[edwest]

As a long-time researcher, I usually find that the answer is often not no. J. Andreas Epp wrote a book, in German, about his wartime work with conventionally powered disc aircraft. The existence of Dr. Richard Miethe, long doubted by skeptics, was confirmed by former Secretary to the U.S. Air Force, Alexander Flax, on the television program Sightings. He did work for the Air Force.

The history of disc aircraft begins in the 1920s with a man named T. Townsend Brown. There are patents related to this work. There was also an exchange of technical information between Germany and the U.S. before the war. In fact, the Germans did improve on some technologies brought over from America.

After the war, American veterans wrote about their encounters with what were dubbed "foo fighters." I would take these eyewitness accounts at face value.

The A.V. Roe company in Canada was tasked by the Americans to build a disc aircraft. The Avrocar is the publicly known project, which fared poorly. Another project was being completed behind the scenes: the supersonic Project Y 2 (Air Technical Intelligence Center T55-2049). There are patents related to this aircraft.

So the Germans did develop conventionally powered disc aircraft during the war. I would remind everyone that the German ejection seat was kept secret for 15 years after the war. It was imperative that the Russians, and other potential enemies, did not know what we had.

If you are more than just curious about these aircraft, you should look up the following: "experimental ballistic electrode" and "asymmetric capacitor."

The disc aircraft were seen over the U.S. and Canada after the war. Their association with extraterrestrials instead of the military, coupled with a campaign of ridicule that continues to this day, ensured that people would be very reluctant to report them or be taken seriously if they did. Such objects have been seen by military pilots, sometimes in conjunction with trained ground observers and radar. Astronomers and other scientists, including Paul R. Hill (Langley Research Center, NACA and NASA), have also seen them. Mr. Hill also published a book titled Unconventional Flying Objects, where he shows that the objects seen follow, not defy, the laws of physics. The forward is written by Robert M. Wood (Aeronautical Engineer, 1953-1961, and R & D Manager for McDonnell Douglas, 1961 - 1993).



Regards,
Ed West