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the principles involved in weight-distribution and sceptics will not now refrain from purchasing and
surface manipulation , i.e. expert engineers producing re ad ing this excellent book, we would like to conc
the revolutionary Hovercraft. lude with an excerpt from the summing-up by Leo
" Some of my readers will have been way ahead nard G. Cramp himself.
of me in these past assessments and no doubt will " Out of the confusion and the shadow surrou nd ing
have anticipated my next intention. Yet others will this most enigmatic of flying saucer contact sto ries,
be a trifle impatient th at the following correlation emerges one or two, but nevertheless very important
shou ld be made. But I must stress, I try very hard facts.
not to be biased, science is far more interesting (a) Adamski type saucers are not uncommon
left as it is . Therefore I am sincere in my next anal among UFO reports .
ysis. I trust the reader will be, too. I have purposely (b) On purely engineering grounds the configurat
chosen the following title for the evidence which I ion of the "scout ship" offers the best al/
hope may help shed some truer light on one who round comprom is e which could embody the
may be a very maligned man." UNQUOTE. functions required by the gravitational propul
sion theory.
Yes , the " very maligned man " is George Adamski. (c) Adamski 's description of inside a saucer is
12 years ago Leonard G. Cramp produced the not inconsistent with the theory, on the cont
orthographic projections which showed how young rary, theory seems to support it.
Stephen Darbishire's "Coniston" saucer, as photo (d) Thus on these grounds alone I for one feel
graphed, was identical · in shape and proportion to inclined to accept the first part of his exper
Ad amski 's classic " scout-craft" . ience as fact, and in my opinion any incons
Today, in his book " Piece For A Jig-saw", Mr. istencies which appear in hi s subsequent
Cramp produces start lin g evidence of a highly-tech claims are insufficient to invalidate the prev
nical nature which shows how, following along purely ious conclusions. "
engineering principles as a result of analyses of
hundreds of reported saucer-sightings, with accomp " PIECE FOR A JIG-SAW" - 27 sh. 6 d.
anyin g detail of manoeuvre and flight patterns, he SOMERTON PUBLISHING COMPANY,
arrives at the ideal form , in all respects, for a visit COWES. ISLE OF WIGHT.
ing " saucer" . Th e saucer he finally produces, after
progressive line-drawings and photographs by the
score, is the Adamski scout-craft.
In his concluding chapter, not only does the author
quote details of engineering data provided by Adam
ski in his controversial books , but Mr. Cramp con Miscellaneousfesses that, until the time of writing this last chapter,
he had not yet read completely Adamski 's " In side
The Space Ships " ! Realising perhaps certain read
ers' scepticism about this belated admission, Mr.
Cramp goes on to describe points outlined in that
book concerning Adamski 's alleged trips in the Out of the clear, blue sky
scout-craft, whereby his (Cramp 's) own scientifically by MAJOR H. C. PETERSEN .
arrived-at data receives startling corroboration!
" At this juncture I can almost hear many an Adam WE ALL KNOW of accounts of objects which,
ski sceptic breathing a sigh of incredulity, hard ly during the past couple of hundred years , have been
able to believe that I should dare to include such reported as falling down from the sky, - and, often
material in a semi-technical work of this nature." enough, from a c lear, cloudless sky.
Unquote. Scie ntists and other experts have soug ht to ex
With many detailed international sighting reports plain such " falls " as meteorites, meteors, or - now
analysed scientifically, with his own photographed adays - as something in connection with flying , ato
experiments showing the intensive study he has made mic tests or the like .
of all aspects of "saucer" manoe uvres and flight, and In the book " Le Matin des Magiciens", by the
accompanied by scores of finely-executed line-draw Frenchmen, Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, vol
ings, Leonard Cramp provides food for thought for ume One gives reference to 40,000 notations of falls
all those of an open mind. of such extraordinary things.
H ere, biased or un-biased as we may seem , we If we concern ourselves solely with two groups of
wou ld like to recommend to other biased and unb objects - meteorites and ice - then we find ourselves
iased UFO rese arc hers one of the best flying saucer in an area where science and various other expert
contributions sin ce " Inside The Space Ships"! Th at sources are quite positive in their conclusions.
the author is not biased can be witnessed by the Meteoric stones originate from comets and planets
360 pages of this book which are not about George which have disintegrated , or from larger or smaller
Adamski. aste roids. Th e ice comes from ai rpl anes - either
In express in g the hope that certain UFOiogist formed outward ly or from the toilet.
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quiet, deserted , leafy avenues near to May's hous e. Any Monday would be fine for showing the film ,
H ans had suggested a walk before turning in . It was I am looking forward to your answer,
our first opportunity to talk alone together since our sincerely, Fred Steckling."
meeting in Denmark three or four weeks before. UNQUOTE.
