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Veodrcdi 8 Septemlire 195(iU COUMIIB AUSTBAUIN5THE FLYING SAUCER-A FRENCH REALITYPARIS.—For three years now wlt;* nave been speaking of flying ‘■auoers; ihe world press has excitedly published the most disturbing proofs of he existence of these mysterious ••lachlnfcs that resembb twn saucers -laced face to face.Since 17. they have be.-n sighted n Texas, in Canada and In flu- Gulf ,-f Gascony. On 8th July, 1917. an vmerlean communique even announced that one had crashed In Texas, although it wa- not suhse uently found.Technicians, thinking about the ud-.antage of the round U'inij and engines with u circular flying surface, smnt-what related, in the sonic region id light, to plunes »hap*«l lik« an arrow, leclded. for the most part, Hist the saucers must be powered l».\ a jet ngino. teleguided or automatically perated. The speed must have been lose to that of sound, either .1 Mill.1 hove or below ItMany readers have written to th*' technical papers about this subject, with quite serious and -enstbk' urgu-nents, adding personal reports to tin press information that lias been avail tide so far. The ‘•saircer file has ruwn rapidly, st* that from din to lay new facta turn up modifying vhat is already known \Vliad lo-si 'a led to open uui “suucei ' ti •• unt.I • chance conversation wltli .1 techm il pilot, with a great *of expert uce, helped us out ot our difficultyAT THK ISIFFEI. LABORATORYWhen M Marcel t'habonut. directm •f the Klffel laboratory. was interviewed about the flying suucers. In ndlcated that the subject was not nearly as new us was thought To 'uni it was an old aturv. Fu tin* lirstI 'renck t'hambrr of Com inn er \i u:h.APPEAL FOR DISABLED CHILDRENAn appeal has tiecn received in Melbourne from Miss K.ilkb • u Gepp. Director of tin- Junior It'd C'ioms bureau. Geneva, foi funds to in-ip in 1 he rehabilitation of childt* n perma-uently Injured during tin war. Tin-• hlldren are housed at tin riuteui;l.es Mesnuls. outside I'ans Although we know that tier n •• many other deserving upis-als. tin tragedy of these children - an well hr imagined.To further the Appeal, the Vu tonan -•ranch of the French-Austiallun A--soclntion held n film evening ou Sth \ ugust ut the Shell Tln-atrette. People were able to see tin- work lung done at tin* home in .1 short film that had been sen! out to Hod Cross Headquarters in Melbourne.Donations may he sent to the Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the French Chamber of Commerce at 310 Polling Street. Melbourne. C I.DATES A NOTERVtndrwdi 16 «pt«mbr« : A la nolle de conferences de la Public Library of N.S.W., Macquarie St. Sydney, h 20h.S0, le Prof ease nr Henning par-iera de Balsac. Un film sera pr£-»ent£. (L'Exposition du Centenaire ouverte let samedis de 13h. aflying Maurers lui.l I-. 11 te^u-d at Me Klffel Ijiboratorle- twenty-five years ago. M. ('hnboiiul bd his wide-eyed llatenvi s into Ids «»ffi«\vh*-re !»• produced the documents i* atlng to th-teats madi in thlt;*s» dm s. A report lateii 1st • u tole r, 1 signed by 1 M. I.apsesle, nii-nlumed mod'ds 1 a ii• ux-Hu/iiid living nun h in which, .n the photos M's* till 1 lei I 11 double convex lensModels thr»M- feel m diameter won made of this iiuu'hun whit h was to have Nphorteiii balloons ••( iiwirogen fitted !lt;i flu ill ol- '1'iie ,n lull* 1 • volved on its v.rttcui .«s:s -uid had wings snniiai to ;o r.q-iaue wings on ! In- outside edi;t lt;oj t p.. o-nti i! purl f the IHUCllin- Til. SO wings wore to receive dynamic support I nun II -r.volution oi tin- machine, to aid in inanoeuvi lug. flying ami handing and to give, genet ally speaking. •lift although fivr--mxths 01 this '‘liftwen- to be provided l-v th. hydrogen balloon*. Timls were rna.te on a I/lult;» scale model planned by tlu- inventoi II is a strung, f.iet that n-» u are - an be found of tin 111 v• rib 1 w l|o 1 ■ ii.iin- anonymous.Thu full-sized machine u,,s m huvlt;-been somelhlng over 300 reel in diameter. v\ 11h the centi.i. body about 19 fe. r m dlani. tor. Th. mod. I whs ll.-wn with and without wings (which wore spl-t up mt f-• 111 purs uppej ami lower pair foi support, an.l m.-ditin pairs foi go\.a tiors». I'rope! Ins WOI. nlh-W. I I I I • i ployldo I'llbit Ion ami forward flight Urn mg th.■ xperimenls, ilt;lt; iti..n w..s pi \ -I. 1 by a l-ii.oratory ni itlt;-iTill-: DRKl'X HI ZARI) ‘•SAIT T«Ks”Wind tunnel tests showed that ’lift .11 the first m.id.-l (n shell nnly) was unsali-fai-tmv: then was a trn-dem \ to downward suction following marked curvature in I he model Then in September. KIlNi, a second model, which benefited from what had alreudv pa.ss*d, was tested, and m Xugust, 19l’S. a tiu».