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Rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth says flying saucers come from another solar system

When: 24 Oct 1954
Sources: 1 public source

Rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth in the 1950s Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hermann Oberth, a founder of rocket science, wrote in The American Weekly that flying saucers were real spacecraft from another solar system, possibly crewed by observers who had been studying Earth for a long time.

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OtherStatements About Flying Saucers And Extraterrestrial Life Made By Prof. Hermann Oberth (quotes 'Flying Saucers Come from a Distant World', The American Weekly, 24 Oct 1954) (opens in a new tab)MUFON (archived copy) / 2002

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