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In June 2021, U.S. National Intelligence publicly admitted that UFOs are real physical objects and that they have been penetrating restricted military airspace since at least 2004. Despite this bombshell and further recent admissions by the Pentagon, the identity of these mysterious craft remains unknown. This book brings the full scientific method to bear on this enigmatic issue.Written by Daniel Coumbe, a former research scientist at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen with a PhD in theoretical particle physics, this book defines one of the first scientifically credible studies of UFOs in the modern era.Anomaly reveals new results derived from radar, optical sensors, and scientific instruments, rather than speculating on unreliable eyewitness testimony. This scientific approach provides the reader with clear and reliable answers, something that is desperately needed in the murky field of UFOs.
List of contents
Preface
1 We Need to Talk about UFOs
1.1 Black Swans
1.2 There's Something in the Air
1.3 Filtering Evidence
1.3.1 Filter 1: Eyewitness Testimony
1.3.2 Filter 2: Single Sensor Data
1.3.3 Filter 3: Multiple Sensor Data
1.3.4 Filter 4: Physical Evidence
1.3.5 Summary
1.4 Notes
Part I: Case Studies
2 Japan Airlines Flight 1628
2.1 Case Description
2.2 Analysis
2.2.1 How to Track a UFO on Radar
2.2.2 Remarkable Results
2.2.3 Evaluation of Evidence
2.3 Appendix
2.3.1 Kinematics
2.3.2 Processing the Radar Data
2.3.3 Error Estimates
2.3.4 Data
2.4 Notes
3 The Brazilian Fragments
3.1 Case Description
3.2 Analysis
3.2.1 Bulk Composition
3.2.2 Impurities
3.2.3 Isotopes
3.2.4 Evaluation of Evidence
3.3 Appendix
3.3.1 Uncertainty of Terrestrial Isotopic Ratios
3.3.2 Uncertainty of Cleveland 2018 Isotopic Ratios
3.3.3 Sigma Tension
3.4 Notes
4 The Lonnie Zamora Incident
4.1 Case Description
4.2 Analysis
4.2.1 Weighing a UFO
4.2.2 Testing Alternative Hypotheses
4.2.3 Weighing an Alien
4.2.4 Evaluation of Evidence
4.3 Appendix
4.3.1 How to Weigh a UFO
4.3.2 Resolution of the Human Eye
4.3.3 The Physics of Balloons
4.4 Notes
5 The Aguadilla Object
5.1 Case Description
5.2 Analysis
5.2.1 Radar Data
5.2.2 Thermal Imaging Data
5.2.3 Evaluation of Evidence
5.3 Appendix
5.3.1 Haversine Formula
5.3.2 Error Estimates
5.4 Notes
Part II: The Bigger Picture
6 Where Are All the UFOs?
6.1 A UFO Toolkit
6.2 A UFO Database
6.3 Military
6.3.1 Introduction
6.3.2 Analysis
6.4 Water
6.4.1 Introduction
6.4.2 Analysis
6.5 Environment
6.5.1 Introduction
6.5.2 Analysis
6.6 Earthquakes
6.6.1 Introduction
6.6.2 Analysis
6.7 Blood
6.7.1 Introduction
6.7.2 Analysis
6.8 Appendix
6.8.1 Statistical Calculations
6.8.2 Military Study
6.8.3 Water Study
6.8.4 Environment Study
6.8.5 Earthquake Study
6.8.6 Blood Study
6.9 Notes
7 When Are All the UFOs?
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Analysis
7.3 Appendix
7.3.1 Calculations
7.3.2 E.T. Movies Study
7.3.3 Time of Year Study
7.4 Notes
8 What Does It All Mean?
8.1 What Are They?
8.2 What Do They Want?
8.3 What Now?
8.4 Notes
Index
About the Author
About the author
Elysa Gardner has written about theater and music for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, Town & Country, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York and USA Today, among other publications, and has been a contributor to VH1 and NPR. She is a theater critic for The New York Sun and New York Stage Review and hosts the podcast “Stage Door Sessions” for Broadway Direct. Book contributions include the introduction to U2: The Rolling Stone Files and a chapter on Taylor Swift for Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives. Elysa is a board member of the Drama Desk and has served on the drama jury for the Pulitzer Prize twice, most recently as chair. She lives in New York City with her husband, daughter, and dog.
