Serving on admiral byrds team for the antarctic expedition at the end of ww ii was a privilege that only a handful of sailors would enjoy. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading grudge. Antarctica operation highjump, nazi ufos, and the hollow. Thats a great question and i have spent some time trying to figure it out myself a few years ago. I do not want to scare anybody but the bitter reality is that in the event of a new war, the united states will be attacked by. It was touted to be an expedition to find coal deposits and other valuable resources, but in actuality they were trying to find the underground base of. Unternehmen weitsprung was an alleged german plan to simultaneously assassinate joseph stalin, winston churchill, and franklin roosevelt, the big three allied leaders, at the 1943 tehran conference during world war ii. Operation highjump commenced 26 august 1946 and ended in late february 1947. Operation high jump american expedition britannica. Serving on admiral byrds team for the antarctic expedition at the end. Im a huge fan of brian parkers easytown series which made me anxious to try out his next novel.
Episode two operation highjump published on mar 21, 2014 episode two tells the fascinating tale of admiral byrds antarctic expedition and operation highjump. Check out the exclusive, limited edition package, available only right here. This book is the product of a lot of research probably the most of any of the books ive written and more than a few crazy discussions with people on message. I never came up with a satisfactory answer, but the facts are interesting. Operation highjump by brian parker book cover, description, publication history. Firstly, operation highjump would have to provide evidence that the mission included a reconnaissance of neuswabenland and secondly, there would have to be an area of the frozen continent that could allow such a base to exist throughout the year. Government documents ready to download on nearly any government secret you can imagine.
The conspiracy theories surrounding the last days of world war ii are abundant and varied, but there are tons of inconsistencies in the official narrative about operation highjump which occurred after the end of the war, but is definitely a part of it. The gods of eden and operation high jump kindle edition by moshe mazin. The naval component of operation highjump was known as task force 68 and comprised 4700 military personnel, one aircraft carrier the uss. The strange hollow earth case of admiral richard byrd. Ready to go into its third printing, it is found today in libraries and universities. The ufo mystery deepens in unexpected ways as vivid pictures delves further into the murky world of ufology where, almost certainly, nothing is as it seems. Thus, placing all fantastic speculation aside, there is little ground for believing that operation highjump had been shut down prematurely to escape the presence of hidden subterranean races, woolly mammoths, or nazi ufos. Richard byrds secret research base little america and its. One book dealing with this notion, the hollow earth. As if i needed more evidence that i have a really awesome job, i occasionally get emails from my editor, jason, that say things like, a reader just. According to hollow earth theorists, byrd met ancient race underground in the. As an original member of the greenland expedition society ive stepped forward to offer the experience and. It seems incredible that so shortly after a war that had decimated most of europe and.
After including accompanying memorabilia in the form of pictures, newspaper articles, etc. After locating a powerful race of underground beings, they were attacked by ufos, ships sank and damaged, many killed, and told never to return armed again. Perhaps an in popular culture section could be made for the area 51 books, but using science fiction books as if they were fact is ridiculous. This invasion of the continent of antarctica was named operation highjump and comprised of some 4700 military personnel, six helicopters, six martin pbm flying boats, two seaplane tenders, fifteen other aircraft, thirteen us navy support ships and one aircraft carrier. A war fleet, complete with aircraft carriers, destroyers and attack submarines, surrounded and invaded antarctica. September 19, 2016 by admin these are must watch vintage videos about operation high jump and the hollow earth. I would guess most hits on this page will be coming from that direction. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the gods of eden and operation high jump. In 1947 secretary of the navy james forrestal sent a naval task force to antarctic including admiral nimitz, admiral krusen and admiral byrd, called operation highjump. Byrd allegedly wrote his encounter with a lost civilization in antarctica.
The operation highjump report that has been released through foia request. After engaging unknown forces in aerial combat, weather forced the navy to abandon operations. The black vault has more than 2,000,000 pages of declassified u. In admiral byrds diary from 1926, byrd apparently informs readers of having entered into the hollow interior of the earth, along with others and having traveled 1700 miles over mountains, lakes. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Originally scheduled for a six month period, the scientific expedition was officially called the united states navy antarctic development program, and given the operational name highjump. Highjump was a significant illustration of the state of the world and the cold war thinking at the time. Operation highjump, officially titled the united states navy antarctic developments program. Were the reports of nazi activity on the southern contin. Operation highjump was seen as a huge threat to future latin american claims. Experience first hand, through the eyes of 19 year old richard dick miller, the daily events aboard the s. Operation highjump declassified pictures, ufo evidence.
