Roy Norris

I have been a frequent reader of this List for a number of years
and have had an interest in UFO phenomena since the fifties. I have been the CEO of a major aircraft manufacturer, held a Top Secret Clearance (no, I don’t have any inside information), and have had two UFO sightings in my life. I have read widely on the subject and studied the evidence. Like many of you, I am disappointed in the progress that has been made in determining the route cause of this phenomenon and making that information available to the public at large despite enormous efforts, much of it by participants on this list.

I just finished re-reading all of Major Donald Kehole’s books and it is amazing that there has been so little progress in the last 50 years on this incredibly important subject. We are asking the same questions (and getting no answers) and using the same methods as we did in the early 50’s. Isn’t 50 years of very little progress indicative of the fact that our investigative methods are inappropriate to the task?

(Don’t bother to tell me the phenomena aren’t real or are explained as mis-identifications of common celestial objects, balloons, aircraft, or other natural phenomena. I have seen two of these things, know aircraft and their capabilities pretty well, am an avid amateur astronomer and not likely to mistake Venus for anything other than Venus , and have a good solid engineering education!)

It seems to me that real progress could be made through a different approach: amassing sufficient scientifically significant measurements to, once and for all, establish that many of the phenomena have characteristics that cannot be explained by conventional theory and may possess features indicating a machine under intelligent control using propulsion and control mechanisms of a heretofore unknown means.

Since it is difficult to predict where UFO phenomena will occur, I have in mind a mobile data collection vehicle that could travel to where they are occurring and that at a minimum could acquire and record the following data:

1) Changes in the local electric field

2) Changes in the local magnetic field

3) A gravimeter to sense any changes in the local gravitational
field.

4) A HF/VHF/UHF spectrum analyzer

5) A low dispersion optical spectrograph to catch a flash
spectrum of any object observed

6) A high dispersion optical spectrograph to allow detailed
analysis of emission lines

7) An X-Ray spectrophotometer to evaluate energy levels and
energy transition of any processes involved

Conventional movie and still cameras

9) A basic radar capability perhaps based around a simple and
inexpensive consumer marine radar with recording capability

The coincidental recording of the above data would provide tremendous insight into the nature and processes involved in these phenomena. An X-Ray or Gamma Ray photometer in particular could yield valuable information on power generation methods by looking at energy transition levels.

Such a system could be assembled using surplus equipment for under fifty thousand dollars and if placed in the vicinity of a UFO sighting could yield a wealth of information that could significantly advance our knowledge and potential to scientifically characterize these phenomena.

The problem then becomes one of placing our monitoring vehicle where a UFO sighting is likely to occur. Although there is no sure predictor, there is some indication that UFO sightings are frequently repeated over a period of time (ie, the Hudson Valley sightings or the Gulf Breeze sightings for example). Also, UFO’s have shown a propensity in the past to show up around certain military installations, and nuclear facilities.

With all of the effort that has been expended on post sighting investigation, Freedom of Information Act endeavors, cataloging of UFO reports, Roswell research, publishing of hundreds if not thousands of UFO books, why has not this rather simple and straight forward approach been undertaken? Someone like Lawrence Rockefeller could fund this out of pocket change. It could be funded at a fraction of the cost of The Disclosure Project. Why has no one (publicly) pursued this very obvious and straight forward path to further our knowledge??

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