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- From: snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder)
- Subject: Re: UFO EVIDENCE VS. Carl Sagan
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.185422.1598@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
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- Organization: Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University
- References: <kkretsch.721932625@unix1.tcd.ie> <16NOV199212515920@utkvx2.utk.edu> <kkretsch.721999974@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:54:22 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.
-
- However the question remains: What do they do between planets, out in space,
- travelling the mostly empty space between solar systems? The (mainly dipole)
- magnetic field of a planet dies-off rather quickly with distance (something
- like 1/r**3). So, how are they powered out there?
-
- Or do they use an entirely different type of starship, and the UFO's that
- we see are merely "shuttlecraft"?
-
- Enquiring minds want to know...
-
- John
- snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu
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