restrict the spaceship to the movement of all projectiles, and it would have to conform to the arc of flight which and there is no doubt that it could be launched) would either be lost in space infinite or be returned to some area of On 2 February 1947, columnist Bob Considine wrote up Giannini’s ideas for the Washington Post, using as a hook Giannini’s exhortation that Byrd should continue past the South Pole and onto Mars. Considine—who would write a biography of Robert L. Ripley in 1961—made it clear he thought Giannini was a kook. Giannini seems to have drifted from the Fortean fold by this time, as Thayer only heard about the articles from other Forteans who sent in clippings (Doubt 18, July 1947, 268). point of flight origin. Thus the heralded spaceships would be precisely that and nothing else: any spaceship launched

Wrighfl' FoDy'\"; JUCh a term deIc:ribecl the wapiti' \"l\"'- ian Of 0rvtDe aDd Wilbur Wright. Yet .,rbIJe. the . ...... majority ridiM,led the DeW eoterprtae beyoDd tIM4r .....- 1taDdmg. the Wright m()4t.... thiew tradIttoa', J_bl«Sool to the wfDdt IDd Da'ipted the 8m crude a OJ:\"ane 0Ya' .w.Tbeae aDd aD . .hwtw lilt of odM, wIao DtyHawlc. m-mpopular dreamed their IDd1vIdual IIIIt aDd made that cberttbecl !IDd protected, be they evw 10 be· 1 k .• faulty. \"My tnJ~ is the truth. 10 My we.n.\" Tbai.1Ib the i,.and llnl....PWh the oral quilla of ,bptIcMm, oyrd' d8nr.porcupine p*ofecting itt qut11t III II wWg Fe 'b'& \"hPthe majority becoane a\"tgmeti I Ii to tluow the DeWAwkward to rate, as it is so strangely written, difficult to grasp, and even more difficult to finish. But for originality alone, this deserves high marks. rrn J1;o;t\\ the United r of'' c~ ~ COurse 'odf Ulcm t<'U> cO':11'1l.anl l <,' cond' th t co roVl C long las t P \"Pllce. An P ISolated m d the Sout UtI'\"Wllh.~eu, lthdeatP h 1 shoulJ Ian- the go ~~~ IS nc;iliead be) on ther cour t d Pell d .~~Ie~~~~;~~ f~rn~u:~::~~n~:::tl~~Ol.tnd rluh •~I' respD ent oth r \"~.:5C1\"'-' mO\\flll unreasona could me dI('SOllthbaPseo\"led. t ,tue\"Io\\ uld be ~Pfoairnyt.laTnhde, ba e l!\\' ot r a hreemd oitne or at • I ,jteUDltelenth be estab . r ex lorer. Rtar ~d ~O'_\",onr,ee ble pOint acce.ss~isclotl ed tlh it B Td was to colmtffi;ndle., land the the world s elde ~(.)~I!tI,W~\"w1\"asRlchamrdoriElb,'lee -n : mto t 'ol a 111C'- e p e d i t lOn. aI B\\ rd \\\\'a, , e_r vorpo ut • .uP·94~r:unent's me th Pole Rear d ~\\ond the Sou knew that he 1 jour- nonnt e'Is\"hoofoItllS, 1 I ed fl~i~tdEarth, uppo t . \"al person \\\\ ho I mt U1 perfo u, the :\\orth Po e po tending on mo' emen tnreo\\mo,'er Iandd aHnde water ex a fro~ hiHseBIoen.teon northern en D I from contran' to that terrestrial leve home to the , livered that he was to he de t iIll' the South Pohlie . is the mos bse. Prior to s 'Ioarn!dd.-bTeh•voendmdmitrhaeJ tphoe momentous that the 8base at rtant an~t.hi.s nSattaitoens. or , qPuoleentto an o~ahead and had not been he 115h terre\" that pomt l.S t And our other natIOn, has Hence the ~~asch~Iat rmarcate' n'ssatJn~cds the same level trial man on coefletst~iaul 1'&t1 and en. astrOllOill s nn: urnn:IlsE d r1lY d, might inf~nt f2b~~ no~ lik~~~u('ar. 'SIC,u, co/'l'l'l the rnnTY of hich she ha p I You have I do of my of '\" et,,,\", of \",,,bi\"'\" h,ye d..tro) ed th\", to ,,\"ow\"J ~g d to the 0 stork You e expect that mo lity she praye c0' OUaway~s. .. Would on whereby the rea d to decry the I,k~ood ~o~e u lfdors haell bteh expect,e s that could do the medIUm e illUSIOn chJ condemnht to light? ...'\" ,,,,u'h d\"\"n~'?1. [or \\ , age 0Idhi,gm,aenalictoyns ght from earlie,.t.,Mdo.f d \" ,Ib,e,,cgram\"\"m,dgimblteoan th,directei,d '\"to\"wa,d th. , \"qeruuia,t,e\"ownodd The tan tivity is \",IE~%:~h d\"d\",~ I~::;'ould o~:,~ dep'~i.knowledge dwelL And w facts of the Hnm vise? Has h,.e it th of the Sun th manner ill •w~:';,::\", ligh'.w d ::fbowledg, \" tow dedl'P'''''kyd? the e h acquISltion th is . mediate s , ated thrtl°uf light and wann illl because re- obtshee~eSd ~a1d'gsarlienessdst, whICh 1a Has the golden wherever one rcaetnhter than predc~estera~rderbe consldetrhee pos- stratosphere causes an ted from than dreams be and isfIbwleeportent the human withm h blood were tfo less t an i- mbroavme?mCenotul0d Iat \"st~si0tfm. I'tslacboomraptoosr\"y if and when Your tion and are away.h ir origmal ende' avor? I oafntcieent gentIbe- No, dear ~tIetinue to be 0 will continue cO~,e gcl~modern classificatIOn, by mers. The man named the e be~as~Ittrioiiu>naonwdae~rst~a?diGbn}e)g(it)h,0re- served unto lenses ar will chan~g~ ~Utl~)Ugh7~e~~estlemen with dergowho on~g~ry~t\"pphsuritenartprga\"otls.vtoeoanlelusu0esnf' ialalnluldsisotuhncehofpoints of celestial sky lig I arc of flight would precipitate the spaceship away from the Universe. On the other hand, insufficient power would the luminous terrestrial sky-curves each cover a land area one hundred miles in length and width. Then “cover” the

