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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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June 18, 1991
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Prior to meeting Wally Chariton, I had read his book the TEXAS
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AIRSHIP MYSTERY and got to thinking about practical methods to
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duplicate many of the airship sightings.
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After generating this file, I gave him a copy to see what he thought
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about it. We also discussed Keely and other flight possiblities.
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Wally said he "wished he had known all this BEFORE writing his book"
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and he would have included much of it as additional information in
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his book.
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Analysis of the 1897 Airships -- November 18, 1990
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(inspired by Wallace Chariton's "Texas Airship Mystery")
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by Jerry W. Decker at KeelyNet 214-324-3501
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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Observations about possible technologies used in the 1897 airships.
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There are several different modes of flight covered in the combined
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case histories of these mystery airships.
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1) the Winged airship - uses wings which flap to provide lift
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as well as propulsion and steering
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2) the Gas airship - uses a form of gasbag for lift
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and wings or propellers for propulsion
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and steering
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3) the Aero airship - uses a sophisticated type of air
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moving engine in conjunction with the
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aerodynamic shape of the ship for both
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lift and propulsion
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4) the Magnetic airship - uses an unknown form of magnetic,
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Aether or neutral center technology
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for lift and propulsion
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the Winged Airship
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The Winged airship copies the form of a bird wing in a vastly larger
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size as based on the descriptions of the wings witnessed. It is
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possible that a wing surface might be constructed of a sufficiently
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light material and with the proper "feathering" movements.
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This "feathering" movement would follow the natural pattern of the
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bird wing in that separate thin plates would be hinged so that a
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wing moving in a downward motion would cause the plate to take a
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horizontal position for maximum air movement.
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When the wing moved up, the hinged plate would assume a vertical
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position for the minimum resistance to air flow. The speed of the
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wing up and down movement would depend on the wing surface area and
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the thrust velocity necessary to lift the payload.
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Though inefficient when compared to propellers or jets, such a
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device would fly. There are available today, mechanical models of
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birds which fly using just such a flapping motion.
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the Gas Airship
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The first airship in modern times was flown by the Montgolfiers in
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1783. It used hot air although other lifting gases such as coal gas
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and hydrogen were used.
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Helium was first discovered by Lockyer in 1868 while viewing the
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yellow spectral lines of sodium in rays from the sun. Helium was
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first produced on Earth by Ramsay in 1895 from the mineral clevite.
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One case in particular mentions a "secret" gas extracted from air
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passing through chambers containing certain chemicals.
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In this case, the airship is said to be both propelled and sustained
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by a gas which had the property of great compressibility under a
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slight pressure and a correspondingly great power of expansion.
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Helium fits this description.
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Chemistry rates the elements in order of Terrestrial Abundance and
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Cosmic Abundance. In terms of Terrestrial Abundance, Helium has no
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listing, yet in terms of Cosmic Abundance, Hydrogen is listed as 3.5
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times 10 to the 8th or 350,000,000 followed closely by Helium at 3.5
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times 10 to the 7th or 35,000,000.
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Now Helium being such a very light gas, must surely be present in
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quantity in the upper stratosphere of the Earth. Since Hydrogen and
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Oxygen are both present in our air, Helium must also be present
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though somewhat rarified. It is not so improbable that a process
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could be envisioned which could remove Helium DIRECTLY from the air.
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Another possibility can be seen in work which Nikola Tesla carried
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out prior to the turn of the 20th century. It involved a device
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known as a Tesla Turbine and could compress air to capture Ozone in
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a highly condensed state.
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Tesla indicated that this compressed Ozone was highly efficient AS A
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MOTIVE FORCE. In fact, Tesla designed a flying device based on this
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very principle, although, to my knowledge it was never built.
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Oxygen as it occurs in nature is referred to as "molecular oxygen"
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since it has 2 atoms. Atomic oxygen on the other hand has only 1
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atom and is extremely rare due to its tendency to attach to almost
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anything. This is the basis for the "free radical" theory of aging.
