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In 1942 Aleister Crowley chose Jack Parsons (aka John Whiteside Parsons and Marvel Whiteside Parsons), a noted occultist and rocket-scientist to head the Agape Lodge of the Thelemic Ordo Templi Orientis in Pasadena, California. We can learn a great deal about Parsons by studying the FBI’s now-declassified records on Parsons. On November 2, 1950, a... Read more »
October 1942: At Muroc Dry Lake, in the high desert north of Los Angeles, California, Bell Aircraft Corporation’s Chief Test Pilot, Robert Morris Stanley, made the first flight of the top secret prototype turbojet-powered fighter, the Bell XP-59A Airacomet, serial number 42-108784. Weather was “C.A.V.U.” (Ceiling and Visibility Unrestricted) and wind was from the west at 20 miles per hour (9 meters per second).
Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, USAF (Retired) is considered to be the most legendary test pilot of all time, being the first human to break the so...
25 years ago: Zimbabwe strikers defy mass firings by MugabeOn September 4, 1996, more than 100,000 public service workers in Zimbabwe returned to work after successfully defying the threat of mass firings by President Robert Mugabe. The strike ended after a lengthy cabinet meeting voted to rescind the threat to fire 7,000 strikers and agreed that all those who participated in the walkout would be reinstated.
I recently wrote a few articles on how, during the Cold War, the Russians tried to manipulate U.S. intelligence agencies by using the UFO phenomenon. But, what about the U.K.? Has it been manipulated in strange, similar ways by the Russians? The answer is: Yes. There’s no doubt about it. Welcome to the Serpo mystery.... Read more »