUSEUM'S AREA 51 EXHIBIT IS CELEBRATING ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY.KELLER'S SPEECH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.http://www.educatinghumanity.com/feeds/posts/default
Posted: October 12, 2008Date: October 10, 2008Time: 3:00 a.m.HBCC UFO Research Note: I just called the witness up and had a wonderful talk with the person. I was told that whatever passed over the home, rattled all the windows. The witness talked to the neighbors and none have reported anything out of the ordinary which of course is strange. While talking to the person I found out that they have had other sightings of unknown craft, so I wonder if this event might have been more related to this one person. But if anyone else went through this on October 10, 2008 in the wee hours of the morning, would you please contact me at hbccufo@telus.net Hello Brian, I have reported seeing large white lights in the Edmonton skies to your site this past summer. I do not expect you to recall who I am, as I am sure you get hundreds of e-mails daily. I am writing to you tonight with the hope that you might be able to shed some light on an experience I had on Friday October 10, 2008 at 3:00 am in the morning.First off I do not expect you to post this on HBCC as it was not a sighting. Having said that I cannot find an explanation for it. But, I will add that I suspect that my experience did involve something (?) not of this world. I am hoping that you might have had similar reports from other people and might be able to direct me to a possible explanation.My Story.I had just gone to bed at 3:00 am, not very tired, but it was late. Within a minute or two of getting settled, I heard this very loud rumbling sound, somewhat like that of a Air Force Cargo plane, but much louder, and at the same time my windows rattled very forcefully. This sound and rattling lasted no more that 1 1/2 to 2 seconds maximum !I was so startled that I jumped out of bed to look out my window, sure that I was going to see something in the sky. There was nothing I could see, so I ran to the opposite side of the house and looked out of another window and saw nothing. I even scanned the sky above as best I could.I will reiterate that the sound and rattling of my windows only lasted a total of 1 1/2 to 2 seconds. No faint noise before or after. It was very strange!I have talked with both neighbors on either side of me (I live in a townhome condo) and neither of them were awoken by this strange noise.I googled " Noisy UFO " but found nothing so far.Brian, if you have had similar reports, I would appreciate hearing from you. I must also stress that I was fully awake when this happened. There was no chance that I had fallen asleep and this was a dream. Thank you, and hope to hear from you.Thank you to the witness for their report.Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research and host of the Vike Report UFO Eyewitness radio show. email: hbccufo@telus.net Website: http://www.hbccufo.org http://www.brianvike.com, http://www.hbccufo.com, http://www.hbccufo.net HBCC UFO Research International: http://www.hbccufointernational.org/ Just added, the Vike Report Radio Show Blog. You can check the blog out for archived radio shows and all the new and upcoming programs I do.http://thevikereport.blogspot.com/HBCC UFO Research, Box 1091 Houston, British Columbia, Canada - VOJ 1ZO
By Billy Cox
De Void
8-19-09
If, in times past, De Void had watched the sort of soft chewed cud that ABC "Primetime" served up last night, there might've been a small blurb in the obits about a forensics mystery in a south Sarasota apartment, with investigators wondering about a missing head, and how the splattered fragments wound up on the paddlewheel fan above. Fortunately, with an assist from Lao Tzu and controlled breathing techniques, De Void now knows how to avert needless tragedy.
Even as reporter Juju Chang's package on alien abductions twice plucked "UFO enthusiasts" from the cliche bin, then swerved into a formulaic nonsequitur riff about SETI and radiotelescopes, De Void held the Buddha pose, imagining inhaled oxygen molecules as particles of white cleansing light. Consequently, Chang's entire feature imploded into a harmless flash of deja vu, no better or worse than all those other canned network takes on abductions over the last 20 years.
No, the hook - in this case, three seconds of video footage of an alleged space alien peeping into the window of controversial alleged abductee Stan Romanek - didn't merit the hype. And yes, the subsequent pros and cons of the "sleep paralysis" debate was right out of the playbook.
But in the context of De Void's new-found coping mechanisms, Chang's conclusion to the hour-long piece - "Psychologists say we will always be intrigued with the possibility of the unknown" - wasn't lame or insulting at all. It was wise. Because it's true. We will always be intrigued with the possibility of the unknown.
