AIR MARSHAL GODDARD - TIME SLIPS - PARALLEL UNIVERSES
RAF Air Marshal Sir Robert Victor Goddard
In 1935, RAF Air Marshal Sir Robert Victor Goddard believed he experienced a 'time slip', or parallel universe.
Drem airfield.
As he was flying over a disused and overgrown air force base in the village of Drem, near Edinburgh in Scotland, he saw the things on the ground suddenly change.
"When he looked down he saw the airfield was suddenly renovated and in use.
"There were mechanics in blue overalls walking around and four yellow planes parked on the runway.
"One of these was a model which he failed to recognise."
"One of these was a model which he failed to recognise."
Image: Birmingham Mail
The RAF did not paint their training aircraft yellow until around 1939 - four years after Goddard claims to have seen them
It was only some years after 1935 that the air force changed their mechanic overalls from tan to blue.
The airfield at Drem was not resurfaced until 1939.
It was only some years after 1935 that the air force changed their mechanic overalls from tan to blue.
The airfield at Drem was not resurfaced until 1939.
Fascinating story of time-travel in Scotland - Daily Record
The day before Goddard's 'time slip' experience, Goddard had seen that at the Drem airfield "the tarmac and four hangars were in disrepair, barbed wire divided the field into numerous pastures, and cattle grazed everywhere. It was now a farm, and completely useless as an airfield."
The day before Goddard's 'time slip' experience, Goddard had seen that at the Drem airfield "the tarmac and four hangars were in disrepair, barbed wire divided the field into numerous pastures, and cattle grazed everywhere. It was now a farm, and completely useless as an airfield."
Sir Victor Goddard: A Flight through Time
On the day of Goddard's 'time slip', just before he reached Drem airfield, "Goddard lost control of his plane.
On the day of Goddard's 'time slip', just before he reached Drem airfield, "Goddard lost control of his plane.
"It began to spiral downward. He struggled with the controls.The sky became darker, the clouds turning a strange yellowish-brown.
"Goddard emerged from the clouds over the Firth of Forth.
"Suddenly, he saw directly before him a stone sea wall with a path, a road, and railings on top of it.
"The road seemed to be slowly rotating from left to right.
"A young girl with a baby carriage ran through the pouring rain. She ducked her head just in time.
"Goddard succeeded in leveling out his plane after that.
"He identified the road to Edinburgh and soon was able to discern, through the gloom, the black silhouettes of the Drem Airfield hangars ahead of him, the same airfield he had visited the day before.
"The rain became a deluge, the sky grew even darker, and Goddard’s plane was shaken violently by the turbulent weather as it sped toward the Drem hangars.
"Suddenly, the sky turned bright with golden sunlight.
"The rain and the farm had vanished.
"The hangars and the tarmac appeared to have somehow been rebuilt in a brand-new condition.
"There were four planes lined at the end of the tarmac. Three were standard Avro 504N trainer biplanes; the fourth was a monoplane of an unknown type.
"All four airplanes were bright yellow. No RAF airplanes were painted yellow in 1935. The airplane mechanics were wearing blue overalls. RAF mechanics never wore anything but brown overalls when working in hangars in 1935."
Sir Victor Goddard: A Flight through Time
"Apparently none of the mechanics saw him or heard his plane.
Sir Victor Goddard: A Flight through Time
"Apparently none of the mechanics saw him or heard his plane.
"He managed to return to his home base safely.
"In 1939, Goddard watched as RAF trainers began to be painted yellow and the mechanics switched to blue coveralls. The RAF introduced a new training monoplane exactly like the one he had seen in his flight over Drem. It was called the Magister. He learned that the airfield at Drem had been refurbished.
"It was not until 1966 that he wrote of this experience.
"In 1939, Goddard watched as RAF trainers began to be painted yellow and the mechanics switched to blue coveralls. The RAF introduced a new training monoplane exactly like the one he had seen in his flight over Drem. It was called the Magister. He learned that the airfield at Drem had been refurbished.
"It was not until 1966 that he wrote of this experience.
"Goddard finally concluded that he must have glimpsed the future-or even traveled into it-for a brief moment in time."
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"He claimed to have witnessed the clairvoyant experience of another officer, in China during January 1946.
"According to Goddard, he was at a party in Shanghai and scheduled to fly to Tokyo that same night, when he heard of another officer having a dream in which Goddard was killed in a plane crash.
"In the dream an aircraft was carrying Goddard, two other men and a woman, when it experienced difficulties with atmospheric icing, and crashed on a pebbled beach near mountains.
"That night Goddard was persuaded to take two men and a woman on the Douglas Dakota transport flying to Tokyo.
"As in the other's officer's dream, the Dakota plane iced over and was forced to make a crash-landing on the Japanese island of Sado; the crash scene, a pebbled beach near mountains, resembled that described in the dream.
"Unlike the dream, however, no-one was injured.
"The 1955 film The Night My Number Came Up was based on this incident."
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