Gardner cited Wells's speculation of a Hollow Moon as support of the Hollow Earth theory. Wells borrowed from earlier fictional works that described a hollow Earth, such as the 1741 novel Niels Klim's Underground Travels by Ludvig Holberg. The concept of hollow planets was not new The first discussion of a Hollow Earth was by scientist Edmond Halley in 1692. Wells wrote about a hollow moon in his 1901 book The First Men in the Moon. The suggestion of a hollow moon first appeared in science fiction, when H. It is often called the Spaceship Moon hypothesis and often corresponds with beliefs in UFOs or ancient astronauts. The Hollow Moon hypothesis is the suggestion that the Moon is hollow, usually as a product of an alien civilization.

2.3 Vasin-Shcherbakov 'spaceship' conjecture.

(Summary by Roger Melin)įor further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. The second edition of Ruppelt's work was supplemented with 3 additional chapters which were added in 1960, and we are fortunate that they are included here.

And not all sightings that were reported were restricted to the U.S.Īlthough Project Blue Book would continue until 1969, here we witness an in-depth account from it's inception and it's earliest stages, the political obstacles, the houndings from the press, the overall confusion encountered during and following many of the sightings, and the near hysteria caused during the heyday of UFO sightings, and all from the man who headed up the project in it's earliest years. Here we go inside the workings of Project Blue Book, which had evolved from 2 earlier Air Force projects, and we are witness to interviews, press conferences, Pentagon briefings, and many reports from civilian and military pilots, Air Traffic Controllers, office workers, farmers, and the man on the street who reported their accounts with UFOs. This report from 1956 takes us inside these initial investigations, separates fact from fiction, and gives insight into who, when, where, and how sightings were reported and researched in open-minded fashion (for which Ruppelt was renowned), rather than in the typical hushed and secretive (and censored) manner most often associated with government and military reports which are released to the public.ĭozens of specific sightings are recounted, although hundreds more had come pouring into the agency during the period covered (and hundreds, if not thousands more that were never officially reported).

Air Force's Project Blue Book, the official project initiated to investigate UFO reports beginning in 1952. Edward Ruppelt was the first head of the U.S. 'Straight from the horse's mouth', as they say. LibriVox recording of The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, by Edward J.

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