SpeedofLight
Light can break its own speed limit, researchers say
Associated Press, July 20, 2000 (news article)
Scientists have apparently broken the universe's speed limit. For generations, physicists believed there is nothing faster than light moving through a vacuum -- a speed of 186,000 miles per second. But in an experiment in Princeton, New Jersey, physicists sent a pulse of laser light through cesium vapor so quickly that it left the chamber before it had even finished entering. R
Posted on 1/4/2004 6:07:40 PM

SpeedofLight
Speed of Light, Other Constants May Change
Space.com, 15 August 2001
The speed of light and other fixed numbers (called constants) that scientists rely on to explain the universe and its formation mathematically may not be so constant, according to a new study conducted by an international team of researchers. The research was met with caution by many scientists, who also said that if it is accurate, then the adjustment to theories would be significant and far-reaching. R
Posted on 1/4/2004 4:55:58 PM

SpeedofLight
Speed Of Light May Not Be Constant, Physicist Suggests
ScienceDaily, Oct. 6, 1999
A University of Toronto professor believes that one of the most sacrosanct rules of 20th-century science -- that the speed of light has always been the same - is wrong. R
Posted on 1/4/2004 4:50:39 PM

SpeedofLight
Inconstant Speed of Light May Debunk Einstein
Reuters, August 7, 2002 (news article)
A team of Australian scientists has proposed that the speed of light may not be a constant, a revolutionary idea that could unseat one of the most cherished laws of modern physics -- Einstein's theory of relativity. R
Posted on 1/4/2004 4:48:29 PM

SpeedofLight
The Speed of Light - A Limit on Principle?
Laro Schatzer
A physicist's view on an old controversy. Contemporary physics states that no object should be able to travel faster than the speed of light. Although the value of c appears to be enormous when compared with conventional traveling speeds, it suggests a limit which renders a practical realization of interstellar travel improbable. Surely, the question remains: Are faster-than-light speeds possible? At the present time most scientists believe that the correct answer should be "no". However, it has to be emphasized that there is no definite proof for this claim. R
Posted on 1/4/2004 4:41:37 PM

STS-48
Video from the STS-48 Space Shuttle Mission - Closeup Version (Quicktime format)
NASA, Space Shuttle Mission STS-48
A closeup version of the UFO video taken during the STS-48 Space Shuttle Mission, showing anomalous objects and behavior.
Posted on 1/3/2004 10:16:54 PM

STS-48
Video from the STS-48 Space Shuttle Mission (MPEG format)
NASA
This is the main UFO video taken during the STS-48 Space Shuttle Mission, showing anomalous objects and behavior.
Posted on 1/3/2004 8:04:10 PM

STS-48
Star Wars Over Australia?
Graham Stewart, UFO Reporter, UFO Research (NSW), Sept. 1995
One of the most spectacular video footages of a UFO encounter was taken by cameras on board the Discovery space shuttle on 15 September, 1991. The video sequence was picked up live by a number of amateurs who were directly monitoring the transmissions. The material has been shown in news broadcasts and circulated amongst UFO researchers worldwide. R
Posted on 1/3/2004 6:37:44 PM

Chronology of Anomalous Events During STS-48 Mission
Vince Johnson, Houston UFO Network
The following is a chronology of the anomalous events of STS-48.
Posted on 1/3/2004 6:28:40 PM

STS-48
Proof of the Prosaic Nature of the STS-48 Zig-Zag Video (Skeptical)
James Oberg
The attached two charts provide convincing proof that the famous zig-zag dots of the STS-48 shuttle flight (September 1991) are exactly what space experts inside and outside NASA have always said they were: routine nearby small sunlit debris hit by the expanding exhaust of a shuttle steering rocket triggered randomly by the computer autopilot which was steering the spaceship.
Posted on 1/3/2004 6:20:36 PM

STS-48
Digital Video Analysis of Anomalous Space Objects - The STS-48 Video (PDF)
Mark J. Carlotto, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1995
Scientific analysis of the STS-48 Space Shuttle video showing multiple objects moving in unusual trajectories in space. The video was captured by a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (mission STS-48) on 15 September 1991. Digital video analysis is performed to determine if the objects in question are ice particles disturbed by a thruster firing as contended by NASA or other objects moving independently of the shuttle.
Posted on 1/3/2004 6:12:11 PM