Antarctica was simply too large, its weather too unpredictable, not to make every flight fully count in terms of photographic exploration during the brief expedition. Utilizing the freedom of information act foia, the black vaults founder john greenewald, jr. Ancient astronaut theorists believe the nazis may have established an intricate underground headquarters in the arctic in this clip from season 11, episode 1. Highjump in 1947, and was named bunger hills after one of. The harsh conditions, the dangerous missions, the fun and friendships that occurred kept these men on their toes. The r4ds were fitted with jetassist takeoff bottles jato in order to takeoff from the short runway of the aircraft carrier philippine sea. There is new evidence that admiral richard byrds famed 19461947 naval expedition operation high jump did encounter and battle a mysterious ufo force in antarctic waters. Were the reports of nazi activity on the southern continent accurate.
Operation highjump operation highjump facts operation. In 1946 the united states navy conducted operation highjump, an expedition to evaluate the. Operation high jump ufos, nazis and admiral richard e. Though the fault is my own for not examining all the details thoroughly, the revelation that this book is fictional was nowhere in clear sight. Operation highjump 1 operation highjump uss sennet ss408 participating in operation highjump operation highjump ophjp, officially titled the united states navy antarctic developments program, 19461947, was a united states navy operation organized by radm richard e. After all, thirteen ships with 4,700 men seemed to confirm the notion that the united states had a plan of their own to seize huge chunks of the continent. If the mapping objectives of operation highjump were to be met, planes would have to be heavily overloaded with photographic equipment and toppedoff fuel tanks. Speculation arose, and the toronto star even published an article hitlers on ice in antarctica. His fourth expedition, called operation high jump, in the summer of 194647, was the most massive sea and air exploratory assault theretofore attempted in antarctica and involved ships, including two seaplane tenders and an aircraft carrier, and a total of 25 airplanes.
Navy mounted a massivethough hastily plannedmission to the bottom of the world. Serving on admiral byrds team for the antarctic expedition at the. The secret land operation highjump antarctic expedition 1947 this is the footage and documentary of the actual antarctic expedition to the north pole steve quayle hollow earth operation. Operation highjump, officially titled the united states navy antarctic developments program, 19461947, was a united states navy operation organized by rear admiral richard e.
Operation highjump kindle edition by parker, brian, press, phalanx, dewater, aurora. Operation highjump, officially titled the united states navy antarctic developments program, 19461947, was a united states navy operation organized by radm richard e. This invasion of the continent of antarctica was named operation high jump and comprised of some 4700 military personnel, six helicopters, six martin pbm flying boats, two seaplane tenders, fifteen other aircraft, thirteen us navy support ships and one aircraft carrier. His authoritative book, falling for stars, was one of the first books ever written on the stunt profession. In 1947 admiral richard byrd commanded 4000 troops, warships, and planes, on a top secret expedition to the south pole known as operation high jump, this program presents information kept from the public.
Operation highjump has become a topic among ufo conspiracy theorists, who claim it was a covert us military operation to conquer alleged secret underground nazi facilities in antarctica and capture the german vril flying discs, or thule mercurypowered spaceship prototypes. Antarctica operation highjump, nazi ufos, and the hollow earth. Newly aquired photos from anonymous sender operation. The aircraftcarrier uss philippine sea at the panama canal with skytrains en route to the antarctic,during the operation high jump,in the aircraftcarrier uss philippine sea cv47 at the panama canal with r4d5 skytrains en route to the antarctic,during the operation high. Had purchased the book because of my interest in operation highjump, a search for which brought up this title immediately. What you are not being told about the biggest coverup in. Whether it was from the need to keep secrets out of the hands. The gods of eden and operation high jump 9781681818238. Operation highjump by brian parker fantastic fiction. In 1946 the united states navy conducted operation highjump, an expedition to evaluate the effect of extreme antarctic cold on us equipment. However, their true purpose remains shrouded in mystery. Covid19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. Anyone who has read a bit on ufos during world war ii especially any nazi technology angle has no doubt run into the story of how admiral richard byrd led 4,000 military troops from the u.