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Flying Saucer invented in Germany

Article published in magazine “Die Deutsche illustrierte” 1953 There is a man in Germany who can say much more about flying saucers than any other on this planet. He lives in the vicinity of Bremerhaven, in a small house. For some time his place is now buzzing with activity. Emissaries from American research institutes and universities, as well as professors and engineers from western and eastern countries all keep his doorknob in hand. Their discretion is remarkable and true, but again their interest turns out to be the one and only same topic: the flying saucer.

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This saucer was designed by the resident of this house, the engineer and chief pilot Rudolf Schriever between 1941 and 1945. After the war the achievements and the aeronautical arsenal of the former German Luftwaffe were scattered in the four corners of the earth. On his wooden table lies a pile of mails letters and envelopes from all countries, and every day new arrive. The house at Hökerstraße 28 in Bremerhaven-Lehe became world famous among experts. Flight Captain Schriever stands smiling at the window. “Why didn’t I go abroad?” There on the table lie plenty of contract deals: from South America, the USA, east zone … to say Russia. But perhaps I’m not completely recoverd from a bad experience in South America. And the Flugkreisel (Flying Disc)? The sightings are of course real, as perhaps some of the sighted “flying saucers” are nothing more than the analysis of my plans, which have been kindly stolen from me on a rainy day, in the Bavarian forest, May 14, 1945. My family and I, we were taken in by a farmer, after fleeing Prague.

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’10’ up=” down=”] The idea itself? The essence is simple. Not only the main problem, but also the main potential danger of flying an airplane is that you only can take off and land when you’re at high speed. On the other hand a helicopter can take off and land vertically but in the air it’s relatively slow. So I thought, why don’t we link the strongest features of the Helicopter and those of a normal jet-aircraft design together? That’s how Schriever came to the idea to create the “body” as a flattened ball in the center and around the bal he designed a rotating disc, made out of assembled blades.

[vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=’10’ up=” down=”] Schriever continued: I started on 15 July 1941, the development works. The first model of the airplane spinner was completed on June 2, 1942. A day later it flew driven by tiny rockets, and we were all breathless by its flight performances. But the actual design and construction of the large parts I was only able to do in Prague. The range of – if you want to call it – the first “flying saucer” was 14.40 meters and the flight performances were striking: vertical start, vertical landing, hovering in the air and obtaining a maximum speed of +/- 4000 kilometers per hour !” After a short break the inventor stated: “If it would have been possible to continue our work in 1945, flying saucers would have been as ordinary as hot cakes and seen all over German skies.”

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The family Schriever at home (Bremerhaven-Lehe)

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