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Aurora – Top secret supersonic spy plane
www.abovetopsecret.com/ pages/aurora.html
Weighs up the evidence that the US Air Force or one of the US's intelligence agencies has a secret 'hypersonic' aircraft capable of a Mach 8 performance.

American Antigravity
www.americanantigravity.com
Founded in 2002 to identify and develop key antigravity technologies, the group has rapidly evolved into a collaborative project involving hundreds of scientists, engineers and inventors from around the globe.

British UFO Research Association
www.bufora.org.uk
Whether you want to report a UFO sighting or read about BUFORA's research into the phenomena, this UK site is packed with information.

Crowded Skies
www.crowdedskies.com/
Enthusiasts' site but with lots of good 'UFO' images, videos and tons of information on the subject.

Flying saucers
http://inventors.about.com/ library/inventors/blflying_saucer.htm
Lots of links from this page including how to make a flying saucer at home from paper plates.

Flying Saucery – CIA documents
www.flyingsaucery.com/cia/index.htm
Two new intelligence documents released under the US Freedom of Information Act reveal how the British Ministry of Defence set up a permanent standing committee to investigate UFOs after the closure of the 'Flying Saucer Working Party.'

Project Silverbug – The Avrocar
www.crystalinks.com/silverbug.html
Argues that the US military was testing and flying UFO design aircraft in the 1940s and 50s. They had as many as 35 saucer projects with vertical lift-off and descent but the most highly classified was known by codename Silverbug.

The role of the armed forces
www.ovnis.atfreeweb.com/ 4_military_role.htm
Coherent article that looks at the UFO phenomenon and explains why the military of the most powerful nations have an interest in maintaining the popular belief in flying saucers and aliens.

UFO secrets
www.rense.com/general47/secetr.htm
An analysis of US military cover-ups of UFO-related information.

Unreal Aircraft
www.unrealaircraft.com
Features unique and unusual aircraft like twin-fuselage Mustangs, Canadian flying saucers, gravity-defying VTOL airplanes and even personal rocket packs.

The Why Files
www.thewhyfiles.net
Looks at UFO sightings and the alleged CIA cover-ups.

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Books

Hitler's Flying Saucers: A guide to German flying discs of the Second World War by Henry Stevens (Adventures Unlimited, 2003)

Hitler's Flying Saucers: A guide to German flying discs of the Second World War by Henry Stevens (Adventures Unlimited, 2003)
Fascinating look at the German technology that supposedly made the first ever flying saucers towards the end of the Second World War.
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Out of the Shadows: UFOs, the establishment and official cover-up by David Clarke and Andy Roberts (Piatkus Books, 2002)

Out of the Shadows: UFOs, the establishment and official cover-up by David Clarke and Andy Roberts (Piatkus Books, 2002)
Looks at the official investigations into the UFO phenomenon, revealing previously secret Ministry of Defence files, which provide evidence for the existence of extra-terrestrial activity and includes evidence that a UFO landed in Rendlesham Forrest, Suffolk in 1980.
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Unconventional Flying Objects: A scientific analysis by Paul R Hill (Hampton Roads, 1995)

Unconventional Flying Objects: A scientific analysis by Paul R Hill (Hampton Roads, 1995)
Considered to be a seminal work on UFOs, Hill argues that their functionality is feasible by applying established principles of physics to existing reports in which consistent UFO behaviour has been described. In language that is technically sound but also accessible to the layman, Hill works out several possible propulsion systems for these mysterious craft.
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The 1955 American illustrated version of HG Wells' classic novel, War of the Worlds

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