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September 3, 1968
Internation Flat Egrth Re search Society
24 London Road Dover, England
Dear I-Ir. Slienton,
Recently r becarae interested in the "flat-earth" theroy. Even after care
ful consideration, I am still undecided and \/ould like more information on this
subject. Please send me any printed material you mcy have supporting your theoi’y.
Thanks a bunch,
lours truly,
I'liss Tamara aaith
S O U T H B O R O U G H & W E S T M O R E L A N D YoungConservatives
New Hackwood Hotel, Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent.
Please reply to: 4 Thorn Close, Bromley, Kent.
11th November, 1968.
Samuel Shenton, Esq.,International Flat Earth Soceity,24 London Road,Dover, Kent.
Dear Sir,
Futher to my previous letter, I would be very much like to hear from you as to whether you will be able to attend our meeting on the 3rd December, 1968, or any other date during the next three months.
I await your early and favourable reply.
Yours sincerely,
Pamela R. Worrow Programme Secretary.
1 ^ South LewishamBromley, Kent. „ wmm •Young Tones
Meeting Place:Catford Cricket Club, Penerley Road, Catford, S.E.6
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12th Feb.1968.
S. Shenton, Esq., Secretary,Flat Earth Society, 22 London Road, Dover, Kent.
Dear Sir,
I am writing to enquire whether it would be possible for a member of your Society to come and give a talk to our Branch.We meet every Monday at 8.30 p.m. and the date I particularly have in mind is Monday 5th August. However, if this date is inconvenient, perhaps you would like to suggest an alternative, any time between August and December.
If it is at all possible I should be most grateful and I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully.
Pauline Martin (Programme Organiser)
Association Offices: Catford Conservative Club, Catford Broadway, Catford, S.E.6. DUNcan 1651
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SSgt Edmund R Stanfill AF 147/1.9274 USAF Dispensary Box 306APO San Francisco 96280Samuel Shenton PresidentFlat Earth Society Bover, EnglandDear Sir,
Quite often I have seen references to your organization; all written in a humorous vain. I like to think of myself as an objective individual yet I find it difficult to assess your position as I have never seen any material that explains your position.
Would you please forvraird to me any information that may help me to better understand your theories.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.Sincerely,
EDMUND R STAKFILL
STANFORD UNIVERSITYSTANFORD, CALIFORNIA 9430
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
August 23, 1968
2 7 AUG 1968The Flat Earth Society 24 London Road Dover, Kent ENGLAND
Gentlemen;
I am most interested in your organization, and would appreciate receiving any^rejMiterature that you have, and in particular, information as to the number of your manbers.
Many thanks,
Sincerely yours,
Oe •Thomas A. Bailey Byrne Professor of American History
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5a Belsize Park Gardens, London N.W.3. 29th December 1968
Mr. S.Shenton,International Flat Earth Research Society, 98 Lewisham Road,E2Z0Z2Z Dover.
Dear Sir,I have read your letter in the paper recently and I
found it r^ost interesting. I am sure you are right about the and the lack of d-’jj’nal rotation. It is funny ';rhy the same mistakes sre repeated day after day. I am not really vrell up in this subject and therefore cannot follow your last sentence and would be to have more infor^'nation aboutwhat you say. Perhaps you publish a booklet or something on the subject. I should be pleased to hesr from yoii.
Yours etc
H.Stark
ti.at.John-Culdwart, C/O;- A. Fluze,( 3 6" Cumberland St
Westminster,July 4. “ 6 J U L 1 9 P P LONDON,3.W.1.Dear sir,
I was a very great friend of the late Septimus Herbage before his much regretted death. Whil^ he was alive he often spoke at great length with the upmost admiration for the *]?lat-Earth Society'.In this modern technological age,people arc often brainwashed into believing that these photographs supposedly taken by the satellites,show a globular shaped Earth;but,if a little calculation is done,it can be seen at a glance that this is just what would be expected if the Earth were flat,due,O] course,to the error of refractionl!
I have often written to the local paper,trying to get them to print letters in support of this vie^ but they tend to regard me as somewhat eccentric in my beliefs.
Prior to the writing of this letter,I have believed that nothing substantial could be obtained in the rectification of thi^. absurd misconception; however,! now believe that(^^ m u ^ ; do something to remedy this situation.ConsegtrgtrM^.I wish to .join the Society.and would be grateful if you would send me full details;especially of any changes during the past few years.
^1 only hope that somehow mankind can be convinr- ced^^that the Earth is flat,because until this "Becomes a reality,science will still be hindered by laws such as Newton's law of gravitation^which is based on the asumption that the Earth is round.
