Die Glocke
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Die Glocke ("the Bell") is a supposed top-secret Nazi device, said to be a bell-shaped machine for anti-gravity or time travel, that has become part of Nazi UFO lore. It was first described by Polish author Igor Witkowski in 2000 and popularised in English by journalist Nick Cook. No reliable evidence that it existed has been found.[1]
The claims
In his 2001 book The Hunt for Zero Point, Cook described Witkowski's claims of a glowing, rotating bell about four metres high, with two counter-rotating cylinders filled with a purple, mercury-like substance code-named "Xerum 525". It was supposedly tested on prisoners from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, killed workers with its radiation, and was later moved to an unknown location; Cook suggested SS official Hans Kammler traded the technology to the United States.[1] Witkowski said he learned of it from a document supplied by an unnamed Polish official, said to come from the war-crimes trial of SS general Jakob Sporrenberg.[1]
Reception
Cook's book presented the story without critical examination.[1] Skeptic Robert Sheaffer called it "a classic example of how to spin an exciting yarn based on almost nothing", and a Salon reviewer said it strained credulity.[1] The device has since appeared in fiction, including Dean Koontz's Lightning, the television series 12 Monkeys and the Assassin's Creed games, and is often linked with stories about Nazi flying saucers.[1][2]
References
- Die Glocke (conspiracy theory) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Nazi UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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