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From: Jakes Louw <LOUWJE@telkom.co.za>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:05:31 +0200
Fwd Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 17:19:34 -0500
Subject: The Case for the Secret Exploration of Space...

Please note the attached mail, which is sent
in its entire original format.

I can vouch that this is a serious request
for research information.

Please send any response or comments back
to the originator, Mr. Jan Lamprecht, at:

pbs@iafrica.com



Thank you

Jakes E. Louw
+27 12 311-2668
082 923 6144
louwje@telkom.co.za




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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 01:03:56 +0200
From: "Jan Lamprecht"  <UFO-1@qit-ul-0104.telkom.co.za>
To: JRNyquist@aol.com,Neiby@aol.com, pbs@iafrica.com,
	sashwin@jhb.lia.net, jeroen@pufori.org,
	.@qit-ul-0104.telkom.co.za, ...@qit-ul-0104.telkom.co.za,
	CIS.List@qit-ul-0104.telkom.co.za
Cc: JANL@cna.co.za
Subject: USAF: The Case for the Secret Exploration of Space...

All,
This is the following text which I posted on several scientific and
military newsgroups. Feel free to spread it around. Maybe we'll pick
up some useful responses? Comments?
Jan

I am doing some serious research into an idea and I would very much
like to communicate with anyone who can provide me with information,
assistance or pointers to further research. I have been digging deeply
into the work of astronomers and scientists - from historical times to
the present.

Like everyone else I have always taken it for granted that NASA is
knocking up one first after another. But gradually over several months
some new thoughts have been dawning upon me and I wish to conduct
serious research into the following concept:
  Is NASA really at the cutting edge of space exploration?

Silly question? Perhaps. But hear me out.

BackGround: Top Secret Military Drones...
A friend of mine in National Intelligence in Pretoria told me some
years ago that a lot of Air Force work around the world was being
conducted on pilotless drones. He told me it was the "hot-button" of
major airforces around the world. He hinted at the existence of
pilotless, stealth bombers (which can drop nuclear bombs) and other
planes. He told me that most of these planes are tested at night in
various places. He told me that they regularly fly over Pretoria.

I made contact with an engineer in the USA. His work brings him into
contact with many new US aircraft projects. When I wrote about drone
research on Internet a year ago, this gentleman came forward and
confidentially gave me a few quiet pointers. He confirmed what my
friend in National Intelligence had been telling me.

In many places around the world people think they are seeing UFOs when
in fact they are witnessing airforce experiments. Example: Triangular
shaped craft flying around. Recently I think such an incident took
place near Phoenix. Much was made of it in UFO circles.

About 18 months ago, people in Pretoria saw a large bright light
floating over Pretoria. They called the Police. Some 120 police in
patrol cars began chasing this "UFO" across Pretoria at break-neck
speed and out into the country-side. Video footage was shot of this
incident. The Police radioed for a Police helicopter to assist in the
chase. The Police helicopter chased the "UFO" in the early hours of
the morning. Later the Pilot of the helicopter stated on National TV
that he'd seen a "UFO" and he even filed a report with one of the
International UFO societies. But during this incident the Police
control room radioed the South African Air Force base nearby to
immediately scramble a jet to intercept the UFO. The South African Air
Force refused the request. Didn't they care that 120 Policemen were
racing at breakneck speeds through Pretoria assisted by a helicopter?
Didn't they care that something foreign was in our air space? Or did
the SAAF know something which was too secret to tell the Police? Some
months later I had a braai (barbque) with my Intelligence friend. What
did he think of this "UFO". He laughed and told me (as he had done
before), that many strange things fly above Pretoria at night. He said
it was very possibly a misidentification of an "air force experiment."
This was when he told me some more about drones and elaborated some
more on what he knew about airforces around the world. His work had
brought him into contact with people in Europe and America and
sometimes he went on missions there. He knew quite a bit of what was
going in this field.

