(1856-1930) American industrialist and philanthropist brother of Simon Guggenheim and son of Meyer Guggenheim. Member of NSL (National-Security-League) which was the driving force for moving the then neutral USA into the first World War. Interested in rocketry. Funded the work of Robert Goddard Links wikipedia: Daniel Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim
Robert Goddard
Early rocketry pioneer. His laboratory was in New Mexico Funded by Guggenheim Daniel Links wikipedia: Robert Goddard
Charles Lindberg
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) aka: Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle Pioneering aviator Strongly opposed to America entering World War II. Considered by some to be a Nazi sympathizer, FDR banned him from joining the military. (in 1954. Dwight D. Eisenhower restored Lindbergh’s assignment with the Army Air Corps [...]
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Daniel W Fry
One of the first modern contactees. Author of The White Sands Incident. On July 4, 1950, Fry was working at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico as an employee of the AeroJet Corperation. In the evening he took a walk into the desert, and at one point though he saw the stars disappearing. [...]