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Mr. Samuel SHENTON Secretary of Interiational Flat Barth Sesearcl Society D07ER Kent Englaijd,

Dear Sir,

I heard on the radio your most ini affirmation about the flatness or "the sauc of the Barth."

As I write for young people,espec; for "Spirou",a well-known magazine in Bel^] France,Switzerland etc.,I intend to write - an article about your theory.

I should be interested to know the of your society,(How it was born and how m^: members you have in Britain and all over tfc

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I should be very pleased if you cculd send me some details concerning your conceptions May I ask a few questions?1 S t . Which is the real shape of the Earth?2 nd. If it has a saucer shape,what happens other side?3 rd. Is it true that North-Pole is in the of the dish*and the South-Pole all around the edge?4 th. Is it true that the sun runs around the edge,lighting the other side of the plate? (In that case,the other side of the former remains in the shade,i.e. in the night.)

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5 th. How do you explain the season variat and how do you explain the relating positic the sunrays falling vertically on the equa regions,but not in the North-Pole?6 th. If it is summertime on North-Hemisph the rolling around the edge must light not North-Pole,but on the same time South-Pole7 th. What about the curving of the horizo:

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The Flat Earth Society c/o Samuel Shenton 24 London Road Dover, Kent,EnglandDear sir:I would appreciate it very,very m-uch if you would send me some information on how to join your society. I am very interested in your theory.

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Ki'-. Shonton,Thank you for your letter of March 13.

I was sorry to hear that you were still under the weather, and hope that ycrr condition has much improved.! am reasonably well, although rather tired;and hope that after the fev; days at Ceal next week, I shall he feeling 100 per-cent. /{;;h,ere

I leave for Deal on Fridajr,and will be leaving/on .vednesday 9th.will it be possible for me to see you on this date? I know that we have much to discuss,and am very much looking forward to our meeting.I will let you know from Deal,what time I expect to arrive at Dover.

Your letter also brought me some wonderful news'. I an very glad to see that at long last people are beginning to treat us seriously,and look forward with eager antisipation to the programme on B.B.C.-2. television on May 10th, and also to seeing the articles. This sjiould be a great year for the Society, as I am sure thc.t you will receive many enquiries after the T.V. orogramme;and a number of these will join us.

As I said in my last letter,! have been giving a lot of thought to ways in which we could gain more support. ! hope that on the 9th, we may discuss not only the facts in our favour (I would like to show you a few photos ! took in Siberia last year), but also the ideas I put forward.

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J . ' Westminster,March 3. ' _ _ LONDON,3.W.1.Dear Mr. Shenton, '

• Thank you for your letter of January 27.I was very sorry to hear that you have not been fueling too

well lately,and hope that yqu are muQh better now.I have completely recovered after that bad 'bout of pleurisy,but it has left roe very weak,and I will have to take things easy for some time yet. i - ' t , -

I am g"^d that you found my report of the eclipse valuable. Although .it took the majority of. my savings,it was veil \s(orth it,and I would readily go again.I was very interested in,and thank you for the official pamphlet of the "Total Solar Eclipse of 19^4 June 30".However,I find it ver.y distressing that documents like this.giving information,which I am sure the persons who compiled it knew to be false,can be iwidely i 'distributed without anyone q.uestioning it.Surely some of the. scientists realised the falsity 'of it all?~l realise that in

; officaal circles""^ey are probabl^ withhol-d ing the facts,for ^ e a r of public panic;bu!t would there be any panic? Jin my _^opinion people would prefer to learn the truth,and^would feel more secure kno-wing that the Earth !is at rest,rather than spin- ^ning through space at 18 miles per second. ' ,

Incident tally,the letter you quoted from William J. Helmer, in my opinion offers us fresh hope. If -at last some of the i American officials are beginning to doubt the accepted theories, then our goal may not be so remote as I feared.However,I feel that our knowledge must be conveyed to more people.

