Flying Saucers - For Real !

(The secret truth behind U.S. built flying wing disc aircraft)

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MYSTERY OF THE LONG RUNWAY : During the close of WWII, General Patton's army came upon a very unusual find at a captured German facility in France (near the V1 and V2 launch sites). Authors special note: This finding was described in Patton's biography which included specific data and photos, and also in an official document known as the "Patton memo" which was shown to Jack. In fact, General Patton specifically warned the U.S. military of unbelievable facilities being found. General Patton described coming upon a huge runway that was 200 feet wide, 11,300 feet long, and was made of concrete which was 14 feet thick. The memo stated that the runway was built by the Germans using thousands of slave laborers, and took several years to complete. It was his written opinion that the construction materials and labor force "surpassed that of the great pyramids" (his words). The runway incorporated a unique feature at the far end. An upward turned "ski slope" was built into the runway to allow larger aircraft with heavy cargo loads to take off more easily. This "ski slope" feature was later incorporated into the designs of British and Russian aircraft carriers. The U.S. constructed such a runway in 1972 for our incoming and outgoing SECRET horizontal take off and landing space craft at Hunter Army Airfield (Savannah GA.) which was never officially closed. In 1972 Jack visited this facility and contacted the Officer in charge. Jack stood at one end of the runway, and was informed by the O.I.C. that the other end of the runway (which was five miles away) was "off limits". It would seem that this runway also included the "ski slope" feature that was used on the German original. The O.I.C. than dropped a bombshell. He spoke about our secret spacecraft delivering cargo to and from the moon and planets, or "where ever else we go in outer space". Authors special note: This statement is consistent with the comments made by Ben Rich, (former head of the famed Lockheed SkunkWorks, and Kelly Johnson's right hand man). During a cocktail party just prior to his death, Ben Rich pulled a few of his close associates aside, and stated: "you know, we already have the technology to travel among the stars, but it's so wrapped up in deep black projects that it would take an act of GOD to get it out to the public".

ENCOUNTER AT WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB: Fortunately, the story doesn't end in 1967. Jack was informed that the four discs parked at the scrap area were the very last of their kind, and were awaiting orders to either be scrapped or flown/transported to Offutt AFB for storage for the yet-to-be-completed Air Force Museum. This brings us to Mr. Warren Botz (see picture #31) . Warren is a retired WWII P-40 Warhawk Flying Tigers pilot, with over 30,000 hours of flight time in 119 different types of aircraft. In September of 1978, Warren was attending a reunion with his fellow pilots and their wives, at Wright Patterson AFB. A medium size group of about 62 people including Warren, were transported by bus across the base to where the restoration hangar is located. It's here that various older aircraft are processed, and made ready for the Air Force Museum. Arriving at hangar #4, the group departed the bus, and began walking through each of the hangars by way of a connecting doorway. Warren momentarily departed from his group, and managed to walk through the door of hangar #4 bay "E" (see picture #32, 33, & hangar #4 top view illustration). Taking up the entire hangar, was the identical craft Jack saw at MacDill AFB in 1967. Through telephone conversations with Mr. Botz, it became apparent that what he saw the large 116' diameter craft (see illustration #35). Warren was only in this hangar for about two minutes, but was able to confirm many of the details mentioned by Jack 12 years earlier. Mr Botz clearly remembers seeing the tricycle landing gear, along with the very high vertical tail. Warren also recalled that the main landing gear strut "looked as thick as a telephone pole". The nose gear strut was very similar in appearance to that of a French Supersonic Concord. Warren recalls seeing what looked like "venetian blinds", or "thrust vectoring vanes" inside the exhaust ports. He also recalled seeing "landing gear strut scissors". These devices are used to prevent the gear strut shafts from popping out of their cylinders. Warren was in this hangar for about two minutes, when a security guard who was stationed near the corner of the hangar "intercepted" him as he was walking towards one of the main landing gear struts. At that point, Warren was politely "escorted" out of the hangar. As he was leaving, Warren was able to look back and get one final look at this "Monster" (his exact word) of an aircraft. In fact, after seeing the illustrations used for this article, Warren declared: "that's the exact aircraft I saw at Wright Patterson AFB". Warren also described that when he entered the hangar where the large disc was being kept, it was parked nose first in the hangar. He went on to describe how the aircraft was towed into the hangar. At first glance, it would appear that the tail was too tall to fit through the hangar opening. Through the use of a special wheeled ramp, the aircraft is rolled inside (see illustration #34). Authors special note: During a telephone interview with Warren Botz, he described the long cabin section as "looking like half of a fuselage". A very important point I never revealed to Warren, but which Jack stated to me earlier. Jack described the fuselage as looking like someone cut a DC-6 in half horizontally along the centerline, and then "dropped" this section directly on the top portion of the disc.

The time has come for the U.S.A.F. to fully declassify and release into public domain, the technical details, photos, and motion picture/newsreel footage pertaining to these specific aircraft. Any potential threat to National Security has now been far out-weighed by the economic and environmental benefits derived from the propulsion systems employed on these aircraft. Indeed, we can no longer as a civilization, go on using obsolete solid and liquid rockets to achieve space flight. There is a "better way" to access space. It's now time for the military industrial complex, and the highest level of U.S. leadership to finally admit that "the game is up", and that the American people, and the world, demand a full disclosure regarding highly classified aerospace vehicles and propulsion systems. Only then, can we all take our rightful place among the stars, and fully reach our potential to discover new worlds, just over the horizon.

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