Yours sincerely.
In haste,
G. StjiJohn-Culdwart. C/0;- A. Flupe,I ■ t \ t • • . 63j»Cumberland St.,
' ' ' ’ Westminster,'pt ember 10. , LONDON, S. W. 1.
Dear Mr. Shenton, '' Thank you for your letter of the 8th. Iwas very pleased to hear from you again.
I would very much like, to meet you this month,as there is a lot that I want to discuss with you,including some items that I regard as urgent! However,! fear that this is impossible,and that we shall have to leave, it bntil a later date;because now is* rather a difficult time,as I have to go abroad to carry out a personal investigation.As you know,there is a total eclipse of the Sun predicted for September 22,with the Xine of totality running through the Sverdlovsk region of Siberia^I have no doubt that the eclipse will occur,but the calculations issued by the Nautical Almanac are,of course,based on the false theory that the Earth is a globe.If this is not so,as we know, then there will be an error in the predicted line of totality.
According to my calculations based on the true theory of a Flat Earth,the line of central umbra should be displaced from the Nautical Almanac prediction by something between 3 and 4 degrees.Therefore,it is my intention to station myself along this line,and make accurate timings of the phenomenon.I have managed to obtain visas and promises of help from the U.S.S.R. Academy of Science,and I am leaving this week,which may involve my being absent for some time.I will contact you as soon as I come back.
My equipment consists of sextants,chronometers,and a spectrograph,What I want to establish is that the error in the umbral line is caused by the tacit asumption that the Earth's surface is curved.I am meeting a Russian scientist, A.I. Popov,at Sverdlovsk and he has agreed to help me in the measurements,which will be carried out some way from the official predicted site at Kurgamesh.
Of course,! am at the mercy of the clouds,and can only hope for the bestl If I am successful,! will make out a report,and will let you have it as soon as I return to England.
I have made a note of ±kKxisct®x«f your debate at Goldsmiths College on October 7}but I do not think that I will be returning to England before the following week.I will get back in time if humanly possible.
I have often tried to convince my nephew Cuthbert of the true form of the Earth,but he is only 17,and still at school,and consequently suffers from the "globite" indoctrination.! will ask him to go to the debate,perhaps you could have a word with him? I will get him to let you know if he will be coming.
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’ I nave very recently aquirea a copy of "Earth Wot A Globe", by ’’Parallax" ,(Dr. S.B. Rowbotham,l/hink);although I read it a long time ago,when I borrowed Septimus Herbage’s copy,I have not* seen It since,and I am therefore taking it ’to Siberia,so that I can re-discover many forgotten facts.
Once again,I am, sorry that we cannot meet this- monthjbut I hope* that I will get some results that can be added as yet another piece of evidence againist the theory of a globe Earth. But,make'no mistake,I am'goirfg to adopt a true Zetetic attitude and I am prepared t o be wrong,but if my measurements are correct,then I am certaiia that they will confirm that the theory of a globe Earth is wrpngl *
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17th September, 196B.Dgar Sir,
I am writing to enquire wh.eth.er your|'society provides speakers to address Associations such® ours and tell us ahout your alms and activities.
¥e are a fairly small group of about 15-20 members, and meet on Friday evenings in the Harrow pub, Cheam Village. (The nearest station is Cheam Station which is on the main line from Victoria or London Bridge.) If you are able to provide a speaker, we would, of course, meet him at Cheam Station, or at Morden Underground, if this would be more conven.ient, or alternatively we would be pleased to send accurate details of how to find us if coming by car.
The date we had in mind forjthis meeting was I':plday 10th January, but should this not be convenient I am sure an alternative could be arranged.
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Mr. Samuel Shenton, Secy.Int. Plat Earth Research Society 24 London Rd.Dover, EnglandDear Mr, Shenton:Your flat earth theory Intrigues me, I am a housewife interested in reading about science, geography, science fiction, ESP, flying saucers, and other fascinating and related subjects.Do you have any pamphlets or brochures explaining your theory in detail? I would be willing to purchase such a brochure if the price were not prohibitive. Enclosed is a self-addressed^ ataapod envelope for reply.
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Wednesday 27th December 1967.
Dear Sir,Please could you send me deiails of
the International Flat-Earth Society, if possible quoting literature published on the society's beliefs.
Yours Sincerely,
Sam uel S h e n to n e s q . ,
24 London Road, DOVER,Kent.
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" I BELIEVE THE WORLD STANDS STILL AND T M T IT IS NOT C014PXETELY SPHERIOD"
Ted Shargel Artist-Deslgner5835" Bowcroft Street,Los Angeles 16,California,United States Of America.