Later I mentioned this at a company I was doing consulting for, when a
guy there, Brian (whom I have known for many years), told me how he
had witnessed such a drone one day in 1972. He told me that he was
stationed at an Infantry base near Pretoria which bordered on
Swartkops AFB. There were rumours in the camp of a small airforce
plane. But most of the guys thought it was just a joke. They stood
guard in the various towers around the base. Brian confirmed what my
buddy had told me. That when nightfall came, and as soon as it was
properly dark, the little plane would take off. One night he had the
good fortune to see it. He saw a hanger door open and a tiny 12 ft
long plane came trundling out. He heard a slight whine, and the little
plane with a bullet-shaped nose and short stubby wings raced down the
runway and took off steeply into the dark night sky with no lights on.
As it became airborne a secondary engine seemed to kick in. The engine
was very quiet and it made more of a buzzing noise. Once it was high
enough you wouldn't hear it any more. The plane dissappeared into the
night sky. Two hours later he suddenly heard the buzzing noise again
and the little plane ducked down out of the dark night sky and landed
swiftly. No long winded process. It just dived down, landed neatly -
the hanger doors opened and within seconds the little plane
dissappeared from sight. It was all so fast and slick that to most of
the soldiers in the infantry base, right next to the runway - that
most of them considered it only a "rumour."

A similar thing happens at Groom Lake. My Intelligence friend
suggested I look more closely. Forget the UFO stories he told me. I
did research, stumbled upon various articles and revelations by a
former director of the Skunkworks. A year later I became convinced
that his analysis was spot-on. Lockheed Skunkworks is busy with a new
type of drone. I discovered for example that at Groom Lake one finds a
SMALL HANGER - and someone with a sense of humour has painted the
number "18" on it. (In UFO literature much is made of Hanger 18 where
UFO's are supposedly stored). Someone at the Skunkworks has a sense of
humour. Nice touch. And at night, a light is seen looping the loop
over Groom Lake and doing all manner of manoevres deep into the night.
It takes off, like it's protege at Swartkops - some time after dusk.
When people became too curious about this "American UFO" the USAF had
to engage in a land-grab to keep the curious at bay. Critics always
say "But what could possibly exist in such a small hanger? How can
that possibly be a secret?" Well, small aircraft are HOT SECRETS.

I asked my American Engineer informant what's the rationale behind the
light on the plane? His reply: "If you need accurate performance
statistics on a stealth aircraft then radar is no good - a light is
better." My friend the spy, tells me that there's also the issue of
'"responsibility." If you see a light at night which looks like the
proverbial "UFO" then you don't think: There goes the USAF/SAAF or the
Russians or whoever. His hints suggested that these lights may have
their uses in fooling other people in other countries. He hinted that
there is more to be gained from other people thinking they're being
visited by UFOs than them realising the they're being spied on by an
earthly power. Perhaps even, the troops might not want to report such
a sighting for the sake of being made fun of. So when all is said, it
would seem that there is much to be gained from this kind of spying.
Other possibilities exist too which I've not had a chance to dig into
- such a "close-up" spying on bases which one normally can't get near.
Has anyone ever bothered trying to fire an anti-aircraft missile at a
UFO? Would anyone dare?

The land with the most "UFO's" seems to be the USA. Either Aliens have
organised regular tourist trips to the "land of the free" or perhaps
the "UFO's" are actually American in origin to begin with?

Bottom Line: There's a lot of hot computer and aeronautical technology
out there in military circles. And they've been at these things for
decades. The Skunkworks D21 drone was classified for 25 years after it
had been shelved. Such is the secrecy which surrounds the existence of
drones.

USAF Space Plane....
Recently the Skunkworks won the contract for the next generation space
shuttle. In Popular Science they mentioned the radical design. A
single-stage, lifting-body, space plane, flown completely from start
to finish by a computer. It is cheap compared to the current shuttle
and it is a radical departure from the norm.

Popular Science mentioned that experienced aeronautical engineers
commented on the suspicious nature of the Skunkworks bid. It's
well-known that Skunkworks has developed the most radically advanced
aircraft created this century. The SR71 Blackbird; U-2 spyplane; F117a
Stealth bomber. These engineers commented that NASA is generally
conservative and likes to use proven technology. Engines must have
been functioning for at least 8 years before NASA will touch it for
their manned program. So how does the Skunkworks get away with this?
These engineers suggest that Skunkworks must have developed and flown
a Space Plane for the USAF - and this thing must have been flying for
at least 8 - 10 years already.

