William Tompkins
William Tompkins (1923-2017)
Timeline
1923.5.30 Born in Los Angeles and lived in Hollywood
1934.9.1 Entered Gardener Junction School in Hollywood
1935.7.1 Moved to Long Beach, near Rainbow Pier
1936.9.1 Began making some models
1937.9.1 Entered Long Beach Trade School
1938.2.1 Moved back to Hollywood and made more models
1938.9.1 Began studies at Bancroft Junior High in Hollywood
1939.5.1 Exhibited some models at Hollywood High School
1939.8.1 Many models were exhibited at the Broadway department store on Hollywood Boulevard
1939.9.1 Started 11th grade at Hollywood High School
1939.10.1 Spoke on naval vessels at the Hollywood Bowl
1940.1.1 Navy officer Perry commented on the ship-model documents
1941.3.26 Interrogated by the Navy in 1941; Evening Outlook clipping dated March 26, 1941
1941.6.1 The Navy found him a job at a secret facility of Vultee Aircraft; awaiting approval of his security clearance
1942.2.25 Saw the Battle of Los Angeles in Long Beach
1942.4.1 Sworn into Navy boot camp, then worked for Admiral Rico Botta, the secret head of naval intelligence on the extraterrestrial threat to Earth, with a top-secret “Q” clearance
1942.6.1 Became a multi-engine aircraft pilot and electronics officer
1942.6.10 Flew the general’s aircraft to Douglas, El Segundo, Lockheed, Burbank, and China Lake over four years
1942.7.1 From 1942 to 1944, visited the classified facilities at Douglas, Santa Monica, and Caltech, 3 to 4 times each
1943.1.1 From 1943 to 1945, spent a great deal of time at the China Lake facility modifying rockets for testing (40 visits) and working on their extraterrestrial project.
1943.6.1 Learned that the military was developing and testing biochemical weapons, “some are bacteria, and some are deadly viruses”
1946.3.1 Left the Navy in Pasadena and was honorably discharged
1946.3.1 Sold socks for his father at Real Silk Hosiery Mills
1946.6.1 Worked selling roofing materials for his father
1947.5.1 Stopped working for his father
1947.6.1 Found a job at Northrop and received a security clearance to design wingless aircraft in the laboratory
1949.6.6 Bill resigned and went to work at North American Aviation (the old Vultee facility), making prototypes from some extraterrestrial materials on a classified project. It was said to be “common knowledge” at the facility that some of them had come from extraterrestrials.
1949.11.1 Left North American Aviation and worked at Lockheed for four months
1950.3.1 Bill received a “flash recall” (remote viewing?) to go work at DAC and, using his expertise with models, got a job in the wind-tunnel model shop.
1950.4.1 By this time his models were well known, and he was asked to build a model of the Endymion Yacht
1950.5.1 Met Mary at the Aragon Ballroom in Santa Monica and married her on September 8, 1951
1951.3.1 Worked in a think tank for 12.5 years, from 1951 to 1963, and worked for W. B. Klemperer and Elmer Wheaton
1951.4.3 Transferred by Donald W. Douglas Sr. into the engineering department as a draftsman, working for Pete Duyan
1951.6.4 Assigned to a think tank to begin studying extraterrestrials; government classified; conceived a Navy lunar base and a galactic naval base
1951.8.4 Promoted to assistant engineer after 6 weeks at the secret think tank
1951.9.1 Worked with Sullivan of CSI (Civilian Saucer Intelligence Investigation Bureau), Dr. Walther Riedel, and Gerald Heard
1951.9.8 Married Mary
1952.7.3 Interacted with CSI (Civilian Saucer Intelligence Investigation Bureau); reportedly met a young Jacques Vallee in that setting, date unknown
1952.8.1 Conceived the underground NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) command/control center
1953.1.1 The think tank concluded that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft
1953.6.1 Conceived a NOVA-type space freighter in a pre-Apollo tank
1954.12.1 Began helping to establish requirements for naval spacecraft in the think tank
1954.12.1 Produced drawings of kilometer-length naval space shuttles
1954.12.17 Sent to White Sands Proving Ground to evaluate the V-2 and launcher design