H e also wanted to tell me somethi ng . About a Similar letters were sent to Senator Clinton P.
young lady of rather special appearance who had , Anderso n, of the Senate Space and A ero nautics
during the course of th e evening , moved out of the Committee, and to Dr. Pau l D. Lowm an Jnr. at the
audience and was sitti ng on a settee very close to National Aeronautics and Space Administration .
the speaker's table. Just before th e guests left, - (NASA).
some of them were unknown to May Morlet - the The reply from Dr. Lowman reads: (see inside back
young woman spoke a few words with Hans. cover).
" Ron ", said H ans, " I am wondering about that " NATIONAL AERONAUT ICS AND SPACE
young woman." ADMINISTRATION
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT C ENTERSome days after Fred and Ingrid and Glenn had Greenbelt, Maryl and 20771left Vienna for Berlin , for a very short family re-union , FI LE 17232the Co -workers receive d a letter from our Austrian Mr. Fred Steckling, Feb. 20 1967friend and Co-worker, Dora Bauer, who told us of the
lectures Fred had given in Vienna and Linz. She also Alex an dria, Virginia 22312.wrote th at Fred had told her of two space people, Dear Mr. Steck ling:a Brother and a Sister, who were at May's house on Thank you very much for your letter and for you rthat first evening - - offer to show us your film . I am not really qualified
And going through G ermany he had filmed a to pass judgement on it, but it would be good to
strange formation in the sky. It was on September have the people here at Goddard who are, look at
7th 1966. it. May I suggest, then, that you give Mr. Pen n Ste
In Febru ary this year I received photostats of corr vens, phone - -, a call. He will mak e an appoint
espondence and some still pictures from the film ment for you to come out to Goddard and show the
that Fred Steckling took whilst travelling by train Photographic Branch and me your film . Unfortunat
between Mannheim and Frankfurt, in West Germany. ely we have no 8 mm projector here, so I must ask
Th e sti ll s he had obtained by photographing from you t o bring your own. Thank you again for your
the screen , he said. He did not dare have the stills offer.
professionally made. (Both George Adamsk i and Ma Sincerely yours ,
deleine Rodeffer have had "ac cidents " happe n to sig ned. Paul D. Lowman , Jr.
film in the past. A greater part of the Rodeffer close Geo c hem istry Laboratory
up saucer film was stole n from an hotel room when Laboratory for Theoretical Studies."
G.A. was taking the original to be copied . Copies UNQUOTE.
of his own film lo aned to T.V. net-works and ot hers Of the visit, whic h took place in Building A.I. athave returned badly disfigured with c hem ica ls, "with 10.30 a.m . on February 27th 1967, Fred said this:great regret -") "- We to ok Madeleine along so the 22 NASA off
A letter from Fred to Thom as G. Corbin , Major ici als could see G.A .'s and her film , too. They seem
General U.S.A.F. Director Legislative Liaison, Dep ed to be quite impressed, but would not make an
artment of the Air Force, Washington , D.C ., read: open statement concerning the film, naturally. The
" De ar Sir, 2 hour meeting took place in Building A.I. They
treated us very nice and seemed to know much moreWhile wit h my family in Germany September 7, of what we had to show and tell. One thing they1966, I had the rare opportunity to film a " A rmada" sa id , however, and that is concerning Dr. Hynek. Hisof about 40 to 50 UFO's apeari ng and disappearing swamp-gas explanations are nonsens e, we were told .in the middle of the blue sky. " But despite the evidence of the 3 films they still
Th e 23 feet of Kodakcolour film were taken out wou ld like to have more positive proof, we were to ld,
of an open window of a speedi ng express train , for it still doe s not prove these ships to be extra
Mannheim-Frankfurt, ap proxim atel y at 11.40 a. m. terrestrial , as one official put it. However, he was
My camera is an automatic 8 mm Reve re power not able to te ll us just where these strange crafts
zoo m, 30 mm lens. Th e objects, which can be seen, come from otherwise. But they were quite impressed
look li ke white cigarettes on the motion-picture be about the exact form ation of the many ships on the
hind trees , railroad stations and powerlines, which film of Sept. 7th. 66. Reflection , any fake, and cloud
were flying by and blocking their si ght on occasions formation, including Skyriders, was ruled out. It left
whi le filming . Thi s rules out light reflectio ns from only 23 feet of UFO's .
any excusab le source. " They said nothing abo ut G .A .'s film and on Ma
I would be wi lling indeed to sho w this rare film deleine's th ey commented , - the ship is smaller, and
(perso nally) to Air Force officials here in Washing anticip ated it to be about 27 feet in diameter. T hey
ton D.C ., if they are interested. were interested in how far the trees in the back-