Fascinating “flying saucers that (maybe) never were” stories. Here, a pioneering inventor whose early prototype was misidentified and whose lofty dreams fell short. Curt Collins thanks Claude Falkstrom for primary research on the “Grace-N-Air” vertical-lift aircraft, and Roger Glassel and Jeff Knox for additional assistance. Eyes On Cinema gives us Filmed From a Plane in 1966 ~ Analysis of the Oldfield “UFO” Sighting. Oops! From the same general era as the first two items “EOC” also produces some Cigar-shaped UFOs Caught on Camera by Joseph Ferriere and Harold Trudel, 1967/68. In that treatment the announcer asks “But what would the experts say about this?” Providence Journal science writer Gene Emery frames that question as Rhode Island UFO Film: Fact or Fantasy?, and proffers some disquieting information inclining towards the creative side. About a UFO at Nellis AFB: Original 1994 USAF Footage with ATC Transmission, Witnesses & Analysis do not justify easy explanations. Researchers from all sides of the “UFO belief” spectrum reference the work of Martin J. Powell, beginning with The Nellis UFO Video: A Prologue. (WM)
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