Swith, W. B. (Senior Radio Engineer, Broadcast
and Measurements Section): Ottawa (Canada), 25 June, 1952s1Saint Germain, Marc: octobre 2012
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Le projet Magnet fut établi le 21 novembre 1950, sur autorité du commandant C. P. Edwards, alors Secrétaire d'Etat délégué aux Services de
l'Air au Ministère des Transport. Avant cette date some research in magnetic phenomena had been carried out in the
Department of Transport in connection with radio wave propagation studies and
an indication obtained that the subject comprised a promising field of investigation.
The large number of sightings of unidentified objects, generally
called "Flying Saucers", and the intimation that they operate
on some kind of magnetic principles, raised the question as to whether or not our investigations in the field of
magnetics could be extended to a study of the saucers in the hope that we might uncover the technology which made
them possible. Permission was sought and obtained to carry out further researches within the framework of the
existing Standards Laboratory establishment, and a small working group set up on a part time basis to study the
saucer problem and gain a perspective on the matter.
One of the terms of reference of the project was to study the various saucer sighting reports to determine if
there was any consistent behaviour from which their operating principles might be deduced. Since their operation
was suspected to be in some way magnetic, studies were directed in the theoretical field, with particular
reference to those aspects which may have received only casual investigation while our present technology was
developing.
The limited amount of information available regarding the flying saucers has proven a serious handicap in
evaluating the characteristics and salient features of this possible other technology. Furthermore, the complete
absence of specimens has made a direct approach impossible. The course of data for three studies was almost
entirely information published in the Press. Such other information as was obtained was useful primarily in
establishing the reality of the saucers.
From the available date, the following composite description of a typical saucer was built up.
Considérations théoriques
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Forme générale :
Disque rond et fin avec protubérance hémisphérique d'un côté.
Dimensions :
Diamètre de 100 à 200 pieds ; épaisseur au centre de 10 pieds environ ; épaisseur de l'anneau de
probablement 2 pieds.
Matériel :
Glassy, metallic, with extremely high coefficient of reflection for visible light (or on occasion, self
luminous).
Operating position:
Any, and without regard to the relation between the plane of the disc and the direction of motion.
Vitesse :
Capable de vitesses extrêmement élevées, bien au-delà du supersonique, probablement jusqu'à
16 000 miles/h.
Power:
Unknown, but certainly not chemical jets, or atomic with fission products ejected.
Magnetic:
Magnetic disturbances sufficient to influence compass needle at about 10 miles distance.
Bruit :
Completely absent, except for possible slight swish.
Electrical:
Sometimes appear to be surrounded by corona.
The foregoing description seems to fit the majority of actual saucer sightings, although is is quite possible
that several types of saucers may exist. The variety in the descriptions is probably due to the angle of
observation, and the relative position of the saucer. One point which seems to be significant is that the
saucers did not always move in the same direction relative to the plane of the disc.
As a starting point and as a working hypothesis it was assumed that the driving and sustaining force was the
simple interaction between an electric current and the earth's magnetic field. But any electric currents with
which we are familiar must complete some sort of a circuit, and the force on the complete circuit in a
magnetic field is a turning moment, not a unidirectional force. The unidirectional force on the circuit could
only appear if the magnetic field were either increasing of decreasing towards some point not in the plane of
the circuit. This implies the existence of a magnetic "source" or "sink", which is basically contrary to our
concepts of magnetism. However, if the existence of such a phenomenon could be conceded, the design of the
saucers is entirely consistent, and their behaviour even more so.