Method of propulsion

paul foster wrote:

>I do find it very perplexing ., in regard the distance
>involved in the prolonged flight of the aliens ., in order to
>reach the Earth. How does this rather small craft manage to
>get to us in seemingly a not too long time ....i.e. - not
>hundreds of years.Also ., the nearest habitable planets are
>light years away., and ., as far as i know ... they do not
>originate inside our own solar system. Any ideas.

This is very easy to address.Quite simply UFO is set in an alternative and parallell universe where Space Travel is more like extended conventional air travel,with some additional but not hugely technical requirements (this is how I perceived it quite naturally when I watched it as a child aged 12 and see no reason to see things any differently).In fact if you look at it this way,it becomes more acceptable,more credible.

This world in many ways is how Gerry Anderson thought it would be in the future,so it cannot be anything but an alter world (a projection).Space travel was seen as a mere stepping stone.Racism would not exist,the streets were not clogged with traffic.Populations were low,people were all pretty well off,healthy and good looking flourishing in a bondesque universe.However the stories of human "but, sanitised" conflict still remained.It was a world inhabited by people who were threatened with an Alien menace,but without all the ugly complicated bits that are exhibited in the general background of our present Western democratic societies.
UFO is a combination of fantasy,glamour,menance,invention,imaginative stories (even if at times a little suspect) and a wonderfully original concept.


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> This is very easy to address.Quite simply UFO is set in an
alternative and parallell universe

Yes, it's called Television land!

Regards,
Barry

Here's something to think about. Physicist Joao Magueijo proposed the
notion of Variable Speed of Light, going so far as to suggest there are
naturally-occuring strings along which the speed of light itself is a
million-fold faster than in normal space. A spacecraft could latch onto
one of these strings and accelerate to - say, SOL 1 million (or
whatever) without violating any of the laws of physics, because
technically the spacecraft is still going SLOWER than the speed of
light. It's the speed of light itself that's increased. I find this way
of doing it appealing, inasmuch as you're not trying to boost a heavy
object (an Alien UFO) through an impossible barrier with all the
difficulties that that suggests. You don't need a huge, ultra-powerful
propulsion system (and after all, the UFOs are not actually all that
big) and you can get from, say, Alpha Centauri to Sol in a matter of
weeks. Acceleration and deceleration would still be a technical
problem, however, which might explain the unEarthly, high-tech metals
used to make the UFOs and - of course - the cushioning fluid used in
the suits to protect the Aliens from the tremendous
acceleration/deceleration at each end of the journey. Food for thought,
anyway.



--- In [hidden email], "naughtyhector" <rod.mitchell@...> wrote:
>
> > This is very easy to address.Quite simply UFO is set in an
> alternative and parallell universe
>
> Yes, it's called Television land!
>
> Regards,
> Barry
>

lol, but try dont we,
being a game master we try to make the craziest things
"real"
--- naughtyhector <[hidden email]> wrote:






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