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ufo contact
the principles involved in weight-distribution and
sceptics will not now refrain from purchasing and
surface manipulation, i.e. expert engineers producing
reading this excellent book, we would like to conc­
the revolutionary Hovercraft.
lude with an excerpt from the summing-up by Leo­
" Some of my readers will have been way ahead
nard G. Cramp himself.
of me in these past assessments and no doubt will
" Out of the confusion and the shadow surrounding
have anticipated my next intention. Yet others will
this most enigmatic of flying saucer contact stories,
be a trifle impatient that the following correlation
emerges one or two, but nevertheless very important
shou ld be made. But I must stress, I try very hard
facts.
not to be biased, science is far more interesting
(a) Adamski
type
saucers
are
not
uncommon
left as it is. Therefore I am sincere in my next anal­
among UFO reports.
ysis. I trust the reader will be, too. I have purposely
(b) On purely engineering grounds the configurat­
chosen the following title for the evidence which I
ion of the "scout ship" offers the best al/­
hope may help shed some truer light on one who
round comprom ise which could embody the
may be a very maligned man."
UNQUOTE.
functions required by the gravitational propul­
sion theory.
Yes, the " very maligned man" is George Adamski.
(c) Adamski 's description of inside a saucer is
12 years ago Leonard G. Cramp produced the
not inconsistent with the theory, on the cont­
orthographic projections which showed how young
rary, theory seems to support it.
Stephen Darbishire's "Coniston" saucer, as photo­
(d) Thus on these grounds alone I for one feel
graphed, was identical · in shape and proportion to
inclined to accept the first part of his exper­
Adamski 's classic " scout-craft" .
ience as fact, and in my opinion any incons­
Today, in his book " Piece For A Jig-saw", Mr.
istencies
which
appear
in
his
subsequent
Cramp produces startling evidence of a highly-tech­
claims are insufficient to invalidate the prev­
nical nature which shows how, following along purely
ious conclusions. "
engineering principles as a result of analyses of
hundreds of reported saucer-sightings, with accomp­
" PIECE FOR A JIG-SAW" - 27 sh. 6 d.
anying detail of manoeuvre and flight patterns, he
SOMERTON PUBLISHING COMPANY,
arrives at the ideal form , in all respects, for a visit­
COWES. ISLE OF WIGHT.
ing " saucer" . The saucer he finally produces, after
progressive line-drawings and photographs by the
score, is the Adamski scout-craft.
In his concluding chapter, not only does the author
quote details of engineering data provided by Adam­
ski in his controversial books, but Mr. Cramp con­ Miscellaneous
fesses that, until the time of writing this last chapter,
he had not yet read completely Adamski 's " Inside
The Space Ships" ! Realising perhaps certain read­
ers' scepticism about this belated admission, Mr.
Cramp goes on to describe points outlined in that
book concerning Adamski 's alleged trips in the
Out of the clear, blue sky
scout-craft, whereby his (Cramp's) own scientifically
by MAJOR H. C. PETERSEN.
arrived-at data receives startling corroboration!
" At this juncture I can almost hear many an Adam­
WE ALL KNOW of accounts of objects which,
ski sceptic breathing a sigh of incredulity, hardly
during the past couple of hundred years, have been
able to believe that I should dare to include such
reported as falling down from the sky, -
and, often
material in a semi-technical work of this nature."
enough, from a clear, cloudless sky.
Unquote.
Scientists and other experts have sought to ex­
With many detailed international sighting reports
plain such " falls" as meteorites, meteors, or - now­
analysed scientifically, with his own photographed
adays - as something in connection with flying , ato­
experiments showing the intensive study he has made
mic tests or the like.
of all aspects of "saucer" manoeuvres and flight, and
In the book " Le Matin des Magiciens", by the
accompanied by scores of finely-executed line-draw­
Frenchmen, Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, vol­
ings, Leonard Cramp provides food for thought for
ume One gives reference to 40,000 notations of falls
all those of an open mind.
of such extraordinary things.
Here, biased or un-biased as we may seem, we
If we concern ourselves solely with two groups of
wou ld like to recommend to other biased and unb­
objects - meteorites and ice - then we find ourselves
iased UFO researchers one of the best flying saucer
in an area where science and various other expert
contributions since " Inside The Space Ships"! Th at
sources are quite positive in their conclusions.
the author is not biased can be witnessed by the
Meteoric stones originate from comets and planets
360 pages of this book which are not about George
which have disintegrated, or from larger or smaller
Adamski.
asteroids. The ice comes from airplanes -
either
In
expressing the hope that certain UFOiogist
formed outwardly or from the toilet.
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quiet, deserted, leafy avenues near to May's house.
