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worked on a number of very exciting, challenging programs such as the General Electric Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (GEANP) program, nuclear fission rockets for Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory, fusion rockets and compact space reactors for Aeroje General Nucleonics, the ransportable military compac reactor for General Motors Allison Division, the Pioneer spacecraft for [RW Systems, and trying to back- engineer UFOs for McDonnel Douglas Astronautics. The Manned Orbiting Laboratory program which supported the latter was cancelled he week I reported for work. The GEANP program spen USS$100,000,000 in 1958 and employed 3,500 people, of whom ,100 were engineers and scientists. At Westinghouse, we successfully ested nuclear rocket engines on the ground. had started lecturing in 1967 and did more and more talks to professional groups such as the engineering societies of Detroit, of Cincinnati, of Baltimore, a number of sections of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Nuclear Society. The response from the professional groups was very enthusiastic and I was drawing large crowds. I also was being well received by colleges and universities. needed to support my family and enjoyed speaking, so it was natural 0 go full time. I have also done some scientific consulting work since moving to Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1980, such as on the commissioning of the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant ere in New Brunswick, studies on he radon problem, on the recovery and utilisation of waste heat from power plants and on_ seed stimulation with radiation. WOULD STANTON FRIEDMAN BOARD A FLYING SAUCER? tanton T. Friedman is among Sie best-known, most credible scientists associated with the UFO phenomenon. Frank Joseph conducted this pointed interview with him in November 2011. Frank Joseph (FJ): What made you take the step from university- trained professional scientist to UFO investigator? Stanton Friedman (SF): | am not primarily a UFO investigator but a communicator, having given more than 700 lectures in all 50 states, nine Canadian provinces and 16 other countries. I have also done hundreds of radio and TV programs and am working on my fifth book. | did a weekly science commentary for CBC Radio here for six years and had done many dozens of radio pieces for KFI in Los Angeles. The bottom fell out of the advanced nuclear and space systems development world in 1970. | had on FJ: What have been your most significant UFO-related discoveries so far? SF: | have done more than anybody else to inform the world about the largest study of UFOs ever done for the US Air Force: "Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14", which has a huge amount of data APRIL - MAY 2012 NEXUS ¢ 65 Interview by Frank Joseph © 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com