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Project Magnet was an unidentified flying object (UFO) study programme established by Transport Canada in December 1950 under the direction of Wilbert Brockhouse Smith, senior radio engineer for Transport Canada's Broadcast and Measurements Section. It was formally active until mid-1954 and informally active (without government funding) until ...
At the 1950 NARBA conference Smith learned from US scientist Dr. Robert Sarbacher that Americans believed flying saucers were real and their investigations of them, led by Dr. Vannevar Bush, were more highly classified than information about the hydrogen bomb. [3]
Wilbert Vere Awdry OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series .
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, and became an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire (1784–1812).
Held at St. Sophia’s Cathedral in London, the bride’s custom Valentino gown alone cost over £170,000 (about $225,000). 14. Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank (October 12, 2018)
Wilbert "Manoy" Te Lee (born October 12, 1970) is a Filipino politician who is a member of the House of Representatives for AGRI Partylist since 2022. [1] He currently serves in Congress as the Representative of AGRI Party-list to champion the rights and welfare of farmers and fisherfolk, and advance the agriculture and other vulnerable sectors.
Wilbert's study along with his model trains were donated to the Talyllyn after his death and placed on display in the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum. [113] In 2021 the railway began hosting the Awdry Extravaganza sharing lectures on The Railway Series from the Awdry study collection, and displaying artifacts and fan creations related to The ...
Charles Wilbert "Bill" Snow (April 6, 1884 – September 28, 1977) was an American poet, educator and politician. He served as the 75th Governor of Connecticut . He generally went by the name Wilbert or Bill Snow, or formally as C. Wilbert Snow.