Is “Forbidden City” Radio-Active?
A report on what he saw in the “forbidden city,” which he discovered in Arnhem Land is being prepared by Mr Keith Douglas the explorer for the military intel r lig'ence officer in Daryvin. Mr Young stated that the area, which is a freak limestone formation above the Roper River, shows signs of radio-activity. Mr Young went to photograph the “city,” which he said had battlements,* towers, walls, streets and minarets, and covered an area of more than 100 square miles. At night it glowed with an eerie, luminescent light, which he considered to be radio-active in origin. The natives were terrified by this phenomenon, and sat at all times with their backs to it. He said his photo-electric light-meter “acted queerly” and was practically useless while in the “city” area, but it functioned perfectly when he left. He could find no trace of iron ore and believed the meter was influenced by radioactivity.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 14, 1 November 1948, Page 6
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158Is “Forbidden City” Radio-Active? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 14, 1 November 1948, Page 6
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