But if, at some point, any network actually contemplates going off-script with UFOs and wonders about a package that won't require a massive budget, De Void offers a few suggestions:
Get an interview with John Podesta and ask what he's done to advance federal transparency on UFOs since Obama came to office. Put a bee in Hillary Clinton's bonnet by asking about her interest in the Rockefeller Initiative. Ask the military why it can't produce radar records about the UFO that surged towards President Bush's Crawford, Tex., ranch in January 2008.
Seriously - it won't cost a lot of money. And you won't have any competition.
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APRIL 11, 2013 - THE SUN - A strong solar flare reaching M6.5 took place at 07:16 UTC Thursday morning. The flare was centered around sunspot AR11719.
STRONG SOLAR FLARE: The magnetic field of sunspot AR1719 erupted on April 11th at 0716 UT, producing an M6-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the explosion's extreme ultraviolet flash:
Coronagraph images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory show a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) emerging from the blast site: movie. The expanding cloud will probably deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field late on April 12th or more likely April 13th. Stay tuned for updates about this significant explosion.
WATCH: M6.5 Solar Flare - Sunspot 1719 (4/11/2013).
WATCH: M6.5 Solar Flare - SDO/AIA Multiple Wavelengths (4/11/2013).
WATCH: Earth Directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) - Lasco C3 (4/11/2013).
A moderately strong solar flare was observed around Sunspot 1719 at 07:16 UTC. A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was generated and looks to be directed mostly to the east. There is however an Earth directed component that could deliver at least a glancing blow or more to our geomagnetic field within 48 hours. Energetic Proton Levels streaming past Earth are on the rise following the flare event.
A minor R1 Level Radiation Storm is currently in progress. A couple more solar flares of the smaller variety were observed following the initial M6.5 event. A minor flare measuring C4.2 was detected around 1721 in the southeast quadrant at 10:13 UTC. Departed Sunspot 1713 off the west limb produced a flare measuring C6.2 at 10:46 UTC.
WATCH: Powerful M6.5 Solar Flare - April 11, 2013.
SUMMARY: 10cm Radio Burst
Begin Time: 2013 Apr 11 0658 UTC
Maximum Time: 2013 Apr 11 0702 UTC
End Time: 2013 Apr 11 0718 UTC
Duration: 20 minutes
Peak Flux: 470 sfu
ALERT: Type II Radio Emission
Begin Time: 2013 Apr 11 0702 UTC
Estimated Velocity: 1370 km/s
Description: Type II emissions occur in association with eruptions on the sun and typically indicate a coronal mass ejection is associated with a flare event.
ALERT: Type IV Radio Emission
Begin Time: 2013 Apr 11 0702 UTC
Description: Type IV emissions occur in association with major eruptions on the sun and are typically associated with strong coronal mass ejections and solar radiation storms.
CME Update: A bright Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is visible within the new Lasco imagery. It appears in this image that a bulk of the plasma is directed towards the east, however although hard to see in the image below, there is an earthward component that should impact Earth.
Proton Levels: Energetic Proton levels streaming past Earth are now on the rise following the solar flare from earlier. A minor radiation storm is currently in progress.
ALERT: Proton Event 10MeV Integral Flux exceeded 10pfu
Begin Time: 2013 Apr 11 1055 UTC
NOAA Scale: S1 - Minor
Potential Impacts: Radio - Minor impacts on polar HF (high frequency) radio propagation resulting in fades at lower frequencies.
SUNSPOTS: Sunspots AR1718 and AR1719 pose a threat for M-class solar flares.
Credit: SDO/HMI
CORONAL HOLES: There are no large coronal holes on the Earthside of the sun.
Credit: SDO/AIA.
SOURCES: SPACE WEATHER SOLAR HAM.
UPDATE: NASA - SOLAR FLARE, 2013'S MOST POWERFUL SO FAR, SPARKS RADIO BLACKOUT.The most powerful solar flare of the year erupted from the sun today (April 11) sparking a temporary radio blackout on Earth, NASA officials say. The solar flare occurred at 3:16 a.m. EDT (0716 GMT) and registered as a M6.5-class sun storm, a relatively mid-level flare on the scale of solar tempests. It coincided with an eruption of super-hot solar plasma known as a coronal mass ejection. "This is the strongest flare seen so far in 2013," NASA spokeswoman Karen Fox explained in a statement. "Increased numbers of flares are quite common at the moment, since the sun's normal 11-year cycle is ramping up toward solar maximum, which is expected in late 2013." NASA's sun-watching Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a stunning video of the strongest solar flare of 2013, showing it extreme detail. The spacecraft is one of several space-based observatories keeping track of the sun's solar weather events.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a powerful M6.5 class flare, the strongest of 2013 at the time, at 3:16 EDT on April 11, 2013. This image shows a combination of light in wavelengths of 131 and 171 Angstroms.
