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'% A' !A 0;427; 0.5,;;4140/ So flying saucers were real after all: secret US Air Force designs declassified news.au.com THE USAF secretly worked to build a supersonic flying saucer just like those popularised in sci-fi movies, while publicly denying the existence of UFOs, according to newly declassified documents. Documents from the US Air Force Aeronautical Systems recently published by the US Archive's National Declassification Centre reveal the secret plans known as "Project 1794". The cover of a "Final Development Summary Report" from 1956 shows an illustration of a flying saucer of the kind made Too Much Tea and Not Enough Project. popular in science fiction movies from the 88/ &( 0,/; &30 ' A 7 &30 “Belief in the alien phenomenon is now 1950s. Following Survey... more widespread than ever, with many A Canadian company, Avro Aircraft Ltd, wondering how we and our governments would had been commissioned to construct a prototype react to the news that aliens existed.” of the disc-shaped craft. ‘More believe in aliens Interestingly, more men believe in life It was designed to take off vertically and than believe in God’ on other planets than women, with the same would have a top speed of Mach 4, a maximum trend evident when considering if there is a God altitude of 30km and a range of over 1000 out there. nautical miles. bedfordtoday.com If aliens did reveal themselves, over a Technical schematics reveals one third of the population would be more curious version of the craft which would only have been An estimated 33.1 million people in the UK than anything else, with the second most big enough for a single pilot, and another with a believe that life exists on other planets, while prevalent emotion being fear. That said, one in bigger cockpit. only 27.5 million – less than half the country – five would be immediately sceptical. The document concluded that the say they believe there is a God. Furthermore, 20 per cent of the country project was "feasible and the aircraft can be Latest survey result show that 52 per believes UFOs have landed, while more than designed to have satisfactory handling through cent of the population believe evidence of UFOs five million people believe the Moon landings the whole flight range from ground cushion has or would be covered up, because the fact of were faked. [] take-off to supersonic flight at very high their existence would threaten the stability of altitude". the government. It estimated that it would cost another One in 10 people claim to have seen a &30 B*C +870 $,/48A%38? $US3 million to take the project to a prototype, UFO, with almost a quarter more men claiming with two years later. to have done so than women. Rob McConnell However, as a subsequent video reveals, The survey of 1,359 UK adults was the prototype literally almost failed to get off commissioned by the makers of a new Monday - Friday the ground, and the project was eventually videogame which tasks you with saving the 10 pm - 2 am Eastern cancelled in 1961. [] world from an enemy invasion. on “Just 20 years ago, religion was a huge The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show Podcasts part of life in the UK, and this shows just how The TalkStar Radio Network Are Available At much attitudes have changed,” said Nick Pope, www.talkstarradio.com www.xzonepodcast.com formerly of the Ministry of Defence UFO