Imagine my surprise when I look a little deeper into United Nuclear and find that its founder is none other than Bob Lazar.  In the previous post I mildly endorsed United Nuclear as a supplier of low level radioactive sources for experimentation. They appear to be a legitimate supplier of safe to handle sources. I haven’t changed my mind about the need for such suppliers but I am cautious about their grasp of physics.

It turns out that Bob Lazar has quite a reputation in certain circles concerned with extraterrestrial visitors. Lazar does get quite a bit of airplay.  Just this morning while in a groggy half sleep I heard Lazar interviewed on a UFO program on the Travel Channel.

It turns out that Bob Lazar claims to be a nuclear physicist and claims to have been involved in work aimed at understanding the flight mechanisms of a flying saucer disc in storage at Groom Lake, Nevada, in what is called Area 51. 

In a secret underground laboratory Lazar and others discovered the secret to the flying disc’s power source. Element 115 is transmuted to Element 116 by proton absorption, followed by the emission of two antiprotons. These anti-protons form a flux that travels down a tube whereupon they undergo annhilation with gasses found there. A great amount of thermal energy is liberated which is then converted to electric energy. But wait, this isn’t even the fun part.

The reaction of element 115, Ununpentium, also evolves a type of gravity wave that follows the curved shape of the flying saucer disc, which Lazar refers to as a “tuned wave guide”. This gravity wave propels the flying saucer disc through space-time by warping space.

Golly, that explains a lot. It always struck me that the saucer shape with it’s high surface to volume ratio must have put a real crimp on luggage space for the aliens. Also, what are the aerodynamics of a saucer shape? Man, this kind of stuff is perfect for the unedited internet.

So, I’ve driven my Jeep off the road into this Lazar swamp and now it is time to get back on the road.

This Lazar guy is pretty creative. But perhaps he should’ve taken a cue from Joseph Smith and started a religion instead. Lazars craziness physics is falsifiable if you wanted to go to the trouble. But religion uses the supernatural interface which is not falsifiable with physics. So, a religious wild-assed scheme is far more durable than one based on natural phenomena. 

Klaatu Berada Nickto.