STS-48
A New Look at the Evidence Supporting a Prosaic Explanation of the STS-48 "UFO" Video
Lan Fleming, New Frontiers in Science, Vol. 2 No. 2
It has been argued that the seemingly unusual behavior of objects observed during the STS-48 space shuttle mission can be explained as the reaction of small debris particles floating near the shuttle to the firing of the spacecraft's rockets. Two independent lines of evidence are presented here that suggest there could have been no causal link between the objects' behavior and the rocket firing.
Posted on 1/3/2004 5:44:35 PM

STS-48
Examination of Object Trajectories in the STS-48 "UFO" Video
Lan Fleming
Examination of the anomalous trajectories of the STS-48 objects. Objects in the video are shown to follow curved paths inconsistent with "ice particles" but consistent with large, self-propelled vehicles at a great distance from the space shuttle.
Posted on 1/3/2004 5:24:36 PM

STS-48
Losing the Signal - Proof That Time Stamps on the STS-48 Video Released by NASA Are Phony
Lan Fleming
Proof that the STS-48 video time stamps are wrong and were probably tampered with at NASA.
Posted on 1/3/2004 5:16:28 PM

InterstellarTravel
Should SETI Protocols Consider Interstellar Travel?
Dr. Peter Schenkel, SETI League
The question is far less academic than it may appear. It has been argued that because of energy requirements, interstellar travel is "Impossible." Also for other intelligences. But most space propulsion specialists disagree. R
Posted on 1/2/2004 3:00:48 PM

InterstellarTravel
The Fermi Paradox and Interstellar Flight
Bob Seitz
What I'm first going to examine are some notions about what it will take to allow us to travel to the stars. Obviously, if we can travel to the stars, then others could come to see us. Then I'll take up the Fermi Paradox in a later installment. R
Posted on 1/2/2004 2:55:27 PM

InterstellarTravel
Anti-gravity propulsion comes ‘out of the closet’
Nick Cook, JDW Aerospace Consultant, London - Jane's Defense Weekly
Boeing, the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, has admitted it is working on experimental anti-gravity projects that could overturn a century of conventional aerospace propulsion technology if the science underpinning them can be engineered into hardware. R
Posted on 1/2/2004 2:49:44 PM

InterstellarTravel
Reaching for Interstellar Flight
Leonard David, Space.com
When Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise hit the television screen in 1966, the science fiction series had trouble finding its own space and time slot. Decades later, a similar visionary zeal to seek new worlds and new civilizations is a factual enterprise for a new generation of galactic explorers. They are taking on spacetime and hoping to boldly go where no spacecraft has gone before -- out to far-flung stars and the planets that circle them. R
Posted on 1/2/2004 2:45:11 PM

InterstellarTravel
The Politics of Interstellar Travel
Jay Johansen
Science fiction writers and readers seem to deeply resent relativity theory. Most science fiction stories that discuss interstellar travel take it for granted that some way will be found to travel faster than light. Without this, of course, travel between the stars is painfully slow. There must be a way to break the lightspeed limit, you can almost hear them wail, for without it, we may never reach the stars. But maybe we should be glad for relativity. For it offers a bright hope for the long-term future of human freedom. Let me explain. R
Posted on 1/2/2004 2:37:08 PM

InterstellarTravel
The big mystery: Interstellar travel
MSNBC, Oct. 22, 1998
Have you ever wondered when we’ll be able to travel to distant stars as easily as in science fiction? Believe it or not, scientists are seriously looking at concepts such as wormholes, space-time distortions and space drives. R
Posted on 1/2/2004 2:34:30 PM

InterstellarTravel
The Physics of Interstellar Travel
courseworkbank.co.uk
Many people wonder when we will be able to travel to distant solar systems as easily as envisioned in science fiction. This essay will explain the challenges of interstellar travel, the prospects and limitations of existing propulsion ideas, and the prospects emerging from science that may one day provide the breakthroughs needed to enable practical interstellar voyages. Analogies to familiar science fiction are used to simplify notions such as the 'warp drive'. It will show the step-by-step approach towards discovering the ultimate breakthroughs needed to revolutionize space travel and enable human journeys to other star systems - credible progress towards incredible possibilities. R
Posted on 1/2/2004 2:30:05 PM

