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June 14, 1991
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GENESIS2.ASC
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The following book review was taken from FSR Vol 26 #4 (1980) and
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the response by the author of the book "GENESIS" is taken from FSR
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Vol 27 # 1. I believe that the "novel" Genesis is a must read item
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for anyone interested in the field of ufology. I personally fail to
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understand why the normally respectable Ms. Randles "beats up" on
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what is clearly labelled as a novel.
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REVIEW OF A NEW NOVEL THAT CONJURES UP A
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NIGHTMARISH PICTURE OF UFOLOGY
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Normally, Flying Saucer Review would not concern itself with
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books of the fictional kind, for that is what Genesis, a new
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Corgi paperback by W. A. Harbinson (published October 1950, 612
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pages) turns out to be. The theme, however, is UFO'S, so
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it merited a mention.
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For me it proved to be a horrifying book. Not only horrifying
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because its content is a kind of souped-up horror story conceived
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around the UFO mystery, but also because of the dreadful image it
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conjures up both of the subject and the people involved in it.
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Again there must be UFO enthusiasts who, weaned on the cover-up
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idea that so obsesses the author, will find sinister undertones
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in what Corgi Books label " " . . .the epic novel of the world's
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most fearsome secret".
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Novels based on ufology are rare: the theme of the very
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Page 1
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reasonable Miracle Visitors by Ian Watson (Panther Books) was
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written around the Vallee/Jung school of thinking.
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This new offering, however, seems to be culled from the hard-line
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ufology of Kehoe, Stringfield and Co. There was scope for a
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literary exploration of the cover-up mythology. Genesis tries
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to do that, but its idea isn't entirely original, for our own
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Gordon Creighton touched on it - albeit in a light-hearted manner
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- in his article " "Those cunning British: the truth at last. , ,
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The complex plot introduces elements from all over the world,
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but is centered on Britain - an abduction in Cornwall and
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regression hypnosis by a London doctor - and the plot revolves
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around the activities of two full-time American ufologists-cum-
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scientists, whose role is never quite explained. Apparently
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they do not work for the government, yet they stroll in and out
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of military bases with a freedom that is ridiculous to say the
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least. Nor is it explained who pays these redoubtable workers
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during the course of the action between 1974 and 1975.
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One of them is an older man with an incurable disease the
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other is a Whizz-kid who either spends a globe trotting life
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following up UFO incidents, or wallows in strong drink in drugs.
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This younger one is hell-bent on breaking the great cover-up
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mystery before his buddy dies, and one is forced to assume that
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his methodology is standard both for him and other assoeiates of
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his: in one scene he heats the truth out of one participant who,
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soon afterwards, dies of. a heart attack. Other methods
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involve getting his witnesses drunk, in drugged, and then
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hurling four letter words at them he even resorts to rape to
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elicit the truth from one unfortunate.
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In parts of the text Mr. Harbinson actually intermingles
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real events and characters with fictional ones even the late Ed
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Ruppelt of Project Blue Book fame, and poor James E. McDonaId
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who, unhappily, can no longer speak up for themselves. Other
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characters are paraded who seem to parallel living
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investigators, and FSR also gets a mention, but fortunately only
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in the authors notes, where it is recommended as " "mandatory
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reading, , - but with a " "selective eye".
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Basically the author presents a theory (based on obscure
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documents said to have been discovered in West Germany)
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that everything which we link with UFOS - 19th Century
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airships, the Tunguska explosion, Foo Fighters, ghost
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rockets and the Bermuda Triangle - are the work of. a mad
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genius, at one time associated with the Nazis, who has
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discovered - and applied - secrets of longevity, and when has
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found a hide-out in Antarctica. Naturally this person is bent
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on world domination, but I'll leave the rest of. the story for
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anyone who may wish to read it.
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For myself., all I can do is shudder at the false picture of
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UFO investigators and researchers that will be created by this
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monster novel. The horrifying aspect is that many may read it
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who could well have their own UFO experience at a later
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date, and keep their peace when they recall the behavior of the
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fictional investigators. My only hope is that many readers will
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not be taken in by the fanciful and artificial nature of the
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book, which as far as the painstaking researchers and careful
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documenters of ufology are concerned, belongs to the murky
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waters at the bottom of another barrel.
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HARBINSON RESPONDS:
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GENESIS: Miss Randles please note
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Sir. - Any book published is going to receive both positive and
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negative reviews, and while all authors worth their salt should
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enjoy the former and keep quiet about the latter, no author
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should take lying down the sort of distortions purveyed by
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Jenny Randles in her review of my novel Genesis in the November
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issue of FSR. The following corrections are therefore to be
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noted.
