Developed by a subsidiary of the Canadian firm A.V. Roe the VZ-9 AV has been dubbed the Canadian Flying Saucer. It was a Vertical Take Off and Landing prototype developed for the US military at the height of the Cold War.
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Identified Unidentified Flying Oobjects. A list of some real flying saucers, from the US and Soviet military, a video of the amazing Moller M200x, some flying saucer inspired architecture and a patent for a nuclear powered flying saucer from British Rail, bizarrely. Vote for your faves.
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“The British Rail flying saucer, officially known simply as space vehicle, was a proposed space vehicle, designed by Charles Osmond Frederick and a patent application was filed by Jensen and Son on behalf of British Rail on December 11, 1970. The flying saucer originally started as a proposal for a raisable platform. However, the project was revised and edited, and by the time the patent was filed had become a large passenger craft for interplanetary travel.” Don’t you just love the Internet?
English Russia, one of our favorite sites, spotted this on popmech.ru. The photo is from a Russian Air Force retiree, who was an eye witness of flying saucers made for Russian army in 1950s on Spitzbergen. The machines were made to test the flight characteristics of the saucer shape.
Similar to Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion house the Futuro was a Finnish prefab which was inspired by a flying saucer, complete with a ramp entrance. About 100 were made, from the late 60s to early 70s and they have become cult collectors items. This site is building a collection of pictures of those that remain.
An unlikely place for a futuristic pilotti supported concrete shell. This 2000 square foot home was auctioned this month (march 2008).
A UK company has developed a cheap flying saucer, for surveillance, using off the shelf components.
Flying Saucers are common themes as part of the great North American tradition of roadside attractions, from gas stations to diners. Moonbeam, Ontario in Canada has a particularly iconic UFO.
There are, of course, lots of art cars that are inspired by Flying Saucers, howvere we had to pick one, and this cup cake jobbie was the cutest.
The Aeroshell was part of the Voyager Balloon System which was launched near Roswell and landed on White Sands Missile Range. They look like flying saucers and are possibly what originated the obsession with Roswell and UFO sightings . Aeroshell was designed for slowing down a Mars lander.
