A document by AARO, in association with the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, has been accessed via a FOIA request by John Greenewald Jr
of The Black Vault (who else?). It concerns a specimen of physical evidence
supposedly from the debris collection gathered at the Roswell UFO crash in July
of 1947. Studying this debris has been an ongoing part of AARO's research, as
it was with AATIP/AAWSAP beforehand. That had previously been contracted out to
Bigelow Aerospace. The item in this case is a metallic chip roughly three
centimetres square which is part of a collection that has been discussed on
many UFO themed podcasts and YouTube videos, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9xDsOkrPRo.
Nobody knows exactly where it came from and its association with Roswell
is only theorized. It has no formal chain of custody. ORNL has subjected the
piece to several tests; a microscope, CT scan, scanning electron microscope,
X-ray spectroscopy and others. It is an unusual alloy of several metals, mostly
bismuth, lead and zinc; but with other trace elements such as iron, tin,
cadmium, gold and thallium. (There is no point in trying to extract the gold
for financial purposes. Even if this were possible the nugget would be tiny,
probably microscopic, and therefore worthless.) The alloy is not homogenized
and the different ingredients are arranged into different zones or layers in
which one of the ingredients is more abundant than others, while in other zones
another metal dominates. You might feel disappointed that the specimen contains
familiar elements found on the earth, but that in itself is not significant
because the elements and many of their common compounds are the same pretty
much all over universe. They can be detected in distant stars by spectroscopy.
The key point, the "fingerprint" as this eleven-page document calls
it, is the isotopic ratio. This refers to the number of neutrons in the
substance's atomic nucleus. Even though two substances can be the same element,
with different isotopes they can sometimes have very different properties.
Isotopic ratio can also indicate an origin point, what is known as
"natural abundance"; to the level where a material that comes from
the earth can be discerned from one that doesn't. This specimen appears to have
been subjected to fatigue from heat and mechanical stress, but the ingredients
of the alloy and their isotopic ratios demonstrate a terrestrial and synthetic
origin. The layering comes "vapour deposition", the condensing of
layers from material in gaseous or vapour form. The chip is likely to have been
manufacturered by human hands on earth some time in the mid-20th century.
Adding this kind of alloy to a structure was used to prevent corrosion. Many
different alloys were tested in experiments. It certainly has no antigravity
effects. Source: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/aaro-releases-findings-on-suspected-extraterrestrial-alloy/.
Obviously this is going to disappoint a lot of people,
including me. Despite that, there are many more specimens to study; in fact
some already have been and have had very different results. It's worth listening
to this interview I did with Dr Irena Scott, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2019/02/programme-314-podcast-irena-scott.html.
The analysis of implants has also yielded some curious information, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2016/11/programme-211-podcast-kate-thorvaldsen.html
and: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2015/06/my-implant.html.
I would also like a second opinion on the work already done. There are many
voices on social media claiming this is another part of the UFO cover-up and
accusing AARO and Oak Ridge openly
of scientific fraud. This is not my first reaction, but it can't be ruled out.
After all, there has been the obvious suppression of information before, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2021/02/pentagon-foia-on-debris.html.
This is not the end of the materials analysis project. In fact it is only the
beginning.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/ufo-disclosure-portal.html.
See here for more information: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/ufo-disclosure-portal.html.
Hi Ben,
ReplyDeleteI would be inclined to trust the technical expertise of ORNL on this but their findings are presented in a misleading way by AARO. I don't trust AARO. It isn't possible for both David Grusch and AARO to be telling the truth and I know who I believe.
AARO's synopsis on this is a shittily written document and they draw conclusions for which there is insufficient data:
*"If a material originated outside our solar system, its magnesium isotopic signature could plot nearly anywhere in the top graphic representation of Figure 6—instead, the specimen’s data plots it precisely within the expected fractionation trendlines for known compositions specific to our solar system."*
It makes no sense to follow "could" with "instead"! Instead of what? Do we have any magnesium bearing rock samples from other star systems. No, we don't. We are not in a position to say that all other star systems have a magnesium isotopic signature different to our own. Some may be the same. The analysis shows the specimen COULD be terrestrial. There is insufficient data to show it cannot be extraterrestrial.
*"Less complexly, the lead isotopic signature of this specimen is fully consistent with “common lead” compositions that exist naturally on Earth and within terrestrial materials (Figure 7), distinctly separate from even lunar materials, indicating it is extremely likely that the material originated on Earth."*
Less complexly LOL, I think they mean more simply. Again, do they have lead bearing rock samples from anywhere except the Moon and meteorites. No, they don't. Other planets in
our Solar System and beyond could have a lead isotopic signature similar to Earth, especially if their size, temperature and overall composition are similar. The data shows the specimen COULD be terrestrial. It does NOT show the specimen is "extremely likely" to be terrestrial or that it is unlikely to be extraterrestrial.
Thanks for reading. Best wishes for your Summer tour.
Thanks, GM. I'll be sure to record it.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for your points on the document, those I never spotted. The science has been doine, but misrepresented.