PilotSightings
The UFO Evidence: Pilots & Aviation Experts
The UFO Evidence, NICAP, 1964 (Section 5)
Observations by airline, military and private pilots. Selected pilot sighting cases, as well as in-depth overviews of several of the cases. Taken from the classic book by NICAP, The UFO Evidence (1964), a major publication that presents nearly 750 UFO case reports and takes an overall look at the UFO phenomenon.
Posted on 12/27/2003 12:53:54 PM

fermi
"Where Is Everybody?": An Account of Fermi's Question
Eric M. Jones, Los Alamos National Laboratories
Fermi's Famous question, now central to debates about the prevalence of extraterrestrial civilizations, arose during a luncheon conversation with Emil Konopinski, Edward Teller, and Herbert York in the summer of 1950. Fermi's companions on that day have provided accounts of the incident. R
Posted on 12/11/2003 10:09:20 AM

UnitedNations
Dr. James McDonald's Letter and Statement to the United Nations
James McDonald, June 7, 1967 (reprinted on UFOs at close sight)
This is the statement read by Dr James E. McDonald at the Outer Space Affairs Group of the United Nations and the letter, introductory to this reading, sent by the scientist to Mr U. Thant, General Secretary of the United Nations. R
Posted on 12/9/2003 9:36:07 PM

Unsorted2
UFOs and the National Security State: An Unclassified History - Introduction
Richard Dolan, UFOs and the National Security State
The UFO problem is a real one. It has involved military personnel around the world for more than fifty years, and is wrapped in secrecy. Over the years, however, enough pieces of the puzzle have emerged to give us a sense of what the picture looks like. What I have tried to do is very simple: to use as many of those pieces as possible in constructing a clear, straightforward, historical narrative of the UFO problem, focusing on the national security dimensions.
Posted on 12/8/2003 2:19:02 AM

EMEffects
Ufology: Electrical Interference
James McCampbell, Ufology, Ch 5
A list of 106 cases of electromagnetic interference by UFOs has been compiled. (1) These examples occurred at scattered locations in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia from August 1945 to November 1963. The age of these reports need not cause concern because they are thoroughly typical of many similar events of more recent years.
Posted on 12/7/2003 2:56:57 AM

PhysiologicalEffects
Ufology: Physiological Effects
James McCampbell, Ufology, Ch 6
Effects of UFOs upon the principal sensory organs have been explored elsewhere. It was found, in brief, that the visual experience involved images of metallic vehicles, including various structural details, which were sometimes surrounded by vivid displays in brilliant colors or dazzling halos. A study of their noises disclosed several distinct types and suggested the artificial stimulation of auditory sensations within the head. Finally, several unique odors noticed in the vicinity of UFOs were traced to specific chemical compounds that are formed in the atmosphere under the stimulus of radiant energy that is emitted by UFOs. Reception of signals by the eyes, ears, and nose have been accounted for, yet there remains a variety of ways in which the body responds to UFOs at short range.
Posted on 12/7/2003 2:53:16 AM

Humanoid
Human-like ufonauts reported in many countries
Scott Corrales, MUFON UFO Journal, Jan 2002
Some early UFO cases involving occupants, such as those in the ’50s and ’60s, involved more often than not creatures that resembled human beings in most respects. In the Grey-and-Reptoid-haunted 1980’s, 1990’s, and today, it is almost heretical to suggest that any other possible form of occupant can emerge from a UFO. But human ufonauts remain an intriguing part of the picture, and their very existence has suggested very disturbing possibilities to certain investigators.
Posted on 12/4/2003 5:10:58 PM

Humanoid
Close encounters of the third kind
Patrick Gross, UFOs at Close Sight
In the well known classification from Dr. J. Allen Hynek, astronomer and USAF UFO consultant, a close encounter of the third kind is a meeting between human beings and beings likely to be not from this earth, in association with a UFO observation. Here is information on such events.
Posted on 12/4/2003 1:08:20 AM

Unsorted3
Wilbert Smith Quotes
PresidentialUFO.com
Wilbert Smith - Director, Project Magnet -The Canadian Government UFO Study (1950-1954)
Posted on 12/3/2003 11:20:42 PM