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It is suggested that the author never explains who his two
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leading characters are working for. In fact, in the very first
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chapter (page 16), it is made clear that they are working
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for a civilian organization called the Aerial Phenomena
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Investigations Institute. based in Washington, D.C. The work
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of that institute, obviously based on NICAP, is discussed by
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both characters in the same chapter. I apologize for not
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discusing their income (another complaint by Jenny), but I
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can't imagine many readers being interested.
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lt is also claimed that my two scientists, who do
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not work for the government, stroll in and out of
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military bases with a freedom that is ridiculous no say the
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least.,, To say the least. my scientists pay calls on only two
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such establishments throughout the course of the novel: one
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to Winslow Air Base, Arizona, and the other to NASA.
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Regarding the former, Winslow is not a secret
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establishment and it would be perfectly easy for a journalist
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or scientist to obtain the sort of pass used by my character:
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regarding the latter. Rather than have my characters ""stroll
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in and out . . . with a freedom that is ridiculous,,.
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I clearly show them being refused entry to NASA.
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Jenny describes the younger of my two scientists as someone
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who ,"wallows in strong drink or drugs.,, In fact, that
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particular character, Stanford, has two major confrontations in
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the book - one with an alcoholic and one with a drug addict -
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but during neither scene does Stanford either ""wallow,, in
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drink or take drugs; and nowhere in the 612 pages of Genesis is
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it even remotely suggested that he has ever indulged in such
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delicious vices.
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According to Jenny, the reader is " " forced to assume. ,
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that young Stanford's admittedly violent methods of
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interrogation (on only two occasions. I might add) is
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""standard for both him and other associates of his.,, In fact,
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Stanford's only other associate is clearly shown to be a kind
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and gentle old man who treats everyone with unfailing
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decency. As for Stanford, contrary to the monster suggested
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by the unduly sensitive Ms Randles, he is drawn as an obviously
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intelligent, amiable but uncommitted young man whose two
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outbursts of violence in the latter half of the book arc
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Page 3
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borne of increasing frustration, fear and desperation - a not
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abnormal reaction under the circumstances described in the
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novel.
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Jenny suggests that one of the characters died of a heart
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attack because of a beating received by Stanford. This is
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simply not true. The character in question is actually
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murdered by someone else.
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Jenny claims that Stanford ""resorts to rape to elicit the
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truth from one unfortunate. ,, This, also, is untrue. The
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girl is obviously willing and Stanford uses no force; it's a
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mutual seduction by two people who hardly know what they're
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doing.
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Finally, Jenny seems particularly offended than I should
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recommend FSR as "mandatory reading" but with a "selective
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eye" ., To that l can only reply that no higher praise than
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""mandatory reading" can be applied to any publication; and
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that judging by your own admirably democratic and therefore
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argumentative letter columns, a ,"selective eye", is
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frequently utilized by your most faithful readers.
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Any reviewer is entitled to dislike a book; no reviewer
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should be allowed to distort the contents of that book.
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Otherwise. l thank you for the review - and I shall, of
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course, continue to read FSR.
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Yours in hopes of democratic treatment.
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W. A. Harbinson,
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44 Rosebery Road,
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Muswell Hill.
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London N10 2LJ
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March 31 , 1951
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PS: The novel doesn't conjure up a nightmarish picture of
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Ufology it conjures up a nightmarish picture of the
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possible abuse of current technology: the Ufologists are not
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accused; the scientists are . . . So!
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Vangard note...
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We highly recommend the book Genesis. It contains much detail
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on many of the secret weapons which the Germans were alleged to
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have been working on toward the end of WWII.
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Peter Kelly first told us of the book which was reprinted in
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the 80's. Copies of the book are very difficult to find
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although some of our contacts did locate several editions.
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We recently acquired a copy of Intercept UFO by Renato Vesco
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on which the Genesis book is heavily based. This book gives
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even more detail on the German devices. These range from
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cannon powered by electromagnetic fields (developed in 1943) to
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cannon powered by vortex rings of highly compressed air. Not
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to mention the suction aircraft technology as developed by
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Page 4
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Victor Schauberger, Henri Coanda and other German scientists.
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Interestingly enough, we stumbled on an article on the Coanda
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Effect in an old Popular Mechanics which will also be listed on
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the board.
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To date, there is STILL NO CONCLUSIVE PROOF just what UFO's
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are, how they actually fly, who or what pilots them and what
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country or planet they are from. Not to mention what do they
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want or what purpose they serve.
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Harbinson offers a fascinating scenario based on documents and
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extrapolation from many sources. The Airship mystery of 1890
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is one which we find of particular interest since it was at
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that time that Keely demonstrated his flying machine to the US
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ARMY. The machine disappeared at about the same time as the
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many mysterious sightings across the United States in the
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1890's. Files to this effect are included on KeelyNet as
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