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- From: djpegg@utkvx2.utk.edu (PEGG, DAVID J)
- Subject: Re: UFO EVIDENCE VS. Carl Sagan
- Message-ID: <17NOV199209484629@utkvx2.utk.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov11.204055.2280@cnsvax.uwec.edu> <kkretsch.721932625@unix1.tcd.ie> <16NOV199212515920@utkvx2.utk.edu> <kkretsch.721999974@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:48:00 GMT
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- In article <kkretsch.721999974@unix1.tcd.ie>, kkretsch@unix1.tcd.ie (kevin patrick kretsch) writes...
- >In <16NOV199212515920@utkvx2.utk.edu> djpegg@utkvx2.utk.edu (PEGG, DAVID J) writes:
- >
- >>In article <kkretsch.721932625@unix1.tcd.ie>, kkretsch@unix1.tcd.ie (kevin patrick kretsch) writes...
- >>> Apparrently, the most closely guarded secret
- >>>in the U.S. government regards how the UFOs were
- >>>powered. This, I believe, involves harnessing the
- >>>potential energy of the earth's magnetic field.
- >
- >>The obvious question is:
- >> If they're powered by the earth's magnetic field, how
- >>did they get to earth in the first place
- >
- >All right David, perhaps I should have generalised the statement.
- >Let's say the following:
- > .....Powered by harnessing the potential energy of
- >the magnetic field of an arbitrary planet.
- >
- >How's that?
- >Any comments? (I could ask if your just being 'picky' but
- >that kind of idiocy belongs in some other newsgroup. Do we
- >agree??)
- >
- >KEV.
-
- I don't think that's being 'picky'. If a UFO gets its power from
- planetary fields it won't work too well on interstellar voyages.
- Space is mostly, well, space.
-