The likelyhood of many silicon minds (SMs) based civilizations in the Universe has an intriguing implication. Namely, that the numerous reports of Unidentified Objects (UFOs) might not be just the result of cranks, jokesters and unskilled observers. Some reports might be the result of valid observations of activities in our planet neighborhood on the part of one or more SM based civilizations. In other words, in light of our rapidly expanding knowledge about the cosmos, our galaxy, information processing & biology, it might be sensible to examine the best of the available "evidence" with an open mind. Rather than silencing even highly skilled observers, such as airline pilots, by heaping on them loads of ridicule.
In this note we will do just that. Before examining the "best" available evidence let us examine why this topic is so prone to be met with ridicule tinged disbelief. There are three basic factors, we believe, at work:
A basic objection to the reality of Extra Terrestrials (ETs) presence in our neighborhood is that the average distance between ET civilizations are likely to be in the order of hundreds if not thousands of Light Years (LY). Even distances of a few LY would pose insurmountable problems for C-bio intelligences. In fact, Science tells us the speed of light is the highest speed and even achieving speeds 10% of the speed of light is practically impossible. A one LY round trip would require 20 years. This is the fundamental reason why we believe that if any ETs are visiting they would not be C-bio beings but S-bio beings. S-bio beings, in fact, would only require electricity as "food" which could easily be produced in space ships, stations or cities. In addition S-bio beings, as we have seen in the previous sections, could easily "live" hundreds of years.
One fundamental point to keep in mind is that we can not possibly imagine what the ultimate reach of technology could be. It suffice to say that all our prodigious progress of the last three centuries is based on our increasing mastery of only one of the four fundamental forces of Nature. Namely, the electro magnetic force which is manifested in all chemical reaction including combustion and of course in electric power, radio, TV, computers, Internet, phones, etc,. We have barely begun to master the nuclear forces & know virtually nothing about mastery of the gravitational force.
In this section we will present some of what we consider to be the most intriguing evidence. This section will keep on expanding as we unearth new reports and videos worthy of note.
At this time the most intriguing "evidence" we have found is a RAI (the Italian equivalent of BBC) video reporting news from the Belgian Air Force concerning jets scrambling after an UFO:
Ufo in Belgium chased by air force F16's
Since the soundtrack is in Italian we'll provide a summary translation.
"For the first time in history the Belgium's Air Force provides the hottest elements of a phenomenon that scientists & military personnel have had no hesitation to qualify as inexplicable".
"It is May 30, 1990 a few miles from the Netherlands border hundreds of people and 3 police squads observe for several minutes the activities of a strange triangular vehicle. The air traffic control radars of "Lodz & Semasaj" receive strange signals".
"At 12:05 AM the Headquarter of the Belgium Air Force issues an order to scramble two F-16 jets. The two jets soon reach radar contact with the UFO. Suddenly the UFO goes from 300 feet to 1700 feet and accelerates from a speed of 170 miles per hour to a speed of 1,062 miles per hour in one second, rapidly disappearing. This is an unsustainable rate of acceleration for any man made aircraft & it would result in the immediate death of any human being. In fact. jet pilots can only handle accelerations five times smaller."
The strength of Earth's gravity is g = 9.81 mt/sec**2, that is an acceleration of 9.81 meters/second per second. This corresponds to a change of speed of 35 kilometer per hour or 22 mph for each second of acceleration. A Google search on "max g force human" returns, as the top entry, an indication of 9 to 12 gs. We can then, assume that Jet pilots can be trained to tolerate up to 9 to 12 gs. That is a maximum of 198 to 264 mph per second acceleration and not the nearly 900 mph per second acceleration reported. The reported acceleration is 892 mph per second. The average pilot sustainable acceleration is (198 + 264)/2 = 231. The reported acceleration is thus at least 892/231 = 3.86 times what a well trained jet pilot can sustain.
Even if we assume the top of the range, that is 12 g's i.e an acceleration of 264 mph per second, the indicated acceleration is 892/264 = 3.38 times what the best humans can tolerate. We can then safely conclude no C-bio entities controlled the UFO. S-bio entities probably could.
It is important to note that measurements of target speed by radar Doppler effect is accurate and a relatively simple automatic process. Virtually the same can be said about acceleration measurements. We will endeavor to establish that RAI was indeed reporting a true Belgium's Air Force official briefing. Once that is done this would, indeed, be very strong evidence of an unusual phenomenon.
Some more "intriguing evidence" is supplied by a video compilation by Dr. Richard Haines, a former NASA scientist. These reports all involve professional pilots and they are corroborated by either concurrent radar observations or by a pilot flying a different aircraft.
Boston Air Traffic Control Rpts
Dr. Haines commenting on the report of Capt. Daniels calls attention to the reported failures of three compasses on Capt Daniels' plane as it approached an UFO. Two of these compasses were gyroscope based. While the failure of the magnetic compass is easily explained by the presence of a local magnetic field perturbation, such a local field would not explain why the gyro based compasses failed. That failure can ONLY be explained by a local perturbation of the local gravity field. More information on the interaction of gyros with gravity fields can be found at: Gyros & Gravity. Such a local perturbation of the gravity field can only be explained, according to our current notions, by either the mass of the UFO being huge, or alternatively by an ability, unavailable to us, to generate gravity waves or, in general, modify a gravity field at will, just as we can modify electro-magnetic fields.
