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The existence of UFOs had been "proved beyond reasonable doubt," according the head of the secret Pentagon program that analyzed the mysterious aircrafts.
In an interview with British broadsheet The Telegraph published on Saturday, Luis Elizondo told the newspaper of the sightings, "In my opinion, if this was a court of law, we have reached the point of 'beyond reasonable doubt.'"
"I hate to use the term UFO but that's what we're looking at," he added. "I think it's pretty clear this is not us, and it's not anyone else, so no one has to ask questions where they're from."
Since 2007, Elizondo led the government program, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, investigating evidence of UFOs and alien life. It was shuttered in 2012.
Its existence was first reported by The New York Times last week.
Elizondo was not able to discuss specifics of the program, but told The Telegraph that there had been "lots" of UFO sightings and witnesses interviewed during the program's five years.
Investigators pinpointed geographical "hot spots" that were sometimes near nuclear facilities and power plants and observed trends among the aircrafts including lack of flight surfaces on the objects and extreme manoeuvrability, Elizondo told The Telegraph.
Previously: Pentagon's UFO Investigation Program Revealed
(Score: 4, Insightful) by takyon on Thursday December 28 2017, @02:32AM (1 child)
The Alcubierre (warp) drive [wikipedia.org] would not violate general/special relativity. Of course, the apparent exotic matter requirement is a big problem.
I would come back to fusion in 10-20 years after we see if any of the small-scale non-Tokamak [nextbigfuture.com] designs from the likes of [nextbigfuture.com] Lockheed Martin, LPP Fusion, General Fusion, Tri-Alpha Energy, and others succeed. Lockheed Martin in particular envisioned a 100 MW system that could fit into a truck/shipping container or airplane. University of Washington [theregister.co.uk] and others are working on fusion rockets [space.com] specifically. Newer launchers like SpaceX's BFR or an ITS-like successor can lift more massive payloads with bigger fusion rockets and less fuel, if needed. Fusion rockets would be tested on missions to Mars or distant solar system objects long before they are considered for interstellar travel.
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(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday December 28 2017, @12:44PM
Yes, that's the problem with warp drives, finding the magic stuff to make the stress-engergy tensor negative. Wormholes are even worse. How would you get the "other end" in the right (ie a useful) place?
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].