Eric Haseltine on UAP-like weapons
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| Date | 29 November 2021 |
|---|---|
| People | Eric Haseltine |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 204 |
| Year | 2021 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2021 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 3 |
Eric Haseltine, a neuroscientist who served as director of science and technology in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and previously as director of research at the National Security Agency, wrote in November 2021 that the United States did not have directed-energy systems able to produce effects like those reported for UAP.[1][2]
The article
In a Psychology Today post on 29 November 2021, written after the intelligence community's June 2021 UAP report, Haseltine set aside exotic explanations such as faster-than-light travel and considered only extensions of known science. He argued that human bias, including the tendency to assume the objects are piloted aircraft carrying their own propulsion, might hinder understanding.[1]
Possible explanations
Haseltine suggested that objects of very low mass would need little force to accelerate violently; that lightweight objects could in principle be pushed by lasers or microwaves beamed from a ship or satellite, like a light sail; and that focused laser or microwave energy can create glowing "free-air" plasmas that reflect radar and appear to move as the beam shifts, which could explain the absence of sonic booms. He noted a 2019 estimate by physicists at Albany that moving a fighter-sized object as reported would need more than a hundred times the United States' daily energy output.[1]
U.S. capabilities
Haseltine wrote that U.S. scientists did not currently have directed-energy systems able to move lightweight objects or form plasmas resembling the reported UAP, though another party might theoretically have developed such technology. He speculated about possible motives, such as testing responses or sensing military vehicles.[1][2]
Significance
His comment is notable because some skeptics suggest UAP might be produced by U.S. or foreign directed-energy or holographic technology. Haseltine's view, from a senior former intelligence scientist, was that the United States did not have such capabilities.[1][2]
People and topics
- National Security Agency — The U.S. signals intelligence agency, which holds UFO-related intercepts.
- Eric Haseltine — Former NSA research director.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- Daniel Sheehan on post-war control of UAP information (October 2021) — Elizondo's lawyer Daniel Sheehan describes how UAP information has been controlled since WWII.
- Coulthart on divested UAP technology (30 November 2021) — Coulthart says UAP technology was moved into private aerospace companies.
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References
- Eric Haseltine, "New government UFO report hints at surprising science", Psychology Today (Nov 2021) · psychologytoday.com · archived copy
- "Eric Haseltine — former NSA, former ODNI", UFOs Scientific Research (Dec 2021) · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- psychologytoday.com · psychologytoday.com · archived copy
Further reading
- UFO documents — NSA · nsa.gov · archived copy
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