For aerospace researcher Jarod Yates, the search for an engine that could explain the alleged TR-3B black triangle UFO led into the papers of fusion physicist Friedwardt Winterberg. Working with Tim Ventura and Winterberg’s family, Yates examined correspondence, research proposals, calculations, and handwritten notes, looking for connections between a remarkable scientific career and an alleged aircraft capable of extraordinary flight. There wasn’t a confirmed TR-3B blueprint waiting in the archive. Instead, the search revealed an intersection of UFO testimony, Cold War research, and technologies that might explain portions of the mystery. Pulsed fusion, superconducting magnets, and relativistic plasma mirrors all have scientific histories. Whether they add up to the machine witnesses describe is another question entirely.
To read more, click here.