1954.12.20 MTM was declassified and released in the think tank
1955.1.1 Transferred to the new DM-18 missile design group and promoted to assistant to the engineering group
1955.1.1 The DM-18 missile was fired at Cape 17B (launch pad)
1955.3.1 Released the second part of the declassified MTM
1956.2.1 Studied General Trudeau’s “Project Horizon,” which would place a base on the Moon
1956.3.1 Developed design concepts for a naval space cruiser and a combat spacecraft
1956.7.1 Worked with Harold Adams on the DC-10 (Douglas 10) design
1957.9.12 NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) was established; the command center used Tompkins’s design
1958.5.1 Promoted to head of the engineering department for the Apollo S-IVB project
1959.6.1 The military built Project Horizon, placing a military base on the Moon
1960.9.1 Since 1959, industry had obtained sizable components of extraterrestrial spacecraft
1961.1.1 Designed an equatorial launch facility for NOVA
1961.2.1 Began Apollo design work
1961.2.1 Briefing to NASA on the vertical checkout concept
1962.1.1 Began studying the Saturn program
1962.7.1 Gave a presentation to NASA’s Debus and von Braun
1962.8.1 Douglas released a new packaging concept for the S-IVB (rocket stage)
1963.4.4 The April 1 NASA equipment memorandum was written by Tompkins and Smith
1963.4.7 Briefed DAC Corporate
1963.5.14 Fired by Douglas in 1963.
1963.5.22 On Dr. Debus’s recommendation, went to work at North American Aviation, still serving on the NASA management committee, and began working for Rocketdyne
1963.5.24 Put in charge of Rocketdyne’s ion propulsion facility
1964.6.1 Shown on the Rocketdyne organization chart
1965.12.15 First successful launch of the Saturn C-1 rocket
1966.5.1 After 3 years at Rocketdyne, from 1963 to 1966, left Rocketdyne
1966.6.1 At the Kern County architectural office of the American Institute of Architectural Design, became mayor of the Lake Isabella area and gave briefings on architecture and design for 6 months.
1966.12.1 William Tompkins founded an alliance for collaborative development and systems engineering
1967.7.1 TRW career began in the product engineering laboratory; a staff member reporting to the president
1967.7.1 At TRW from July 1967 to March 1971
1968.12.21 “Extraterrestrials have a base on the Moon”
1969.7.21 Witnessed the live video of Neil Armstrong
1970.10.18 TRW wrote a letter of commendation for Bill Tompkins
1971.3.1 Left TRW
1971.3.1 Founded Land-Ocean Systems Company
1971.3.1 Served as chairman of LOSC from March 1971 to September 1975
1976.6.1 Left Land-Ocean Systems Company and joined Lockheed. A friend at TRW told him to contact people at Lockheed to work on the Lockheed P-3 (Orion maritime patrol aircraft) in ASW (anti-submarine warfare)
1977.6.2 Using a systems-engineering management program, Bill put the program together with four blocks and presented it to the Navy, and it was then used for the Air Force DM-18 missile. The Navy commander wanted it and completed the plan, “This is terrific!” Worked in systems engineering for 7 months.
1977.2.1 Joined American Jet Aircraft Company
1979.1.1 Left American Jet Aircraft Company
1980.1.1 Started at Teledyne Ryan in San Diego
1981.1.1 Joined General Dynamics
1984.1.1 Left General Dynamics
1984.1.1 Moved to Medford, Oregon
1984.2.16 Attended the Navy League 1984 national convention in Seattle
1985.1.1 With 37 senior Navy officers and a “Special Projects” group of pilots from various employers, created the Southwest Navy League Committee; all of them were engaged in projects involving interaction with extraterrestrials
1985.12.1 Served as vice chairman of the Navy League from 1980 to 1999
1991.9.11 Interviewed John Timmerman and Mike Swords of CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies)
1994.1.15 Attended the 1994 Navy League national convention in San Diego
1999.1.1 Moved from Oregon to San Diego
2002.3.17 Interviewed by Brad Sparks and Tom Tuleet (Bob Wood now has the transcript)
2009.1.11 Interviewed by telephone by Bob Wood
……..
