Vesco says the Kugelblitz saucer was flown once against enemy
aircraft (7). It was destroyed by technical detachments of the
SS after "a single lucky wartime mission" (8) in late March or
April of 1945 (9) .
Another mystery is the post-war activities of Dr. Richard Miethe.
Most all sources state that Dr. Miethe went to Canada after the
war and worked on a joint Canadian-American saucer project at an
aircraft facility near Toronto, Ontario. Unfortunately, all
Freedom Of Information Act inquiries concerning Dr. Miethe run
into the solid wall of "no record". Only one researcher ever
claimed to have a document naming Dr. Miethe in association with
this Avro Aircraft, Limited project, (also known as A.V. Roe,
Limited), and that one researcher later admitted to being "a
government asset" which throws a cloud of doubt on all his work
(10).
There is no doubt, however, that by early 1955, work was
commenced by Avro to build a mach 3 flying saucer which is
reminiscent of some of the designs attributed to Dr. Miethe. Two
designs were proposed, the difference being the engine used to
power the saucer. One proposal was to use several axial-flow jet
engines. The second and preferred proposal was to use one large
radial-flow jet engine. The axial type is the type most commonly
used in jet aircraft today. The radial type was similar to the
first jet engine flown by the vW&