The Past Is Calling

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The field office director excused himself and left the meeting.  Shortly thereafter, he returned with a red file folder stuffed with documents.  He reached into the folder, extracted the executive summary of the Von Reitershof interrogation, and turned it over to the VIP, saying "We might as well start with this."

The VIP grunted as he scanned the summary, and then asked, "What kind of piloted weapons platforms?"

"Flying disks.  But they were prototypes, and the Germans didn't have enough time to field them as operational systems before the war ended."

"Was their research followed up?"

"Oh yes.  It came to be called 'antigravity', although the eggheads didn't like that term.  The German research, along with a bunch of their scientists were brought to the United States as part of PAPERCLIP."

"And?"

"With our people teamed with them, the research proved quite fruitful ... as in practical flying craft that didn't employ conventional propulsion."

"UFOs?"

"Some of the early reports were sightings of our technology."

The VIP massaged his chin with his right hand.  "So if this stuff was so advanced, why are the world's aircraft still running on technology from the 1960s?"

The director gave him a wan smile.  "Part of the reason was the most advanced technology was reserved for fighting an all-out war with the communists.  But the situation dramatically changed in the 1950s, and that is ... eh ... the other shoe to drop."

Cocking his head, the VIP replied, "I'm all ears."

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