2017.8.21 Died of illness…
Project Camelot interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFLY3MHsvo&t=153s
Download and read William Tompkins’ autobiography Selected by Extraterrestrials
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William Tompkins (1923-2017)
Timeline
1923.5.30 Born in Los Angeles and lived in Hollywood
1934.9.1 Entered Gardener Junction School in Hollywood
1935.7.1 Moved to Long Beach, near Rainbow Pier
1936.9.1 Began making some models
1937.9.1 Entered Long Beach Trade School
1938.2.1 Moved back to Hollywood and made more models
1938.9.1 Began studies at Bancroft Junior High in Hollywood
1939.5.1 Exhibited some models at Hollywood High School
1939.8.1 Many models were exhibited at the Broadway department store on Hollywood Boulevard
1939.9.1 Started 11th grade at Hollywood High School
1939.10.1 Spoke on naval vessels at the Hollywood Bowl
1940.1.1 Navy officer Perry commented on the ship-model documents
1941.3.26 Interrogated by the Navy in 1941; Evening Outlook clipping dated March 26, 1941
1941.6.1 The Navy found him a job at a secret facility of Vultee Aircraft; awaiting approval of his security clearance
1942.2.25 Saw the Battle of Los Angeles in Long Beach
1942.4.1 Sworn into Navy boot camp, then worked for Admiral Rico Botta, the secret head of naval intelligence on the extraterrestrial threat to Earth, with a top-secret “Q” clearance
1942.6.1 Became a multi-engine aircraft pilot and electronics officer
1942.6.10 Flew the general’s aircraft to Douglas, El Segundo, Lockheed, Burbank, and China Lake over four years
1942.7.1 From 1942 to 1944, visited the classified facilities at Douglas, Santa Monica, and Caltech, 3 to 4 times each
1943.1.1 From 1943 to 1945, spent a great deal of time at the China Lake facility modifying rockets for testing (40 visits) and working on their extraterrestrial project.
1943.6.1 Learned that the military was developing and testing biochemical weapons, “some are bacteria, and some are deadly
viruses”
1946.3.1 Left the Navy in Pasadena and was honorably discharged
1946.3.1 Sold socks for his father at Real Silk Hosiery Mills
1946.6.1 Worked selling roofing materials for his father
1947.5.1 Stopped working for his father
1947.6.1 Found a job at Northrop and received a security clearance to design wingless aircraft in the laboratory
1949.6.6 Bill resigned and went to work at North American Aviation (the old Vultee facility), making prototypes from some extraterrestrial materials on a classified project. It was said to be “common knowledge” at the facility that some of them had come from extraterrestrials.
1949.11.1 Left North American Aviation and worked at Lockheed for four months
1950.3.1 Bill received a “flash recall” (remote viewing?) to go work at DAC and, using his expertise with models, got a job in the wind-tunnel model shop.
1950.4.1 By this time his models were well known, and he was asked to build a model of the Endymion Yacht
1950.5.1 Met Mary at the Aragon Ballroom in Santa Monica and married her on September 8, 1951
1951.3.1 Worked in a think tank for 12.5 years, from 1951 to 1963, and worked for W. B. Klemperer and Elmer Wheaton
1951.4.3 Transferred by Donald W. Douglas Sr. into the engineering department as a draftsman, working for Pete Duyan
1951.6.4 Assigned to a think tank to begin studying extraterrestrials; government classified; conceived a Navy lunar base and a galactic naval base
1951.8.4 Promoted to assistant engineer after 6 weeks at the secret think tank
1951.9.1 Worked with Sullivan of CSI (Civilian Saucer Intelligence Investigation Bureau), Dr. Walther Riedel, and Gerald Heard
1951.9.8 Married Mary
1952.7.3 Interacted with CSI (Civilian Saucer Intelligence Investigation Bureau); reportedly met a young Jacques Vallee in that setting, date unknown
1952.8.1 Conceived the underground NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) command/control center
1953.1.1 The think tank concluded that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft
1953.6.1 Conceived a NOVA-type space freighter in a pre-Apollo tank
1954.12.1 Began helping to establish requirements for naval spacecraft in the think tank
1954.12.1 Produced drawings of kilometer-length naval space shuttles
1954.12.17 Sent to White Sands Proving Ground to evaluate the V-2 and launcher design
