Klagenfurt, 1954: um austríaco jura ter inventado o “disco voador” e pede a um desconhecido em Nova Jersey que o venda nos EUA

Office Memorandum. United States Government. To: Director, FBI. Date: 4/12/54. From: SAC, Newark (62-0). Subject: Information regarding new principles of aero-dynamics; Alois Pivec - Informant. [handwritten: Flying Saucers] Enclosed herewith are photostats of parts of two letters furnished by Alois Pivec and his wife, Olga Pivec, both of [...] East Orange, NJ. Both photostats are in German and concern the development of a new principle in aero-dynamics and alleged attempts by the Communists in Austria to obtain this information. There is also enclosed a blind memo, setting forth the summary of the information in the letters and the circumstances under which they were obtained. This information is being furnished to the Bureau for whatever action is deemed appropriate. The indices of the Newark Office are negative regarding Alois Pivec, Olga Pivec and Adolph Dornig. Encls. (7). cc NK 100-17007. Registered mail. RTH:gms. [handwritten:] Let OSI 5-13-54 EHM. Recorded - 47. Indexed - 47. 62-83894-338. Apr 20 1954.

Translation from German. Item #1. 12-21-53. Mr. Alois Piwetz, [...] New Jersey, U. S. A. Dear Mr. Piwetz, Your brother will probably have communicated with you about me as we became acquainted with each other at a construction job. I told him a few things about inventions or utilization. Dear Mr. Piwetz, be not angry with me because I am now turning to you. I hesitated such a long time as my wife does not wish to go abroad. Enclosed I am sending you 2 inventions, that is, ideas and I leave it to your own power of judgment whether one or both, or none of these inventions is suitable. If one seems to be profitable to you, you should apply for a patent in your own name as the best possible way and enter for me and for yourself 45% each of the net profit and 10% for your brother. I am giving you entirely a free hand, as you will undoubtedly try to attain the greatest possible profit. And now, dear Mr. Piwetz, I am taking the liberty of telling you something about an invention which the entire world wants to have. (I am only writing the most important facts.) Before the war I intended to make a toy, something which flies, and purely accidentally I discovered a hitherto unknown aerodynamic law. I experimented further. I improved and informed several comrades. They were enthused and emigrated to South America. There they tried it on their own responsibility. People were killed and they failed to perfect the incomplete invention. They approached me again. As they were only artisans, these flying machines were, of course, built primitively. The first experiments to fly with a motorcycle motor attained the result of 250-300 km. Not bad for the years 1938-39! With a powerful motor they then flew 2600-2800 km. (hour kilometers). [handwritten:] "Translated by: Friedrich G. Neuhauser: jen, May 6, 1954".

After the war they came to me again and told me about their misfortune, that about 60% of all flights had been fatal. To make it very clear, they wanted to find out how I construct my flying apparatuses, because with a device, which endangers lives, they could not, of course, appear before the public, and, therefore, all this is still, so to speak, a private secret. In America, this flying machine is called "flying saucer," and since among my former comrades a quarrel broke out and they distrust each other and none of them has the intelligence, which this invention demands, they have not progressed over there. I imagine that they have stubbornly adhered to some construction, that is, become involved in it that they cannot advance. It has taken me years to reach the point where I can already say with respect to the construction plan that now the machine is safe for flying. Thereby I am losing, however, some speed, but, in return for it, safety is secured and this is the main thing. This machine is so very simple in its construction that, if one gives me an engineer and experts, I can build this apparatus in 5 to 6 weeks at the most (but only experimentally for a crew of 1 to 3 men). Then this machine attains, with an automobile motor of 80 to 120 h.p. about 700 to 1,000 km. If a firm would exist, which does not shun the costs, I can, because of the simple construction of the machine, build the first machine immediately in such a manner that it exceeds the 2000 km. limit per hour. Because of the new aerodynamic law it is possible without any difficulty (everything without propellers) to reach such speeds. Now the idea has come to me to build some kind of popular flying machine which is cheaper than an automobile. One does not need any starting or landing strip and one would have a travelling speed of about 500 to 700 km. per hour. I believe that America would be the most favorable place in the world for it. You will now understand that I am very anxious to establish contact with a firm which is greatly interested in this invention. But as I have no knowledge of English, it is for me, from the very beginning, an affair which will come to nothing. If you, dear Mr. Piwetz, can start the matter, you will not have done it in vain. I am not niggardly and besides I want to go to the U. S. A. to realize there a still larger project for which I need co-workers. The circular flying machines shall bring me the money for my further future plans, for I believe popular flying machines, according to my model and besides 100% safe from crash, will be a gigantic business. I do not know the magnates over there; perhaps Henry Ford or an airplane factory, possibly a helicopter plant would be interested in it. - 2 -

