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Astronomer and UFO skeptic Donald Menzel dies

Name: Astronomer and UFO skeptic Donald Menzel dies
Start: 1976-12
Location: Cambridge, MA

When: Dec 1976
Where: Cambridge, MA
Sources: 2 public sources

Donald Menzel, Harvard astronomer and prominent UFO skeptic Fdavis99 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Astronomer Donald Menzel, a leading skeptic who explained UFO reports as natural and atmospheric effects, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Physics Today ran an obituary by Owen Gingerich in May 1977; his last UFO book appeared after his death.

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OfficialName authority record: Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard), 1901-1976 (n50036999) (opens in a new tab)Library of Congress
PressDonald H. Menzel (obituary, Owen Gingerich) (opens in a new tab)Physics Today / 1977-05-01

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