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. BY J~;AN PEARS.ON. . . . .:.~-:t. :
The developer of th German v:2 rocket said' ·Tuesti~
night flying sauc~rs ar noth~ng but air vortexes wh~r ib,g
at tremendous speeds. 1· - " · · h aid
Dr Walter R · Dornberger , ~ THEY wer!l real, e ,
· · ' ld " k wavesaddressed the Engineering So- 1 the ;you cause s.~oc . ·
ciety of Detroit ! Bu shock waves. are not re- ·
. Aslted for co~m~nt on sau. cor ed with "saucers.", .
cers, he said all but 8 per cent I they were real, they could
of· saucer ·"sightings" .can be I not suddenly disappear,_ he
~xplained gy such .things 'aS Isaid. But vortexes can d!sap-
balloons and meteorological pear.
conditions. As for color or "aura'! re-
* " * ' , ported by flying· saucer en-
'THE REST are slices of a thusiasts Dr. Dornberger ex-
vortex from a vapor trail, dust p~- ined that "when we move
devil or hurricane, he said. 'olecules faster than :Mach~7
The atmosphere is nqt a ( bout 4,650 miles an ~ou ) , 1
homogeneous shell surrounding get ionization that g~ves a
the earth, he added. 1 minescence. The vorte~ pr -
There is a lot of room in the · ·ably is going much faster ~h
atmosphere and many layers \Mach ~·" /
of different densities. Currents -
of hot and cold air cotirse
through the space. Wind vel-
ocities reach ·tremendous rates.
"When you slice through the
:vortex of a: dust devil or a
twister, you get a cross-sect~·n
f
at looks like a doughnu ,"
e said. · · · · ·
"I have made up my-m· d'
hat these so-called "fly·_' g
saucers" are nothing bUt air .
vortices whirling at tremend-
ous speeds."~ ~ ·
ALL IWFOR~A ON CONTAINED' :-~:~
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