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    COSMIC PATTERNS TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FOREWARD "CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Sunspots, the lonosphere, end Shortwave Radio CHAPTER 2 Early Research Period CHAPTER 3 The Search For Angles CHAPTER 4 The Search for Harmonic Refinements CHAPTER 5 Summary APPENDIX 37 ; 09 71 Sacked Science Inscicuce cae credscience.com INTRODUCTION This book deals with one of the most controversial questions in the field of solar system science: Do the planets play a part in the development and behavior of sunspots and magnetic storms? The author, who has spent almost 30 years doing detailed research in this field, has produced very strong evidence that the planets de, when in certain arrangements, cause: changes in the particular solar radiations that are associ- ated with magnetic storms in the atmosphere of the earth. John Nelson was employed to study sunspots by RCA Com- | munications, the largest shortwave radio communication organi- , zation in the world, because sunspots were believed to be the cause of magnetic storms which from time to time would dis- rupt shortwave radio communications. The shortwave radio industry needed a reliable magnetic storm forecasting service so that advance preparations could be made for these periodic dis- ruptions. (There were steps that could be taken by communica- tions engineers to alleviate the effects of the magnetic storms on the shortwave radio circuits and for this reason a reliable fore- casting service for the industry was needed.) In 1946, when the author was assigned to do research for RCA on this subject no reliable forecasting system existed, although other researchers, both in government and observa- tories, were working on the problem. Little or no progress was being made, and what forecasting services were available at that time were not adequate for RCA’s requirements. Therefore it was decided that an, attempt should be made to develop a fore- casting service within the company that would be tailor-made for their own requirements. Sacked Science Inscicuce cuuusacredscience.com During the first two year period of intensive, but unreward- ing, sunspot research, a two-way mutual assistance program was arranged between RCA Observatory in New York—which housed a very good six-inch refracting telescope—and several jonospheric-magnetic research centers in this country and abroad. This mutual assistance program entailed the exchange of detailed data and also periodic visits between the author and members of these organizations. The cooperative spirit of assis- tance and data exchange which began in the early period of this research program has continued to the present without inter- ruption. During the International, Geophysical Year which began on July 1, 1957 and lasted until the end of 1958, the cooperation between RCA Observatory and those several centers of research was far beyond ‘the call of duty on both sides. After about two years of careful research with both sun- spots and: magnetic storms Mr. Nelson concluded that sunspots were only a small part of the answer. It was evident to him that some natural forces besides sunspots were in some way involved in the phenomena he was studying. He read everything he could find relating to the subject of sunspots and magnetic storms and came into contact with material that led him to the thought that perhaps the planets, as they circled the sun in their never-ending joumey through space, were a part of the answer. He then tumed to this approach and researched the subject in depth. The results were very gratifying and within a few years he was able to build a: satisfactory. forecasting service for RCA and numerous other shortwave communications facilities through- out the world, based upon a study of sunspots combined with planetary interrelationships. This book explains in great detail the methods he used. In April 1951, RCA released to the news media a detailed account of Mr. Nelson's research regarding the planetary posi- tion effect that he had found. This news release generated con- siderable interest among those in the field of astronomy, but with mixed reactions. Some astronomers were favorably impressed while others reacted with skepticism. Sacked Science Inscicuce cuuusacredscience.com One prominent astronomer who went to see Mr. Nelson was quite skeptical and typified the astronomers’ opposition. He argued that the planets were too small and too far from the sun to possibly have any effect upon its behavior. Mr. Nelson countered this by saying that he agreed the planets had very little, if any, effect upon the main body of the sun but that they could have considerable effect in the solar atmosphere where sunspots existed. Here, im the very unstable electrified area of the sun’s surface, a very small force from the planets could produce an avalanche effect and create turbulence in the solar atmosphere which resulted in solar storms and sunspots. Mr. Nelson had expected a reaction from the world of astronomy that would be both pro and con but he was totally unprepared for the reaction that came from the world of astrology—this, he says, came as a complete surprise to him. In the January 1974 issue of the Saturday Evening Post there is an article on astrology in’ which the writer states that with this news release Mr. Nelson immediately became the darling of astrologers all over the world. It was not long after the 1951 news reijease that Nelson - learned there had been quite a battle going on between the, astronomers and the astrologers for generations and that he was right in the middle of it. He decided at this point that he would be friendly and cooperative to both the astronomers and the astrologers and take a neutral stand, a position he has maintained through the years. He has lectured on numerous occasions during the past. 25 years to astronomers, amateur astronomers, radio engineers, and amateur radio operators. He has also lectured to science classes in both high schools and universities, and to several astrology clubs. (During the question and answer period following one of his lectures to an astrology club he was asked by a reporter if he believed in astrology. He answered that he had never studied astrology and was there- fore not qualified to believe or disbelieve~in the subject.) Probably his most important lecture was to a group of NATO communications engineers and scientists at the Uni- yersity of Naples, Italy in May 1961. His trip to Naples was Sacked Science Inscicuce cuuusacredscience.com sporsored by both RCA and NASA and was the result of a request from NASA asking Mr. Nelson to write a formal paper for

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