•tis true,from a recent editorial as seen in the Los Angeles Times 1— ■ of this date,I heartily gave a great deal of thoiigHt to your^obsef- 'v^ion,that if a gas type balloon were suspended overhead from the earth vould toeir really be any difference in movement as hours ticked by...by the way it vjould have to be as you ascertained in your theory of the Zepplin....aloft by no strings,but completely independent of the earths surfaces....to further a claim that the world does not revolve...we would have dried up oceans and a barren surface such as the moon...we move aromd the earth in a fast moving jet,but find that if we left one place at a destined time of day...it would still be daylite but perhaps and hour or so has passed to allow for travel time....Mr.you have another one on your side...I also believe that for ell who die...many are born...
I could add more to the theory also,of why I believe the earth stands still...what provokes storms...and what of cold areas and others that remain warm constantly at the Equator...do clouds above move...or do we really stand still...earthquakes...rivers that flow...and oceans that move...a genuinely interesting subject...but who has the answer.....? ‘ ^ ' '' '
Don't answer....but if you do...send a bird up and I'm sure he'll get here..as we in the U.S.A. wait for the "Swallov/s to Come Back To Capistrano"... .they ain't missed yet...but if v/e just shifted a little... I guess we'd sit up and take wonder.
JULIAN B. SHEALYP . O . B O X 67
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Dec . 15, 19S7•jj-lat j-iarth. Society 24 Jjondon Road Dover, Js.ent.Dear Sirs,
i am tlie editor of a s.tudent's paper called lilHyTA (Luisen- (jymnasium, Munich). We would be very obliged to you if you could answer our q.uestions. After numerous resultless intJ^?© gat ions we succeeded in getting your address from the Lreographic institute in jjondon. We have reserved two pages in our next nuniber for an article about your society, we should be very grateful to you if you could send hs the reply to our questions as soon as possible since the pfjper is to be printed in about 2 weeks.
Thanking you in advance, 1 am,Yours very trulyif Ai'*24c^l'^^ptfn
8(.)12 OTI'OBRUMN Miinchen-Land J.ofei?-ebaiiachstr.45 c iiavaria
Questions:1) When an§ by whom was your society established?2) How many members?3) Who is financing it?4) What are your tasks and plansr5j Who is the inventor of the idea the earth being flat?6) What is your reaction upon the satelite photographs of the
Americans- and the Kussiaasr They show the earth as being round.7) ? 'hat is your opinio.n about the unknown flying objects?8) Do you think these were American airplanes tanking in the air?9) In what way do you make propagaSnda ftir your doctrine and how
do experts and the public accept it?
Sterne , A gee & Leach , In c .M EM BER e
NEW Yo r k S t o c k e x c m a n o c
A m e r ic a n S t o c k E x c h a n g e ( a s s o c .)
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March 27, 1967
Mr. Samuel Shenton, Secretary International Flat Earth Society 2*+ London Road Dover, England
Dear Mr. Shenton;
Enclosed is a clipping from our local newspaper on your geographical research. I am an advocate of keeping the record straight.
Your evidence is apparently based on eye witness accounts which are supported by common every day observations of millions of people for thousands of years.
The evidence of those who contend that the world is round relies upon circumstantial evidence, conjecture, surmise and deductive reasoning, supported nowadays by an array of scientific instruments, all of which are subject to human error.
It seems to be a simple case of your eye witnesses against their circumstantial evidence. Many an innocent man has been hung on circumstantial evidence.
Can 99.4*+% of the people of the earth be wrong about a simple fact of geography observed by each of them every day?
You have a wonderful example of a map of the flat earth in the Cathedral at Hereford, May I suggest that this map be adopted as the distinctive insignia of I.F.E.R.S.?
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Rucker AgeeRA/jsEncl.
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26 March 196?509 Clarke Ave.
Eau Gallie, Fla,32935
USA
Mr. Samuel Shenton 24 London Road Dover, EnglandDear Mr. Shenton,Occasionally there appears a man that makes such a preposterous, outlandish and utterly ridiculous statement and apparently vehemently believes it to be true that I must find out more information concerning his belief. This especially applies to your case.Even in my limited knowledge of such matters I certainly am aware that our whole system of navigation on earth and in space is dependent upon the earth being a sphere; otherwise, man, it Just wouldn't work.I'm sorry, I have neither the time, the patience nor desire to continue this diatribe here, but for G-od's sake send me more information!
