(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2) Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501 Sponsored by Vangard Sciences PO BOX 1031 Mesquite, TX 75150 There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS on duplicating, publishing or distributing the files on KeelyNet except where noted! February 15, 1992 AERO7.ASC -------------------------------------------------------------------- This file courteously shared with KeelyNet through the research efforts of Pete Navarro and Jimmy Ward. If you might wish to correspond directly with Jimmy or Pete, you may do so at the following address: Jimmy Ward 1511 Summer St. Houston, TX 77007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Riddle of Dellschau and His Esoteric Books by J. Ward and P.G. Navarro "The year was 1910, the first gasoline-electric combustion auto was in use. Aviator W. R. Brookins flew to a height of one mile. A woman made a public flight as a pilot. The first moving picture newsreel was exhibited and Father's Day was celebrated for the first time. "In Houston, a man began drawing detailed models of air machines. Technically the machines probably would never the ground, nor the drawing board for that matter. But the mind of C.A.A. Dellschau was soaring. "In the next fifteen years, Dellschau, with the help of a friend, would complete enough drawings to fill a dozen scrap books. Each drawing was carefully laid out, drawn on a grid, and water-colored. A page of newsclippings of the day might be included along with the sketches. These pages he entitled 'Press Blooms' and they often included stories from a German paper which was probably published in New York. "About a year ago eleven of these scrapbooks were discovered in a dump yard. Fred Washington, who describes himself as a scrounger, bought them from the man who found them. They sat in his furniture and antique shop gathering dust until some University of St. Thomas students happened on them. Two were selected to be part of their present display, 'The Sky is the Limit'". So began the article in the Houston Chronicle written by Ms. Sarah Peterson that fine June day of 1969. One must forgive her for the Page 1 many small errors in the story. She reported what she had been told and no one really knew much about Dellschau or his books. After nearly 14 years, a great deal has been learned about them, but they still remain as enigmatic as ever. The books are about 22" X 22" and varying thicknesses. The "plates" or pages are bound between covers of heavy cardboard, reinforced with more cardboard along the edges, and sewn together with heavy thread. The binding is held together with shoelace material. One of the books has a heavy string with a metal washer tied to the end and may have intended as a book marker. The covers, inside and out, were lined with purple or green-colored cheese-cloth (which was later removed as it had deteriorated completely). The material in the covers came from cardboard boxes and corrugated cardboard. In some books, the laces were inserted on the covers, near the binding, for use as a handle. Shoe laces were also used for keeping the books closed by tying them at several places along the edges of the covers. Though crude, the construction is very reminiscent of Elizabethan portfolios. Because of their fragile condition, they were displayed at the university under glass and each day a new set of pages were shown for the amazement of the visitors. And amazed they were, for they saw bizarre aircraft exhibiting minute details of construction, including, in some drawings, flaps and sections that could be opened up to show both exterior and interior views, respectively. Yet the viewers were unaware of the most amazing aspects of these books. Each page was numbered and dated. And upon examination of the 12 discovered books, it was found that the earliest date was January 24, 1908 and the lowest page or plate number was 1,601. The latest date was July 24, 1921, on page number 5,230. There was a gap in the sequence from January 24, 1908 to July 24, 1921 with 1,600 pages missing. This meant that 3,200 pages were still undiscovered, which amounts to about 18 to 20 more books! Assuming the dates on each drawing meant the date he started working on it, Dellschau must have worked and produced his drawings at the rate of approximately 23 drawings per month or 276 per year. More amazing still is that the books extant contained multiple drawings of over 100 DIFFERENT craft. This means the missing books may have contained an equally large number of other aircraft designs. Designing 100 craft of any nature is a monumental task; yet Dellschau designed and drew over 200 of these craft within a period of just 20 years, which is a relatively short period of time considering all the details of design and patterning that was involved in producgin each of his drawings. Not only were the general shapes and layout of the interior different in each case, but these designs show dozens of different techniques for transferring the "supe", or liquid propellant to the converter which changed it into a hot gas. There were also dozens of different styles and constructions of converters. There were different methods of inflating and deflating the gas bags. And even before the gas reached the gas storage bags, it was used in later designs to operate various and sundry pieces of equipment including "air- press motors", navigational devices, powered wheels for land travel, inflatable pontoons and/or side paddle-wheels for