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Page 2
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Ozone is oxygen with 3 or more oxygen atoms. It is formed by
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electrical excitation or ionizing radiation in the form of
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ultraviolet light.
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This excitation causes the disruption of some molecular oxygen
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groupings to generate free radicals which bond to the more stable
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molecular oxygen groupings.
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Of course, the Ozone layer is the hot topic for the past couple of
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years so we know that Ozone could be used as a lifting or propulsive
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gas.
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the Aero Airship
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This type of airship is most intriguing. It indicates that the
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inventor had a very sophisticated understanding of aerodynamic
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principles.
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A German Aeronautical engineer came up with a form of propulsion in
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the late 40's and early 50's which he termed an AERODYNE. Not an
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airplane, since it took full advantage of aerodynamic principles.
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The body of the ship was an inverted teardrop over which was
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suspended a propeller, jet or source of high air movement.
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Using the principle of BOUNDARY LAYER DRAG, the moving air was
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ENTRAINED to the surface of the inverted teardrop to form a jet of
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highly collimated air as it exited the tip of the teardrop.
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The Boundary Layer was first discovered by Prandtl in the early
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1900's. His work was further improved upon by Tesla, Coanda and
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Venturi.
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Basically, any rapidly moving fluid, including air will "stick" to
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the surface of a mass and generate miniature whirlpools which tend
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to slow down the movement of the air. If the mass is to be moved
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through the air or fluid, then the body of the mass should be
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designed as efficiently as possible to minimize this drag.
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Note that many of the airship cases and one in particular show the
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shape of the ship to be a "Mexican cigar" or a cylinder which tapers
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to a point on each end.
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This ship provided a most fascinating description of something
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called a SNAIL-SHELL DEVICE.
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"At each end of the ship is a large steel snail-shell device,
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which was the apparatus by which the strange machine was
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PROPELLED.
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Large gasoline engines caused whichever of these are in use
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to REVOLVE RAPIDLY, and to BORE THROUGH THE AIR, dragging or
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pulling the ship along at a wonderful rate of speed."
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"Two more of these devices are attached to each side and near
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the end of the ship and ARE USED FOR STEERING."
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"To RAISE THE MACHINE, a like apparatus ON TOP is set in
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motion."
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The ship was described as being cigar-shaped, about 200 feet long,
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and 50 feet across at the widest point, gradually narrowing to a
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point at both ends.
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At each end of the ship was a LARGE STEEL SNAIL-SHELL DEVICE that
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was used to propel the strange machine.
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Now anyone who is familiar with natural geometry knows of the
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Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio (PHI). The Fibonacci series begins
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with 1, add another 1 to yield 2, then add the last two numbers to
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get the next in the series.
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Thus, 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,...etc.. Examples of this series
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occurs in Nature in the form of spirals of tiny florets in the core
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of daisy blossoms, pine cones, pineapples, seashells, leaves and a
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host of other areas. These patterns occur in both clockwise and
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counter-clockwise flows.
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Once the number 3 is passed in the Fibonacci series, we come to the
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ratio known as the Golden Ratio. This is 1:1.618.
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During the early part of the 20th century, Victor Schauberger
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studied the flow of water and the motion of fish. He discovered a
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principle which he termed IMPLOSION.
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Schauberger says that man uses EXPLOSIVE techniques in his devices
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which generate heat, are inefficient and destructive to Nature.
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IMPLOSION on the other hand, generates cold, is overly efficient
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(>100%) and is constructive in Nature.
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Now, a spiral built on the Snail shell principle would take
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advantage of this IMPLOSION for tremendous if not over-unity
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efficiencies. Therefore, not much energy would be required to
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operate the engines.
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So here we have an airship built using the AERODYNE principles in
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addition to the IMPLOSION spiral principle.
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the Magnetic Airship
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This is another intriguing concept mentioned in the Wilson airship
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case. The wheel rim seems to be the key to understanding the
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propulsive mechanism of this device. The description follows:
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"To elevate or depress the ship while flying through the air a
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small wheel at the stern of the boat is operated.
