It is Logical, Spock.

I grew up in the post World War II era of the 1940’s and 50’s. I suppose you could say I was a nerd although that term was not common until later years. My passion was rocketry and space travel. There was no question in my mind that I would become a space cadet after graduating from high school and college. Werner Von Braun was my hero and I had every popular book on space travel available in my personal library. When questions about rocket ships and space travel came up in class, they would turn to me for answers.

It was also fortunate for me that one of the greatest scientific minds of the 20th Century was still alive during my formative years. I’m referring to Albert Einstein. In some ways he was my role model, even more than Von Braun. Einstein’s strength was in his intellect and ability to use beautiful logic to arrive at conclusions about how our universe functioned. He was known for using his “thought experiments” to reason out solutions to problems in physics, the math followed later. Although I have had my share of math courses during my pursuit of my Doctorate of Engineering, I sometimes feel that the theoretical scientists of today are doing the math first and then trying to figure out what it means. I think Einstein had it right, do the logic first and let the math follow.

Spock from the Star Trek series epitomized the logical approach to problems and even today I often use his words, “it is logical”. I think it was simple logic that led me to the conviction that there is other life in the universe and that there is extraterrestrial life. I am talking of life, ET’s, more advanced than us and capable of traveling at near light speed throughout the universe. It is only a small leap of logic to conclude that the marvelous flying machines, UFOs, people have been reporting for centuries are a reality.

What I find truly amazing is how a person who is convinced that we are routinely being visited by advanced intelligence can go about his or her daily life without giving a second though to the ET reality. I’m sure ants don’t give us much thought either as they go about their daily lives. One would think that knowledge of ET’s presence would be all consuming but, strangely, it is not.

Having an enquiring, engineering, mind, I could not let the issue of ET rest. I had to investigate to find how their marvelous flying machines worked and how ET was interacting with us during our daily lives. In 1980, Budd Hopkins wrote his landmark book, “Missing Time”, and I discovered that people are routinely being abducted. Why? Further research by the late Dr. John Mack of Harvard University and by Dr. David Jacobs of Temple University reveal that not only are people being abducted but there seems to be a “breeding” program by the ETs to create hybrids. Why? Then there is the question of cattle mutilations that seen to be connected to UFO sightings and thus ETs. Why are they doing that? A wonderful series of books written by the late Zacheria Sitchin reveals that the Sumerians civilizations may have had direct interaction with ETs over six thousand years ago. How else can one explain their detailed understanding of our solar system and how Home sapiens were created.

The doubting Thomas may ask why ET has not tried to communicate with us or made direct contact with us? SETI, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, has been searching for evidence of ET by monitoring radio signals from distant stars. After decades of searching, no luck. But wait, what about signs on the ground? I’m talking about designs known as crop circles that have been appearing by the thousands around the world for decades. While some of these have been made by hoaxters, many have been produced in a way that defies our technology. Researchers who study these designs have found evidence of advanced mathematics and new fundamental laws of geometry have been found. Is ET testing our intelligence to see if we are worthy of direct contact?

During both my industrial career and my fifteen years as a professor of engineering I continued to do research into the science relating to ufology. In fact, I now travel the country with my PowerPoint lecture, The Science Behind Alien Encounters. In 2003 I retired from Penn State University and decided it was time I share the knowledge I had acquired about the many related issues within ufology. I felt that there were many people who were curious but did not want to be stigmatized by being seen reading books on UFOs. I decided that the best way to share my knowledge was through science fiction. So I decided to give out information through the dialog of my characters. Michele Criction was well known for his ability to wrap a story around good science so I tried to follow his lead. When faced with the issue of adding credence to the words spoken by my characters, I again followed the Cricton model by providing references by chapter at the end of the book. In 2004 I launched the Alien Log series of science fiction with Alien Log. I thread information about ufology throughout the continuing story. I hope you will visit my website www.alienlog.com to learn more about me, my books, and my lecture.

During World War II pilots on both sides of the conflict reported being paced by large six foot diameter balls of light. They were known as Foo Fighters. People continue to see these and there are at least two Presidents who have seen them. That is what I saw early one morning while vacationing in Cancun, Mexico. Just as Einstein came to logical conclusions and followed them with proofs, I am fortunate that my logical conclusion about ETs has been verified by an actual sighting of a UFO. I will discuss how UFOs propel themselves in a later blog.

UFOs and Gravity Drive

By

Author Dr. Robert E. Farrell (www.alienlog.com)

There are many reasons why people are skeptical about the existence of UFOs. Some cite the lack of hard physical evidence. Others are skeptical of UFO reports because of the unbelievable things people report them doing. This paper will focus on the reported behavior of UFOs and offer arguments to support the hypothesis that UFOs propel themselves by creating or manipulating gravitational fields.

