US boffin patents flying saucer

US boffin patents flying saucer

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By Iain Thomson VNU Net - Wednesday, May 7 05:30 pm
An American inventor has requested a patent on a 'flying saucer' powered by ionised plasma and helium.

Subrata Roy, an aerospace engineer at the University of Florida, has filed the patent for a Wingless Hovering Micro Air Vehicle.

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[edit on 8/5/08 by MikeboydUS]

Ionized plasma based propulsion thats pretty novel. This seems to remind me quite abit of something from the mind of Tesla.

I wonder if it glows when it flies?

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reply to post by MikeboydUS


What are the applications of this craft?

reply to post by jkrog08


I havn't found out yet. The article doesnt really say but it sounds like it could operate in very bad turbulent weather. That could have all kinds of uses.

Originally posted by jkrog08
What are the applications of this craft?

Cattle mutilations, buzzing people on back roads at night, driving UFO investigators crazy. You know, all that "useful" stuff