Historian Dr G. Wiechmann joins me to explore how a fleeting newspaper story from 1950 grew into one of Europe’s most bizarre UFO legends—the so-called “Nazi UFO”. In his recent book, Von der deutschen Flugscheibe zum Nazi-UFO (From the German Flying Saucer to the Nazi UFO), he traces the strange journey of this myth: from Cold-War headlines and pop-sci magazines to right-wing esoterica and modern-day model kits.

We discuss how this story took flight, why it keeps resurfacing, and what its long afterlife reveals about our appetite for conspiracy lore—even when the physics don’t check out and there's a complete lack of credible evidence.

What we cover

✦ How a brief post-war rumour turned into a mass-market legend
✦ The role of media, pulp fiction and military lexicons in spreading the story
✦ Why the myth survived debunking by engineers and historians alike
✦ How it continues to generate revenue through books, toys and memes
✦ What this case says about belief, technology and the business of mystery

Note: the interview is in German. Just email me to get a free English transcript of it (europeanufos@gmail.com)

Dr. Wiechmann’s book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Von-Deutschen-Flugscheibe-Nazi-ufo-Metamorphosen/dp/350678742X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JCB7KKS6F2DP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tt1oGW6bQtycJcfcFjolyg.UGLpMd8vumTXFGCiYy2wmSRUTf4LcMD8TqxDsMH0tEc&dib_tag=se&keywords=nazi+ufo%2C+wiechmann&qid=1752244122&sprefix=nazi+ufo%2C+wiechmann%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1

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