Hidden Under Our Nose: How the Simpkinson UFO Led to Confirmation of Strange Craft in Published NASA Photos

Hidden Under Our Nose: A Paradigm Shift

The Simpkinson lithograph arrived quietly, tucked among a binder of vintage NASA imagery acquired from the estate of Emily Ertl and her partner, Scott H. Simpkinson. But these were no ordinary figures in NASA's story. Simpkinson was one of NASA's founding engineers, instrumental in the formation of the original Space Task Group-the team that laid the foundation for Project Mercury and beyond. He served as a chief engineer through all three manned space...