Los Alamos, N.M., 177; conference on fireballs, 94 Lubbock lights, 123–27 Luminosity, of birds, 118–27; of fungi, 119–20; of meteors, 99–100, 106–7 M Magnesium, in meteors, 98; in UFO fragments, 236 Magnetic field, 172, 192 Magnetic force, island propelled by, 172; UFOs attached by, 49 Magnetic lines of force, plane crash attributed to, 192–93 Magnetism, 18, 172–73, 192, 195–96 Maney, C. A., 260 Manhattan Beach, Calif., 49 Mantell case, 33–39, 192, 247 Mars, as space base, 76; comfort-loving creatures on, 216; mirages of, 76, 253; opposition of, 76; possibility of intelligent life on, 269; spaceship orbit from, 77–78 Marysville, Ohio, 222 Maury Island hoax, 21–23 Menger, H., 202 Menzel, D. H., 73, 92, 95, 175, 210, 230, 245, 249, 254 Meteor processions, 107–8 Meteor showers, 90–93, 111, 134; dates of, 91 Meteor trail, luminous, 88, 92, 96, 100, 107; photograph of, 99, Pl. IIIa Meteorites, composition of, 90, 98, 101; recovery of, 101–3 _Meteoritics_, meteors recorded in, 88–89, 95–96, 99 Meteors, colors of, 97–98; exploding, 96, 100, 104, 230, 236; false beliefs about, 96–97; formations of, 104, 106–7; luminosity of, 99–100, 106–7; numbers seen, 111, 134, 135; odors from, 89; paths of, 98–99, Pl. IIIa; radio and TV interference by, 185, 187, 189; sounds made by, 96, 100–1; spectra of, 94, 97–98; structure of, 98, 100–1; UFO reports based on, 88, 108–13, 185, 239–40; velocity of, 93, 98, 106 Michel, A., 10, 16 Mirage, of Chicago skyline, 254; of mountain peaks, 26–27; on gun-barrel highway, 254–55 Mirages, causes of, 63–66, 255; of planets, 66–67, 81–85, 141–42, 253; of stars, 60–62, 161, 170–71, 253–54; on radar, 151–52 Missiles, UFOs interpreted as, 93–95, 166, 231 Mock sun, 38, 244–47 Moisture, inversions of, 151, 157–58 Monster, New Jersey, 198; West Virginia, 137–38 Moon, hidden side of, 203; inhabitants of, 202–3; planet hidden by, 201; radar echoes from, 164, 166, 167; UFO base on, 228; underground cities on, 228 Moon Bridge, 228–30; spectrographic analysis of, 230 Moonwatch, 190, 228 Moore, O., 185 Mother ship, 115, 199, 201 Mu, 18 Mummified men, 219 Murray, Ky., 96 Mushrooms, luminous, 119–20; odor of, 120 Myth, G-field, 193–95 N Nash, W. B., 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 264 Nash-Fortenberry case, 256–65 National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), 45, 276–78. _See also_ NICAP Negative gravity, 195 New Haven, Conn., 231 New Mexico, green fireballs in, 92, 93–95 Newton, Isaac, 18, 191, 194, 195 NICAP, E-M effects studied by, 186–88; membership of, 277; pancakes studied by, 226–28; Ryan case studied by, 69–70 Nike site, UFO reported from, 239 Nininger, H. H., 102, 176