water travel. Some craft even displayed gas nozzles for propelling the craft Page 2 along. And this was long before jet propulsion, as used by our modern aircraft, was even envisioned. It seems impossible that one man could have possibly done all of this, yet the most amazing part is still to be covered! Each of these drawings and "press-blooms" are framed with an ornate and colorful border and no two are alike. Within these borders are names, dates, and other data, some printed, some in illuminated type script, and some in code and other forms of symbols. Predominantly displayed on almost every page, are the code symbols for the acronym NYMZA - nowhere is this acronym in "clear"; ALWAYS in code. Scattered throughout the drawings is the letter X surrounded by one or two circles, sometimes alone and sometimes with other letters and numerals also circled. While the X is a code symbol for the letter Z, it is believed that the circled X means AERO. This conclusion was reached because of such notations as "KEEP THE X", "WORTH X HOW MUCH X", and others that indicate a word or object rather than a letter. In several places the circled X is given special prominence by its insertion within the ciphers which designate the Society name or initials. But most often it is found in conjunction with circled V's. This last combination is especially intriguing since the skull is a symbol for death and there are notations that several members of the Sonora Aero Club had met their deaths in some way related to the aeros. The skull can be found in several places throughout his books and seems to indicate danger or death in connection with an Aero or someone involved with its desing. In one instance, the skull and cross-bones was associated with the symbols for NYMZA and there was a vertical line of ciphers which contained the word "todt" which is the German word for death. Very little is clearly stated and must be interpreted. One would expect that his enciphered messages would be clearly stated, but such is not the case. Even after his code was broken and the messages decoded, trouble was encountered. His English words were misspelled and his grammar was very bad. His German was even worse. It was "archaic" German, stilted and containing words no one had seen before and whose meaning was unclear. Even his written messages were done in old-style German script and difficult to read. It was as though neither English or German was his native tongue. The following are examples of attempted translations: In the old times...the warrior used a circle, a man lance, and...in the country the bow and arrow. When war say deathknell was upon land and water! And today are censored. You Christian beings haters. Cannon and small guns in war, on land and wave! Give me quick an airplane sublime..the enemy's might destroy. You Christian love - hard to understand on violent Earth. The enemy "thrashed". It if happens from under or above, the bad middle let us praise! Page 3 So it was as long as there were people! You Christian love reach for the wanderplace, and wander away from Earth. Planets there are enough where Christian love shall be as they say so nicely in Book SELAG. The trip costs a lot of money, and often also borrowed money. We go when it please us and when it is safe. Whoever goes...and that is our way...For over and through the blue there is no way. There is no way, FOR YOU are alone. Being alone you sit at the rudder. Say you long for the world, dear Luder. Show the line before you. You pull it hard and so it shall be. Then down it will come to Mother Earth. Let the big men beat themselves with clubs or air balloons. There we have nothing to say. Then each makes the living from it. I must have my say so. The little people will stay with us..and the good says the teaching. Money quiets the fight, and first with war balloons. Ah, the very fine cannon has spared us dear people. What fright I have received. Luder, we are safe now that we have been spared by the bullets. Yes, the clouds weakened their path. Sir, the sailor here Gekisher (was hysterical). He was loud, but not as the crow of a rooster. Now, after a few years, this will become a legend. The noble men will know what an Aero they have flown. Not us. The fog-horn (?) has saved many a word. Again....on....up to heaven's path! These passages may be interpreted as either the ravings of a mad-man or the words of an alien being from a crippled space-craft that crashed here on Earth, depending on your response to the following questions. Dellschau spoke "good German", why did he write such "bad German"? Why did he use an archaic form? Why the old and very difficult to read German script for passages like these and modern script normally? And why were some of the above also encoded in cipher to make them unreadable? He often annotated that his knowledge of open secrets were not for profane eyes. What "open secrets" can the above reveal? C.A.A. Dellschau was not alone in his obsession of drawing strange aircraft and writing in code. Several papers in 1897 mentioned that the Mystery Airships had flown over Omaha and hovered over a house a few miles from the city. The house was the home of John O. Preast, a German immigrant and "loner". After his death, his home was found filled with drawings of strange airships, models, and piles of coded writings. Coincidence, or connection? -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your consideration, interest and support. Jerry W. 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