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SUBJECT: LAZAR'S JET CAR STORY FILE: UFO2399
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Ä Area: InterNet alt.alien.visitors Newsgroup ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Msg#: 6450 Date: 06-10-94 14:01
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From: Tom Mahood Read: Yes Replied: No
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To: All Mark:
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Subj: Lazar's Jet Car Story (long)
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From: tmahood@netcom.com (Tom Mahood)
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Date: 9 Jun 94 17:33:42 GMT
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Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
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Message-ID: <tmahoodCr54s6.5BK@netcom.com>
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Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
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The following is a treat for those of you interested in the Bob Lazar story.
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It's the 1982 article about his jet car that he claims Dr. Teller was reading
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when Lazar showed up for Teller's lecture and provided a means of
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introduction. If you read the story carefully, there are some interesting
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clues to his background. Any jet experts out there care to comment on the
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performance claims made for the jet?
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Los Alamos Monitor, Sunday June 27, 1982
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Page A1 and A8
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LA MAN JOINS THE JET SET - AT 200 MILES AN HOUR
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by Terry England, Monitor Staff Writer
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The custom California license plate says "JET-U-BET." This isn't an
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idle boast, unlike so many other California license plates that pronounce
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a car a jet.
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This car, a Honda, has a real jet engine in it. And the jet engine can
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move that car: up to 200 mph.
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The car already was in the family, and it had room to hold the engine.
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So, with a little modification and a little outside help, a Honda became
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a jet car.
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Why?
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"There's no real reason except for going fast," said Bob Lazar, builder
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of the engine. "It's going through various transitions, and it's always
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half done."
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It's not the car so much that's important. To Lazar, a physicist at the
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Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility, the important thing is the jet engine.
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It's something he's been working on for years. It started "awhile ago"
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when working with another researcher in NASA on the technology. Lazar
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modified the original design "and put out more power."
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His first jet powered device was a bicycle, on which he hit 100 mph.
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"The cops saw that and put a stop to it for fear of safety," he said.
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The engine, the second for the Honda, is made of stainless steel and
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titanium and burns liquid propane. The jet is capable of putting out
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1,600 pounds of thrust, (although it has been cut back to 800 pounds
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for various reasons). The first jet engine was smaller, and the exhaust
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was right behind the license plate holder. When the jet was to be fired,
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the holder was moved out of the way. One time, someone forgot, and the
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metal plate was shattered by the force. The Lazars keep a piece as a
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souvenir.
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The waste products are water vapor and carbon dioxide. An afterbuner
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that uses kerosene increases the jet's efficiency 50 percent, he said.
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In tests at a dry lake bed near Los Angeles, the car hit over 200 mph,
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he said. The standard gasoline engine still works, and is used to get
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the car going to about 90 mph. The engine is then put into neutral,
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and the jet engine is kicked in for 30 to 60 seconds.
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When the car hit 200 mph, the driver, a friend of the Lazars, came back
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"white as a sheet."
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The Honda isn't made for high-speed driving. Indeed, the total thrust,
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slightly above 1600 pounds, is about the same as the car weighs.
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"Theoretically, the car should become airborne if the thrust exceeds the
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weight," he said. " If you hit a rock, you're in trouble. That's one
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reason we cut down the thrust."
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Besides the rear-area modifications, Lazar said he had to put in two
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steel beams in the floor of the car because Hondas do not have frames.
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Fiberglass was used to remold the body so air scoops could be added to
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the roof and sides.
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A firewall protects the driver and passenger from the heat of the engine.
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The temperature in the engine compartment reaches 200 degrees, the limit
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because of the air flow. Parts of the engine will glow white hot.
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At one point, the Lazars were almost out of money, and the car was
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unfinished. "That's when the commercial firms help out," he said. Word
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was getting around California about the car, and offers began to come in.
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"I went to a tire dealer and asked for some tires for the car," he said.
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"The man asked 'is that your jet car parked out there?' I said yes, and
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he said 'Goodrich has been trying to get ahold of you. I've got four
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tires here they want to give you.' They cost $100 apiece," he said.