But where is it? We've never heard of it. Have you? I've never come
across a single rumour or ounce of evidence to support this idea.
Unless someone is keeping it a damned good secret - which I think is
entirely possible.

Clementine...
I was surprised when the Clementine satellite was launched and it was
sent off to map every square inch of the Moon. Then it set off for?
(Was it Venus?). What really surprised me was that Clementine was
supposed to be the first project funded by the Department of Defence
to leave Earth orbit. I'm curious. Since when does the Moon (or Venus?
Is it Venus?) have anything to do with US National Security? Why would
they want to map ever square inch of the Moon? The obsession with
mapping the Earth completely for military purposes has been an ongoing
project for some time. This data is stored in computer for the
navigation of missiles, drones, cruise missiles and military aircraft.
Is the Solar system being mapped for military purposes? Or has it
already been mapped?

ION Engines....
I remember reading a lot about the wonders of Ion engines back in the
1970's. They are low-impulse engines. i.e. they don't have much
"kick." But they have an incredible top-speed. They're ideal for solar
system exploration to the Outer planets. Why wait 10 years for a
Voyager when a constantly accelerating ION engine could send a probe
racing across the solar system at many times the speed of a
conventional rocket.

There is also another development worth noting - which I've never
heard anyone speak of. I saw an interview of a scientist who stated
that the next engine which we need to develop is a nuclear rocket
engine. It makes me think of the nuclear submarine. This was the
concept of a single Captain in the US Navy who decided to try sticking
a nuclear reactor in a submarine. He found it could be done and hey
presto he invented the nuclear submarine. How easy would it be to
produce a nuclear rocket engine with today's nuclear technology? I've
never heard of any work being done on it. Or has there been work on it
which we know nothing of?

But back to ION Engines. I vaguely remembered the ION engine, but
strangely no one writes about it any more. My buddy the spy had told
me this about drones: "You won't see anything about it in books and
magazines. The real stuff is all hush hush." I thought I was dreaming
about ion engines. Then I stumbled upon a book I'd had in the 1970's.
There it clearly stated, in 1972, that in the 1960's NASA had had a
working ION engine. It ran for 40 hours on a test bed - 30+ years ago.
It was supposed to be the next generation space probe engine. But it's
not.

Have Ion engines been classified and moved out of NASA's area?
Why didn't NASA ever make use of an idea so promising? Scientists were
saying what a hot idea this was and then.... poof.... the idea
dissappears from public view. Or is NASA not allowed to use it? Is it
perhaps the preside of the USAF?

USAF Space Exploration....
So I began wondering. Is it possible that the USAF has gone beyond
mere space planes - and has it already been scouting out the solar
system - AHEAD of NASA? I have noted some discrepancies in the history
of astronomy and I was digging into these issues. Then I began
wondering about this possibility...

So I decided to pose my Engineer informant the question. His response:
"Plenty." Of course he refuses to tell me more. Perhaps I'm being had.
But I'm wondering and seriously posing the question. However, he
promised me he'd point me in the right direction. He suggested I
contact the Federation of American Scientists - and he gave me a
contact name. I noted that they had a project which spoke of curbing
excessive Govt Secrecy. Currently I'm waiting for a reply from them.

But my question is this: Can anyone provide me with any further
thoughts, suggestions and contacts in this regard? No one seems to
have ever really dug into this problem (not that I know of). Is it
possible that the USAF has taken a greater interest in space
exploration than we may ever have thought? The exact rationale behind
it may be interesting. Could it be PERHAPS, as a suggestion, that all
these stories of UFOs have really been taken seriously all along, and
that the solar system was to be scouted ANYWAY? (Regardless of whether
anything was found or not).

If you can help, then please reply by e-mail as I do not always get a
chance to monitor this NewsGroup. Thank you, Jan.