I was delighted to see the article in "The Illustrated London News" of February 8. CONGRATULATIONS! This is the type of publicity we need.I am very glad that there are still some writers left who will give a fair HKHMui account of a subject that they do not necessarily believe in.I should think that we gained a number of additional supporters or at any rate enquirers from that artcilel

This brings me on to another point.You say in your letter that it would be very costly to convey the facts to those who are minded to think for themselves.I agree,and fully realise the difficulties you face.I have given the matter much careful consideration,and would like to offer a few ideas with which you may or may not agree.Firstly,I feel that the Society could achieve a greater amount of useful work,and I would suggest that each member be asked to investigate that aspect in which he has the greatest interest,e.g. eclipses,rotation of the Earth,etc. .Secondly that a ggmgixttggte committee be formed,with you as its chairman,to collect these investigations,and produce reports upon them.Thirdly that a yearly subscription of at least half a guinea be adopted,half of which is invested (in i£remium bonds, for example,where the Society could suddenly become rieh).with the idea of being eventually put into^pracijLciai. use, itg, in the publication of a document presenting the facts to those willing to consider^]lgm;the other half~being used for immediate use, i.e. the cost of running the Society etc. I am.sure that all the members would welcome proposals such as these ,_ixi the hope that...

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Westminster,January 10. LONDON,S. W.-1.

Dear Mr. Shenton,You must have* been wondering why I have not

contacted you since my return from Siberia in early October.Well,for the last three months I have been seriously ill,

and am at the moment just recovering from a bad gttack of pleurisy.My doctor thinks that it probably started with a chill I caught in Siberia,but I am not so sure.Anyway,the Siberian trip was well worth the expence and effort,because apart from the enjoyment it gave me,l managed to obtain some rather interesting results,which in my opinion will add still further to the overwhelming evidence that the theory that* the Earth is a globe,is wrong;and that the true form of the Earth is flat.

I thoroughly enjoyed the journey to Russia.I travelled across Europe by train to Moscow,where I was met by a representative of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences,who luckely spoke excellant English (I don't speak a word of Russian!) He was,I am afraid, most amused when I told him that I intended proving that the Earth is flat,by observing the total solar eclipsejand at first, he thought that 1 was joking.However,by the time we reached the hotel,where I was to stay overnight before leaving for Sverdlovsk, he knew that 1 was sincere,although I did not manage to convince him about the true form of the Earth* t

The following day I flew to Sverdlovsk,touching down briefly at Kazan.I enjoy flying very much,but unfortunately there was a lot of cloud about,and so not much could be seen of the terrain below.I was,how3ver,able to glimpse vast stretches of the River Volga,as it meanSered its towards the sea.When I arrived at Sverdlovsk I was met by the Russian scientist Alexi I. Popov,who had agreed to help me.I ha*d never met him before,and only knew him by correspondence,but he treated me as if I was an old friend.He said that we should have to fly to Kurgan and go from there to the official eclipse site at a remote village called Yurgamysh,where he had to collect the equipment,including a spectrograph;but he assured tne that we would be observing some distance from the predicted line of totality when the time came.So later that after­noon we flew to Kurgan,arriving at the grass-covered airport,which was still under construction,in darkness.We spent the night at the Moscow Hotel,and the following morning set off for the eclipse site at Yurgamysh. '

I was told that Yurgamysh was only about thirty kilometers away,as the crow flies,but we had to travel along a somewhat better road,which meant a detour of over a hundred kilometers.There was no evidence of the snow,which I was told in Moscow,had fallen some days before,and the climate was not nearly as severe as I had been lead to believe;in fact,it was not dissimilai* from a spring day here in England,although I must admit that there was a biting north­easterly wind.The countryside was really rather bleak;along each side of the packed-earth road,there were vast stretches of black earth ploughed up after harvest,the monotony being broken only by a few trees and scattered clusters of peasants huts.

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our leaving Kurgan.It was extremely interesting to see all. the piepes of complicated equipment that the various groups ofprofessional astronomers had brought with them,from all over the world,.I enclose a photo ixtKotk of the area, which I in fact took using a small snapshot cameral We did not stay long at the site, because this was the day before the eclipse,and we had to get to our site and set up the equipment.

I had originally suggested that we position ourselves at a distance of some three or four degrees from the predicted line of central umbra;i.e. in a region where a near total eclipse should theoretically be seen^f tXe.Eartl\_is flat«a total eclipse should, ^ccordi,pg.,jta my.--calculiitions.be observable from thi s point .A.i.Popov had also made some calculations (he is much more of a math­ematician than I ami),and said that he felt we should station ourselves nearer to the official site,at a place where the eclipse would be total.At this point the duration of the total phase would be less than at the line of central umbra,according to the globular Earth theory.If we accurately tj.med the duration of totality and found it to be greater than at Yurgamysh,then we would have succeeded.

