government sources. Government has a history of manipulation of
information concerning UFOs and UFO origin theories. One of the
most famous was the Majestic 12 or MJ 12 affair which was based
on unnamed government sources. This house of card finally fell
apart but the real issue before us is why this house of cards,
the MJ-12 affair, was ever allowed so much attention in the first
place.
Government information should, therefore, never be used as the
primary basis for a UFO hypothesis. It should only be used to
verify a hypothesis developed, ideally, from multiple,
independent sources. Concerning German saucers,this means that
information or ideas from German sources might be checked using
U.S. or British governmental archives, but not the reverse.
Similar assertions given by official records of two different
countries is notable. If both United States and British or
German governmental sources agree upon something, then something
might be said of the assertion. Of course there are those that
say this only points to a conspiracy between the two governments
to conceal a deeper truth. This may be true in some cases.
These are all really judgment calls which the reader will have to
make for himself, in the end.
Regarding individual sources cited, an effort will be made to
describe the type of evidence each cited reference uses when that
information is available.
CHAPTER TWO
Reliable Sources
Sources and References
1.
Der Spiegel, March 30, 1959, Article and interview of Rudolf
Schriever
2.
Epp, Joseph Andreas, telephone communication and personal
letters
3.
Epp, Joseph Andreas, 1994, Die Realitaet der Flugscheiben Ein
Leben fuer eine Idee, EFODON e. V., c/o Gernot L. Geise,
Zoepfstrasse 8, D-82405 Wessobrunn, Germany
4.
Klein, Georg, in Welt Am Sontag, 4/26/53, "Erste Flugscheibe
Flog 1945 in Prag
5.
Zunneck, Karl-Heinz, 1998, pages 120-122
6.
Lusar, Rudolf, 1960, German Secret Weapons Of The Second
World War, Neville Spearman, London
7.
Headquarters, United States Strategic Air Forces In Europe,
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