TRIBUNE
19 Oct 1954 Page 7
AVIATION NEWS AND NOTES
CANADA DEVELOPS
"FLYING SAUCER"
(From Our London Correspondent)
No surprise was caused here
by reports that Russia has sup-
ersonic atom bombers. The
bombers. which fly faster
than
the
speed
of Round,
will . enable the Soviet. in
future wars, to strike blows at dis-
tant countries. No details of these
bombers are known in London.
but it is believed they are larger
and more powerful than Ameri-
ca's B52. It was expected
that
Russia, having produced atom
bombs, would not long remain
without the aircraft to deliver'
them. But the. Russians seem to
have done the job quicker than
was expected.
AIR TRAVEL OF TOMORROW
Time is not far off when first.
by
class passengers will travel
helicopter from city centre, to city
centre. And tourist class passen-
gers
will be carried at much
cheaper rates between airports
outside the cities. This was reveal-
ed by Mr. Masefield, chief execu
tive of British European Airways.
at a London conference. When
B.E.A. flies helicopters on inter-
national services the fares are
likely to be higher than those for
aeroplanes, but there would be
considerable advantage in time
saved. B.E.A. carried over a mil-
lion-and-half passengers 24 mil-
lion miles last year-"not one of
them was hurt."
FLYING SAUCER
Avro Canada is reported to have
developed a "Flying saucer". The
aircraft is believed to be a near
circular machine with a speed of
1.500 m.p.h, It will take off verti-
cally and will have a power-plant
which will revolve inside a sta-
tionary wing of nearly circular
form, with a series of exhaust ori-
fices lining the outer rim of the
disc. The news of the "Flying.
saucer" was first given by a Ca-
nadian journal. Later some details
of this revolutionary aircraft ap-
peared in 'Royal Air Force Re
view. And now. Sir Frank Frigs.
the managing director of Hawker-
Siddeley group, has revealed that
they have under development a
new aircraft engine and vertical
take-off plane. This obviously re-
fern to Avro Canada's "Flying
saucer.
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FLYING SAUCER OVER
DIBRUGARH?
DIBRUGARH, Nov. 1.-A bright
Car-shaped luminous body was
en on the Dibrugarh sky this
ening at 5-30 which ran at a
at speed from east to west.
The bazar-going people of
alihmari saw the luminous
dy which was reported to have
candescent tail..
This has caused a wide sensa-
public who
among the
ought it to be a flying saucer.-
on
Himba 19lIndias (༩་/༠༥༤
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Радер
GERMAN SCIENTIST
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Spate Of
BELIEVES IN
EXISTENCE
OF FLYING SAUCERS
GERMANY, Nov.
Hermann Oberth,
7.-Professor
one of West
Germany's foremost rocket and
space flight scientists, said here
today it was "entirely imaginable"
from
that flying saucers came
Of "Flying
.
Saucer" Stories
TEHERAN. Oct. 23.-Iran is
now enjoying a spate of "flying!
saucer stories.
the
Several strange objects of
fying saucer family are claimed
to have been seen in Teheran and
elsewhere in Iran - during
the
past weeks.
A flying saucer was reported
to have landed at Hamadan.
north-west of Iran.
object
The
was said to have been luminous
and been seen by the entire po-
pulation of the town.
Another flying saucer was
claimed to have been sighted in
the early hours of a morning by
a resident of Teheran's radio sta-i
tion area. The man, who report-
ed this saucer, said that it was
on the ground, and that when he
got within sixty feet of it, he
saw a man on board with a grim.
look. The man started to laugh
at him and then suddenly
appeared.
dis-
near
xas
A third saucer. reported
station.
Teheran railway
described as about 18 feet long.
Strong beams of light were
coming from its rear and sides.
A short fellow was piloting the
strange object, and was dressed
In black from head to toe. He
was wearing a mask shaped like
the trunk of an elephant.
Kidnap Attempt
of
Ghassem Flily, a resident
the area, said that while he was
Cooking at this spectacle he sud-
denly feit that it was pulling
him skywards. It was only his
screams that awakened the mem.
bers of his household, that saved
him when the flying saucer sud-
denly took off. This was report-
ed as a "kidnap attempt"-"by
radio magnetic beams".
Hot in the wake of these re
ports somebody from south-west
of Teheran reported flying
''cigar' in his area. The flying
cigar was reported to be flying
through the skies at a very low
speed and sending out a strong
white light from its rear.-P.T.I.
other celestial bodies.
In at least 34 cases the appear-
ance of unknown flying objects
| could not be satisfactorily explain-
ed by scientific means known
far, he said in a lecture.
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He said the explanation for the
failure of any occupant of a flying
saucer yet to disembark on the
earth might be that they were
frightened of human beings or that
they were equipped with technical
aids. with which they could
learn everything about the earth
without contact with its occupants.
Professor Oberth said the plan-
ning of
space ships had made
such progress that it was now
theoretically possible to fly from
the earth to the planet Mars and
back in six months.
•
per
A three-stage rocket being deve-
loped in the United States would
be able to fly at five miles
second and reach any point
earth within less than 45 minutes.
he said.-Reuter.
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"LANDING OF MARTIANS"
.
A BIG HOAX
VARESE (North Italyf, Nov. 11.-
The Italian police have formally
charged a newspaper reporter
and some youths with "spreading
false alarming news "about a
landing of "Martians" in a "fly-
ing saucer' south of here.
It was a well-planned hoax, accord-
ing to the charge.
Police said the silvery object was.
a big cloth and the "Martians",
were two boys in disguise.
The reporter, who
had witnessed:
the scene, sent a detailed story
to a Milan newspaper, which pub- ¡
⚫lished it on its front page.-
Reuter.
P.I.