FLYING SAUCER THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTS

This Central Intelligence Agency report, dated May 27, 1954, compiles information from foreign newspapers regarding theories and experiments related to 'flying saucers.' The document is divided into two primary sections. The first section, titled 'DISCUSSES FLYING SAUCERS,' references an article in the French periodical 'Forces Aeriennes Francaises,' published by the Comite d'Etudes Aeronautiques Militaires. The article, written by Lieutenant Plantier of the Ecole de l'Air de Salon, posits that supersonic interstellar travel via ships powered by cosmic energy is theoretically possible. The report notes that this French publication suggests the French Air Force acknowledges the existence of such phenomena. The second section, 'DESCRIBES SAUCER EXPERIMENTS,' summarizes an interview with German engineer George Klein published in the newspaper 'Die Landstem' on January 9, 1954. Klein claims to have been present in 1945 during the flight of a piloted 'flying saucer' that reached speeds of 1,300 miles per hour within three minutes. Klein describes three distinct designs: a disk-shaped craft 135 feet in diameter designed by Miethe, and a craft featuring a large rotating ring with a stationary cabin designed by Habermohl and Schreiver. According to the report, the Germans destroyed evidence of these projects in Prague, and Schreiver reportedly died in Bremen. The report concludes by noting that the Soviets captured one of the Miethe-designed saucers in Breslau, and that the designer himself is currently in the United States.