Willy Ley was one of the founding members of the German Rocket Society, and when he emigrated to the US he was the pre-eminent rocket scientist here (pace Robert Goddard) until the Peenemunde rocket scientists - including Werner Von Braun - were brought to the US.
He was science writer for Galaxy for many years, and as a polymath, he wrot about just about everything. In turn, he was the model that Isaac Asimov took for his own essay writing career.
Here is a video of him, just uploaded today, of him as guest on a TV show called LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE. in which talks about "the so-called flying saucers that people claim to be seeing. "I believe that people are seeing something, but just what it is is another question."
For my Kindle readers, who can't see embedded videos here, you'll need to get on your computer, go to www.youtube.com, and do a search on Longines Chronoscope Ley. Then you'll be able to watch it. It's very interesting!
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