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Almost 30 years before Bob Lazar’s claims about the so-called ’Sport Model’ first appeared, the aerospace division of a Californian Aerospace company by the name of Ryan Aeronatical was already working on this concept:

“Illustration of an aerospace vehicle which incorporates an aero-electric propulsion system features circular disk configuration.” (https://preview.redd.it/56blg0qihoug1.jpg?width=1587&format=pjpg&auto…)

The aim of this aerospace concept vehicle was to produce a craft capable of operating from ground-level right through to orbital flight.

In their February 1962 research bulletin magazine, Ryan Aeronautical reported:

*“With an electric air breathing engine this can be achieved by force field control, capable of moving large air masses at low speeds and smaller air masses at higher velocities. A number of vehicle geometries are suitable for satisfying the requirement of velocity and mass control of the exhaust jet. One such geometry, offering additional design advantages of minimum structural weight, large volume and cargo capacity combined with desirable aero-thermodynamic characteristics, is shown in the illustration as a circular disk vehicle. This geometry is also particularly suitable for hovering close to ground, because the annular jet augments very substantially the cushion effect of the air trapped between the vehicle and the ground.*

*By these principles, the efficiency and the thrust of electric aerospace propulsion can be maintained at high levels throughout the entire velocity and altitude range. After leaving the atmosphere, electric propulsion consists of a combination of intense force fields accelerating colloidal chemical plasma; the heavier elements being used for high thrust performance and lighter elements for sustained vehicle acceleration.*

*Research is continuing in the area of generation and control of high electro-magnetic field intensities and colloidal plasma combined with the principle of an electric air breathing engine. Aero-electric propulsion is expected to be a practicable and valuable method for powering aerospace vehicles.”*

Later, the article reports:

*“Both the injection into orbit and practical maneuverability in space demand high thrust propulsion and fuel economy simultaneously. A possibility of meeting these requirements is electro-chemical propulsion. Here, chemical fuels provide a slight exhaust mass which is accelerated by ultra high electromagnetic fields. The prime source of vehicle energy, capable of producing the extremely high force fields, must not require chemical fuels for its own operation. This requires nuclear energy sources or some practical system of converting radiation energy pervading space.”*

“Illustration of an aerospace vehicle which incorporates an aero-electric propulsion system features circular disk configuration.”

Sound at all familiar to those who believe that we need help from Bob Lazar and Zeta Reticulans to develop such things?

If anyone deserves the credit, it’s Nikola Telsa. No Bob Lazar, John Lear and Gene Huff required – unless of course, your real job is to help to provide cover for such aerospace developments.

The full article on this propulsion/craft concept can be found here:

Ryan Reporter VOL. 23 • FEB., 1962 • NO. I - Published by RYAN AERONAUTICAL COMPANY, Lindbergh Field, San Diego 12, California

https://archive.org/details/ryanreporter231263ryan/page/n1/mode/2up (https://archive.org/details/ryanreporter231263ryan/page/n1/mode/2up)

And here’s a video with the Senior Engineer on the project outlining the propulsion concept, on the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives youtube page:

F 2571 Ryan Aero-Electric Propulsion Lecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1A\_iEE-h\_U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1A_iEE-h_U)

Hat tip to Grider u/HighEarthOrbit_ ( https://x.com/HighEarthOrbit\_/status/2043117248559092069#m)

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