Hier der Bericht auf den SOLO bei seinen "Recherchen" wohl gestoßen ist.
Ist Teil der Majestic Dokumente und war längst schon im Netz gestanden.
Research and Development Laboratory
Analytical Report IJXAD-2B/AO 2 September
SUBJECT Flying Saucer
TO: Commanding General Air Materiel Command Wright Field Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: AC/A3-g Brig. Gen. C. P. Cabell Headquarters, Army Air Forces
Washington 25, D. C.
1. As requested by your letter of 16 July 1947 this office has
produced its conclusions on the manufacture, function and possible origin
of the above referenced subject. On-site preliminary study data provided
by personnel of T-2 and T-3, search and recovery team of the AFSWP, 'PaperClip' personnel, select personnel of the Army Air Forces Scientific AdvisoryGroup and personnel of the Atomic Energy Commission Advisory Committee wasutilized in the construction of our analysis.
2. The analyses of the Office of Research and Development are:
a. Aerodynamics and design evaluation studies performed by
the Aircraft, Power Plant and Propeller Laboratories of Engineering Division
T-3 personnel, has concluded that some nation has reached a stage of flightdevelopment in which the present ideas are entirely obsolete.
b. A notable advance in reducing drag and high-lift, wing
load is evident in the "cleaned up" refinement in the extreme. The absence
of riveting and surface over-lapping indicates a "simplistic" concept that
confronts our technology to match the "careful and well-considered compromisesin respect to weight, aerodynamic refinement, and design."
c. The designers have managed to offset Bernouilli's theorem
that allows the "total pressure in a flow" to be less at all points; we can
liken this to the concept of 'conservation of energy' and their negating
friction losses, which would dissipate heat.
d. The airfoil design of the circular wing is similar to the
NACA 230 series with the exception to the wing plan form and thickness range
requirements. The parasite drag appears to be controlled by the refinement
of the design and elimination of protuberances. The induced drag lessens with
the circular span inversely with the low aspect-ratio of the wing.
e. The fuselage/hull appears to fall into the seaplane type
in concept by manifesting excellent hydrodynamic characteristics of low
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"porpoising" tendencies. Conventional surface controls are absent in the
wing and cabin portions of the recovered sections though what appears to
be tabs or flaps are identified. Because there are no vertical or horizontal
stabilizers on the craft, there are no fore-and-aft positions of the wing
relative to the fuselage/hull. Wing incidence seems to be pre-selected via
an in-flight trim computer to reduce drag attitude when the wing is at the
angle of attack required at high speed and provide stability to lift the
weight of the craft.
Basic ltr fr R&D, to CG, AMC, ATTN HQ, AAF, WASH. D.C., AC/AS-2, MAJIC EYES,
subj "Flying Saucer".
f. A general description of the craft is presented:
(1) Metallic skin of a high polished finish. A comparison
of AISI H1112 steels indicates that the metals used
to construct the craft exceed structure, chemical
composition and mechanical properties currently under
development. Metal specimens were subjected to AISI
8620, AISI 3140, AISI 4140, AISI E4340, AISI 5140,
AISI 8640, AISI E52100, and AISI 430, 410 and 347
machining tests with negative results.
(2) Craft designed for high altitude flight. Automatic
exhaust orifices were identified. A gyro-controlled
wing stabilizer apparently maintains craft in a hover
mode.
(3) Power plant may consist of a spherical reactor (hydrogen
isotope type) connected to propulsion motors.
(4) 100 ft. in diameter with central section approximately
30 ft. Central cabin may have three flight decks: top
level for flight control; central section for equipment
and lower section for power plant and landing gear.
Circular wing may have rotating section and adjustable
leading edge.
(5) Top (dome) may have the ability to recede into central
section for high performance operations. Observation
blisters are retract to provide observation top and
bottom of wing.
(6) Construction is based on a 6:1 ratio.
(7) Flight instruments and controls are activated by optical
wave guide fibers similar to glass rods except they are
flexible and have a plastic cladding wrap. All functions
may be operated by touch sensitive or texture sensing
stimuli. Instruments are covered by a plastic plate and
seem to be color coded.
(8) Craft may have all weather navigation capability to
allow 'blind flying'. Possible television viewing used.
nach welchem Maßstab ist denn Deiner Ansicht nach das übertreten der Getze ein brauchbares Mittel für das vorranschreiten unserer Zivilisation?