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UFOs and the Media
I Know The Secret Of The Flying Saucers.
Part
2
From
the TRUE Report On Flying Saucers, 1967
By Major Donald E. Keyhoe
In one such case (an official
AF Intelligence report), groups of small UFO’s flying at 5240 mph. were seen and
tracked by the crew of an AF B-29. One group, after abruptly slowing to pace the
bomber, resumed its speed within seconds. The small UFO’s were then seen to
merge with or go aboard a huge carrier which accelerated to more than 9,000 mph.
before it disappeared.
Because of G-crafts’ tremendous
speeds, the picture of possible military operations becomes hair-raising. Let’s
take as a basis the figure in a documented case at White Sands Proving Ground,
where Navy scientists saw and tracked a UFO flying at 18,000 mph. Such terrific
speed could put bombers back into the picture in place of missiles. Attacks by
G-bombers from bases near major targets would take less than five minutes. If a
"rush-fire" war broke out halfway around the world, a huge G-transport carrying
a fully armed division – or even an army – could be on the scene in 40 minutes,
or less.
Another effect of gravity
control will be a big change in air travel. Here’s what a G-liner trip would be
like, according to several researchers. Let’s say you are making a flight from
New York to London. You go aboard a large ship – probably disc-shaped, from
present indications. Your seat has no safety belts – none are needed. The ship
takes off vertically, accelerating at incredible speed. You feel weightless but
you feel no motion. The airliner arcs up into a great circle course, silently,
with no "bumps" – no rough air. In 10 to 15 minutes, London suddenly takes shape
below. There is no long approach, skimming over rooftops. You descend vertically
and land. If traffic is heavy, your pilot would stop the ship in midair and
hover until cleared. In spite of the speed, you’d be safer – especially in
regard to many of the strange eddies which have thrown jet airliners into
uncontrollable dives.
In probing the riddle of
gravity, project scientists try widely different approaches – some even contrary
to accepted natural laws. Under an Army contract, a University of Detroit team
has built a 4,000-pound, specially wired rotor which spins at 100,000 rpm. With
this unique device, scientists are testing gravitational radiation theories
searching for a possible key to G control. Using gravity meters based on new
principles of physics, Air Force teams make frequent flights around the equator
and over the poles, to speed up worldwide measurement of the Earth’s
gravitational pull. Tied in with this is a network of gravity stations and
special projects all over the world. Though no breakthrough has occurred (unless
in highly secret projects) two significant facts have been established.
The Earth’s G field is
relatively weak, compared with the pull of gravity between planets and the sun.
There is a connection between gravity and electromagnetic fields. Igo Sikorsky,
discussing the colossal force of spatial G, says a steel cable about 8,000 miles
thick would be needed to hold the Earth in its orbit -–if it were not for
gravity. But, fortunately for our anti-G search, the Earth’s gravity pull, for
objects on the ground or at average flight altitudes, is fairly small. Likewise,
the force required to cancel its pull would be relatively small – if a method
can be found.
Using various barriers we can
shield ourselves from the heat, light and sound waves. But, so far, no way has
been found to create a gravity shield. Some scientists still call the gravity
shield idea a "lunatic fringe" notion. But many now refuse to say that such a
thing is completely impossible. Are UFO’s using a gravity shield? In an effort
to find out, the Air Force is renewing its attempts to capture a UFO. If we
could get one on the ground, undamaged, it might make possible a big shortcut in
our gravity research and save us years of slow, tedious scientific work. In the
past, many Air Force pilots have tried to down UFO’s, without success. But the
Air Force has new reason for hope now, based on the recent increase in
low-altitude UFO approaches and "touch landings."
On the night of January 12,
1965, an officer of a federal law enforcement agency had a close encounter. As
he was driving his official car toward Blaine Air Force Station, in Washington,
a flying disc 30 feet in diameter hurtled down at his automobile. At the last
moment the disc arced up steeply, avoiding collision. When the officer jumped
out, he saw the UFO hovering overhead. After a minute, it shot up into clouds at
high speed. A short time afterward, the UFO – or a similar one – was seen
landing in a field near Blaine, melting the snow and scorching the ground before
it took off. When the AF questioned the federal officer, they said they had
tracked the UFO by radar as it raced down toward his car. This officer, like
many other UFO witnesses, was warned by his superiors not to let his name be
used in connection with the sighting.
