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# UNCLASSIFIED SECRET UK RESTRICTED

coupled with orbital dynamics could be used to escape from earth orbit.

22. Despite the foregoing possibilities there is no evidence that an extra-terrestrial vehicle (comprising solid matter as we know it and using any of these techniques has visited earth and left again. Any visitation must be followed by a departure, otherwise artifacts would remain. The basic requirements of space travel, atmospheric entry, descent and landing must be followed by take off, ascent and escape atmospheric/gravity back to space again. In earth-science terms this could only be currently achieved with mixed propulsion technologies.

## PROJECTED ENERGY

23. Much has been postulated in the scientific press on the possibility of transferring energy to an air vehicle (which would then convert it to thrust), either continuously or in pulse form. Technology has reached the stage where it is possible (with proof of principle tests) to transmit RF or laser energy to a moving platform, where it is collected for on-board use. This is dependent on providing and maintaining a suitable tracking system. A US Air Force Research Lab. Laser system, tested in 1997 allows a small rocket-mounted parabolic mirror to collect pulsed laser energy from the ground which is concentrated onto inlet air, which in turn becomes a plasma. There are no indications from any UAP event that observed phenomena can be using propulsion of this type, since the laser energy required to achieve this over extra-terrestrial distances would be not only enormous, but seen/detected on earth

## TORSION, GRAVITY AND LASER FIELDS

24. Torsion Fields: Definition and Properties Torsion fields are generated by a scalar field and spin. A torsion field is present

even if there are no spins. Attempts have been made to describe torsion fields by the use of Maxwell's theory on a post-Remannian spacetime equivalence principle to electromagnetic phenomena. These fields have been the subject of research since 1913 (EINSTEIN) and E. CARTON, BLONDO (France), MYSHKIN AND SHIPOV (Russia), HALT (NASA-USA). Torsion Engines, Generators and Torsion waves have been researched (especially in the Former Soviet Union, at the InterIndustry Innovative Research Centre, MOSCOW). These are claimed to be waves which travel at 5 to 20 times the speed of light. Main Russian/CIS workers are KOZYREV, YEGANOVA, L. PUGACH.

25. Large scale studies of 'torsion fields' and their manifestation in nature have been made in Russia [1] and, it is claimed, "have resulted in the development of several unique methods and technologies unparalleled anywhere in the world and with which important fundamental and applied problems can be tackled in many areas of science and technology".

26. It is claimed that applications exist in the areas of:

- Remote Sensing

- Geovision and Geo-scan

- Modelling planets, the sun and other space objects.

In particular it is claimed that extraction, filtering, visualisation, processing and analysis of torsion field information which is embedded in aerospace imagery, both surface and subsurface (e.g. oil deposits). There is no indication in the papers discovered of the potential use of torsion fields for direct propulsion.

27. Laser Propulsion A $ \left( \mathrm{C O}_{2} \right) $ laserpowered test rocket was flown in 1997. Although only 15cm in diameter and some 50 grams in mass, it is envisaged that this may be a forerunner for future space (or orbital) travel.