| model was »'• instructed w 1111 labial g..n-“ and rudders uttd a dermis Tin third shite colled a liolieopl.ine”, wult; given wind t..mu I t.siji m August. ata time when j-( propiiision was still unknown Tin inventor . \peci. d that this machine would have some of the advantages of the ditrii.s and that Its rotnlion would steady 11 on Its trajeo Je. lory M. Marcel Chahonat mentioned also the circles of cardboard which are put under beer glasses (Coasters'’ as the Americans -all them!, or those usisl iu making cakes and which, when well thrown, perform some amusing manoeuvres. .Sometimes they return to the stalling point and remind us of a boomerangLKNS-SIIAFEI) MAlt;TUXESTo-day. jet propulsion has been tamed, and it seems likely that the flying saucers seen during the last few years use Jot propulsion. M. Chabotmt thinks that n possible development may he a lens-shaj*ed machine with a central compartment mounted on roller bearings, movable with a small auxiliary jet. A battery of Jeta on the outside would move tin* rotor of the machine. These Jets could be movedool|o will! Id have Oilier jet - for pin-pm i-oi uui directionI •• * 11. Iin.tgii-'- ,1 at-in II 1 nl .is-iiaiioii « w ik, propuNn .- nor.zlo- /’ md *lu01 live plt;.//tov /i ni.i 1 lopir tunitnn ai-cin-l 1 ills on rnllet l.**ni mgs ..i a film of oil wiihi.iii dtag which Plt; eliminated In Mo jet in Hie inner Clllp.il tnu-nt Take -ff l-lt; mmlo h ip. movable j*t- T moving the rotor. \- tlio ordinal v i.-jllng tin |*‘ls / ir*-. i- .K.d tin* j. is I’ and li .m used. Tin lustnmu-nts w.oihl grouped in ainlsed cabin on tti•• mi.pet -i-i. of tin-saucer.Atudli'l |.ossu(|e version of this -.11 uoer Would ll.lVe only tin undei side mov.ihle and tin- upp-r part fixed. I'ort holes ill nound the desk would allow inspection of the whole horizon, and the movable pari would give the ship gvromopk- stability (illustrationI Mil R IIY1Mri'IIKSKSShould wo : hi 11k «»l the ’'saucers'I hut ha vi been seen in recent times is meteors that have been mistaken for flying machines’’ This does seem possible if we consider whut M Li-oroiite. Direct01 of the Strusbourg Observatory had to say He observed ih.it aeroliteH in the upper atmosphere could not be heard on earth Their speed, about pi km pei second, makes tlp-m visible to us fur only an instant or sn Then, the psychological study of tins flying saucer business explains why so many people claim to have s.-en sin h strange flying machines. These various reasons would seem to support the hypothesis of meteors.The second hypothesis concerns space ships with people from another planet. It is not tenable. Martians, if they exist, live in an atmosphere that has neither oxygen nor humidity. They could have nothing in common with humans, still less those who might come from other planets without atmosphere or with one mainly of hydrogen. The universe i*» a strange thing, but It is rather hard to apeuk of people from other planets of whom we cannot form the slightest idea.In 1947, a distinguished engineer believed that the flight of the saucers” was an optical illusion. There are many planes flying singly in the air over the United States. The sun's rays striking certain parts of these planes.“lied, could ...us. Imnm.MiH spot Inthruw-n ..ff !• a diHluut layer of m w .n ji wiiU'i ! . xplain 111*- ippurent high sp.i.l n ill.- -put with ri-lutlon t . i.riam uidtion*i .»1 tin pbin. i’erbap Mus is 11 xpluiuition but• iu would liuv lt;flt;» oliserv. then**idiefioinciui foi .| lit. soi 111 * t'UP* to lorrn an opinion\111l so tficn 1 cuia n.s only the hypothesis .•! I. n.s sttaped bodies like those n.fiitmind in M I'habonal It matters little whether w. lui v lt;seen IlimlnoUS11.1 (Is attd I In o- saucers, of ir they .11“ radm-«uhled. tel. winded ur piloted. Th.* fourth h|iothesiM Hcems to us to I the most reliable, although u case . lUhl be made out fur both the meteors and new secret machines.It is iinlnrtunate (hat no scientists h«\ • been among those who have h'vii these inunlfestutloiis, unfortunate. too. that engineers concerned Willi tie study 01 special machines of Mum nature wie not abb to gee these things for themselvc*.'0, tor the present, we have to leave it it that, awaiting further inform at Ion(From on m ini. in/ Kdmond BLANC ,11 /./’ ML his)
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Sydney Le Courrier Australien
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Sep 08, 1950
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