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- From: wvhorn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William VanHorne)
- Subject: Re: UFO EVIDENCE VS. Carl Sagan
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.150423.2897@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- References: <kkretsch.721932625@unix1.tcd.ie> <16NOV199212515920@utkvx2.utk.edu> <kkretsch.721999974@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:04:23 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?
-
- Not all planets have magnetic fields. In fact, geological evidence points to
- Earth's magnetic field disappearing completely several times in the past.
- Why would anyone base interplanetary travel on such an unreliable power
- source?
-
- ---Bill VanHorne
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