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Germans & The Airship Mystery

Had the Germans perfected airships, dirigibles and blimps long before the Wright Brothers supposedly unveiled the first airplane in 1903? That’s among the many topics addressed by the Dark Journalist Daniel Liszt and historian Joseph Farrell in new video called “The Airship Mystery & Secret Mars Mission.”

German airships have flown since the early years of the 19th century, and most certainly played a key role in the American Civil War, Farrell says. He talks about Ferdinand von Richthofen, the German geographer, scientist and traveler who helped to spur the Western Gold Rush, and explored the Rocky Mountains. There’s still a mountain in Colorado named after him. He belongs to the same extended family as Baron von Richthofen — the infamous World War I flying ace, known as the Red Baron, credited with taking down 80 allied planes.

We also have evidence of Ferdinand von Zeppelin — associated with the Zeppelin blimps — visiting Union forces in Washington D.C. during the American Civil War. Had he helped plan Ulric Dahlgren’s raid on Richmond and the attack to free Union prisoners being held captive on Belle Island?  And what was the actual subject of conversation between Ulysses S. Grant and Otto von Bismarck when Grant stopped in Berlin during a world tour  in 1878?

This conversation between Liszt and Farrell spans the centuries, delving into the Oklahoma City bombing, Operation Paperclip after World War II and the Nazis, like Wernher von Braun and Herman Oberth, who did pioneering work for NASA.  Did the Nazis make such rapid rocketry progress during World War II because they had outside help? From wince did it come?