Recently, mention of a German compass was encountered while
searching for something else in a Freedom Of Information Act
response. Called a "Mother Horizon", the device recalls and may
confirm the device first described by Landig. On the other hand,
it may simply be a device showing the pilot the attitude of the
aircraft in relation to that of the horizon. Whether or not this
is the same device in the possession of William Lyne is not known
at this time.
Turning to field propulsion saucers and pictures of them, it
should be pointed out that the saucer pictures of Ralf Ettl and
Norbert Juergen-Ratthofer are unique to them, that is, no
pictures of saucers specifically identified as "Haunebu", "Vril"
exist outside of their presentation to my knowledge. As if
preempting criticism, these writers counter with the proposal
that all Adamski saucers are really German field propulsion
saucers or originated from German wartime designs. Adamski
saucers were photographed and witnessed world-wide in the early
1950s. In fairness, it should be pointed out that there also
exists at least one source of confirmation of their thesis.
Confirmation of sorts comes from a new book by a conspiracy
writer, George Piccard, who cites similar information to that of
Ettl and Juergen-Ratthofer as coming from his informant, a man
calling himself "Kilder" (24). Piccard states that he believed
the name "Kilder" to be an alias. Kilder was a clerk working in
British intelligence and allegedly came to Piccard through a
mutual contact shortly before Kilder died of lung cancer. During
his years of service, Kilder had all