But I shall announce the names of my comrades only after I have received a contract pertaining to license or gratuities and after my arrival in the U. S. However, it must be added that I shall not lay out the money for the passage if some firm accepts me for the construction of the flying machines. But in addition to all that I need someone who lives over there and who knows the English language, and now I am asking you, my dear Mr. Piwetz, whether you can function as my manager as they say in the U. S. A. Well, you know that the manager receives payment, and I believe that you will enjoy working with me later on inventions when I am over there. Incidentally I mention that I took a course as a chemist. (The "Do" - apparatuses, later called fog - or rocket-missiles, originated with me and also many other things.) I hope that you can decipher my hieroglyphic script. Such small writing is not in my line. So that you may see that I am not exaggerating, I declare upon oath that the invention, known by the name of "flying saucer," is my own, that I know the men who are building these machines in South America, and that I can construct the above-described machine myself and attain at least 2000 km. /s/ A. Dornig. I hope that you will be interested in it. I am awaiting your communication very hopefully. With friendly greetings, Respectfully, /s/ Adolf Dornig. - 3 -

Item #2. 1-21-54. Adolf Dornig, [...] Klagenfurt - West. Dear Mr. Pivec, I have received your letter of 1-12, on 1-19. Many thanks for your efforts. With joy I have taken cognizance of the fact that you have already contacted American authorities concerning my invention. However, I have no great hopes, because I know that with the U. S. everything is defective, exactly as with the English. - Example: Already a long time ago I wrote 2 or 3 letters to the U. S. authorities at Salzburg and I was in Salzburg myself during the past year, but everything was in vain. - At the most, in response to my letters, some Russian agent comes; that is all. When I wrote in Switzerland at first to President Truman and then to President Eisenhower through an official bureau, also everything was of no avail. In the end, always Russian agents come. In May 1953, a big dirty pig arrived who wanted to make me believe that he would take me in an automobile to the emigration office for Austrians in Switzerland. He enraged me to such an extent that I hit him in the face with my fist. But he had also helpers and I am not sure how it ended. I awoke, lying on the ground, and all had disappeared. Several days ago a man approached me at my working place who only pointed a finger upon me, saying: "You!" When I looked at him; he quickly ran away. I could not recognize him, but seemingly he knew me. - But the English are even more stupid. I wrote to the local city commandant's office about my invention (just like to you) but no reply came. When at one time I accidentally listened to "Radio Canada," I learned about my statements. Those people said that one had finally succeeded (possibly Scotland Yard) to obtain exact data on the German flying saucers and that one would, therefore, establish a research station in Canada with English experts, etc. I wondered whether the entire world had gone crazy. I offer my invention for sale, and those people make such a noise about it! They will never perfect the machine without my data. Well, I let you know that I am somewhat in the bad books here; strictly speaking since 1937, because of our eagle, also called misfortune. Our coat of arms, the bird - 4 -

of Austria, has in its claws hammer and sickle, and when I announced in 193(?)7 in public that the communist symbols also appear on our money, the gendarmery arrested me and told me that I was crazy. Since I repeatedly declared that a "red dog" sits in the government in complete secrecy, everything has failed. But that since then an information has always been based upon the word crazy, I do not believe, although I know that the communists have always guarded me very strictly. Furthermore, I accidentally (relatives) discovered the fundamentals of Russian atom physics (a law of nature, unknown to America) and, therefore, since 1933 all my attempts to get into the U. S. A. have been frustrated in every respect. I cannot journey to that country. Since I (relatives) also exactly know the most secret Russian communications methods (apparatuses) and the system, they are doing their utmost to prevent me from establishing contact with the U. S. A. I hardly believe that it will be possible by normal means. I shall not place myself into an airplane again! The Americans do not know how many Russian agents are with them. After I had written to the Pentagon about my invention, a rejection arrived. From Salzburg I have never received a reply. Seemingly, the English have lost my address and when I reported to the local FSS that I can construct the Russian apparatuses, I received...*) *) Examiner's comment: This communication is incomplete. - 5 -

