I want you to always bear this article in mind.....

[Egg]

http://www.bebo.com/Chapters.jsp?MemberId=3674012519

The strapline below the headline proclaimed: "By far the most potent source of energy is gravity. Using it as power, future aircraft will attain the speed of light." It was written by one Michael Gladych and began: "Nuclear-powered aircraft are yet to be built, but there are research projects already under way that will make the super-planes obsolete before they are test-flown. For in the United States and Canada, research centers, scientists, designers and engineers are perfecting a way to control gravity--a force infinitely more powerful than the mighty atom. The result of their labors will be antigravity engines working without fuel--weightless airliners and space ships able to travel at 170,000 miles per second."

and further on in the piece is this very interesting snippet.

The gravity research, it said, had been supported by the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company, Bell Aircraft, Lear "and several other American aircraft manufacturers who would not spend millions of dollars on science fiction." It quoted Lawrence D. Bell, the founder of the plane-maker that was first to beat the sound barrier. "We're already working on nuclear fuels and equipment to cancel out gravity." George S. Trimble, head of Advanced Programs and "Vice President in charge of the G-Project at Martin Aircraft," added that the conquest of gravity "could be done in about the time it took to build the first atom bomb."

A little further on, it quoted "William P. Lear, the chairman of Lear Inc., makers of autopilots and other electronic controls." It would be another decade before Bill Lear went on to design and build the first of the sleek business jets that still carry his name. But in 1956, according to Gladych, Lear had his mind on other things.

"All matter within the ship would be influenced by the ship's gravitation only," Lear apparently said of the wondrous G-craft. "This way, no matter how fast you accelerated or changed course, your body would not feel it any more than it now feels the tremendous speed and acceleration of the earth." The G-ship, Gladych explained, could take off like a cannon shell, come to a stop with equal abruptness and the passengers wouldn't even need seat belts. This ability to accelerate rapidly, the author continued, would make it ideal as a space vehicle capable of acceleration to a speed approaching that of light.

Please bear this in mind that it was written in 1958/59, and it was before the mass secrecy blanket descended upon antigravity or gravitational propulsion systems.

Please, always never underestimate mankinds ability to create such articles of technology as to appear as fantastical magic to us outside the green door.

[Egg]

A shameless 'BUMP' of my own thread because I don't think this startling article gets enough 'air time' to do it justice.

It contains every little titbit about UFO sightings you could ever wish in one article, and yet its talking about man made articles in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

[Steve_A]

Hi Egg,

The article is part of the first chapter of a book called "The Hunt for Zero Point" by Nick Cook.

I think I once heard that John Lears' father was working on some project from an old interview with John, but I can't stake my life on it.

Shamelss bump? It certainly was!

Best regards,

Steve

Originally Posted by Egg

A shameless 'BUMP' of my own thread because I don't think this startling article gets enough 'air time' to do it justice.

It contains every little titbit about UFO sightings you could ever wish in one article, and yet its talking about man made articles in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

[Egg]

Steve,
I posted it because of all the research and development that has taken place in 50 years since. Think of it as a 'bear this in mind' when trying to unravel a UFO mystery, because when you think you know everything, there may just be a hidden some thing around the corner to suprise you.

Aerospike / plasma spikes, plasma stealth and magnetohydrodynamic propulsion systems all are lurking out there some where. Allegedly. Oh and so too is zirconia carbide ceramic that allows mach 7 flight with zero ablation at sea level, coupled with zero ionisation at re-entry speeds.

Allegedly.

[Carmen]

Nothing wrong with a shameless bump every now and then Egg. This is great information. The hunt for Zero Point is a great book to read. Seems obvious to me that this is the energy we will be using in the future and is what the Identified Flying Objects use now