INTERCEPT BUT DON'T SHOOT

by Renato Vesco ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1970

At last, just as the saucer books were moving from the Third to Disneyland dimensions, a viable, well researched, documented possible solution. First of all, Mr. Vesco noses about in certain obscure areas of World War II military history and through records and statements, and comes up with the surprising fact that those ""fireballs"" aviators attributed to atmospheric conditions were actually German anti-radar devices, the vanguard of a program (commenced too late) designed to revolutionize aircraft through a circular suction system that would redesign the form into a (you guessed) saucer shape. What happened to all those plans? Well, according to the sources cited here, the British copped them. And in a fit of political pique at the U.S. for denying them access to secrets concerning the final development of the A-bomb, they decided to develop them by themselves. In 1946, Sir Benjamin Lockspeiser of the Ministry of Supply excitedly announced that the British were on the brink of a craft that would run not on fuel but on ""the inexhaustible natural energies present in the atmosphere at very high altitudes."" No one ever discovered what happened to that idea, or the immense amount of money involved. But one year later the flying saucer flap commenced. Keep your eye on Canada friends and try a ""tally-ho"" the next time a saucer idles by.

Pub Date: Sept. 1, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Grove

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1970

Categories: NONFICTION