05 March 1946
IRON CURTAIN SPEECH
May 1946
NEPA begins
23 February 1947
San Diego Union article declaring a remotely controlled atomic
airplane was being built.
24 June 1947
Kenneth Arnold UFO Mt. Rainer flying @ 1700 mph or 2.289060241 Mach. Arnold believes
that the craft was remotely controlled.
08 July 1947
The first UFO reports for project sign
July 1947
Pentagon officials were expressing alarm about the flying
disk reports
February 1949
Project Grudge
13 May 1949
First Canberra Flight
28 September 1949
“45,000 horsepower is required to drive a 25 ton plane 1500
miles an hour (MACH 1.97) at 70,000
feet. … The power requirement would jump to 200,000 horsepower at sea level
because of greater air resistance.”
U.S. May Push Efforts to Make Atomic Engine
Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Sep 28, 1949;
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
pg. 12
16 October 1949
Caltech scientists on Mount Palomar observe “flying disk”
that sets off Geiger counter.
21 February 1951
A British Canberra B.2 flown by Roland Beamont became the
first jet to make a nonstop unrefueled flight across the Atlantic Ocean,
arriving in the United States for USAF evaluation.
22 February 1951
ATOM PLANE ON WAY TO DRAWING BOARD; FIRST PHASE ENDED: U.S.
Announces...
New York Times (1923-Current file); Feb 23, 1951; ProQuest
Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index pg. 1
12 July 1952
UFO flap
September 1952
ARDC awards contract Martin Aircraft Company to modify the
B-57 with high lift wings and powering it with the new American version of the
Rolls Royce Avon-109 engine. Meanwhile
WADC has two German aeronautical engineers, Woldemar Voigt and Richard Vogt
researching ways to achieve sustained high altitude flight. USAF Major Seaberg
an aeronautical engineer for Chance Vought Corporation until being recalled to
serve in the Korean War, was serving as assistant chief of the New Development
Office of WADC's Bombardment Branch.
05 March 1953
Stalin is murdered.
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