Info on Lear

 -In light of some of the controversy surrounding Lear.txt,
 perhaps it would   be helpful to refer to some statements
 attributed to John Lear's father,   the late William P. Lear,
 pertaining to possible UFO technology.   They are excerpted
 from the 1978 book entitled "The Cosmic Conspiracy".   They are
 presented here merely as interesting anecdotes, which may also
 be helpful to an understanding of what has influenced John Lear.
 -Tom Mickus Excerpt #1===========      "William P. Lear, inventor
 and chairman of the board of Lear, Inc., one of the nation's
 largest electronics firms specializing in aviation, for months
 has been going over new developments and theories relating to
 gravity with his chief scientists and engineers".      "...He is
 convinced that it will be possible to create  artificial electro-
 gravitational fields 'whose polarity can be controlled to cancel
 out gravity".      "...'All the (mass) materials and human beings
 within these fields will be part of them. They will be adjustable
 so as to increase or decrease the weight of any object in its
 surroundings. They won't be affected by the earth's gravity or that
 of any celestial body".      'This means that if any person was in
 an anti-gravitational airplane or space ship that carried along
 its own gravitational field - no matter how fast you accelerated
 or changed course - your body wouldn't any more feel it than it
 now feels the speed of the earth' ".      "...Eugene M. Gluhareff,
 president of Gluhareff Helicopter and Airplane Corp. of Manhattan
 Beach, Calif., has made several theoretical design studies of
 round or saucer-shaped 'vehicles' for travel into outer space..."
 It might also be of some interest to the reader that this author
 witnessed the late William P. Lear making another nationwide
 statement on a daytime, American television program in about
 1969-70. This later statement was made in response to a question
 from the emcee who wanted to know what Mr. Lear envisioned the
 next twenty years producing in new technology. Mr. Lear told him
 that a person would be able to, say, walk into a New York "travel"
 booth - somewhat similar to a telephone box in shape; - deposit
 his fare; push a button; and walk out the other side of the booth
 in San Francisco - having been "teleported" across America in
 seconds! The studio audience automatically laughed at Mr. Lear -
 much to their uninformed discredit. Mr. Lear just gaped at their
 performance in utter amazement. How painfully sad and lonely he
 must have felt at that moment when he realized the greatgulf that
 separated the viewing audience from the realities he had already
 witnessed in the laboratory... He was a kind and sincere man;
 and thisauthor, for one, feels a great loss at Mr. Lear's recent
 death... Excerpt #2===========      In his book of 1957, entitled,
 "The Flying Saucer Conspiracy", Donald Keyhoe also mentioned some
 rather indicting news on pages 200-201:      "On 2nd February,
 while visiting Bogota, Columbia, William P. Lear manufacturer of
 aircraft and electronic equipment, told a news conference that the
 flying saucers are real".      "When Lear's story was flashed to the
 United States by the AP, it was a hard blow for the UFO censors. But
 this was only the beginning. Within twenty-four hours Lear amplified
 his first statement: 'I feel the flying saucers are real', he said,
 'because of four points'. First, he said, there have been numerous
 manifestations over long periods of time. Second, many observations
 have been made simultaneously by reliable observers. Third, there
 are great possibilities linked with the theory of gravitational
 fields. Fourth, there are now serious efforts in progress to prove
 the existence of anti-gravitational forces and to convert atomic
 energy directly to electricity".      "This new AP story dismayed
 the Pentagon, for it could easily disclose our top-secret research
 to duplicate the UFO's propulsion. There had already been one
 hint despite Pentagon precautions. During a meeting of aviation
 leaders in New York, on the 25th of January, G.S. Trimble, vice-
 president of advance design for the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft
 Company, had made an amazing disclosure... "Unlimited power,
 freedom form gravitational attraction, and infinitely short travel
 time are now becoming feasible', he told the press. Then he added
 that eventually all commercial air transpor- tation would be in
 vehicles operating on these fantastic principles".


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