Scientists are dealing with explaining the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) after the revelation of declassified documents about it.
Recent research, titled "Physical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," from the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and Harvard University shows these UAPs appear to defy physics since they lack tell-tale indicators of friction, such as an ionized tail or visual fireball.
U.S. Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray explains a video of an unidentified aerial phenomenon as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022, in Washington, DC.
'Highly Maneuverable' UAP Lack Signs of Friction
The Pentagon and academics are reviewing the data of UAP, especially the increasingly high-profile sightings of these unknown objects. However, statistics do not match up, and scientists are having difficulty grappling to understand them.
Sean Kirpatrick, Head of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, and infamous Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb focused on the "highly maneuverable" UAPs in their report.
The findings, which are yet to be published in peer-reviewed research, are startling and frightening. According to Futurism, its more relevant takeaways are its conclusions on the physics involved in the sightings, although it has also discussed the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations and the self-propagating probes visiting Earth recently.
Kirpatrick and Loeb considered the friction that should have been formed between a fast-moving UFO and the air and water surrounding it, such as those notably represented in the Pentagon's early footage that perplexed the Navy airmen who discovered them.
Taken at face value, the "highly maneuverable" UAP sightings appear not to follow the rules of physics since the resulting friction should form a "bright visual fireball." This fireball should have left a radio signal observable on the radar. However, no such signatures were ever found.
What Are Its Implications?
Does this imply that UAPs are extraterrestrial vessels made of a frictionless substance unknown to humans? Popular Mechanics reports that it is far less likely. Kirpatrick and Loeb explained that the reason is far more mundane: the tools employed to observe these unknown objects were insufficient.
They said the lack of these signatures could imply inaccurate distance measurements for one site sensor without a range gate capability. Typically, sightings of UAP are too far to get a high-resolution image of the object, and determining its motion is limited by the range of data.
In other words, it is more likely an issue with the sensors collecting this data than with science's present knowledge of physics. Loeb has been studying UAPs and even launched the Galileo Project in 2021 at Harvard University. The project designed a custom-built observatory to analyze the sky in infrared, optical, and radio bands.
The current study and report alike are expected to become more common as scientists from many organizations and institutions attempt to create methods to analyze these currently explainable items. NASA has developed a 16-member UAP study committee to propose a path for additional research, and non-profit groups have also formed to lobby for more serious UAP investigations.
For the time being, it appears that certain scientists and institutions are interested in making the scientific discourse around UAPs more credible, although they will need better data to work with.
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