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Volume 5: Number 1: Article 5
The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis Is Not That Bad
Robert M. Wood, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Huntington Beach,
CA 92647
The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) explanation of Unidentified Flying
Objects (UFOs) has not been attractive to many scientists because of
the apparent requirement to exceed the speed of light in making such
trips. It is postulated that if the basis of gravity control systems
were discovered, and that if the speed of light can either be raised
or exceeded using such devices, then the pattern of UFO reports is consistent
with the ETH. Recently, five arguments against the ETH have been advanced
by Vallee in this Journal (1990). Each argument can be countered as
follows: (1) thousands of visiting civilizations account for the wide
variety and large number of reports; (2) the frequently reported similarity
to Homo Sapiens shape may be due to historical interactions, or due
to biological optimization; (3) the primitive treatment during reported
abductions may be the exception from some less ethical civilizations;
(4) the historical extension of the UFO phenomenon is to be expected;
and (5) the near-magical reports of time, space, and light manipulation
is due to high technology. Travel distance and travel time for constant
acceleration and deceleration trips are displayed graphically, based
on the feasibility of hyperoptic gravity control transportation systems.
Convenient astronomical distance reference points are noted.
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