Although I had certain reservations about this,I agreed,and we positioned ourselves about twenty-nine kilometers to the north of Yurgamysh.Our site was on a large plain,with a silver b^irch forest to the south-west and nothing for miles to tkk the north.The weather for the whole of the 21st had been rather ominious,with an overcast sky;and I was really worried in cas e cloud would prevent my seeing the eclipse the following afternoon.But that evening a clearance spread in from the east,and the stars' shone down brightly;we were now both very optimistic tteat the sky would be clear for the eclipse.

The following morning dawned a glorious blue.Popov made some final adjustments to the spectrograph with which he hoped to obtain a measurement of the spectroscopic parallax of the Sun before eclipse,and also determintthe speed of the ttooq relative tt) the Sun, which can be most easily performed when the Sun and Moon are very close together,i.e. during an eclipse.This involved measuring the photographs obtained for Doppler shifts.I checked the chronometers etc.,and made certain that all was ready.

Up to that stage,everything had gone perfectly,it was almost too good to last....At about eleven o'clock local time,clouds began building up around the horizon.They were opaque cumulus,which were slow moving,and I realised that if one of these should obscure the Sun at the moment of totality,which was expected at 16.19.,all would be lost.There were also small amounts of cirrus,but these did not constitute much of a hazard.Luckely,the clouds began to clear about an hour before the eclipse was due to begin;and by the time the partial phase was under way,the Sun was shining down from a clear sky.Conditions were perfect,dispite the low altitude of the Sun.19 degrees.

As the moment of totality approached I found myself shaking all over with excitement;the moment that I had been waiting for,for over a year was at hand*When the moment of totality came,we both started our stop-watches,and Popov began his work with the spectrograph.I stood speechless for a moment,just looking at what must be the most beautiful spectacle in nature.lt is impossible to put into words the beauty of the sight,all I can say is that anyone who should get the chance to see a total solar eclipse,should seize the opportunity with both hands.I tried to measure the position of the Sun relative to the stars,but failed because of lack of time.Suddenly,the sky was ablaze

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with light ana tjoiaiity was over.i immeaxateiy stoppea my stop-watch, and we both rushed over to the chronometer and checked*the time.

Our timings differed slightly,but only by a few tenths of a second.I gave in both cases a slightly later timing,which I think, was probably because I had a slower reaction speed than Popov*

We found that the eclipse started two-tenths of a second before the predicted time;which could have been due to our'different position from those at Yuraamyah.But.. .totality ended a full five seconds beforje the predicted time for Yurgamysh.The total duration of totality was only 38 seconds,as compared with the 43 seconds predicted for Yurgamysk.We had failediour totality had lasted for a shorter duration, as expected on the theory that the Earth is a globe.I was utterlyheartbro.ken;although I had adopted a truely Zetetic attitude.the___jfekaadu thought that we would be proved wrong.had never really entered my mind.I thought of all the other evidence pointing towards the Earth's being flat,and wondered if all the time we had been wrong.

We spent the night at our site,and the journey back to civilisation began the following morning.

On the way back to iCurgan we stopped off at Yurgamysh,where t]}e professional astronomers were already busy packing up their equipment,

jj It was on the site at Yurgamysh that I heard what I regard as the Test hews that I have ever received.Totality only lasted for(^?J seconds instead of the 43 seconds predictedl When I stated that the duration of totality was one second longer from where we had been observing,! was told that ve had. {xrobably made a mistake in the jclaxm timing.Although I do not rule out the possibility that some error could have crept in,I am sufficiently confident that our timings were correct,because we both made independent timings which agreed after­wards*

Anyway,there is still the fact that totality lasted for a shorter duration than that predicted.Now,we hear that according to Kepler's Laws,suitably summarized by Newton,amended by Einstein,further amended by Lorentz,further amended by Hoyle,etc.,these phenomena can bg, , computed to within a fraction of a secondoBut here we have a vitally important phenomenon,to which astronomers had come from all over the world,where the error was in the region of 10?^»By conventional approaches,this is impossible.

But the cause of the discrepancy is clear enough,For this purpose, it does not matter much whether the Sun and Moon are regarded as globes or disks;it is a matter of their apparent movement in relation to the Earth.If the Earth is a globe,then its surface will curve upward towards the sublunar point;and this will cause an error in the calculated diameter ratio of the Moon and the Sun if we regard the Earth as a plane.This is where the trouble 1ay.Mathematicians XMK»Kii«ai had calculated the eclipse on the globular theory.This is why they were many seconds out.

