JASON report on high-frequency gravitational waves
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Contents 8
| Date | October 2008 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic) |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 167 |
| Year | 2008 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2008 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 11 |
In October 2008 the JASON group, an elite panel of scientists that advises the U.S. government, completed a review of high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGWs) for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. It concluded that no foreign threat from them was credible.[1][2]
Background
Promoters, including physicist Robert Baker, had argued that high-frequency gravitational waves could be generated and used for communication, radar and even propulsion. The intelligence community asked JASON, administered by the MITRE Corporation, to assess whether such technology could pose a foreign threat.[1][3]
Findings
The report, "High Frequency Gravitational Waves" (JSR-08-506), concluded that no foreign threat from HFGWs was credible, and rejected their use for communication, radar, propulsion and other practical applications, because generating detectable high-frequency gravitational waves would require impossibly large amounts of energy. It criticised some of the promoters' claims and warned that there was no substitute for seeking expert scientific opinion on such matters, noting that relativity and gravitation attract a great deal of pseudoscience.[1][2]
Response
Baker disputed the findings in a published response. A year later the Pentagon's AAWSAP program commissioned a report on HFGW communications, one of its 38 Defense Intelligence Reference Documents, which became public in 2019.[3][4]
Significance
The review remains the authoritative assessment of the subject, and is often cited as an example of the intelligence community seeking outside scientific advice on exotic technology claims.[1][2]
People and topics
- JASON — An elite group of scientists that advises the U.S. government.
- MITRE Corporation — A federally funded research center that administers the JASON group.
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence — The office that oversees U.S. intelligence agencies.
- High-frequency gravitational waves — Proposed gravitational waves at high frequencies, studied by JASON in 2008.
- AAWSAP — The Defense Intelligence Agency's UAP research program of 2008–2010, carried out by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
- AAWSAP DIRD release — AAWSAP DIRD release
On the Timeline
- Navy officer on the Montauk claims (4 August 2008) — An anonymous forum poster says a Navy officer dismissed some Montauk claims as nonsense.
- AAWSAP begins (2008) (2 October 2008) — Bigelow tells Vallée the DIA's AAWSAP project has started but promised access hasn't arrived.
See every 2008 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Steven Aftergood, "JASON study debunks gravitational wave 'threat'", Federation of American Scientists (Dec 2008) · fas.org · archived copy
- JASON (advisory group) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Robert Baker, Q&A response to JASON (PDF) · drrobertbaker.com · archived copy
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Documents on the vetting of 'Skinwalkers at the Pentagon' — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: book review — Bad UFOs (Robert Sheaffer) · badufos.blogspot.com · archived copy
- AARO historical report finds no evidence of alien technology (2024) — Space.com · space.com · archived copy
- AARO Report on the Historical Record, Volume I — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- irp.fas.org · irp.fas.org · archived copy
- documents2.theblackvault.com · documents2.theblackvault.com · archived copy
- gravwave.com · gravwave.com · archived copy
Further reading
- AATIP / AAWSAP — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Robert Bigelow — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- UFO documents — CIA Reading Room · cia.gov · archived copy
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