WHERE’S THE EVIDENCE?

It is not the intent of this paper to make “believers” out of “non-believers”. There are those who would deny the existence of UFOs even if one landed on the White House lawn. To them, it would represent another hoax perpetrated by Hollywood. Just like the moon landings of the sixties and seventies.

There is virtually no “hard” physical evidence available for public viewing. Other than those who have had a UFO encounter, those who do “believe” do so by a combination of faith and logic. Today, the real evidence lies in the mountain of testimonies from eyewitnesses. In the United States alone, there are several hundred sightings reported each month. There are probably a higher number of sightings that go unreported because of the stigma attached. Many sightings are by trained observers such as astronomers, airline and military pilots, radar observers, and even astronauts. Most of these professional people are reluctant to come forward with their information either because of official gag orders or because of the detrimental effect to their careers. Never-the-less some brave individuals have come forward from time to time with their stories and have contributed to the body of knowledge. It is precisely that body of knowledge that I will use to make my case for gravity drive.

Great incite can be gained about UFO propulsion systems by matching maneuvering performance with possible scenarios for propulsion systems. A number of UFO researchers have done just that. The late Paul Hill was such an individual. He was a NACA engineer/scientist (it became NASA) who had at least two UFO sightings of his own beginning in 1952. Needless to say, his interest was piqued. NASA officially denounced the existence of UFOs so Paul’s investigations were not part of his official work. Despite that, he was able to establish himself as an informal clearing house for UFO information and as such, he had an opportunity to gather and collate a great deal of information given by eyewitnesses from the 1950s to the 1970s. It has been my personal experience in problem solving that it is helpful to gather as much information as possible. When that information is laid out and analyzed, the solution to the problem often presents itself. That is exactly the approach Mr. Hill took. After retiring from NASA in 1970 he continued his UFO analysis work on the UFO subject. By 1975 his book was completed though not published. This amazing book, Unconventional Flying Objects: A Scientific Analysis, was finally published posthumously in 1995, five years after his death. In it he laid out the evidence gathered from eyewitnesses and discussed possible ways UFOs might achieve what was reported. He concluded that gravitational fields were employed as propulsion.

Mr. Allan Watts, in Great Britain, has taken a similar analytical approach and discusses his results in his two books, UFO Quest: In Search of the Mystery Machines, published in 1994 and UFO Visitation, Preparing for the Twenty-first Century, published in 1996. Like Hill, he also speculates about possible drive systems for UFOs.

Herman Oberth, the renowned German rocket pioneer of the pre-World War II era became involved in UFO investigations during and after the war. He concluded that UFOs were not of this Earth and that they were manipulating gravitational fields as a means of propulsion.

UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR:

So what is the data that can be used to form an hypothesis which states that gravitational fields are at play in the UFO propulsion systems? The data comes from thousands of reports from highly credible witnesses. Their observations given below.

1. UFOs are able to accelerate at rates of over 100 Gs. This is beyond the endurance capability of our pilots.
2. UFOs perform maneuvers that include what appears to be abrupt right angle turns.
3. A few witnesses have reported a feeling of being pressed down, as though they were heavier, as a UFO flew close over their heads.
4. Disc-shaped craft accelerate along their axis of symmetry.
5. The surface of ponds on which UFO have landed or hovered for an extended period of time are frozen.
6. UFOs have been clocked at speeds in excess of 9,000 miles per hour without creating a shock wave (sonic boom) or overheating.

There are other unusual characteristics in the behavior of UFOs. They may be more related to how gravity drive is achieved and less an argument for gravity drive. For completeness sake they are listed below.

7. They glow various colors depending on their level of activity.
8. They cloak themselves. This appears to be a function of the wavelength used by the detector (IR, visual, or radar).
9. There is evidence of strong magnetic fields around the craft. Ignition systems of automobiles are affected. Metal roof shingles and mail boxes have been reported to rattle at the craft pass over.
10. There is evidence of strong electric fields around the craft. The craft appear to have a corona around them. It is similar to the glow of neon signs.
11. Intense electromagnetic radiation is given off by the craft during operation. This radiation covers a broad spectrum ranging from infrared to gamma rays. The soil around a craft that has landed is often affected by this radiation. Witnesses who have been too near the operating craft for extended periods of time have experienced symptoms of radiation poisoning. At least one has died from this.

If we employ Occam's razor then it is necessary that the explanation of the first six items above make as few assumptions as possible. If we make only one assumption and that is that the aliens have developed the ability to create positive (or negative) gravitational fields, then the above six observations can be explained.