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So it went: the car received a custom paint job, new tires, new seats
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and new tire rims (which Lazar never picked up), all free "as long as we
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put their names on the car."
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The jet cannot get the car going from a dead stop, which enables Lazar
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and his wife, Carol, to demonstrate the engine to reporters. The car
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was driven (in the usual manner) to the Pueblo High School parking lot
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Saturday where Lazar started the engine about four times.
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One of the oddest sights is this little foreign car sitting in an empty
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lot making noise like a jet plane. Lazar explained that the sound
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waves in the intake are synchronized with the sound waves from the
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exhaust, adding to the din. The waves travel in a V from the exhaust,
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and moving around the rear of the car subjects one's ears to a real
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cacophonous assault.
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The noise level in the passenger compartment isn't as bad, Lazar said.
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That may be, but the sound carries far and wide; a gentleman later told
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Lazar he heard the noise from the "topmost street" above Urban Park.
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The police are familiar with the vehicle too. During the demonstration,
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a county policeman drove up and asked "Have you been firing that thing?"
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He didn't ask what was going on, he seemed to know. When Lazar said yes,
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the policeman said not to do it any more because complaints had been
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received about the noise.
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"The police have been cooperative," Lazar said. "They've been interested
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in the car, and sometimes we've seen them come by and look at it."
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Unlike most jet engines, Lazar's design does not need the huge bulky
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compressors. This is because the fuel already is compressed, he said,
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making it the most efficient jet engine available. A standard jet uses
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six pounds of fuel for every pound of thrust; Lazar said he uses 1.3 pounds
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of fuel for a pound of thrust.
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New projects for the jet include an ultra-light aircraft powered by a
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smaller version, then possibly a race car with a larger version. "This
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will be strictly a race car," he said. "The car will be designed around
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the engine, instead of being placed in an existing car."
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The jet powered Honda attracts a lot of attention for the Lazars, who
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moved to Los Alamos about a month ago from California. Neighbors will
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gather around and look at it, sometimes in the middle of the night.
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Most of the local people are interested in the technology, which is a
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change from California, said Mrs. Lazar. "People looked at it and said
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'a jet powered car' then tried to damage it," she said. "A lot of people
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are frightened by it. I was at first."
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She has driven the car to 135 mph because, she said, "I like the speed."
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(End of article)
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PHOTOS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE STORY
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Photo #1 shows Lazar at standing next to the rear of the car which
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appears to be about a 1979 Honda Civic hatchback. Jet nozzle is
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pictured about 10" in diameter where the license plate would go. Name on
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the car is "Flame & Thunder". Caption: "Lazar and his jet car: the
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license plate makes it very clear to other drivers what's with this vehicle."
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Photo #2 shows Lazar and his wife about 25' behind the car with the jet
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running. Top and side scoops are shown. Scoop on top of the car is
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about 4" high and 20" wide. Side scoops appear 4" high and 18" long,
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just behind driver and passenger side windows. The scoops appear to only
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provide air into the rear hatch area, not direct ram air to the engine.
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Caption: "Bob Lazar attempts to examine the jet exhaust while it's
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running, and as a result he is buffeted by the warm air. At that
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distance, he said, the heat isn't that great. While he wears earmuffs,
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his wife Carol holds her hands over her ears in the background."
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Photo #3 shows steering wheel and part of dash. Caption: "A tiny button
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near the rim of the steering wheel starts the jet. Two guages on the
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control panel in the background give the pressure and fuel amount."
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Photo #4 is an inside view of the rear hatch area from the outside.
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Caption: "The jet is the horizontal tube; the dark tank in the corner
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holds the liquid propane fuel. The vertical portion is an air scoop. The
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car itself is a Honda, modified only slightly to accept the jet engine,
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including installing a firewall behind the front seats and air scoops on
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the top and sides of the vehicle. The standard gasoline engine still
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works; the car can be driven normally."
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