FLYING SAUCER THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTS

This Central Intelligence Agency report, dated 27 May 1954, compiles international press coverage concerning 'flying saucers.' The document is divided into three sections based on reports from various newspapers. The first section discusses an article in the French periodical Forces Aeriennes Francaises, written by Lieutenant Plantier of the Ecole de l'Air de Salon, which posits that interstellar travel powered by cosmic energy is theoretically possible. The report notes that this article suggests the French Air Force acknowledges the existence of flying saucers. The second section details an interview with German engineer George Klein, published in the newspaper Die Landstem on 9 January 1954. Klein claimed that between 1941 and 1945, the Germans conducted experiments on flying saucers, resulting in three designs. One design by Miethe was a 135-foot diameter disk that did not rotate. Another, by Habermohl and Schreiver, featured a large rotating ring with a stationary cabin. Klein alleged that the Soviets captured these designs in Prague, though Schreiver reportedly died in Bremen and Miethe escaped to France and is currently in the United States. The final section reports on a patent issued by the Genoa Chamber of Commerce to Scipione Mattolin, a 38-year-old Venetian naval fitter, for a flying disk. According to the newspaper Il Giornale, the device is intended to reach speeds of 3,000 kilometers per hour. A subsequent report in Le Courrier du Maroc states the craft would weigh 5 tons, take off from a tower 18 meters high, and consist of a disk-shaped plastic wing with an aluminum central sphere and two jet engines. It is noted that Mattolin is in contact with United States authorities.