I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

Tombaugh (1906–1997)".

Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930 the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects.