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‘Flying Saucers’ Real?* ThosC amazing ‘“Hying saucersvvhicliHave lieen observed during I lie Iasi two years or so have been variously described as figments of excited i magi nutions, as an ominous new Russian weapon, and as space ships carrying observers from another planet which may be centuries ahead of the earth scientifically. However, according to a fascinating article in iJ. S. News World Report, the saucers are none of these. They exist, they are manned by living pilots, and they are a revolutionary I niled Stales development in aircraft. -IJ. S. News has gathered and briefed nonsecrel data from responsible sources including a group of scientists who were able to track a saucer for several minutes with advanced measur ing instruments. And here i what it believes to he the true story.I he first successful saucer was built in 1942 and made more than 1(H) test (lights, (.iirrenl advanced models are circular. 105 feet in diameter, and about ten feel thick. They have no pro tuding luis of any kind. I hey are powered by jet engines using a secret fuel. I'he power is exerted through a series of jet nozzles around the saucer's rim.Their performance, according to the magazine, is next to unbelievable. They can stand still in the, air, like a helicopter, and rise almost vertically, fheir cruising speed may be as high as 600 miles an hour. Due to the helicopter feature, they do not need conventional airfields for landing or take-off- a very small space is adequate. Control is achieved hy tilting the jet nozzles to desired angltfS^and by turning certain nozzles off and on. Maximum forward speed C attained hy turning the nozzles to the rear and applying full power.U. S. News emphasizes that this is not a Buck Rogers concept. The principles on which the saucers are allegedly built arc known, arc sound, apd arc accepted hy the top aeronautical engineers.Who, then, is building the saucers? The magazine thinks it most likely that the Navy—in spite of this Service’s denials — is'the agency. The Navy has been given twice as large a guided*. missle research budget as the Air Force and no public accounting 1 is made of how the money is spent. And these saucers could he flown from any combat-ship, not just the carriers.The possible significance of the saucers is tremendous. U. .S. News sums it up in these words: “In war, the combination of helicopter and fast jet plane will easily outfly any present types of military aircraft. In peacetime, the safety of a nearly crashproof aircraft may he expected to revolutionize civil air transport. It all points to a big advance in the science of flying.”
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Hillside Times
Hillside, New Jersey, US
Thu, Apr 27, 1950
Page 9
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