DOW-UAP-D166, MUFON Reports Prepared for BAASS, November 2008

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Mutual UFO Network MUFON Advanced Technology Establishment Newport Beach, California Lift is defined as the force or forces that permit a vehicle to hover or remain at constant altitude in flight, without expelling fluids as with a jet engine or rocket, which would be the subject of propulsion. We examine live ways that lift can be generated on our planet and have concluded that the use of the magnetic field of the earth for propelling vehicles using superconductors has merit. ln addition, the study of superconductor materials and properties is a very attractive next step towards identifying the experiments having the potential of achieving gravity control. Ways to generate lift: technical approach and concepts A. For planets that have an atmosphere, it is possible to generate lift in three ways: I. By displacing the atmosphere with an object. For a balloon in air, lift is the upward force equal to the weighft? ollf the air displaced. If the balloon is filled with a gas that weighs less than the air displaced, there be anet µ,ward force. The famous rash of sightings from the late 1890's, recently reponed on by ~ 843(a)(2) _ at the Society for Scientific Exploration annual meeting in 2008, noted large numbers of airship reports having the ch11racteristics of lighter than air balloons. Today it seems that balloon technology is well understood and the rewards from pursuing these technologies are not of the breakthrough sort. 2. If a vehicle is made to move through the uir (perhaps by using a propeller or jet), lift is the component of aerodynamic force perpendicular to the motion direction. For an .airplane flying steadily horizontally, this force exactly baJnnces the force of gravity. The technology of airplanes is constantly pushed by the Government and many corporations. We see promising ideas emerging, such as those using digital simulation of fluid flows. They will get better and better but it's not unique nor does it have breakthrough potential. There is little evidence of anomalous reports of aliens in airplanes. 3. If a propeller shape is used, the axis can be made vertical and the blades push the air down, causing the vehicle to be suspended. VerticaJ takeoff or landing (VTOL) is e bit more interesting. For a helicopter, the blades are long and thin. Rotating blades inside a duct is the same pri nciple but may offer advantages for ooise, safety and fuel efficiency, leading one to consider ducted fans. Ducted fan designs may offer considerable advantage over helicopters. For UFOs, there are numerous reports of hovering craft. Unfortunately, the vast majority of them make little or no noise other than a humming sound, which suggests they do not move air around to stay afloat, since rapid air motion Page 1ofS BAASS CONFIDENTIAL Nov-08

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always makes a lot of noise. The extensive reports of hovering craft of varied shapes and sizes stronaiy suggest that they are using technologies beyond our CUJTeOt skills. One would think it not unreasonable that the propulsion systems that got them here would also pcm1it them to hover easily, especially ifthey involve gravity con1rol B. The possibility of using the earth's magnetic field has been suggested. and is scientifically not a problem. For plmcts that have a permanent magnetic field locally of size B, it is possible to create a magnetic dipole ofstrength M, providing a force on the dipole that is given by F-=M•gradB, and the orientation of the force dcpcoda both on the direction of the gradient ofthe field and the direction ofthe axis of the dipole. The torque on such a dipole is vector M X B. For the torque to be um, the axis direction to have a vertical force depends primarily on the latitude. If the dipole were made, for example, by a superoond»ming toroid, a misalignment of torque would have tmt tendency to tum it upside down and suck it right into the earth. However, if the toroid were spinning, the gyroscopic effects would countenct this tendency:, resulting in a wobbling motion. If some of the craft used toroidal supercooductors to get a large magnetic lll01DeDt, and spinning to avoid instability, the kind ofmotions one might expect would p_ossibly be the "'falling leaf' or that of a conical ro1ation. These have been obsctvcd. perhaps more in the past 1han recemly, aod oan be easily explained as a gyroscopic re.,ponse. There have been several reliable reports ofcompass disturbances associated with UFO flyovers, strongly suggesting large magnetic fields involved. C. Jt iR not 1bougbt that planets have a net charge, and therefore they haw no net elec1rostatio field. However, planets with atmospheres may have many local weather disturbances, resulting in abarge exchange. which we call lighting. Interestingly, even on a clear day at sea level, there is an electric field on earth of the order ofa hundred voltalmctor. Thia ia uacful for tloeting objects in the field Gust like Mil1ilam floated his oil drop to measure the cbaqc on an electron) only if the field strcogth does not axceed the corona ducbarge breakdown of the order of 100,000 volts/meter. Any object with a large charge in the atmosphm:e would be expected to show signs ofionization of80IDe ofthe atmospheric molecules close to the vehicle whare the field -..,..., Jtreogth would be largest, probably resulting in colored lights near anomalous craft. The idea of charging an entire C28ft to levitate in the earth's electric field is fundameo1ally sound, and would take high voltage generators to eet the energy to discharge the ions or electrons, whicMver is needed. The expected observables would be various kinds ofcolors ofglow close to the vehicle where the electric field snogth is 1-ge, caused by the mild ionization of a variety ofthe molecules found in air. However, knowlodge ofthe electric field strength at all times would seem neoes.,ary and it would be the equivalent ofconstantly flying in 1he optimum direction in a tlumda:storm. The 1eehnology issues would revolve around light weight and reliable high voltage