On the way back to England I made some calculations based on Ij j Oppolozer's formulae, and arrived at a totality value of 38 seconds //‘ + 0.48 second.This is extremely near our observed value. /I

I think that all theories stand or fall on observational evidence as well as imtmxfm interpretation;this has always been one of the alleged strong points of Einsteinian relativity,when we consider phenomena such as the precession of the nodes of Mercury.In this case the test has been applied,and it comes down completely on the side,of the fiat-earth theory.In fact,there is no other explanation.^hort___of supposing that conyentiqna,l mathematics just do not know how t ^celestial bodies move;and this,bearing in mind all their relativistic

refinements,is tantamount to admitting that their whole basic tenets Tre faultyT = = =j wouj^ vejy ^0 know your views about this^because it will

be some time be^re The tesT'can be re-applied.The next Tw9 eclipses (Mexico-Florida 1970,Africa 1972) have longer periods of totality, and so the test will not be so sensitive.It was particularly sensitive in Siberia last year,because the eclipse was very nearly annular,and only the tip of the shadow cast by the disk of the Moon reached the Earth,

Unfortunately the results obtained by Popov with the spectrograph as far as the spectroscopic parallax of the Sun is concerned,were rather unsatisfactory;but he managed to obtain some good values for the, speed of the Moon relative to th Sun. However, the true value of the trip lies in the timings we made, . _

The above eclipse report may be regarded as yet anotheT piece of evidence in favour of the flat-earth;however,I feel that there'are matters far more urgent which necessitate action being taken now.

I feel that there is an urgent need to convey our knowledge to ,more p«x people,so that they might too gin to doubt the false_ ^theories of the scientists.! would be grateful if you could let me ‘know the steps you are taking to publicise our evidence to'the general public.However,we,must be careful,because in this day and age,anyone with ideas differing from those of the majority,are liable to ridicule.So many pcxx people I speak to,regard me as a crack-pot; and now that Apollo-VIII has supposedly sent back photographs showing a round Earth,the situation is even worse.They laugh in my.face when I try to explain that the curvature is probably produced by distortion,resulting from the use of a wide angle lens. Anyway,we must continue to ignore this.and push on with presenting ouTp facts to those who are willing to listen#I feel sure that one day we shall

' succeed,and until then we must be prepared to accept the fact that the majority of the population are like sheep being lead by a few, who purposely want to conceal the truth.

tet us hoVe that thi^ ye~ar will bring us some success;! am sure that it will.

All best wishes,Yours,

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Mr .S hen ton;Enclosed some more evidence that the Earth

is 8 sphere. Have just watched on T7 a series of pictures of Soviet cosmonauts taking pictures of the Earth from hundreds of miles up. It is here that centrifugal force balances gravity, enabling a man-made satellite to stay- in orbit. Some of the earlier ones are still in orbit around the Earth and at heights of over 6OO miles could continue for centuries. Have you changed your mind ?I suggest that you adndt the truth and now explain it by saying that you have been having fun leading people to think that you actually believed what you clein.

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Regina, Canada, August IO/69

745 ring street,Regine., Saskatchewan, Canada. Sunday, August 3, 19b?.

Samuel Shenton Esq.,Secretary, International 'Flat :3aTth Society,Dover, England,

T)ear Mr. Shenton;It will be no greater surprise for you to receive

a letter from Canada than it wes for me to read in the press that there was as much as one person in the World who still believes that this Earth is flat.

It is also noted that you claiir. the Scriptural writings for your strange claim. The simple fact is that if those responsible for the Bible, either the Cld or the New Testaments^had known a fraction of one per cent of what we know today they would never have written any part of thesa.

