Posted by Griff! on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/interceptor-tp1503081p1503104.html

Mmm... there are many references to the UFO's travelling at or exceeding the
speed of light (I won't get onto that subject :) so...

If the UFO was travelling at the speed of light (SOL 186,300 miles per
second), and given that the:

Earth - mean distance from Sun = 93,000,000 miles
Mars - mean distance from Sun = 141,500,000 miles
Pluto - mean distance from Sun = 3,9663,800,000 miles

(Mars) 141,500,000 - (Earth) 93,000,000 = 48,500,000 / 186,300 = 260.33
seconds (or 4.3 minutes)

So, a UFO travelling at SOL would take (on mean average - yes, I know this
is drastically affected by the positions of the Earth and Mars in their
respective orbits) 4.3 minutes to travel from Mars to the Earth...

or, from the mean orbit of Pluto (our solar systems most outer planet)

(Pluto) 3,663,800,000 - (Earth) 93,000,000 = 3570800000 / 186,300 = 19,166.9
seconds (or 319 minutes) or 5.3 hours

So, a UFO travelling at SOL would take (on mean average) 5.3 hours to travel
from the outer reaches of Pluto to the Earth... (think of Reflections in the
Water), the mass UFO force detected by NML12 gave SHADO HQ quite a few hours
notice of the impending attack force - good time to plan an attack strategy.

UFO's arriving from Mars in just over 4 minutes... from Pluto in a number of
hours....

So, all I am trying to say is that seconds/minutes DO count ;)

Best to all, Griff

<snip> Also a bit rediculous to require 90 second liftoff times to intercept
an
inbound vehicle as far out as the orbit of Mars....

Dave H. <snip>