demonstration of a wingless electromagnetic air vehicle

[sublight_]

www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a564120.pdf

The related patent.
http://cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu/pdf/2013/US8382029.pdf

 

[KJ_Lesnick]

This eerily reminds me of something out of the 1940's (at least the basic disc shape depicted in the first or second frame).


Are these devices totally autonomous or remote controlled?