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U.S. 뉴스 & 월드 리포트 워싱턴 D.C. 제38권—제14호 비행접시—실제 이야기: 미국, 1942년에 첫 비행접시 제작 제트 추진 디스크는 다른 비행기보다 빠르게 날 수 있다 "비행접시"를 목격한 사람들은 단지 환상을 본 것이 아니다. 그것들은 실제이며, 인정된 법칙에 따르는 항공기이다. 인간 조종사가 조종하는 하늘의 디스크는 공중에 떠 있을 수 있고, 엄청난 속도로 앞으로 나아가며, 기존 항공기보다 뛰어난 기동성을 보인다. 아직 공식 발표는 없다. 하지만 남아있는 유일한 큰 비밀은 누가 그것들을 만드는가이다. 증거는 해군 실험을 가리킨다. 비행접시에 대한 실제 이야기가 마침내 밝혀지고 있다. 비행접시가 무엇인지, 어떻게 작동하는지, 그리고 비행 중 어떻게 테스트되었는지 —이 모든 것을 지금 자세히 말할 수 있다. 이 이야기는 보안 규정을 위반하지 않으면서, 신뢰할 수 있는 관찰자들의 보고서를 평가할 수 있는 유능한 엔지니어들의 다음 결론을 가리킨다: 미국 대부분 지역에서 수백 명의 유능한 관찰자들에 의해 "목격된" 비행접시는 실제로 받아들여진다. 증거에 따르면 그것들은 혁신적인 유형의 항공기이며, 헬리콥터와 빠른 제트기의 조합이다. 그것들은 잘 알려진 공기역학 원리에 따른다. 이 비행접시의 초기 모델은 1942년 미국 엔지니어들에 의해 제작되었고, 100회 이상의 성공적인 시험 비행을 달성했다. 그 프로젝트는 전쟁 중 해군에 의해 인수되었다. 훨씬 더 발전된 모델들이 현재 제작되고 있다. 이것이 현재의 비행접시가 등장하는 배경이다. 많은 책임 있는 미국 과학자, 관찰자 및 군 관계자들의 기밀 해제된 증언을 종합한 이야기는 다음과 같다: 이 페이지에 그려져 있고 아래에 설명된 비행접시의 초기 모델은 미국 정부의 항공 자문 위원회 (NACA) 엔지니어들에 의해 제작되었다. 유사한 비행접시 프로젝트는 1942년 같은 시기에 독일과 이탈리아에서도 시작되었다. NACA의 찰스 H. 짐머만(Charles H. Zimmerman)이 설계한 첫 번째 미국 모델은 타원형이었고, 두 개의 피스톤 엔진으로 구동되며 쌍발 프로펠러로 추진되었다. 최고 속도는 시속 400에서 500마일 사이였다. 더 중요한 것은, 거의 수직으로 이륙할 수 있었고 착륙을 위한 최저 속도는 단지 시속 약 35마일이었다는 점인데, 이는 군용 및 해군 항공기에서 큰 장점이었다. 그리고 그것은 기존 군용기보다 훨씬 더 기동성이 좋았다. 미국과 독일, 이탈리아 해외에서 진행된 이러한 초기 비행접시 프로젝트의 아이디어는 새로운 기술로 기존 항공기의 기본적인 단점을 극복하는 것이었다. 거의 직선으로 이륙할 수 있는 비행기는 긴 활주로가 필요 없으며, 최전선 병력 바로 뒤의 개간된 지역이나 해군 전투함의 갑판에서 비행장을 사용할 수 있었다. 만약 그 비행기가 추가적으로 빠른 속도와 더 나은 기동성을 가졌다면, 아마도 어떤 기존 항공기보다도 빠르게 날 수 있었을 것이다. 미국에서 첫 번째 모델은 이러한 요구 사항을 충족하는 것처럼 보였지만, 날개 없는 항공기의 낮은 안정성 때문에 더 많은 연구가 필요했다. 현재의 비행접시는 매우 발전된 설계를 사용하여 이러한 안정성 문제를 극복한 것으로 보인다. 유능한 관찰자들이 제출한 보고서 분석은 다음과 같다: 먼저, 그것들이 어떻게 생겼는지는 잘 문서화된 기록에 설명되어 있다. 이 기록들은 비행접시가 정확히 직경 105피트의 원형임을 보여준다. 그것들은 무게 중심 바로 아래, 바깥쪽 가장자리 주위에 배열된 제트 노즐처럼 보이는 것을 가지고 있다. 그것들은 무광택의 흰색을 띠는 금속 합금으로 만들어졌다. 방향타, 보조 날개 또는 다른 돌출된 표면은 없다. 옆에서 보면 비행접시는 약 10피트 두께로 보인다. 공개된 기록에는 이 각도에서 정확한 측정치는 없다. 그것들은 세 개의 층으로 만들어졌으며, 가운데 층이 다른 두 층보다 직경이 약간 더 크다. 이것은 비행 중인 비행접시를 관찰한 자격을 갖춘 관찰자들—상업용 항공기 조종사, 이 항공기를 추격한 전투기 조종사, 훈련된 항공기 관측병, 고위 육군 및 공군 장교들—이 동의한 그림이다. 이는 지난 4월 화이트 샌즈 시험장 기지 근처에서 고고도 풍선을 관찰하기 위해 설치된 장비로 갑자기 비행접시를 관찰하고 몇 분 동안 추적하여 크기, 속도, 고도 및 기동성에 대한 신뢰할 수 있는 데이터를 얻은 과학자 그룹이 수행한 정확한 측정에 의해 뒷받침된다. 그것들이 어떻게 작동하는지도 이제 자세히 설명할 수 있다. 이 설명에 따르면, 현재 비행접시가 사용하는 가능성 있는 기술은 최고위급 정부 항공 엔지니어에 의해 다음과 같이 설명된다: 이 항공기들의 현재 개발 단계에서 동력은 분명히 제트 엔진에 의해 공급된다. 각 비행접시는 복잡한 중앙 제어 시스템과 함께 가장자리 주위에 일련의 가변 방향 제트 노즐을 가지고 있는 것으로 보인다. 사용되는 연료는 알려져 있지 않다—배기 불꽃은 어떤 경우에는 적황색으로, 다른 경우에는 청색으로 관찰되었다. NACA 비행접시 1942년 모델
U.S. News & World Report WASHINGTON, D. C. VOLUME XXXVIII—No. 14 FLYING SAUCERS—THE REAL STORY: U.S. BUILT FIRST ONE IN 1942 Jet-Propelled Disks Can Outfly Other Planes Observers of "flying saucers" aren't just seeing things. They're real—aircraft that conform to ac- cepted laws. Sky disks, manned by human pilots, can hover aloft, leap ahead at tremendous speed, out- maneuver conventional craft. No official announcements are being made yet. But about the only big secret left is Who makes them. Evidence points to Navy experiments. The real story on flying saucers is finally coming to light. What saucers are, how they operate, and how they have been tested in flight —all can be told in detail at this time. That story, without violating security regulations, points to these conclusions by engineers competent to appraise reports of reliable observers: Flying saucers, "seen" by hundreds of competent observers over most parts of U. S., are accepted as real. Evidence is that they are aircraft of a revolutionary type, a combination of helicopter and fast jet plane. They conform to well-known prin- ciples of aerodynamics. An early model of these saucers was built by U. S. engineers in 1942, and achieved more than 100 successful test flights. That project then was taken over by the Navy in wartime. Much more advanced models now are being built. This is where present saucers come in. The story, pieced together from unclassified testimony of many responsible U. S. scientists, ob- servers and military officials, is this: