Elaborate mechanism works and works to do nothing well (flying saucer detector)

Elaborate mechanism works and works to do nothing well (flying saucer detector)

By Phillip Torrone

Phillip Torrone

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This title of this blurb from Popular Mechanics 1954 is “Elaborate mechanism works and works to do nothing well” – but goes on to say it’s a flying saucer detector. I wonder where it is now – Link.

4 thoughts on “Elaborate mechanism works and works to do nothing well (flying saucer detector)”

  1. Sean_Roach says:

    I saw something similar to this on the RFD channel just a few days ago. (Caveat. where few >=3 && Few

  2. Anonymous says:

    I think I was sodomized with this a few years ago.

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