Unconventional Flying Objects: A Former NASA Scientist Explains How UFOs Really Work

by Paul R. Hill, Robert Wood (Foreword by), Don Donderi (Foreword by)

Overview

Paul Hill was a well-respected NASA scientist when, in the early 1950s, he had a UFO sighting. Soon after, he built the first flying platform and was able to duplicate the UFO's tilt-to-control maneuvers. Official policy, however, prevented him from proclaiming his findings. "I was destined," says Hill, "to be as unidentified as the flying objects."

For the next twenty-five years, Hill acted as an unofficial clearinghouse at NASA, collecting and analyzing sightings' reports for physical properties, propulsion possibilities, dynamics, etc. To refute claims that UFOs defy the laws of physics, he had to make "technological sense... of the unconventional object."

After his retirement from NASA, Hill finally completed his remarkable analysis. This book, published posthumously, presents his findings that UFOs "obey, not defy, the laws of physics." Vindicating his own sighting and thousands of others, he proves that UFO technology is not only explainable, but attainable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781571747136
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	06/01/2014
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	195,334
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Paul Richard Hill (1909-1990) was an American aerodynamicist. He was a leading research and development engineer and manager for NASA and its predecessor, NACA (the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics) between 1939 and 1970.

Read an Excerpt

"Unconventional Flying Objects is an excellent reference guide for the researcher, a wake-up call for the skeptic… and a great mystery story for all trying to understand how the UFOs can really work." —Robert Wood, from the foreword

Table of Contents

Foreword Robert M. Wood 7

Introduction 10

I Physical Properties and Effects 31

II Performance 40

III Illumination 53

IV How Hot is UFO Radiation? 70

V Energetic Particle Ejection as Propulsion Possibility 83

VI Transmission of Forces 92

VII Direct Evidence of Force Field Propulsion 98

VIII Force Field Evaluation: Which Type? 109

IX The Saucer Hum and the Cyclic Field 119

X Propulsion Oddities 131

XI Saucer Dynamics 145

XII Silent Subsonic Operation 174

XIII Silent Supersonic Operation 181

XIV The Aerodynamic Heating of UFOs 208

XV High-Acceleration Loading On Occupants 219

XVI UFO Artifacts 225

XVII The Humanoid Occupants 245

XVIII Time Requirements for Interstellar Travel 262

XIX UFO Operational Capabilities 280

XX Summary and Conclusions 311

Appendix 1 Analysis of the Sound (Hum) and Vibrations 339

Appendix 2 A Comparison of Level and Ballistic Trajectories 350

Appendix 3 UFO Aerodynamics: Incompressible Potential Flow Theory 357

Appendix 4 Compressible Gas Dynamics With Force Field 370

Appendix 5 Interstellar Travel Theory 383

Appendix 6 Propulsion Equations 399

Appendix 7 Analyses of UFO Fields 406

Author's Technical Biography and Credentials 413

Works Cited 421

Index of Names and Places 425

General Index 427

Editorial Reviews

"Paul Hill has done a masterful job ferreting out the basic science and technology behind the elusive UFO characteristics and demonstrating they are just advanced and exotic extensions of our own technologies. Perhaps this book will help bring solid consideration for making all that is known about extraterrestrial craft publicly available." —Edgar Mitchell, Sc.D., Apollo 14 Astronaut

Reviews

"Paul Hill has done a masterful job ferreting out the basic science and technology behind the elusive UFO characteristics and demonstrating they are just advanced and exotic extensions of our own technologies. Perhaps this book will help bring solid consideration for making all that is known about extraterrestrial craft publicly available." —Edgar Mitchell, Sc.D., Apollo 14 Astronaut

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