Schauberger, son of Viktor Schauberger. Mr. Coats consequently
learned a great deal of information concerning the ideas of
Viktor Schauberger. Mr. Coats is a scientist and architect.
Coats wrote Living Energies about the ideas of Schauberger and
his saucer models (8).
In the same category we find Michael X. Barton, who, through a
translator, Carl F. Mayer, received information from an informant
in German, Hermann Klaas, who claimed to have actually been
involved with some of the German saucer projects. Klaas'
peripheral knowledge (category three) also seems to have extended
into other aspects of secret German research and technology.
Barton wrote one of the earliest books on this topic, The German
Saucer Story in 1968 (9).
One unique source is Wilhelm Landig. Landig wrote three novels
dealing with the Second World War. Following the title of each
novel, Landig tells the reader that this is a "novel based on
realities". The reader is given to understand that the
technology described was based on hard fact. Landig's works
contain more than cold facts, however. Landig deals with a large
variety of topics in his books. Sometimes facts or opinions are
stated or "stories behind the story" are told. He writes,
unashamedly, from the National Socialist perspective. Landig was
obviously a Nazi and an intellectual insider. His history always
remained unclear, at least to this writer, until his recent
death. Because of his unclear background and the fact that he
wrote in novel form, there has been a reluctance to ascribe full
creditability to the statements he makes regarding the technology
of the Third Reich.
This all changed in 1999 as a result of research done by Margret
Chatwin with an organization called "Informations diesnst gegen
Rechtsextremismus" (Information service against the extreme
right) (10). Coming in from this perspective, they, certainly,
would not be accused of aggrandizing Landig's career. Some
details of Landig's biography are now filled in. In that article
we learn that Landig, an Austrian, took part in the unsuccessful
Vienna Putsch of 1934. Thereafter, he fled to Germany and was
inducted into the SD, the SS and the Waffen SS. There he rose to
the rank of "Oberschafuehrer". Eventually, Landig was detailed
to
oversee government security concerns and given a position in the
Reichs Security Department. Landig, in this position, was
assigned to cover the security for the development of "UFOs"
(11). It turns out that Landig was not only a source but a great
source concerning the development of German saucers.
Returning to unnamed sources, they should never be given the
weight as named sources are given. Many times writers use
unnamed sources to advance a radically new and fantastic
hypothesis in the UFO world. This type of source may sound
convincing, given the "secret" nature of the message, but they
should only be accepted if they yield new information which can
be verified independently.
This goes double for unnamed
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