Navy metamaterials research (2014)
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Contents 6
| Date | March 2014 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Propulsion & physics (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 178 |
| Year | 2014 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2014 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
The U.S. Navy's budget justification for fiscal year 2015, submitted in 2014, records completed research in its In-House Laboratory Independent Research programme (programme element 0601152N) on "Control and Dispersion of Electromagnetic Energy Using Metamaterials".[1]
The budget entry
According to the document, the research demonstrated the dispersion and control of electromagnetic waves in the microwave region using fabricated metamaterial structures. Six structures were modelled using in-house programs, Defense Department supercomputers and HFSS simulation software, then made using photolithography, vapour deposition and chemical and reactive-ion etching; their transmission and reflection were measured with a network analyser in a free-space setup. The same programme listed new research on metamaterial concepts and on metamaterial transmission lines for compact, low-observable retro-reflective antenna arrays.[1][2]
Metamaterials
Metamaterials are engineered structures with features smaller than the wavelengths they interact with, allowing them to bend, absorb or block electromagnetic waves in unusual ways. They are a major research field for stealth, antennas and, in theory, "invisibility cloaks", and are funded by the Navy, the Air Force and DARPA.[1]
UFO connection
UFO researchers became interested in metamaterials in the late 2010s, after To The Stars Academy said in 2019 that it had acquired layered "metamaterial" fragments allegedly from UAP. In 2019 the Army signed a research agreement with the company to examine such material; the Army's close-out report found that the single sample tested had no exotic properties and was likely a conventional manufacturing product. The 2014 Navy budget entry describes ordinary defence research and does not mention UAP.[1][3][4]
People and topics
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- Metamaterial — An engineered material with unusual properties.
- U.S. Air Force — The U.S. military service that ran the official UFO projects from 1947 to 1969.
- DARPA — The Pentagon's advanced research agency.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- To The Stars Academy — The company founded by Tom DeLonge in 2017 that released the Navy UAP videos.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- Project Pandora and the Moscow Signal (2014) — The Pentagon declassifies files on Projects Pandora and Bizarre, about microwaves and the mind.
- Pahute Mesa vault claim (5 April 2014) — Steven Greer claims a rogue group hides money in a vault at Pahute Mesa.
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References
- Navy RDT&E budget item justification, PE 0601152N, FY2015, GlobalSecurity.org (PDF) · globalsecurity.org · archived copy
- Navy RDT&E budget item justification, PE 0601152N, FY2014, GlobalSecurity.org (PDF) · globalsecurity.org · archived copy
- To the Stars (company) — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "What the U.S. military now says about TTSA's anomalous artifact", The Black Vault (May 2025) · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- thedrive.com · thedrive.com · archived copy
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