Early models of the flying saucer pictured on this page and described below were built by U. S. Government engineers of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Similar flying-saucer projects were begun in Germany and Italy at the same time, in 1942. The first U. S. model, designed by Charles H. Zimmerman, of NACA, was elliptical in shape, powered by two piston engines and driven by twin propellers. It had a maximum speed between 400 and 500 miles an hour. More important, it could rise almost vertically and its minimum speed for landing was only about 35 miles an hour, a great advan- tage in military and naval aircraft. And it was far more maneuverable than con- ventional military planes. Idea behind those original flying-sau- cer projects, both in U. S. and abroad in Germany and Italy, was to overcome basic drawbacks of conventional aircraft by new techniques. A plane that could rise almost straight would not need long runways, and airfields could be used from any cleared area just behind front-line troops or from the deck of any Navy combat ship. If that plane, in addition, had great speed and more maneuverability, it could probably outfly any conventional aircraft. In United States, the first model seemed to fulfill these requirements, but the lessened stability of the wingless craft required more research. Present flying saucers apparently have overcome this problem of stability by use of very advanced design. An analysis of reports submitted by compe- tent observers show this: What they look like, first, is de- scribed in well-documented accounts. Those accounts show saucers to be exact- ly 105 feet in diameter, circular in shape. They have what appear to be jet nozzles arranged all around the outer rim, just below the center of gravity. They are made of a metal alloy, with a dull whitish color. There are no rudders, ailerons, or other protruding surfaces. From the side the saucers appear about 10 feet thick. There are no exact measurements from this angle in publicly available accounts. They are built in three layers, with the center layer slightly larger in diameter than the other two. That is the picture agreed on by quali- fied observers of saucers in flight—com- mercial aircraft pilots, fighter pilots who have chased these aircraft, trained air- plane spotters, high-ranking Army and Air Force officers. It is backed by exact measurement made by a group of scientists last April near White Sands Proving Ground base, with instruments set up to observe high- altitude balloons, who suddenly ob- served a saucer and tracked it for several minutes, thereby getting reliable data on its size, speed, alti- tude and maneuverability. How they operate now can be told in some detail, too. Based on this description, the probable tech- nique used by current saucers is explained by a top-level Govern- ment aeronautical engineer in this manner: Power for these aircraft, at their present stage of development, ob- viously is supplied by jet engines. Each saucer appears to have a series of variable-direction jet noz- zles around its rim, with a compli- cated central control system. Fuel used is unknown—the exhaust flame has been observed to be red-orange in some cases, blue in others. NACA SAUCER 1942 MODEL
U.S. News & World Report WASHINGTON, D. C. VOLUME XXXVIII—No. 14 FLYING SAUCERS—THE REAL STORY: U.S. BUILT FIRST ONE IN 1942 Jet-Propelled Disks Can Outfly Other Planes Observers of "flying saucers" aren't just seeing things. They're real—aircraft that conform to ac- cepted laws. Sky disks, manned by human pilots, can hover aloft, leap ahead at tremendous speed, out- maneuver conventional craft. No official announcements are being made yet. But about the only big secret left is Who makes them. Evidence points to Navy experiments. The real story on flying saucers is finally coming to light. What saucers are, how they operate, and how they have been tested in flight —all can be told in detail at this time. That story, without violating security regulations, points