 C00015350
 Jamuerv 1953
 SUeD.T11:Ts  Teler-hone Ccnversation with Dr. John A. Wheeler
 1. At L,311 today T called Dr. Wheeler at Princeton, New
 Jerse  (1231^) to thank hin for his Interest in possible affilia-
 tion as a consultant in the CIA attack on the "flying saucer"
 problen.  I told bin we regretted that the urgency of his current
 work for AEC (2?;&TT  :c'ici?r j prevented association at this tirte.
 2.      Dr. Wheeler stated that he ndrht not be able to actively
 assist even after rarch 1053 because of his work on "particle
 research".  However, he would be n_eased at an tir'e to discuss
 ye  after briefly.    He wentioned two foreign nationals who
 were cur*ently outstandir. in related fields.  One was Dr. Chapman,
 a British sub;ect who is an wuthcritr- on the aurorae and its
 associated "^,rstericus uroble-.s" of "ion math" and "magnetic
 focrossfn". D. ("Day- (Director of Research at Cambridge,
 Massachusetts USAF Rese rch Curter!*rtaht be able to suggest
 ?U. S. subjects in this field.  It an ears that the Air Force
 has been stud-ire uprer atn s,aeric nhenonena there with
 conslde=abls viror.  Dr. Cha=an's believed to be currently at
 Ca b ides University,   ,-land.
 3.  Another mg:restion was Dr. ria .ues Alf"ven, an "original
 th;:.iar and outstanding, resee>c::er". He has written "Cosmological
 :do--d Un3.--crsity Press.  Dr. Wheeler thought
 sorts method of using one or both of these nen night be devised
 thr:?-.z-a a "eit o<t", as w ir_a the r'roblev cortinued for an
 annreclebla length of t;? a an scientific attar!: was warranted.
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