Greetings:

I have a mystery artifact that I hope one of you fine museum people can help 
me identify. Please follow this link to view a photo:

ftp.dri.edu/pub/museum/photos/mysteryartifact

This item reminds me of a telescope; it stands about 3 feet tall, and has a 
brass barrel with a converted flashlight body as an apparent power source 
strapped to the support frame below the brass barrel. At the upper end of the 
barrel is a glass lens, although there is no lens where the "eye piece" would 
be. 

It was found near the old Camp Desert Rock air strip on the Nevada Test Site 
by a man who worked there as a weather technician. He found it in the early 
1970s, and kept it in his garage all these years.

Is this possibly a surveying or tracking instrument of some sort? The 
construction is possibly 1950s or 60s. Would it have been used at the Nevada 
Test Site? 

Thanks for any input you can give me. If you like, I can send more photos of 
the item.

Regards, Vanya

Vanya Scott, Registrar
Atomic Testing Museum
755 E. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV  89119-7363
702-794-5142 (voice)
702-794-5155 (fax)

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