Another interesting case in Dr. Heines compilation is that of an L-1011 flight headed by Capt Phil Shultz. Dr. Heines reports that conversation with Capt Shultz indicated that the UFO approached his plane at about 1000 mph and then veered off in a fast curve that must have resulted in approximately 30 gs, as we mentioned above, this is approximately twice the maximum acceleration a human or other C-bio entity could survive.
Finally the case of the Japanese pilot XXXX is interesting since after this pilot reported an UFO encounter, verified by another plane nearby, on his return to Tokyo he was requested to report to JAL Medical office, and shortly there after he was removed from flight status. Dr. Heines recounts how he was able, years later, to supply JAL with the full documentation of this case. This resulted in Capt XXXX being reinstated to flight duties. This particular episode shows how nasty are the social pressure to prevent, other wise well qualified observers, from reporting such events. The truth maybe distressing, or it might be unpleasant, but sticking our collective heads in the sand so that we do not allow ourselves to determine what is going on is FAR WORSE.
An area of intense scientific research, on Earth, is the physics of the Big Bang. In particular what happened in the first hundred microseconds. To understand the physics of the Creation Singularity we need a fully unified theory of Physics. At present, there does not exist a well established physical theory seamlessly spanning the physics of large systems, dominated by the force of gravity, and that of nuclear & sub-nuclear systems dominated by the nuclear forces.
Furthermore, it is likely once these two branches of Physics are properly "glued" together by novel & deeper understandings, that we will understand a lot better "gravity" & how to control it. Currently the physics experiments that are likely to shed some light in this direction are the one presently underway at CERN in Europe at the Large Handron Collider (LHC). One of the things the LHC experiments are expected to accomplish is to supply proof of the existence or non existence of the Higgs Boson. This postulated particle & its associated field is assumed to be the mechanism responsible for Quarks and Leptons acquiring mass. The Higgs is expected, on theoretical grounds, to play a major role in the "symmetry breaking" that at the Creation Singularity resulted in the single initial superforce becoming the four forces of our Universe: gravity, electro-magnetism, nuclear strong & weak forces. Thus empirical findings at this level may shed considerable new light on the true nature of gravity.
The evidence mentioned above about the disruption of the local gravity field suggests that one or more post-sing civilizations may have discovered a way to manipulate the Higgs field (or something functionally equivalent). If that were physically possible then such civilizations could have a quite simple & powerful physics for interstellar travel. All they would have to do is curve the local space so that the space ship would "fall" by following the local geodesic. Such fall would not cause any noise even when crossing planetary atmospheres since the atmospheric molecules around the spaceship would "fall" subject to the same gravitational constant. Such an hypothetical method of propulsion would therefore explain at once all the following:
On the other hand, if the above control of gravity is possible, civilizations possessing it would be extremely powerful & dangerous. For instance, such a civilization could destroy the Earth entire biosphere by nudging Earth into a slightly more tipped axis of rotation or by putting it in a more elliptical orbit with extreme swings between seasons.
Such a civilization would, as consequence, be very worried about Earth's development showing we are getting closer to acquiring such awesome powers, while showing no progress in resolving our huge political & moral problems. If all of this is true it is easy to predict that the post-sings will interfere & possibly destroy the LHC.
It is particularly important to note that the biggest problem area for Physics, as we know it here on Earth, concerns precisely gravity. In fact, of the four fundamental forces of Nature: electromagnetism, weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force & gravity, only the last one gravity, can not be shown to be reducible, at high energy levels, to a single primordial force. In fact, Plus.maths.org: The physics of elementary particles states the following:
"The theory of strong interactions, known as quantum chromodynamics (QCD), is well-developed and consistent with experiments, although it is not easy to test it very precisely."
"In electroweak theory, there are four mediating objects. The massless photon transmits the electromagnetic force and the weak force is transmitted by three massive particles: the charged W+ and W- particles and the neutral Z0 particle, which have masses about 100 times that of the proton. The intrinsic strengths of these carriers are identical, but the massive nature of the W and Z particles limits their range to very short distances, a consequence of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. In collisions at relatively low energies, the particles do not approach each other sufficiently closely for W or Z exchange to occur. However, at very high energies, say 100 time the proton rest mass, close encounters are common, showing electroweak unification. The most spectacular experimental verification of this theory was the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN in 1983. Electroweak theory has now been tested to high accuracy."
"Electroweak theory and QCD have been incorporated into what is known as the standard model of particle physics. Although this model works very well it suffers from a number of defects. There are rather a lot of arbitrary numbers which are not intrinsic to the theory but have to be obtained from experiment. The theory predicts nonsensical results at energies slightly higher than now available - equivalent to processes having a probability greater than 1! In addition, the theory requires that the W and Z particles, like the photon, should be massless. A mechanism which gives mass to the particles by allowing them to interact with a field was first suggested by Peter Higgs. This would have a carrier object - the Higgs boson, which, so far, has not been detected."
