Flying Saucers Through the Ages


	Flying Saucers Through the Ages
infopunk
11-19-2008 2:04 AM
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flying saucers, aviation
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11-19-2008 5:00 PM
carrerinyes
Beam me up,Scotty...
11-19-2008 5:02 PM
ofcapri
Me too. I'm ready!
8-27-2009 7:13 AM
The Infowarrior
The Germans were way ahead of the curve during the second world war, and were said to be experimenting with anti-gravity technology.
8-27-2009 7:15 AM
The Infowarrior
Interestingly many Nazi aerospace scientists came to America after the war with a lot of them ending up at what was to eventually become NASA.
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