Ivan Ray Tannehill

Ivan Ray Tannehill was born in 1890 and died in 1959. He was a lieutenant at Fort Story, Virginia soon after World War I,Monthly Weather Review (October 1919). [http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/047/mwr-047-10-0725.pdf Note on Pilot-Balloon Flights in a Thunderstorm Formation.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.] and later became a forecaster with the United States Weather Bureau [Time (1949-03-14). [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794703-2,00.html Funny Winter.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.] and also a prolific writer, focusing on meteorology. His text on hurricanes remained the defining work on the topic from the late-1930s into the early-1950s.

Thoughts on the warming of the 1930s and 1940s

Scientists were aware of the warming of sections of the United States by about 3˚F since the 1860s. The American Meteorological Society held a convention in Washington, D.C. where the topic was discussed. Dr. Tannehill came away from the meeting thinking the cause was due to a slow increase in the radiation of the sun. [Time (1950-05-15). [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,820609,00.html Getting Warmer?] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]

Connection to 1947 UFO sightings

After a flurry of UFO reports were witnessed across the United States, including one at Roswell, the then-chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau's division of synoptic reports and forecasts was asked about the objects being seen in the sky. His quote was "I’d like to see one first before I make a guess." [Michigan chapter of the Mutual UFO Network. [http://mimufon.org/historical_folders/nicap_pages/ReportUFOWave1947_SectionI.htm Report on UFO Wave of 1947.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.] He did, however, rule out weather balloons, stating they were unlikely to have been mistaken "all over the country and all in one week" for mysterious objects speeding through the sky at supersonic speeds. [Associated Press. [http://www.roswellproof.com/AP3_Main_July9.html Associated Press Main Roswell Story -- July 9.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]

Works published

*All About the Weather (1953) [Christianbook.com. [http://www.valerieslivingbooks.com/allabout.htm All About Books.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]
*Cloud forms according to the international system of classification. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1938.ii, 8 p. : plates ; 24 cm. [Theo de Boer. [http://www.theodeboer.com/books.php?Author=&Title=&Description=&All=&Pmin=&Pmax=&ordernr=0&srchfrm=1&catnr=95&pg=6 Medicine & Science.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]
*Drought and Its Causes and EffectsForest Fire in the American Southwest. [http://forestfire.nau.edu/drought.htm Putting the Pieces Together.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]
*Dusters and Black Blizzards (1936-07-09). Los Angeles Times. [ [http://www.wcusd15.org/martens/civilwar/unitI/MLA%20Formatted%20Document%20and%20Works%20Cited.pdf Formatting an MLA Document.] ]
*The Hurricane Hunters, Illustrated With Photos (1955) [University of Oklahoma. [http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/histsci/title.asp?ID=8069 History of Science.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]
*Hurricanes, their nature and history, particularly those of the West Indies and the southern coasts of the United States (1938)
*Note on Pilot-Balloon Flights in a Thunderstorm Formation (1919)Monthly Weather Review (October 1919). [http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/047/mwr-047-10-0725.pdf Note on Pilot-Balloon Flights in a Thunderstorm Formation.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]
*Weather Round the World. (1913) [Wiley Interscience. [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112763567/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Book Review.] Retrieved on 2007-02-17.]

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