6 More Puzzling Questions and Answers on UFOs
Can a UFO go faster than light? Here is my answer…
I’m pleased with the number of intelligent comments made for my Medium article Unanswered Questions About UFOs.
Here are my thoughts on some of these comments.
1) Is it possible to go faster than light?
John EGE asked: “How fast could you get there traveling faster than light?” He kindly provided a link to an article about the possibility of traveling faster than light, at “warp speed,” which is of course a science fiction idea and not a fact.
The possibility of warp speed depends on contraction and expansion of space. Sounds “possible” but the author of this article himself acknowledges the impossibility of it since it would require either “negative mass” (not possible) or “negative energy.”
“But for a warp drive to generate enough negative energy, you would need a lot of matter. Alcubierre estimated that a warp drive with a 100-meter bubble would require the mass of the entire visible universe.”
Thus I think it’s safe to say that, no, you cannot travel faster than light. That’s not an option to explain visits of “aliens” from “another planet.”
2) Are the “aliens” a million times more advanced than us?
Steven SUMMERS wrote: “If alien species are out there, they’re most likely as far away from us in evolution as they are in distance — likely millions of years.”
Interesting hypothesis for sure. But how old is our earth? 4.5 billion years. And how old is the universe? 13.7 billion years. Divide the latter to the former and you get 3. So I think the aliens would be at most 3 times as “advanced” as we are and not ten, a hundred, or a million times more advanced.
Is that enough of an evolutionary advantage on us to create space ships that defy the laws of physics? I’m not sure. But all I know is, the “aliens” may not be as “far superior” to us as we imagine given the fact that — at the best estimate — they’ve probably been around 3 times longer than us.
SUMMERS also wrote: “They won’t land on the white house lawn and say “take me to your leader” for the same reason Jane Goodall didn’t announce herself to the chimps.”
Well, sorry Steve. Jane Goodall not only did announce herself to her chimps but even created a whole village to take care of them. You may want to watch this video. But the “aliens” are still yet to announce themselves. The analogy does not hold.
3) “Clear Image”?
Some readers are referring to the latest images released by the U.S. Navy and other military sources as examples of a “clear image.”
Is the following what you’d call a “clear image”? If your answer is “yes,” it means we’ve got very different definitions of what a “clear image” is.
4) Google Image search
Another reader wrote: “There are several shapes that are common in UFO sightings.”
“Several” shapes that are “common”?
I’d recommend this reader to perform a Google Image search for “UFO shapes.” There are HUNDREDS of documented UFO shapes. There are so many of them that no two compilations or lists of images are the same.
I hardly see anything that is “common” to these shapes except perhaps for a general sense of “roundness.” But that’s like saying that grapes and oranges are the same fruit since they are both round.
The variety in UFO shapes is mind-boggling. How any observer can miss the perplexing variety of UFO shapes is beyond me.
5) Standing Still and Meta Materials
“UFOs don’t stand still” a reader claimed. Not true. There are many accounts of UFOs hovering or standing still over a point or overhead. Despite many such still observings, there is not a single net clear image of a UFO. For some reason, they are always (conveniently?) blurred even though we have the technology today to take the photo of a license plate from an orbiting satellite.
The same reader also mentions “meta materials” that presumably cover the UFOs as a reason why we cannot take a clear picture of them.
There are no hidden elements in the universe that are not known to human scientists. Actually, that’s how through cosmic mass spectrometers we can tell which elements exist in which planets or galaxies no matter how far away they are.
There are no such mysterious “meta materials” in the universe as far as I know. Thus, that hypothesis cannot be an explanation of why we cannot take a sharp picture of these UFOs.
6) 90% of the speed of light
“Imagine going 90% of the speed of light, then your argument is really off base” a reader wrote.
Yes, I can imagine a lot of things but that does not make it true or feasible.
There is a cost to pay for such speeds.
So here is the paradox: the closer to the speed of light a UFO travels, the more it would seem to weigh and the slower it will move. At the speed of light, the time for that UFO would stop and its weight will reach infinity!
When time stops, space travel stops. Uh-oh…
So yes I can imagine space ships traveling at 90% of the speed of light but that would have repercussions for the UFO and perhaps even stop it on its way to earth.
There is no free lunch on earth or in space.
Still not convinced
In sum: I’m still not convinced that the UFOs are for real.
