and landings and for bursts of speed necessary for military
applications. In fact, there is no reason that the propulsion
systems of the Fleissner saucer and the liquid air saucer
envisioned by Vesco could not be combined into one aircraft.
It is unknown at this time if actual steps were taken to realize
a liquid air powered flying saucer by the Germans. Whether it
was undertaken or not it certainly did lead thinking on to the
next step in this process and for this step there is more than a
little evidence. This step was mentioned in the Aftonbladet
article. It involves atomic power. Yes, the Germans intended to
build a nuclear powered flying saucer (23).
These are the conclusions first reached by Dr. Milos Jesensky and
engineer Robert Lesniakiewicz in 1998. The former author is a
Czech and the latter author is a Pole. Both belong to a large
UFO organization which functions in both countries. After the
Soviet pullout there were no restrictions on excavation of unused
military sites belonging to the Germans during the Second World
War. This organization got busy interviewing witnesses who had
connections to those times as well as identifying German
underground facilities. They opened up as many of these as they
could find, and they were numerous. Most of the Polish sites
were within the borders of Germany at that time since the
borders, before and during the Second World War, extended into
about 20% of Western Poland. Other sites were in the heavily
German dominated areas of Moravia and Bohemia, now the Czech
Republic.
Of course, the Germans had taken out what they wanted before
retreating and then sealed up the entrances with explosives. As
an example of how far this research group was willing to go, they
not only opened up and explored the upper levels of Der Riese,
mentioned earlier, but also explored the flooded lower levels, in
the cold, silent darkness using scuba gear. Besides Der Riese,
other very large sites were discovered and explored including
"Robert 1", "Robert 11", and "Robert 111".
They found that the larger sites were really composed of a
complex of sites. For instance, at Der Riese some of these sites
within the larger facility were involved in mining uranium ore.
Some were involved in refining the ore. Some other sites were
involved in nuclear research (24).
Wartime German work in nuclear research was not confined to bomb
building, as it was in the USA. The Germans were also interested
in harnessing the atom as an energy source. Remember, Germany
was dependent upon foreign sources of oil for energy. German
planners long realized this was a weakness and had been trying to
correct the problem since the early 1930s. Great plans were in
the works, if not actually built, for atomic reactors used to
generate electricity. These were sometimes called "uranium
machines" by the Germans. Not only were these uranium machines
to be used to generate electricity but they were also destined to
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