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