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This wheel is something like that in a ship's pilot house,
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but instead of having spokes there was an arrangement of
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MAGNETS connected with wires to storage batteries.
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BY PASSING THE CURRENT OVER THE TIRE OF THE WHEEL, the
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operator was ABLE TO OVERCOME GRAVITY THUS ELEVATING THE SHIP.
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BY PASSING THE CURRENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND UNDER THE
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TIRE THE WEIGHT OF THE SHIP WAS INCREASED and could sink like
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a shot to the earth,
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Page 4
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and by passing the currents in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AT THE SAME
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TIME, the vessel would remain HORIZONTAL AT ANY DISTANCE FROM
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THE EARTH."
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I believe this uses the principle of the neutral center as
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discovered and developed by John W. Keely in the late 1900's.
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Basically, it creates an artificial center of gravity which moves at
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a greater velocity than the natural center of gravity. By altering
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the physical position of the artificial center in relation to the
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fixed natural center, the ship will follow that movement in ANY
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DIRECTION.
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This involves relatively radical concepts which are laced throughout
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KeelyNet.
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Vangard note
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What we find most intriguing is that John W. Keely, namesake of
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the KeelyNet BBS, had demonstrated a flying machine to the US
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ARMY in 1893. After the Army turned down Keely's offer of the
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flying machine, little is mentioned of what happened to it or
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the research pertaining to it.
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Not to add fuel to any conspiracy but we have found something
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disturbing in regard to the book written by Clara Bloomfield
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Moore on Keely in the late 1890's. The title is "Aerial
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Navigation" and was intended to promote Keely's concepts
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PARTICULARLY in regard to the system of flight as evinced by
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the title.
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Through the gracious sharing of Mr. Victor Hansen, we were
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allowed to copy THE MISSING CHAPTERS of the book, which were
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INTENTIONALLY REMOVED from a re-issued version of the book
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sometime in the very late 1890's or early 1900's. We have no
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idea who might have done this but it could be reasonably
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assumed that someone did not want Keely's information in the
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public eye.
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Note that only 4 years after this, the Airship sightings took
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place with indications of a secret group of investors
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sponsoring the research and testing as hinted at in some of the
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pilot interviews.
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The information gleaned from the interviews with the pilots of
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these machines provides very little in the way of technical
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information although what is offered is most tantalizing.
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Despite the dated sighting (1897), the surviving information
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suggests the existence of at least one group of individuals who
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seem to have kept the technology hidden.
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Perhaps the UFO phenomenon is indeed intentional misdirection
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on the part of these individuals to keep investigators from
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discovering the true source (and technology) relating to anti-
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gravity and free energy. Of course, other vested interests
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might also take actions to suppress such technologies which
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simply add to the problems.
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Speculation can easily run rampant when confronted with
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information such as this and as shown in the most excellent
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book "Genesis" by W. A. Harbinson. The book is definitely
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science fiction yet weaves much of the factual information into
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an amazing story.
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It hints that one of the pilots of the airships giving the name
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Wilson might have developed a highly sophisticated and secret
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community which survives even to this day in the frozen wastes
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of Anti-Antartica.
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Would that Harbinson had information on Keely, he could have
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easily substituted Keely for Wilson without missing a beat.
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The analogies are striking. However, Keely is recorded as
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dying in 1898 although conversations with other Keely
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researchers speculate on the possibility that he did not die.
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Additional information listed on KeelyNet which relate to the
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mystery Airship sightings of 1897 are listed as follows :
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1) AIRSHIP1 - the missing chapter from Bloomfield Moore's
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book giving a relatively detailed description of
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Keely's flying machine
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2) AIRSHIP2 - a synopsis of the 1897 sightings including the
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Keely link
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3) AIRSHIP3 - a description of Keely's demonstration of his
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flying machine to the US ARMY in 1893
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4) AIR1GIF - two scanned versions of Keely's airship, the
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first is a copy of the original picture given to
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us by Victor Hansen, the second is a graphic
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version of the same picture
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If you have comments or other information relating to such topics
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as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the
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Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page.
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Thank you for your consideration, interest and support.
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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