Sincerely, ^
^ojan L. Stevens
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July 18. , LONDON,S.W.1.//Dear Mr. Shenton,
Thank you for your letter of the* 8th, and the enclosed literature*I am very honoured to be a member of the Society.
I fully realise that, if anything substantial is to be done,then the Societx^mrst have, a large fund,to enable it to gain financial stability,and to enable the widespread publication of printed matter;therefore I am enclosing a small donation.I must apologise that it is not more,I know that 10/- dofss not go far;but,my finances are rather limited,and'this is all that I can manage at the present tine.
I completely agree with your remarks about the late Septimus Herbage.I regarded him as a man of great wisdom,and one who would not rest until what he had set out to achieve had become a reality.Had he not died,I believe that we would not now be the Worldwide laughing-stock we are.But,it is up to us to work on unperturbed by this ridicule,and to remember that one day we must succeed.In my opinion,if one believes 1004 in what he is doing,then he cannot fail,
I have very carefully studied the pamphlet "The Plane Earth”,and I'have found it extremely interesting.Not only did it cover in great detail points such as the strange scallopingiof the Southern horizon,as shown in the satellite photographsja point that I had already(given considerable thought to;but,it also introduced new points such as the confirmation of the Flat Earth by sea voyages near the Antartic Circle,a point that I had before overlooked.
I was particularly interested in the "moonship flight item" in the pamphlet,and completely agree with your comments about it.I also noticed how in the newspaper report,the writer refers to the Saturn t-B as being sent on a *5,500 mile flight DOWN the Atlantic testing range, This type of statement is typical-o^f those wko have been indoctrinated with false theories,about a ’globe* Earth!
Your comments about the use by N.A.^.i^. of the Mercator chart,provokejf me into wondering whether the "U.S. Autlaorities are deliberately trying to conceal ■the truth,and if so to what^end? Perhaps you could let me know your views on this"?
That is about all that I have to say about the i>amphlet at the' present time;although I would like to takfe this opportunity to congratulate you on the way in’which'you have presented the facts;! know that you must have put a great deal of effort into its production* '
I have often found that the one big objection that most people have to the fact that the Earth is Flat,is that at sometime or other,when by the seaside,they have seen a ship coming VOVERV the horizon.I do not know the 'official* answer for this;but I havfe done some research ihto the matter,and: have cciae up with what I hope is a satisfactory explanation;-
The main factors, iti my view,are refraction and persistence of vision.It is a well established fact that when light passes between two media of different densities refraction occurs;also,it is generally accepted that persistence of vision decreases with distance;the farther away the object',the more 'diffuse' it appearsoNow when these two factors are takefi into consideration'the observed phenomenon is exactly what would be expected.Not only is there refraction due to the great distance through"the atmosphere through which the light has to travel between the ship and the observer,and the differing densities of the air as between the great distance to the ship and the air in the immediate vicinity of the observer;but also subsequent refractions occur due to varying density of air over water.The horizon is so far away that the persistence of vision can do little to 'cancell* out the refraction, and in faqt adds td the distortion;but,as the ship approaches,the persistence of vision becomes *stronger* than the refraction,and the ship appears in its natural and correct position.
This above also'acounts for the distorted curved horizon often seen at sea;with slight modifications.
Going back to the pamphlet for a moment,you mention the landing of Luna-9 on the Moon;but fail to comment on~it^or lack of space.I would b«f very grateful to hear i T Zetetic views on t^hat, '
I mentioned in my first: letter that ”we MUST do something"; and I feelr that t^his n^ed is urgent. I would be grateful to hear 'the measures being taken at the present time to publicise our aims to the layman.
One last point that I would like to know your views on,is the phenomenon officially known as U.F.O.'s'arid
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1708 South Kiesel Street Bay City, Michigan USA April 24, 1967
Mr, Sam ShentonInternational Flat Earth Society Dover, England
Dear Mr. Shenton;
Recently an article appeared in the local newspaper describing you and your beliefs in a flat earth. This has since interested me very much. I would appreciate jit very much if you would be so kind as to send me all the information possible concerning this theory. I wish to investigate this idea myself, I would also like details on how to become a member in the International Flat Earth Society. If there is any charge for postage, I shall be more than happy to reimburse you.
(' Columbus said the earth was round five hundred years; ago and was scorned for it. Now you say the earth isfflatt and many people mark you as an idiet. But let me state
I admire you, right or wrong, for the way in which youare not afraid to expose your beliefs, regardless of the consequences,
I assure you that I shall appreciate any and all information that you might choose to send me. Thank you very ,much.
Sincerely,
Iu.