Adolph Dornig. On January 12, 1954, Alois Pivec, [...] East Orange, NJ, appeared at the Newark Office and advised that he had received a letter from one Adolph Dornig, [...] Klagenfurt, West Austria, on about December 20, 1953. Pivec stated that the letter requested him to attempt to sell a number of inventions, which he, Dornig, had developed. Pivec stated that the request was to contact Aircraft companies and Sewing Machine Companies in the United States and attempt to interest them in these devices. According to Pivec, Dornig requested that no governmental agencies be contacted. Pivec stated that the inventions, which Dornig had developed were new type of sewing machine and a flying saucer. Pivec stated that he came to this office because he felt that the flying saucer was of some importance in the national defense of this country. Pivec stated that he has never met Dornig but that Dornig was given his name by Pivec's brother, Fritz, who resides in Graz, Austria, and who is employed at Siemens-Halske [...] Graz, Austria. Pivec stated that his brother worked with Dornig, at one time, and he believes that Dornig is a chemist or some type of engineer. Pivec stated that the contents of the letter seemed fantastic to him and that if the letter were not written in such an intelligent manner, he would have doubted Dornig's sanity. He stated that Dornig claims to have sold a new principle of aero-dynamics, which made it possible to construct a practical flying saucer and, that Dornig had developed a model that flies without the usual hazards. According to Pivec, the letter continues by stating that Dornig has been in contact with other men throughout the world, who have been attempting to develop the saucer and that he has been the first to win real success. By way of background, Pivec stated that he was born in the vicinity of Leoben, Austria in 1925 and arrived in New York City on March 29, 1952 from Bremerhaven, Germany. He is employed at the Public Service Laboratory in Maplewood, NJ. On January 30, 1954, Olga Pivec, [...] East Orange, NJ, appeared at the Newark Office and advised that she was the wife of Alois Pivec. She stated that another letter had been received from Adolph Dornig, by her husband, Alois Pivec. She stated that her husband did not want to furnish the information in this letter to the FBI. She stated that he was not aware that she was furnishing this information and wished to keep the interview confidential.

Mrs. Pivec stated that the letter received recently by her husband, from Dornig, contained information that Dornig had been contacted by communists in Austria, who wished to take him to Switzerland in order that he might further develop his new principle of aero-dynamics. According to the letter, Dornig has continued to refuse any offer by the communists and wished Pivec to increase his efforts to sell Dornig's new invention in the United States. By way of background, Olga Pivec advised that she was born of German parents in south Russia and at the time of the German invasion of Russia, during World War II, she and her family were resettled in Germany. After the war, she married Alois Pivec and came to the United States with him.

Date: May 13, 1954. To: Director of Special Investigations, The Inspector General, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C. From: John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Subject: Flying saucers; Miscellaneous - Information concerning. There is attached a copy of a memorandum dated April 12, 1954, captioned "Adolph Dornig" which contains information furnished to the Newark office of this Bureau by Alois Pivec and his wife, Olga Pivec, both of [...] East Orange, New Jersey. There is also attached a translation from the German language of the parts of the two letters furnished by Pivec and his wife to the Newark office. The files of this Bureau fail to reflect that any investigation has been conducted by this Bureau of Adolph Dornig, Alois Pivec, or Olga Pivec. In view of the information set forth in the attached memorandum dated April 12, 1954, and the translation of the parts of the letters referred to herein, no investigation is contemplated by this Bureau in this matter. Attachment. cc - 1 - Records Administration Branch (Attachment), Attention: Criminal Division (by O-6 form on same date). EHM:plv. Recorded - 20. 62-83894-338. Comm - FBI, May 13 1954, Mailed 27.