The Mysterious Engineer Who Patented the UFO

Sculptor, inventor, sailor, soldier, mechanical and aviation engineer, artist, designer, intelligence officer, illustrator, machinist, carpenter, electrician, plumber, beekeeper, blacksmith, teacher… Yes, all of these. one man was doing and that man, Alexander George WeygersIt was none other than .

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Alex, who developed himself in different fields throughout his life, was a genius. Come hear the story of this interesting man and patent of UFO Let’s look at the purchasing adventure together.

His parents were his first inspiration.

Born in the Netherlands, Weygers’ parents instilled in him many interests. He acquired his language skills from his mother, who taught literature and various languages, and from the botanical explorations he went on with his father in Indonesia. love of nature and design had taken it.

He became interested in the field of “blacksmithing” while he was still in secondary school. If later mechanical engineering and shipbuilding He finished his departments. In addition, he also attended the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague for a while.

He blended art with engineering.

From left to right: “Mouring” and “Embrace”

to your life machine painter (a person who makes computer-aided drawings and designs of relevant machines in line with the drafts, schemes and measurements determined by engineers) but left this profession after the death of his wife.

He learned a lot about sculpture in the summer classes he attended at the Seattle Art Institute. Even the world famous sculptor To attract the attention of Lorado Taft He even succeeded. Weygers, who was awarded a scholarship to Lorado Taft Midway Studios, created one of his most remarkable sculptures, “Mouring”, there.

He even became an intelligence officer.

He couldn’t give up on art. In famous centers, He was studying various aspects of art. In the 1930s, he established a studio and started teaching.

Fluent in Malay, Italian, German, English and Dutch; Join the US army taking part in intelligence operations took the initiative.

He created a design inspired by the circular aerial vehicles we know today as “UFOs” and patented it.

Depicted in various states of America, especially San Francisco and Chicago circular plane He made many detailed drawings and sent them to all branches of the US military.

The flying ship, inspired by UFOs, which he called “discopter” at that time, attracted the attention of the army, but since they had more important issues such as wars on their minds, they did not decide on such a thing. they are not ready they said.

However, Weygers in 1944 discopter design He received a patent for it from the US Patent Office. This design was the prototype of the flying disc vehicles developed so far.

Weygers improved himself in so many areas that he is called the “Modern Leonardo da Vinci”.

throughout his life in different disciplines The genius who took part; He died in 2008 in the house where he and his second wife were secluded. Weygers’s work continues to be talked about. He has many followers who admire and are inspired by him.

If you want to take a look at some of his works, you can click here.

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