Enclosed are a few cuttings from our local news­paper, the Leader-Post in this city which was najned in honour of the late Queen Victoria as was our Victoria park.Every civilized country in the world accepts the fact that the V/orld is a sphere, even to the aboriginees of Australia. There are dozens of proofs. Why don’t you do some reading before you pass out? If you ever took a plane journey in a jet aircraft and the horizon was clear you could see for yourself at 3^,000 feet that there is a distinct curvature.This amounts to about 9 inches to the mile. If the Earth is flat where is its edge? Why has no one ever journeyed that far? In June we were in the British Isles and put our watches ahead 7 hours due to the Earth’s curvature. Cn the westward trip hoaae we set them back again for the same reason.If a jet aircraft at sorue point on the Equator travelled eastward at something over 1,000 miles per hour the sun would appear to re?o8in stationary due to his speed equalling that at which the earth rotates. !.!r.Shenton, why don’t you READ, R E A D , and then R E A D again and leam somethingf* Give up this nonsenj^e (unless you are doing it for publicity) and admit that you are living in the past, some thousand years ago, and quit ®aking a fool of yourself. You are one of only 80 members of your Society or one in 40 nillion who believe as you did. When Galileo proclaimed that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe he was made to kneel before the Pope and recant, but Popes today believe what has been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, i.e.that the Earth is round (like a ball to you). Incidentally I lived at Basildon between 1904 and 1907 and attended school at Brentwood, although born in Hevi Zealand in 189O. Try to appreciate that I am trying to help you and trust you will not take offence.

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The International Flat Sarth Research Society24 London RoadDoverKentEnglandATTENTION: SAMEUL SHENTON, GENERAL SECRETARY Dear sir:

Recently, the national government of the United States of America claimed to have landed 2 men on the moon*s surface near the Sea of Tranquility. Many people in this country doubt that the moon was actually reached by man. It is my understanding, however, that since the founding of your organization in 1956, new evidence has been accepted as proof and your group has subsequently changed its policies. What I would like to ask, if I may: Does your organization believe that men were landed on the surface of the moon?

I am a fifteen year old secondary school student and a cadet in the junior military program it maintains. Many times I question the claims of our government. Finding the moon shot hard to believe myself, I have turned to you for your opinion. Thank you.

Very truly yours,

Harold W. StillwellHWS/lat

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Dear Mr. Shenton,

Mr. Robert E. Hoyer, the London Correspondent of the ’’Stars And Stripes” has asked me to write to you with a view to interviewing you, either personally or by telephone, with regard to your activities as Secretary of the International Flat Earth Society. If you could please advise me of the best time that you could be contacted by ’phone (I think your number is Dover 44), then I would be most grateful.

Mr. Hoyer would like to write a feature about you. stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed.

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10th January, 1969Flat Sarth Society, 24 Dove r load, -Jover,Kent.Dear Sirs,

'.;e have just received a letter from the Columbia University Libraries, 535 ’./est 114th Street, N»v York,N / ’'. 10027, requesting us to place an order for all of your publications. If you accept subscriptions we should be ';lr.d if you would enter our order from January, 1969, sendin'j publications direct to the Librao' Service Library, 606 Butler Liix?5r3', Columbia University, Nav York,^'.Y. 10027,

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ARCHITECT JESS STIMPSON EPPS JR

7 Gibson RoadPark Forest, IllinoisMarch 21, 1969

Mr. Samuel Shenton Flat Earth Society Dover, England j

Dear Mr. Shenton:

I have known of the Flat Earth Society for some time now, but until very recently I was unable to reconcile my beliefs with yours. However, your explanation of the round appearance of earth as seen from outer space, i.e.. The earth is round, but like a phonograph record rather than a ball, is very much in accord with my thinking on the matter. Incontrovertible evidence of our theory was presented last week when the Chicago Tribune reported the disappearance of a formation of five jet aircraft several hours after take-off. The last radio message received from the squadron leader indicated that he was totally lost and unable to get his bearings. In this day of sophisticated electronic instrumentation, there can be only one plausible expla­nation for that happenstance — the formation flew over the edgeo Looking back, the flyers could not see the thin straight line profile of earth, and looking ahead, above, and below, they saw only the blackness of space^ They were hopelessly lost , at infinite altitude^

Mr„ Shenton, I would like to become a member of the Flat Earth Society and await your reply with details concerning entrance requirementso

Very truly yours,

Lester StollerLS/dm

222. Manor Lane,Lso,

London S.£.12 7th Janaarj I9 6 9.

The President,The International Jlat-Earth Society, c/o Sunday Mirror, London.Dear Sir,

I read with interest the article in the ‘Sunday Mirror' recently appertaining to your Society.

I was returning to London from Paris at the tiae of reading the article, end couldn't help but notice the flat expanses of country traTersed en route.

I would be very grateful if you could forward me details of your Society,and seTeral application foras for distribution to friends.

With thanks.Yours sincerely,

G, S, Strong.

Enclose S.A.E.