In 1959 Francis Amadeo Giannini published a weird book entitled Worlds Beyond the Poles. He was probably born in the late 1800s or early 1900s—maybe on exact a date as 1898, as the Oregon death index has someone by that exact name being born (somewhere) on 3 October 1898 (and dying in Multnomah County on 26 November 1973). But besides the name—which was not uncommon—and the approximate date of death, there’s nothing else to suggest this is the same Francis Amadeo Giannini who joined the Fortean Society in 1944, least of all the location of Portland, Oregon.

Endless flat earth beyond north and south poles

I'm pleased to have this book in my personal collection, but unless there are some mind-shattering revelations to come about our universe, this volume will remain just a conversation piece, a brain-teaser, a relic from the mind of the twentieth century's most progressive thinker - or perhaps just the ravings of a man inflicted by deep psychosis. WORLDS BEYOND 'l'BB l'OLD the blstory of the world.--Admiral Byrd, before drpGrt- big to e1plore land beyond 1M South Pole 1956: Jln!!lry 13. -On J'n!!lry 13 members of the United States expedition ..........plisbed a Sight of 2,700 mn. &om the base at McMuido Sound, which is 400 miles west of the South Pole, and~etnted a land ..,., of lI,3OO mila beyond the P .--Rlullo _ _ _ _• confonrwd by th. prea February 5 March 13. \"Tb.e present expedition bas opened up a vut new land.--Admiral Byrd, after mumIng from land beyond the South Pole 1957: -••• that enchanted conHnent In 1M .Icy. land of ever- lasting mysteryl--Admiral Byrd ONLY DREAMS ARE TRUE The t:aDItlble and real, On wliich our Uves are based, Wu yesterdays ideal. A rosy picture traced By IOID8 quaint visionary- Impractical, \"half-crac1ced-- Painting his fancies eerie; ADd now it's soUd fact. Whatever we hold stable, Dependable and sane Wu ooce a hopeful fable Of -castles bunt in Spain.· BefOJe the fact, the fancy, Before the deed, the Dream, That builds by DeCi()!llAncy The hard, material scheme. I heard about Worlds Beyond The Poles after it was mentioned in a certain controversial debate regarding the shape of Earth. I'm sure anyone who has used the internet in their daily lives over the last few years has at least heard of this debate. It happened to be one that I was grossly interested in. space. Place your thumb on the illustration’s stratosphere section, then draw it toward you. That will describe where