CONSIDER OBSERVATIONS 1 AND 2:

Imagine you are aboard your homebuilt rocket and you have a cell phone on board so you can talk to your friend on the ground. He is the one who lights the fuse. The rocket fires and off you go. Your friend on the ground gets on the phone and asks what you are experiencing. You explain that you are being forced down into your seat and that your G meter reads 4.0. Your rocket exhausts its fuel but it continues upward. Again, your friend asks about your experience and you report feeling weightless and your G meter reads zero. Your rocket reaches its highest point and begins falling toward Earth. Your friend asks about your experience and you report that nothing has changed, you are weightless and your G meter still reads zero. Your friend is surprised because he knows that you are accelerating toward the Earth at one G. Now, consider repeating this experiment on a much larger planet, one that has a gravitational pull of 100 Gs. As your rocket did its freefall toward the planet, the phone conversation would be the same. Even though you are accelerating toward the planet at 100 Gs you would still feel weightless and your G meter would read zero.

Let us move into the future. The year is 2325 and you are test driving the new Ford Galaxy 5,000,000. It has gravity drive! You are sitting comfortably in your seat and you turn the “ignition” key…no sound. You press on the accelerator to generate a gravitational field in front of you. There is no sensation of motion, no acceleration. You wonder if the car is working so you look out of the window and are alarmed to see scenery whizzing by at an increasing rate. You turn the steering wheel left, directing the gravitational field to your left. Again, there is no sensation of turning as you freefall in that direction. The world outside seems to be turning around you but you feel nothing, other than Earth’s gravity keeping you in your seat. The above description is what the occupants of a UFO probably experience. There is no sensation of acceleration or of making abrupt changes in direction.

CONSIDER OBSERVATION 3, 4 AND 5:

The observation that when a UFO passes low overhead, a “pressure” or feeling of increased weight occurs, is an indication that the gravitational field being generated by UFO’s is a negative field instead of a positive one as we feel from Earth’s gravity. A negative field is as valid an explanation for observations 1 and 2 as is a positive field. The difference being, the craft and its occupants freefall away from the field instead of toward it.

It seems that the underside of a classical UFO disc is where at least one of the propulsion fields is formed. It may be a rotating field which explains why wobbling is often seen as UFOs hover. Witnesses describe a glowing ring around the perimeter of the underside of UFOs. The craft are seen to tilt so the axis of symmetry is aligned with the direction of travel. There are remarkable photographs in a book published in Germany in 1999. In the book UFO: Richard Brunswick Photocollection, the author has a two photo sequence of a UFO maneuvering over a field. Dust appears to be kicked up as the craft is about one to two diameters above the ground. The dust cloud shows signs of being rarefied in a ring-shaped zone under the perimeter of the craft. Circulation or convection within the dust cloud can be seen. These are further indications that a negative field is formed on the underside of the craft rather than to the sides. The circulation of air that seems to be occurring could also explain the freezing effect created under UFOs. When a UFO is very near to the ground, the negative gravity under the perimeter expels the air creating a low pressure. The circulation of air through this low pressure causes a refrigeration effect and the surface beneath is cooled and heat is expelled.

OBSERVATION NUMBER 6:

As you drive down the road, if you put your hand out of the window, you can feel the air pressure as it piles up on the upstream side of your hand. The faster you go, the higher the pressure. It is this same pressure that is causing the approaching air molecules to begin to pass around your hand as they tend to flow from a high pressure region into a low pressure region. In a sense, the high pressure air molecules in front of your hand are telling the approaching molecules to go around. The higher the speed and pressure, the farther upstream they send their message and the approaching molecules begin to change path. The transmission speed of this “signal” has a limit. It is called the acoustic velocity, or speed of sound. If your car could travel at the speed of sound then the pressure “signal” from your hand could not travel up stream fast enough to warn the oncoming molecules to get out of the way. The result, they slam into your hand creating a shock wave and a sonic boom.

If you had some other method, other than air pressure, to warn the air molecules of your approach then the problem would be solved. The aliens with their UFO technology have solved that problem. They use a field that travels at the speed of light. It is a negative gravitational field that repels the oncoming molecules just as high pressure does. It can be projected in front of the craft and not be limited be the acoustic velocity, thus, no shock waves. A side advantage of this is that the field can be configured in such a way as to streamline the flow and virtually eliminate air friction and its associated heating on the skin of the craft.

How the gravitational fields are generated and what power source is used is beyond the scope of this paper and is a topic for future discussion. I will only add that I believe that observations 7 through 11 probably offer clues.