Chinese Invent Flying Saucer

(Beijing) A professor, Yan Lei, at the School of Earth and Space Sciences at Peking University announced that a Chinese flying saucer will take to the air within two years. It's called an analogue simulation model. Picture is assumed typical.

From Xinhuanet.com:

The analogue simulation model is a five-pointed star shaped platform capable of adjusting itself in the atmosphere so that the amount of electricity generated by the solar panels attached to the top of the platform keeps rising.

"Unlike conventional aerocraft which rely on high-speed movement for lifting force and the fuel-powered engine for dynamics, the newly-developed model employs propellers activated by machinery without bearings," Professor Yan explained.

So the model, which is said to contain more than a score of inventions, is also capable of operating noiseless flights, making vertical takeoffs and landings, remaining in suspension for a longtime in the air.

Based on the description, the Chinese have learned to levitate. I'm skeptical.