"There are mathematical schemes which unite the strong interaction with electroweak theory. These are known as grand unified theories, or GUTs. Another theory, supersymmetry, unites the building blocks - the quarks and the leptons - with the force carriers. This requires new partner particles for all these objects, none of which have so far been discovered. Superstring theories, and their recent extension, M-theories, which require supersymmetry, are exciting."
In other words, the first three forces: electromagnetism, weak nuclear & strong nuclear forces, can be shown at sufficiently high energy levels to reduce to a one force. This is not the case for the last force. Namely, gravity, indeed quoting: Plus.maths.org: Lambda
"The Standard Model of particle physics has done an excellent job of describing the effects at the quantum scale of the electromagnetic, strong nuclear and weak forces. However, one fundamental force is missing: gravity. And despite initial optimism about string theory, no one has been able to extract from it a detailed theory of how gravity behaves in the quantum world."
""The reason people always retained Einstein's idea, and didn't just throw it away, was because it was recognised that having this constant in the theory of gravity was a way for particle physics and quantum theory to be linked to gravity. In modern physics this constant is interpreted as the vacuum energy of the Universe.""
"So vacuum energy now seems to play a part at the largest and smallest scales of physics: and here lies the problem. It appears that the cosmological constant is not zero, and the acceleration of the Universe is being driven by vacuum energy. However, the view from cosmology looks different from the quantum world. The vacuum energy predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics is around 1060 times bigger than the vacuum energy calculated from the observed acceleration of the Universe"
"If it was exactly zero, the massive prediction for vacuum energy from quantum physics could be cancelled out in the equations using symmetry. But symmetry can only cancel things out exactly"
""So far nothing has addressed this skeleton in the closet, including string theory," says Sakar. "But rather than see this as failure, [we should] see it as wonderful opportunity. It means there is something really fundamental for us to discover, something really exciting for us to find out, which is the solution to the cosmological constant problem." And most physicists agree that this solution will involve a new theory of quantum gravity."
Can we really rule out, in our huge Galaxy, the existence of an advanced civilization that has solved this conundrum & consequently may have acquired the awesome power to locally shape gravitational fields?
If one or more post-sing civilizations are mocking around our solar system it is important to figure out what their intentions are. While there are purported sightings in epochs preceding the 20th & 21st centuries they are very few & far between. On the other hand, it is a significant coincidence that most reports start after 1947, two years after two atomic bombs were dropped on two Japanese cities, and that the pace of such reports has been escalating in spite of all the efforts by our planet establishments to muzzle them. It is well to point out that human activities have been increasingly visible outside the solar system for the last century or so. In fact, Earth's societies have been radiating a sphere of electro-magnetic radiation, which by now has a radius of about 100 LY. Therefore, any post-sing civilization outpost within 100 LY from Earth would Know that we had achieved a mastery of the electro-magnetic force. This would immediately put us in the class of EvoDevos worthy of close monitoring.
We, of course, are not able to know the intent of any such purported civilization in our midst, but we can certainly speculate on what it might be. As we see it, the intent of such visitors would depend critically on two major factors:
We can analyze the former in terms equivalent to the so called Freeman Dyson spheres. Which, as it can be seen, were not "invented" by Prof. Dyson & were not supposed to be spheres but bio-spheres. Anyway, the idea was to classify civilizations on the basis of the extent of their ability to exploit progressively larger domains. Namely, civilization of type 1 would be capable of exploiting the resources of their home planet, type 2 those of their home solar system, type 3 those of their home galaxy & finally type 4 could exploit an entire Universe.
We would similarly say that a civilization is of type 1 if it can significantly alter or destabilize its home planet, type 2 if it can do so to its home solar system. Type 3 & 4 if it can do so to, respectively, its home galaxy or the whole Universe.
Clearly, a very advanced civilization would have to be very careful and it might be forced to take preventive measures if type 3 & 4 are possibilities. We know that type 1 is definitely possible since we are doing it right now. Whether any of the other three types are possible or not depends critically on what lies ahead in the realms of high energy physics we have not entered yet.
If, for instance, it is possible to alter gravitational fields then we could become a type 2 or even a partial type 3. Such eventualities would be very worrisome, given our present moral idiocy.
Much worse scenarios would be possible if a correct theory of quantum gravity reveals the possibility of run away black hole creation processes. In such a case an advanced civilization would be bound to stop us at all costs.
So far, all reports do not seem to indicate any thing worse than a watch & wait attitude. It is easy to predict that if the scariest scenarios are possible, they will stop us from obtaining such awesome powers by, at a minimum, interfering with our high energy physics programs. If on the other hand, no such possibilities exist, then they are probably studying us, out of intense curiosity on how such a primitive mind bootstrap process works. In other words, they would be studying their remote past & we would not have much to worry about.