The subject of UFOs became a very popular theme in the press, on the television and in film, something that Intelligence services quietly encouraged. There were many, very secret projects that the US Government was investing enormous resources in, and any alternative explanation was preferable than the truth. One such project was the Silver Bug, a US Black version of the Canadian Avrocar. However, the Silver Bug’s true capabilities were about to be discovered!  But beware… not everything may be as it seems!

Sightings given credibility by the Swedish Air Intelligence Service

Everyone was caught up in the new UFO phenomena

Henri Coanda, discoverer of the Coanda effect

Jack Frost of Avro, the designer of the Avrocar

USAF regulations relating to UFOBs

The Canadian Avrocar during tests

Groom lake in Area 51

Technical Report on the Silver Bug

The Silver Bug’s special Jet Stream aerodynamics

The Silver Surfer

The Silver Surfer accelerates

The Silver Surfer crosses the coast

The Silver Surfer completes its secret flight around the planet

The Soviet Aпреля Один (Aprelya Odin)

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