Adolph Dornig flying saucer design claims
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An Austrian inventor named Adolph Dornig claimed to have discovered a new aerodynamic principle enabling construction of practical flying saucers, alleging he had contacts with people in South America who had built experimental aircraft based on his designs.
“In America, this flying machine is called "flying saucer," and since among my former comrades a quarrel broke out and they distrust each other and none of them has the intelligence, which this invention demands, they have not progressed over there.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1938-01-01
- Precision
- year
- Location
- Austria; South America; United States
- Country
- Austria
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Newark Field Office
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- circular flying machine; flying saucer
Resolution
FBI determined no investigation was warranted. Dornig's claims were unverified and characterized by the Bureau as speculative invention concepts rather than confirmed UAP sightings.
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_7
Case ID: UNDATED-FBI-CD99BA
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