The UFO Enigma by Peter A. Sturrock

Author:Peter A. Sturrock [Sturrock, Peter A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446930529
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

SPACE REQUIREMENTS:

Our UFO must be large enough to house a human crew of 10 or 12

comfortably for a long period of time (several months). It must contain life support systems, food and water processing equipment, navigation equipment, medical facilities, recreation facilities, waste recycling facilities, science and photographic divisions, mess area, sleeping quarters, storage for exploratory equipment and vehicles, and the control, communications and engineering spaces.

POWER SOURCE:

We will install a power source that renders the vehicle massless while in flight (anti-mass field) and is also capable of driving the UFO at near light speeds. It should be small enough to be located in a central area near the control and engineering spaces, and simple enough in design to be attended by no more than one or two technicians.

ACCESS REQUIREMENTS:

A central ladder or a lift powered by the engine should run the entire depth of the sphere. This eliminates space and weight consuming stair wells and will provide easy and rapid access to all decks and spaces. Each separate division should be accessible to any other two adjoining divisions by access doors. Access doors, hatches and scuttles must be airtight to protect the rest of the vehicle in the event of a disaster.

Life support systems, electrical systems and comfort systems such as air conditioning and ventilation will be centrally located near the lift and easily accessible in the event of failure.

DESIGN REQUIREMENTS:

Our space vehicle must be constructed of a durable, lightweight material that will protect its inhabitants from solar and cosmic radiation and impacts from small objects. It must be airtight and watertight, capable of traveling through space or under the deepest oceans.

It should have no weight or space consuming landing gear and be capable of hovering inches from the ground for indefinite periods of time as long as the power is on. The hull must be constructed of a material that will withstand very high temperatures while moving through dense atmospheres. It must be capable of withstanding the sub-zero temperatures of deep space or distant planets. Exploratory equipment should be located near the bottom of the hull and an access hatch should be provided for loading and off-loading personnel, samples and machines as necessary.

If our science is far enough advanced, we might have no exterior access doors at all but would beam objects and beings aboard or off load vehicles by means of a matter transporter.

The UFO might have view ports for direct line of sight observation. Ideally, however, we would use VCASS viewing simulators in two or three dimensions, in color or projected as holograms to the control deck.

Since our vehicle can appear and disappear at near light speeds, no weapons would be required, except, perhaps, some side-arms for personnel when disembarked for planetary exploration when known hostile inhabitants are wandering about the area. They should be considered last-effort defense weapons only. Stun-guns, perhaps, or psychological inhibitors of some sort. No aggressive weapons would be required since we could simply vanish in the event we might be detected and set upon by alien air forces.

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