From: The Reverend Peter Stubbs, St. Alban’s Vicarage, Broadmead Avenue, NOi'?THAT'.TTON. 2RA25th mrch 1969

^ Dear Ir. Shenton; *■ ■' '*

Thank you for your letter and for your kindness in sending ire the information I asked for.

I read it with interest - and with the respect which any serious attemnt to establish truth awakens.

Thank you.

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Broadmead Avenue,NORTHAmON, NN3 2RA.

February 15th, 1959

Mr. Samuel Shenton,34 London Road,DOViilli, Ke nt. B9 /> r-

Dear T'r. Shenton,I have read references in the ne's^apers to the Internationa;

Flat Earth Society and to your name as secretary.I am. curious to know what the International Flat Earth

Society is about and would welcome information from, you gratefully.

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Jo> Date:- 12th September,1968The Manager,International Flat Earth Research Society,24, London Road,Dover, Snpland.Sir,

I am much pleased to let kn you know that I have been leadingother

research regarding Earth, its Shape & Rotation and^oognate subjects orx

scientific, logical and'philosophical grounds since last 18 years.

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-tes , Universities and colleges etc., I am in urgent need of the following informations.

(1) The copy of the latest longitudinal Survey of the American.■^vey C5o.,( Experiaiental proof of longitudinal lejigthin miles or KxlometEBs )

(2) Complete postal address of or its availability , Fortian Society, New York City - 17.

( and its branches if any in U.S.A., U.K. or ¥.S.SJl.){ (3) Address of sources fraa where the following bobks were

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(l)”Earth not a Globe " ( by - Parallax, ^xi ajithor of ' Patriarchal longevity ' and other works and

• founder of the ' Modern Zetetic Philosophy')A book inquiring expetiraentaly in-to the

true figure of the Earth, proving it a plane ' ■ . ’ thout orbital cs- axial motion and the ‘only

^ known material world etc.,It will be helpful to know the rules and regulations of your

'■' society, slso its work and publications if sny along with their prices.

I hope you will do the needful in the matter.

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( Murii Abhai> Sagar ) The Earth Rotation^^searAh Institute.

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January 16, I968

Mr. Stan Shenton Flat Eai’th Society 24 London Road Dover, Kent England

21 JAN 1968

Dear Mr. Shenton,

Recently I learned that you are an officer of the Plat Earth Society. I have heard of the socicty and have considered joining but have had great difficulty in making contact with you.

Could you tell me what your objectives are, your publications, amount of dues and the procedure I would need to follov/ in order to join?

Thanking you for any information about the society that you can furnish me, I an.

Sincerely yours,

Lewis G. Wixon, InstructorDepartment of Geography

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Haliburton, Ontario, Canada, December 30, 1968

Mr, Samuel Shenton,Secretary,The Flat Earth Society,London, England.Dear Sir:

A number of years ago I read several books, including PARALAX, and have since been convinced that the earth is not a globe but that, as set out in these books, it is flat, probably in the shape of a saucer.

The recent space flights have not changed my conviction in this regard but I am wondering if there is any explanation for them. I do not believe they travel the distances th^ say they do.

In one of our newspapers it quoted you as saying, ”the public is being ballihooed by the space flight— taken for a ride,"That is Tadiere I obtained your name.

Have you any literature on this subjects If so, would you please advise and state cost.

Trusting to hear from you, I amYours very truly.

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Mrs. W. F, Salter

A. Savignano Jr.63 Coal Street Wilkes-Barre, Penna. 18702 U. S. A.

FLAT EARTH SOCIETY LONDON, ENGLAND

Sirs:

I am interested in the history and fundamental ideas concerning the Flat Earth Society. I have chosen your society as a topic for a research paper. I feel that your opinions and views

would be fascinating material for my paper. However, I have been able to find nothing about your society in the libraries and news magazines and papers available to me.

Perhaps you could direct me to sources of information.

Possibly.some of your literature could be sent to me. I am willing to pay reasonable amounts of money if some of your literature is not free. I will reimburse you for postage if you desire. Your sincere interest and cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,A. Savignano Jr.

March 25, 1958

Mr. Samuel Shenton, Secretary International Flat Earth Society 2 London Road Dover, England

Gentlemen:

I am interested in literature about your society, including information about membership or eeeie^ies in SouthernCalifornia.

Mailing Address;

Yours truly,

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a little about the society, I would like to know more about this and v/ould appreciate it if you could send me some information about the work being done by the group.

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