New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/07/archives/texas-man-fires-into-a-telescope-extent-of-damage-to-mirror-by-7.html https://www.nytimes.com/1970/0

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/07/archives/texas-man-fires-into-a-telescope-extent-of-damage-to-mirror-by-7.html https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/07/archives/texas-man-fires-... > An employe of the Mc Donald Observatory, described as drunk by the sheriff and as mentally depressed by his superiors > Sheriff W. B. Medley said that the shots “completely de stroyed the telescope — it was ruined.” University of Texas astronomers in Austin said the damage was minor.