to these conclusions by engineers competent to appraise reports of reliable observers: Flying saucers, "seen" by hundreds of competent observers over most parts of U. S., are accepted as real. Evidence is that they are aircraft of a revolutionary type, a combination of helicopter and fast jet plane. They conform to well-known prin- ciples of aerodynamics. An early model of these saucers was built by U. S. engineers in 1942, and achieved more than 100 successful test flights. That project then was taken over by the Navy in wartime. Much more advanced models now are being built. This is where present saucers come in. The story, pieced together from unclassified testimony of many responsible U. S. scientists, ob- servers and military officials, is this: Early models of the flying saucer pictured on this page and described below were built by U. S. Government engineers of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Similar flying-saucer projects were begun in Germany and Italy at the same time, in 1942. The first U. S. model, designed by Charles H. Zimmerman, of NACA, was elliptical in shape, powered by two piston engines and driven by twin propellers. It had a maximum speed between 400 and 500 miles an hour. More important, it could rise almost vertically and its minimum speed for landing was only about 35 miles an hour, a great advan- tage in military and naval aircraft. And it was far more maneuverable than con- ventional military planes. Idea behind those original flying-sau- cer projects, both in U. S. and abroad in Germany and Italy, was to overcome basic drawbacks of conventional aircraft by new techniques. A plane that could rise almost straight would not need long runways, and airfields could be used from any cleared area just behind front-line troops or from the deck of any Navy combat ship. If that plane, in addition, had great speed and more maneuverability, it could probably outfly any conventional aircraft. In United States, the first model seemed to fulfill these requirements, but the lessened stability of the wingless craft required more research. Present flying saucers apparently have overcome this problem of stability by use of very advanced design. An analysis of reports submitted by compe- tent observers show this: What they look like, first, is de- scribed in well-documented accounts. Those accounts show saucers to be exact- ly 105 feet in diameter, circular in shape. They have what appear to be jet nozzles arranged all around the outer rim, just below the center of gravity. They are made of a metal alloy, with a dull whitish color. There are no rudders, ailerons, or other protruding surfaces. From the side the saucers appear about 10 feet thick. There are no exact measurements from this angle in publicly available accounts. They are built in three layers, with the center layer slightly larger in diameter than the other two. That is the picture agreed on by quali- fied observers of saucers in flight—com- mercial aircraft pilots, fighter pilots who have chased these aircraft, trained air- plane spotters, high-ranking Army and Air Force officers. It is backed by exact measurement made by a group of scientists last April near White Sands Proving Ground base, with instruments set up to observe high- altitude balloons, who suddenly ob- served a saucer and tracked it for several minutes, thereby getting reliable data on its size, speed, alti- tude and maneuverability. How they operate now can be told in some detail, too. Based on this description, the probable tech- nique used by current saucers is explained by a top-level Govern- ment aeronautical engineer in this manner: Power for these aircraft, at their present stage of development, ob- viously is supplied by jet engines. Each saucer appears to have a series of variable-direction jet noz- zles around its rim, with a compli- cated central control system. Fuel used is unknown—the exhaust flame has been observed to be red-orange in some cases, blue in others. NACA SAUCER 1942 MODEL