On January 25, 1965, two NASA
engineers sighted a UFO which touch landed near Hampton, Virginia. One witness
was Maj. John Nayadley, a retired AF jet pilot. The other was A. G. Crimmins,
who saw the strange machine maneuvering toward the ground. "It was zigzagging as
if searching for a landing spot," said Crimmins. "I watched it through 20 x 50
binoculars and I could see flashing lights. They appeared to be on the rim of a
rapidly rotating disc." Before anyone could reach the spot, the flying disc took
off and rapidly climbed out of sight.
The step-up in UFO chases was
demonstrated at Washington, D.C., on January 11, 1965, when AF jets pursued
several flying objects over the city. The chase was confirmed by an Army
lieutenant-colonel and a group of Army communications specialists. If jets had
been near any of the "touch" sites, they might have swarmed down and kept the
UFO from getting away. But records of previous attempts to capture UFOs indicate
it will be a tough job.
Whether we capture a UFO or
not, the search for the elusive secret will go on. The connection between
gravity and electromagnetic fields may provide the key to the mystery. For
several years, Burkhard Heim, director of the German Research Institute of Field
Physics at Goettingen, Germany, has been searching for the answer to the gravity
riddle. Finally, Heim revealed that by direct experimentation he had discovered
a positive lead to antigravity. The discovery involved an intermediate field,
neither electromagnetic nor gravitational. The results, Heim stated, if applied
to space flight, would be direct levitation, conversion of electricity into
kinetic energy without any waste, and "immunizing the occupants and the
structures of such vehicles against any effects from acceleration of the
vehicle, however great and violent."
After the first shock, several
scientists examined Heim’s claims. "His approach is not in conflict with known
laws of nature, and it agrees with the quantum theory," A.R. Weyl said in an
analysis for the British magazine, Aeronautics. "If Heim were right, the amazing
properties commonly ascribed to the mysterious flying saucers’ would be, in
fact, sound physics and proper engineering." Heim’s work toward the goal of an
actual antigravity device using "field inducers" has evidently been put under
official German security. He has refused to divulge the key to his formula.
Heim’s findings would indicate
that antigravity researchers may discover new scientific laws and that their
work may invalidate old theories. Some scientists are already saying privately
that Einstein’s famous "general theory of relativity" may turn out to be totally
fallacious. Newton’s law has also come in for attacks. However, Robert Forward,
G expert of Hughes Aircraft Company, uses the Einstein theory to show that it is
possible to partially nullify the Earth’s gravitational field. The amount of
nullification obtainable with present-day technology is extremely small,
however. Forward predicts that some day, when our technology is greatly
advanced, we will be able to "create artificial gravity fields at will." With a
real all-out effort this could happen a lot sooner than the 10 or 20 years many
scientists have in mind.
But getting enough top men to
work in the field is a problem. One scientist says, "Scientists are sensitive
about their reputations and many of them still think antigravity is a joke. If
they knew the facts, they’d be eager to get into it." Fear among scientists is
partially due to the Air force censorship of UFO reports. Air force censors not
only hide the facts but also belittle those who publicly report UFO sightings.
One recent victim was Dempsey
Bruton, chief of satellite tracking at NASA’s Wallops Island station in
Virginia. On January 5, 1965, Bruton saw a strange round object flying at
terrific speed toward the station. After it passed overhead, the UFO shot
straight up out of sight. Using the elapsed time – six to nine seconds – and
angles and times reported by other witnesses, Bruton said the speed was
definitely "several thousand miles per hour, possibly 8,000 mph. or even
higher." The AF, implying he was incompetent, rejected the report and said it
was not evidence of any technically superior machine.
But AF policy notwithstanding,
the drive to get the secret of antigravity is well underway. It can’t be stopped
now. But it can be speeded up. We are already spending billions on the space
program – on the race to the moon, to Mars. Harnessing gravity could put us
years ahead and save us enormous sums of money. With control of the universe at
stake, a crash program is imperative. We produced the A-bomb, under the huge
Manhattan Project, in an amazingly short time. The needs, the urgency today are
even greater. The Air Force should end UFO secrecy, give the facts to
scientists, the public, to Congress. Once the people realize the truth, they
would back – even demand – a crash G program.
For this is one race we dare
not lose. – Major Donald E. Keyhoe
 
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