Others have made a little money, or no money at all, because they’ve written books or appeared in documentaries and DVDs (such as “Contact Has Begun” with James Gilliland) about UFOs, or aliens, or abductions, or contact.

All that has been grist for the entertainment mill. Yet once again we learn that truth can be stranger than fiction. The truth being that some extraordinary patents have been granted for craft and systems that will change public transport, and space flight, forever.

Many of those patents are now in the public domain – which means you can go to a Patent Office and peruse them for yourself.

Or, you can find them all in the 3000-page “UFO How To” series, thanks to years of work by researcher and author Luke Fortune of ufohowto.com in Seattle, Washington.

Fortune makes a point of saying he is "not a debunker."

This means he does not debunk anything to do with the UFO community or the belief that some (I said some)UFOs are extra-terrestrial in origin.

But what Luke does focus on, in his own words, is this: "The question presented here is: 'Does mankind possess UFO technology?'

"The answer is a resounding 'Yes.'

"I have been asked 'If you were going to build a UFO-style craft, where would you start?'

"The answer (lies in the) following pages."

Indeed it does. As does Fortune's answer to the question about the impact on space tourism.

"With the technology finally in reach of the average person, the final frontier will be the next gold rush; space tourism will be the next great westward expansion....I see....mankind expanding through the solar system."

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