Mar 19 1961

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Problems with the shutter of the wide-angle camera of the Tiros II were noted, but later disappeared and did not significantly affect data from this camera.

Tiny particle of matter from another galaxy hit upper atmosphere of the Earth over New Mexico at a speed close to that of light and split with great force. Resultant particle shower numbered between 20 and 40 billion pieces, according to scintillation counters at the Volcano Ranch Cosmic Ray Research Center near Albuquerque, N. Mex.

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