Nazi UFOs
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The claims that Nazi Germany built and operated "advanced propulsion craft" (i.e. flying saucers) that are responsible for (at least some) UFO sightings are a subset of the more general category of claims that (at least some) UFOs are vehicles of terrestrial origin. Different versions include either home-grown Nazi technology, or reverse-engineered alien technology. In scope, they vary from "mundane" top-secret craft limited to Earth's atmosphere to full-scale Nazi colonization of the Solar System. However, this allegedly sophisticated technology didn't exactly help them win the war...or did it?
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[edit] Origins
The belief probably stems from the Nazis' forays in the occult (giving birth to the "Nazi mystique") and the reports of foo fighters by Allied warplane pilots during WWII. There is also the fact that Nazi Germany was the cradle of modern (space) rocket technology and that the people responsible for it later became very visibly involved in the US space effort. Robert Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo (in which the Nazis have gotten to the Moon first and established a base there) probably also bears some responsibility.
According to one version, the Nazis encountered an alien civilization and obtained some of their technology, resulting in the development of an anti-gravity engine called "Die Glocke" ("the bell"). Shortly before Germany's surrender, they somehow managed to sneak this device out to Antarctica, of all places, where they set up a new base.[1] They're apparently still around, and when they're not busy bullying Jewish penguins, regularly patrol the globe, resulting in numerous UFO sightings.
Notable proponents include Vladimir Terziski and Jan Udo Holey (under the pen name Jan van Helsing). Richard Hoagland is a supporter of the idea. Military futurist Mike Sparks in 2011 documents British military intelligence and MI6 operative Commander Ian Fleming as being aware and deeply involved in combating Nazi Anti-Gravity Craft, South American exile, Operation PAPERCLIP scientist duplicity (re: Moonraker) in his book, "James Bond is Real: The Untold Story of Political & Military Technological Threats Ian Fleming Warned Us About".
The independently produced 2012 science fiction comedy Iron Sky takes the Nazi UFO tale to a new level, summed up by the film's tagline: "In 1945 The Nazis Went To The Moon. In 2018 They Are Coming Back."[2]
[edit] See also
- Ernst Zündel
- New Swabia: Nazi Germany's attempt at claiming an Antarctic territory.
[edit] External links
- Kevin McClure, The Nazi UFO Mythos, Magonia, an 11-part series of articles
- Iron Sky trailer
- Jews in Space
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Robert Shaeffer: "Nazi Saucers and Antigravity," Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 33.1.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034314/combined