This 1950 CIA Information Report from Chile discusses a German scientist's article theorizing that "Flying Discs" could be explained as a new type of aircraft based on aerodynamic principles developed in German research facilities during and after WWI, using rotating cylinders or gas-turbines to create lift through boundary layer manipulation, rather than conventional wings. A redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.
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REPORT NO. $0 DD-27U3
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31 July 1950
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oubmitted t!'J ¼", Edy,n:d LJ'Wlir for publication in QQlldoi:, a GeĄlaneuage
magazine published in Chile.
'i'he articlo is entitled "Tho lzystery of" the
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Context
This is one of 21 CIA records in the declassified archive, and one of 30 cases describing a disc/disk. It was published in Release 03 (6/12).
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