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Fictional design of a Nazi UFO

Nazi UFOs (German: Rundflugzeug, Diskus, Haunebu, Hauneburg-Geräte, VRIL, Andromeda-Geräte, Flugkreisel or ironically Reichsflugscheiben) refers to claims about advanced aircraft or spacecraft Nazi Germany supposedly developed during World War II and which Nazi scientists continued to develop afterwards. References to such craft appear mostly in fiction, although some of these claims are said to be true (see "Early Claims" section).

These stories are often associated with esoteric Nazism, an ideology that supposes the possibility of Nazi restoration by supernatural or paranormal means.[1]

These myths were likely inspired by historical German development of jet aircraft such as the Me 262, the Horten Ho 229 the guided missile V1 and the ballistic missile V2, which formed a basis for the early missile and space programs of both the Soviet Union and the United States.

Context

Nazi UFO tales and myths conform largely to documented history on the following points:

  • Nazi Germany claimed the territory of New Swabia in Antarctica, sent an expedition there in 1938, and planned others.
  • Nazi Germany conducted research into advanced propulsion technology, including rocketry, Viktor Schauberger's turbine research, and the Arthur Sack A.S.6 experimental "flying disc".
  • Some UFO sightings during World War II, particularly those known as foo fighters, were thought to be enemy aircraft.

Early claims

The earliest non-fiction assertions of Nazi flying saucers appear to be a series of articles by and about Italian turbine expert Giuseppe Belluzzo.[2] The following week, German scientist Rudolf Schriever claimed to have developed flying saucers during the Nazi period.[3]

Aeronautical engineer Roy Fedden remarked that the only craft that could approach the capabilities attributed to flying saucers were those being designed by the Germans towards the end of the war. Fedden also added that the Germans were working on a number of very unusual aeronautical projects, though he did not elaborate upon his statement.[4]

Sir Roy Fedden, chief of the technical mission to Germany for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, stated in 1945:

I have seen enough of their designs and production plans to realise that if they (the Germans) had managed to prolong the war some months longer, we would have been confronted with a set of entirely new and deadly developments in air warfare.[5]

In 1956, Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, chief of the US Air Force Project Bluebook, stated the following:

When WWII ended, the Germans had several radical types of aircraft and guided missiles under development. The majority were in the most preliminary stages, but they were the only known craft that could even approach the performance of objects reported to UFO observers.[6]

Later claims

Book by Pauwels and Bergier

A 1967 book by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier made many spectacular claims about the Vril Society of Berlin.[7] Several later writers, including Jan van Helsing,[8][9] Norbert-Jürgen Ratthofer,[10] and Vladimir Terziski, have built on their work, connecting the Vril Society with UFOs. Among their claims, they write that the society had made contact with an alien race and dedicated itself to creating spacecraft to reach the aliens. In partnership with the Thule Society and the Nazi Party, it developed a series of flying disc prototypes. With the Nazi defeat, the society allegedly retreated to a base in Antarctica and vanished.

Terziski, a Bulgarian engineer who bills himself as president of the American Academy of Dissident Sciences, claims that the Germans collaborated in their advanced craft research with Axis powers Italy and Japan, and continued their space effort after the war from New Swabia. He writes that Germans landed on the Moon as early as 1942 and established an underground base there. When Russians and Americans secretly landed on the moon in the 1950s, says Terziski, they stayed at this still-operating base. According to Terziski, "there is atmosphere, water and vegetation on the Moon," which NASA conceals to exclude the third world from moon exploration.[11] Terziski has been accused of fabricating his video and photographic evidence.[12]

Ernst Zündel's marketing ploy

When German Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel started Samisdat Publishers in the 1970s, he initially catered to the UFOlogy community, which was then at its peak of public acceptance. His main offerings were his own books claiming that flying saucers were Nazi secret weapons launched from an underground base in Antarctica, from which the Nazis hoped to conquer the world.[13] Zündel also sold (for $9999) seats on an exploration team to locate the polar entrance to the hollow earth.[14] Some people who interviewed Zündel about this material claim that he privately admitted it was a deliberate hoax to build publicity for Samisdat, although he still defended it as late as 2002.[15][16]

Miguel Serrano's book

In 1978 Miguel Serrano, a Chilean diplomat and Nazi sympathizer, published The Golden Band, in which he claimed that Adolf Hitler was an avatar of Vishnu and was then communing with Hyperborean gods in an underground Antarctic base. Serrano predicted that Hitler would lead a fleet of UFOs from the base to establish the Fourth Reich.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2002). Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-3124-4.
  2. ^ Belluzzo, Giuseppe (1950-03-24). "Unknown title". Il Giornale d'Italia. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
  3. ^ Staff writer (1950-03-31). "Luftfahrt". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
  4. ^ Gunston, Bill. By Jupiter! The Life of Sir Roy Fedden.
  5. ^ Hitler's UFO Burlington UFO and Paranormal Research and Educational Center
  6. ^ German UFOs
  7. ^ Pauwels, Louis (1967). Aufbruch ins dritte Jahrtausend: Von der Zukunft der phantastischen Vernunft. ISBN 3-442-11711-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Van Helsing, Jan (1993). Geheimgesellschaften und ihre Macht im 20. Jahrhundert. Rhede, Emsland: Ewert. ISBN 3-894-78069-X.
  9. ^ Van Helsing, Jan (1997). Unternehmen Aldebaran. Kontakte mit Menschen aus einem anderen Sonnensystem. Lathen: Ewertlag. ISBN 3-894-78220-X.
  10. ^ Jürgen-Ratthofer, Norbert (1992). Das Vril-Projekt. Der Endkampf um die Erde. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) (self-published)
  11. ^ Vladimir Terziski. "Half a Century of the German Moon Base (1942–1992)."
  12. ^ Kevin McClure. "The Nazi UFO Mythos." Abduction Watch, accessed 2006-08-27.
  13. ^ Friedrich, Christof (1974). UFO's – Nazi Secret Weapon?. Samisdat Publishers.
  14. ^ Friedrich, Christof (1974). "Samisdat Hollow Earth Expedition". The Nizkor Project. Retrieved 2006-08-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  15. ^ "Ernst Zündel's Flying Saucers". The Nizkor Project. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
  16. ^ Zündel, Ernst (2002-12-01). "Zündelgram". The Nizkor Project. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
  17. ^ Serrano, Miguel (1978). Das goldene Band: esoterischer Hitlerismus. ISBN 3-926179-20-1.

Books

Analysts

  • Joscelyn Godwin. Arktos: The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism, and Nazi Survival. Adventures Unlimited Press, 1996. ISBN 0-932813-35-6.
  • Christopher Partridge. UFO Religions. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-26324-7.

Proponents

  • Branton (Bruce Alan Walton) The Omega Files: Secret Nazi UFO Bases Revealed (April 15, 2000 ISBN 1-892062-09-7)
  • Henry Stevens. Hitler's Flying Saucers: A Guide to German Flying Discs of the Second World War (February 1, 2003 ISBN 1-931882-13-4)
  • Nick Cook. The Hunt for Zero Point. New York: Broadway Books (2003)
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