1954.12.20 MTM was declassified and released in the think tank
1955.1.1 Transferred to the new DM-18 missile design group and promoted to assistant to the engineering group
1955.1.1 The DM-18 missile was fired at Cape 17B (launch pad)
1955.3.1 Released the second part of the declassified MTM
1956.2.1 Studied General Trudeau’s “Project Horizon,” which would place a base on the Moon
1956.3.1 Developed design concepts for a naval space cruiser and a combat spacecraft
1956.7.1 Worked with Harold Adams on the DC-10 (Douglas 10) design
1957.9.12 NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) was established; the command center used Tompkins’s design
1958.5.1 Promoted to head of the engineering department for the Apollo S-IVB project
1959.6.1 The military built Project Horizon, placing a military base on the Moon
1960.9.1 Since 1959, industry had obtained sizable components of extraterrestrial spacecraft
1961.1.1 Designed an equatorial launch facility for NOVA
1961.2.1 Began Apollo design work
1961.2.1 Briefing to NASA on the vertical checkout concept
1962.1.1 Began studying the Saturn program
1962.7.1 Gave a presentation to NASA’s Debus and von Braun
1962.8.1 Douglas released a new packaging concept for the S-IVB (rocket stage)
1963.4.4 The April 1 NASA equipment memorandum was written by Tompkins and Smith
1963.4.7 Briefed DAC Corporate
1963.5.14 Fired by Douglas in 1963.
1963.5.22 On Dr. Debus’s recommendation, went to work at North American Aviation, still serving on the NASA management committee, and began working for Rocketdyne
1963.5.24 Put in charge of Rocketdyne’s ion propulsion facility
1964.6.1 Shown on the Rocketdyne organization chart
1965.12.15 First successful launch of the Saturn C-1 rocket
1966.5.1 After 3 years at Rocketdyne, from 1963 to 1966, left Rocketdyne
1966.6.1 At the Kern County architectural office of the American Institute of Architectural Design, became mayor of the Lake Isabella area and gave briefings on architecture and design for 6 months.
1966.12.1 William Tompkins founded an alliance for collaborative development and systems engineering
1967.7.1 TRW career began in the product engineering laboratory; a staff member reporting to the president
1967.7.1 At TRW from July 1967 to March 1971
1968.12.21 “Extraterrestrials have a base on the Moon”
1969.7.21 Witnessed the live video of Neil Armstrong
1970.10.18 TRW wrote a letter of commendation for Bill Tompkins
1971.3.1 Left TRW
1971.3.1 Founded Land-Ocean Systems Company
1971.3.1 Served as chairman of LOSC from March 1971 to September 1975
1976.6.1 Left Land-Ocean Systems Company and joined Lockheed. A friend at TRW told him to contact people at Lockheed to work on the Lockheed P-3 (Orion maritime patrol aircraft) in ASW (anti-submarine warfare)
1977.6.2 Using a systems-engineering management program, Bill put the program together with four blocks and presented it to
the Navy, and it was then used for the Air Force DM-18 missile. The Navy commander wanted it and completed the plan, “This is terrific!” Worked in systems engineering for 7 months.
1977.2.1 Joined American Jet Aircraft Company
1979.1.1 Left American Jet Aircraft Company
1980.1.1 Started at Teledyne Ryan in San Diego
1981.1.1 Joined General Dynamics
1984.1.1 Left General Dynamics
1984.1.1 Moved to Medford, Oregon
1984.2.16 Attended the Navy League 1984 national convention in Seattle
1985.1.1 With 37 senior Navy officers and a “Special Projects” group of pilots from various employers, created the Southwest Navy League Committee; all of them were engaged in projects involving interaction with extraterrestrials
1985.12.1 Served as vice chairman of the Navy League from 1980 to 1999
1991.9.11 Interviewed John Timmerman and Mike Swords of CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies)
1994.1.15 Attended the 1994 Navy League national convention in San Diego
1999.1.1 Moved from Oregon to San Diego
2002.3.17 Interviewed by Brad Sparks and Tom Tuleet (Bob Wood now has the transcript)
2009.1.11 Interviewed by telephone by Bob Wood
……..
2017.8.21 Died of illness…
Project Camelot interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFLY3MHsvo&t=153s
Download and read William Tompkins’ autobiography Selected by Extraterrestrials
On-site links:
