Zona de identificação
tipo de entidade
Pessoa singular
Forma autorizada do nome
Smith, Wilbert B.
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nome
- Smith, Wilbur B.
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área de descrição
Datas de existência
1910-1962
Histórico
Wilbert B. Smith was a Canadian radio engineer and UFOlogist. Mr. Smith joined the Department of Transport in 1939 and was in charge of establishing a network of ionospheric measurement stations. Interested in UFOs since the 1940's, Mr. Smith eventually instituted Project Magnet with the Department of Transport in November 1950. The purpose of the project was to collect data on UFOs and to potentially use that data to inform human technology and engineering. Before the program dissolved in 1954, he concluded that flying saucers did exist and that they operate on magnetic principles. In 1952 he was also part of an interdepartmental government committee of scientists and military officers set up to investigate UFO reports, known as Project Second Story/Storey. The committee met five times.
Locais
Estado Legal
funções, ocupações e atividades
Mandatos/Fontes de autoridade
Estruturas internas/genealogia
Contexto geral
Área de relacionamento
Entidade relacionada
Bray, Arthur (1925-)
Identifier of related entity
Categoria da relação
associativa