NASA officials dubbed today's solar flare as a "spring fling" for the sun, which has been relatively calm as it heads into its peak activity period. Today's M-class solar flare was about 10 times weaker than X-class flares, which are the strongest flares the sun can unleash. M-class solar flares are the weakest solar events that can still trigger space weather effects near Earth, such as communications interruptions or spectacular northern lights displays. The solar flare triggered a short-lived radio communications blackout on Earth that registered as an R2 event (on a scale of R1 to R5), according to space weather scales maintained NOAA, Fox added. When aimed directly at Earth, major solar flares and coronal mass ejections can pose a threat to astronauts and satellites in orbit. They can interfere with GPS navigation and communications satellite signals in space, as well as impair power systems infrastructure on Earth. Fox said NASA officials are tracking the coronal mass ejection to see if it poses any space weather concerns for Earth. Meanwhile, the Solar Dynamics Observatory and other space observatories will continue to monitor the sun's activity. "Humans have tracked this solar cycle continuously since it was discovered, and it is normal for there to be many flares a day during the sun's peak activity," Fox explained. - HUFFINGTON POST.
UPDATE: NOAA - GEOMAGNETIC STORM CATEGORY G2 PREDICTED.The following constitutes the latest information from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center:
Space Weather Message Code: WATA30
Serial Number: 102
Issue Time: 2013 Apr 11 1403 UTC
WATCH: GEOMAGNETIC STORM CATEGORY G2 PREDICTED
Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day:
Apr 11: None (Below G1) Apr 12: None (Below G1) Apr 13: G2 (Moderate)
THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 55 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Power grid fluctuations can occur. High-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms.
Spacecraft - Satellite orientation irregularities may occur; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites is possible.
Radio - HF (high frequency) radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes.
Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state.
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast
SDF Number 101 Issued at 2200Z on 11 Apr 2013
IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 10/2100Z to 11/2100Z: Solar activity has been at high levels for the past 24 hours. The largest solar event of the period was a M6 event observed at 11/0716Z from Region 1719 (N10W00). There are currently 6 numbered sunspot regions on the disk.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be low with
a chance for M-class flares and a slight chance for an X-class flare on days one, two, and three (12 Apr, 13 Apr, 14 Apr).
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 10/2100Z to 11/2100Z: The geomagnetic field has been at quiet levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed, as measured by the ACE spacecraft, reached a peak speed of 507 km/s at 11/1243Z. Total IMF reached 7 nT at 11/0712Z. The maximum southward component of Bz reached -4 nT at 11/0916Z. Protons greater than 10 MeV at geosynchronous orbit reached a peak level of 114 pfu at 11/1645Z. Protons greater than 100 MeV at geosynchronous orbit reached a peak level of 2 pfu at 11/1400Z. Electrons greater than 2 MeV at geosynchronous orbit reached a peak level of 385 pfu.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels on day one (12 Apr), quiet to major storm levels on day two (13 Apr) and unsettled to major storm levels on day three (14
Apr). Protons are expected to cross threshold on day one (12 Apr), have a chance of crossing threshold on day two (13 Apr) and have a slight chance of crossing threshold on day three (14 Apr).
III. Event probabilities 12 Apr-14 April
Class M 50/50/50
Class X 15/15/15
Proton 99/30/10
PCAF red
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
Observed 11 Apr 137
Predicted 12 Apr-14 Apr 138/135/130
90 Day Mean 11 Apr 113
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
Observed Afr/Ap 10 Apr 005/004
Estimated Afr/Ap 11 Apr 004/005
Predicted Afr/Ap 12 Apr-14 Apr 006/005-018/026-028/045
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 12 Apr-14 Apr
A. Middle Latitudes
Active 10/30/30
Minor Storm 01/35/45
Major-severe storm 01/10/15
B. High Latitudes
Active 15/10/15
Minor Storm 15/20/25
Major-severe storm 10/60/35
- NOAA/SWPC.
