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- From: palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer)
- Subject: Re: UFO EVIDENCE VS. Carl Sagan
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.225022.8696@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University
- References: <kkretsch.721932625@unix1.tcd.ie> <16NOV199212515920@utkvx2.utk.edu> <kkretsch.721999974@unix1.tcd.ie> <1992Nov18.185422.1598@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:50:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.185422.1598@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu
- (John Snyder) writes:
- >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...
-
- I hope I won't be mistaken for a UFO believer, but I thought I'd point out
- that, according to modern theory (I. Newton, q.v.), one doesn't *need* power
- between the planets. One of the biggest kicks I get out of "Star Trek" is all
- of the fighter-pilot maneuvering they do out there. It appears you have bought
- that specification for "starships", yet you doubt their existence. Are
- planetary magnetic fields a less likely source of "energy" than "dilithium
- crystals"?
-
- Leigh
-