I believe the "VA Document" was a placemat from a cafeteria or something similar, not a note pad or anything like that. Looked as if it might have been on a hospital tray.
When I was 11 to 14 or so, I drew many things similar to these. . . including the UFOs and creatures. I was a big Science Fiction fan and read the Pulp Magazines which had covers that had many pictures similar to those. I also drew geometric figures in color like the one shown. It was a grand pastime I a few friends indulged for fun. We also created fantastic inventions, complete with detailed descriptions.
I have some concerns with his bearing design. . . mixing various sized roller bearings against each other as he has drawn is not too good of an idea. They would rotate at differing speeds and different rotational directions, which in his design would actually add friction. Not exactly what he was intending, I think. Perhaps that is why it was never patented?
My thought exactly.
This is the doodling of a drinker with time on his hands and nothing more.
A table of the elements? He didn't discover them he copied a page out of a book because he didn't have a copier.
Oddly, this map shows air travel routes.
With the title of "Air Age Map of the World"?
Bunch of crap and stupid article.