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On 5th March 1947 the �El Mercurio� newspaper of Santiago, Chile, ran the headline �On Board the Mount Olympus on the High Seas� which quoted Byrd in an interview with Lee van Atta. "Adm. Byrd declared today that it was imperative for the United States to initiate immediate defence measures against hostile regions. The Admiral further stated that he didn�t want to frighten anyone unduly but it was a bitter reality that in case of a new war the continental United States would be attacked by flying objects which could fly from pole to pole at incredible speeds.
Originally posted by spacemunkey
Its a very interesting read (still reading through it). But one thing that maybe explainable is -
On 5th March 1947 the �El Mercurio� newspaper of Santiago, Chile, ran the headline �On Board the Mount Olympus on the High Seas� which quoted Byrd in an interview with Lee van Atta. "Adm. Byrd declared today that it was imperative for the United States to initiate immediate defence measures against hostile regions. The Admiral further stated that he didn�t want to frighten anyone unduly but it was a bitter reality that in case of a new war the continental United States would be attacked by flying objects which could fly from pole to pole at incredible speeds.
Could this be interpretted as Ballistic Missiles flying over the poles to reach mainland US? (I know the likelyhood of any ICBM's travelling from the USSR are likely to travel over the Arctic and not the Antarctic). Perhaps they went to install Oceanagraphic and aerial monitoring stations (These 'sciences' still in their infancy) and perhaps they also foresaw launches of ICBM's from submarines.
Spacemunkey