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such realistic potentials. To apply this practically, especially with regard to the effects of time in relation to advanced UFO aircraft, Nigel Calder illustrates in his book
Magic Universe: A Grand Tour of Modern Science
how physical travel through space at tremendous speed might even constitute a form of time travel in itself:
If you want to exploit special relativity to keep you alive for as long as possible, the most comfortable way to travel through the Universe will be to accelerate steadily at 1
g
—the rate at which objects fall under gravity at the Earth’s surface. Then you will have no problems with weightlessness, and you canin theory make amazing journeys during a human lifetime. This is because the persistent acceleration will take you to within a whisker of the speed of light.
Your body-clock will come almost to a standstill compared with the passage of time on Earth and on passing stars. Through your window you will see stars rushing toward you, and not only because of the direct effect of your motion toward them. The apparent distance that you have to go keeps shrinking, as another effect of relativity at high speeds.
In a 1
g
spaceship, you can set out at age 20 for example, and travel right out if our Galaxy to the Andromeda Galaxy, which is 2 million light-years away. By starting in good time to slow down (still at 1
g
), you can land on a planet in the next galaxy and celebrate your 50th birthday there. Have a look around before setting off for home, and you can still be back for your 80th birthday. But who knows what state you’ll find the Earth to be in, millions of years from now? 5
One thing that could be implied here, with direct relevance to there being some potential connection between UFOs and time travel, involves the intricate interrelationship between high-speed travel through space, which UFOs are often observed doing, and the effects of time dilation and other conditions on the presumed occupants of such craft. Perhaps UFOs would not necessarily haveto represent the exploits of “time travelers” from Earth’s own future, at least in the literal sense, for a connection to exist in this regard. The effects of time dilation, and perhaps even the intentional, controlled manipulation of space-time itself, might come into play with any aircraft capable of technology that would allow the high-speed maneuverability often described in certain more incredible UFO reports. Thus, if we consider whether space-time might consist of certain illusory elements, often capable of misleading our incomplete human perception of reality around us, we might also have an easier time accepting that certain aspects of the greater UFO mystery, as Streiber and others have supposed already, could be related somehow with technology emanating from our own future. Still, while the notion presents an intriguing possibility, it must remain merely food for thought, for now at least.
Understanding how this interaction may be taking place and, perhaps more importantly, grounding ourselves in such a way that will allow us to better predict where future technologies may arise that will shed some potential light on this mystery, are far easier said than done. Therefore, in order to understand the vast potentials for an existent future technology that may await us, a surprising amount of knowledge may be gained from looking to our past; this is especially the case when we consider the years immediately following the Second World War, in which the obvious presence of some kind of incredible—and potentially dangerous—new technology appeared in ourmidst, which were dubbed “flying saucers.” Indeed, the more obvious instances of early UFO encounters date back to the mid- and late 1940s. However, our examination of the potential for highly advanced, post-Singularity technologies in our midst (regardless of their specific origin, whether that be extraterrestrial or something else) will inevitably take us even further back
Magic Universe: A Grand Tour of Modern Science
how physical travel through space at tremendous speed might even constitute a form of time travel in itself:
If you want to exploit special relativity to keep you alive for as long as possible, the most comfortable way to travel through the Universe will be to accelerate steadily at 1
g
—the rate at which objects fall under gravity at the Earth’s surface. Then you will have no problems with weightlessness, and you canin theory make amazing journeys during a human lifetime. This is because the persistent acceleration will take you to within a whisker of the speed of light.
Your body-clock will come almost to a standstill compared with the passage of time on Earth and on passing stars. Through your window you will see stars rushing toward you, and not only because of the direct effect of your motion toward them. The apparent distance that you have to go keeps shrinking, as another effect of relativity at high speeds.
In a 1
g
spaceship, you can set out at age 20 for example, and travel right out if our Galaxy to the Andromeda Galaxy, which is 2 million light-years away. By starting in good time to slow down (still at 1
g
), you can land on a planet in the next galaxy and celebrate your 50th birthday there. Have a look around before setting off for home, and you can still be back for your 80th birthday. But who knows what state you’ll find the Earth to be in, millions of years from now? 5
One thing that could be implied here, with direct relevance to there being some potential connection between UFOs and time travel, involves the intricate interrelationship between high-speed travel through space, which UFOs are often observed doing, and the effects of time dilation and other conditions on the presumed occupants of such craft. Perhaps UFOs would not necessarily haveto represent the exploits of “time travelers” from Earth’s own future, at least in the literal sense, for a connection to exist in this regard. The effects of time dilation, and perhaps even the intentional, controlled manipulation of space-time itself, might come into play with any aircraft capable of technology that would allow the high-speed maneuverability often described in certain more incredible UFO reports. Thus, if we consider whether space-time might consist of certain illusory elements, often capable of misleading our incomplete human perception of reality around us, we might also have an easier time accepting that certain aspects of the greater UFO mystery, as Streiber and others have supposed already, could be related somehow with technology emanating from our own future. Still, while the notion presents an intriguing possibility, it must remain merely food for thought, for now at least.
Understanding how this interaction may be taking place and, perhaps more importantly, grounding ourselves in such a way that will allow us to better predict where future technologies may arise that will shed some potential light on this mystery, are far easier said than done. Therefore, in order to understand the vast potentials for an existent future technology that may await us, a surprising amount of knowledge may be gained from looking to our past; this is especially the case when we consider the years immediately following the Second World War, in which the obvious presence of some kind of incredible—and potentially dangerous—new technology appeared in ourmidst, which were dubbed “flying saucers.” Indeed, the more obvious instances of early UFO encounters date back to the mid- and late 1940s. However, our examination of the potential for highly advanced, post-Singularity technologies in our midst (regardless of their specific origin, whether that be extraterrestrial or something else) will inevitably take us even further back
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