Telegram from North American Newspaper Alliance Regarding Information about the New Planet

Telegram from North American Newspaper Alliance Regarding Information about the New Planet

Pluto; Planet X; Planetary Discovery; Astronomy; Newspaper; North American Newspaper Alliance; Lowell Observatory; Flagstaff.

This telegram sent to Lowell Observatory from the North American Newspaper Alliance requests a five hundred word statement on the newly discovered planet to be published for the general public. The newspaper corporation offers one hundred dollars for the official statement under the conditions that no other story will be released to the public. Such circumstances highlight the demand for more information on the new planet, as well as public interest in the matter.

North American Newspaper Alliance

1930-03-13

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