Any Monday would be fine for showing the film ,
Hans had suggested a walk before turning in. It was
I am looking forward to your answer,
our first opportunity to talk alone together since our
sincerely,
Fred Steckling."
meeting in Denmark three or four weeks before.
UNQUOTE.
He also wanted to tell me somethi ng. About a
Similar letters were sent to Senator Clinton P.
young lady of rather special appearance who had,
Anderson, of the Senate Space and Aeronautics
during the course of the evening, moved out of the
Committee, and to Dr. Pau l D. Lowman Jnr. at the
audience and was sitting on a settee very close to
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration.
the speaker's table. Just before the guests left, ­
(NASA).
some of them were unknown to May Morlet -
the
The reply from Dr. Lowman reads: (see inside back
young woman spoke a few words with Hans.
cover).
" Ron", said Hans, " I am wondering about that
" NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
young woman."
ADMINISTRATION
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT C ENTER
Some days after Fred and Ingrid and Glenn had
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
left Vienna for Berlin, for a very short family re-union ,
FI LE 17232
the Co-workers received a letter from our Austrian
Mr. Fred Steckling,
Feb. 20 1967
friend and Co-worker, Dora Bauer, who told us of the
lectures Fred had given in Vienna and Linz. She also
Alexandria, Virginia 22312.
wrote th at Fred had told her of two space people,
Dear Mr. Steckling:
a Brother and a Sister, who were at May's house on
Thank you very much for your letter and for your
that first evening - ­
offer to show us your film . I am not really qualified
And going through Germany he had filmed a
to pass judgement on it, but it would be good to
strange formation in the sky. It was on September
have the people here at Goddard who are, look at
7th 1966.
it. May I suggest, then, that you give Mr. Penn Ste­
In February this year I received photostats of corr­
vens, phone - -, a call. He will make an appoint­
espondence and some still pictures from the film
ment for you to come out to Goddard and show the
that Fred Steckling took whilst travelling by train
Photographic Branch and me your film . Unfortunat­
between Mannheim and Frankfurt, in West Germany.
ely we have no 8 mm projector here, so I must ask
Th e sti lls he had obtained by photographing from
you to bring your own. Thank you again for your
the screen, he said. He did not dare have the stills
offer.
professionally made. (Both George Adamski and Ma­
Sincerely yours,
deleine Rodeffer have had "accidents" happen to
signed.
Paul D. Lowman, Jr.
film in the past. A greater part of the Rodeffer close­
Geochemistry Laboratory
up saucer film was stolen from an hotel room when
Laboratory for Theoretical Studies."
G.A. was taking the original to be copied. Copies
UNQUOTE.
of his own film loaned to T.V. net-works and others
Of the visit, which took place in Building A.I. at
have returned badly disfigured with chemicals, "with
10.30 a.m . on February 27th 1967, Fred said this:
great regret -")
"- We took Madeleine along so the 22 NASA off­
A letter from Fred to Thom as G. Corbin, Major­
icials could see G.A.'s and her film, too. They seem­
General U.S.A.F. Director Legislative Liaison, Dep­
ed to be quite impressed, but would not make an
artment of the Air Force, Washington, D.C ., read:
open statement concerning the film, naturally. The
" Dear Sir,
2 hour meeting took place in Building A.I. They
treated us very nice and seemed to know much more
While with my family in Germany September 7,
of what we had to show and tell. One thing they
1966, I had the rare opportunity to film a " Armada"
said, however, and that is concerning Dr. Hynek. His
of about 40 to 50 UFO's apearing and disappearing
swamp-gas explanations are nonsense, we were told.
in the middle of the blue sky.
" But despite the evidence of the 3 films they still
Th e 23 feet of Kodakcolour film were taken out
wou ld like to have more positive proof, we were told,
of an open window of a speeding express train,
for it still does not prove these ships to be extra­
Mannheim-Frankfurt, approximately at 11.40 a. m.
terrestrial, as one official put it. However, he was
My camera is an automatic 8 mm Revere power
not able to tell us just where these strange crafts
zoom, 30 mm lens. The objects, which can be seen,
come from otherwise. But they were quite impressed
look li ke white cigarettes on the motion-picture be­
about the exact formation of the many ships on the
hind trees, railroad stations and powerlines, which
film of Sept. 7th. 66. Reflection, any fake, and cloud
were flying by and blocking their sight on occasions
formation, including Skyriders, was ruled out. It left
whi le filming . Thi s rules out light reflections from
only 23 feet of UFO's.
any excusable source.
" They said nothing about G.A.'s film and on Ma­
I would be wi lling indeed to show this rare film
deleine's th ey commented, - the ship is smaller, and
(personally) to Air Force officials here in Washing­
anticipated it to be about 27 feet in diameter. They
ton D.C., if they are interested.
were interested in how far the trees in the back­