Why Aliens Would Mine Asteroids—Not Enslave Humans for Gold

A friendly, fact-based rebuttal to Zechariah Sitchin’s Anunnaki story

Asteroid Mining

1. Setting the Stage

In 1976, self-taught scholar Zechariah Sitchin published The 12th Planet, launching the idea that a race of extraterrestrials called the Anunnaki genetically engineered early humans to dig up Earth’s gold. The motive, he claimed, was to save the Anunnaki’s distant home world by dispersing that gold into their planet’s atmosphere.

Forty-plus years later the theory still floats around TikTok, YouTube, and late-night radio—but it stumbles over one gigantic 21st-century fact: asteroid mining is a far simpler, safer, and richer way to collect precious metals than forcing a brand-new species to do back-breaking labor on a heavy-gravity world.

Let’s walk through the real science and economics:

2. Gold in Space: A Galactic Free-for-All

A single metallic asteroid just 1 kilometer across can hold more platinum-group metals than have ever been mined on Earth. (Mining the sky)
NASA’s Psyche mission, launched 13 October 2023, is headed toward 16 Psyche—an asteroid thought to be 60 percent iron and nickel, with traces of gold and platinum worth an estimated \$10,000 quadrillion (that’s a 1 followed by 19 zeros).
The asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, contains millions of these metallic bodies, all drifting in vacuum with essentially zero atmospheric drag.

In short, space is swimming in easy-to-reach metals. Why would any advanced species bother landing on a planet, fighting 9.8 m/s² of gravity, and supervising rebellious primates?

3. Physics 101: Hauling Ore Where Gravity Is Tiny

Earth’s escape velocity—how fast you must go to break free of our planet—is 11.2 km/s. From a typical near-Earth asteroid it’s often < 1 m/s.

If you want to launch one ton of gold off Earth, you need a gigantic rocket and a lot of fuel. If you want to launch that same ton from a small asteroid, you can throw it with the force of a good fastball.

Low gravity equals low cost. Any civilization capable of interstellar travel would recognize that.

4. Tech We Already Have (and Tech We’re Building)

Prospecting:
• Tiny “CubeSats” like NEA Scout carry telescopes and spectrometers to identify metal-rich candidates.
• Commercial start-ups—Astroforge and Asteroid Mining Corporation—have filed dozens of patents on micro-probes that can swarm an asteroid and map its composition.
Excavation:
• The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will test robotic drills and anchoring harpoons in 2026.
• Autonomous “mole” robots can tunnel without human presence, solving the classic “who holds the shovel?” problem.
Processing and Transport:
• A solar furnace can melt ore directly in vacuum—no atmosphere means no heat loss.
• Electromagnetic rail guns or rotating tethers could fling sealed metal ingots to pre-set orbits, no rockets required.

If humans in 2024 are prototyping these systems, imagine what a million-year-old species could do.

5. The Economics: It’s a No-Brainer

Cost to lift 1 kg from Earth to low orbit: ≈ \$3,000 with today’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rates (and that’s the cheapest option).
Cost to lift 1 kg from a small asteroid to low-Earth orbit: estimated at \$30–\$50—almost two orders of magnitude cheaper once the infrastructure is deployed.

Yes, asteroid mining demands an upfront investment, but an advanced civilization likely thinks on geological time scales. Training, feeding, and controlling a population of brand-new hominids for thousands of years? That’s a management nightmare—and a wildly risky business model.

6. What About the Ancient Texts?

Sitchin claimed that Sumerian cuneiform tablets describe the Anunnaki’s gold quest. Modern Assyriologists disagree:

The tablets can be read in standard Akkadian and Sumerian; they mention no alien planets, no genetic labs, and no gold shortage.
Sitchin’s translations often swap syllables or invent words that don’t exist in Mesopotamian lexicons.

In archaeology, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. No skeletons of alien “foremen,” no laser-cut mines, no hybrid-human DNA patterns have ever turned up.

7. The Science-Fiction Counterpoint

The idea of asteroid mining isn’t new; authors imagined it long before 1976:

1898 – Garrett P. Serviss, Edison’s Conquest of Mars
1952 – Robert A. Heinlein, The Rolling Stones
1963 – Poul Anderson, Tales of the Flying Mountains

Sitchin was actually less imaginative than turn-of-the-century pulp writers. Even the fictional Martians in 1898 skipped planet-based slave labor and went straight for the asteroids.

Asteroid Psyche may have been once the nickel-iron core of a small planet. It’s about as wide as Massachusetts. Credit: Screenshot courtesy of NASA

8. Counter-Rebuttals You Might Hear

❓ “Maybe the Anunnaki needed Earth’s specific isotopic mix of gold.”
• Isotopes of gold are created in supernovae and neutron-star mergers; the mix is uniform across the solar system. An asteroid and Earth gold are chemically identical.

❓ “Couldn’t gravity assist from Earth make shipping easier?”
• Gravity assists don’t change the fact that launching from Earth costs huge fuel. From an asteroid you can hoist the cargo and glide it inward using solar sails.

❓ “Slaves are cheap energy.”
• Not in biology: you must provide food, water, housing, and medical care—or lose productivity. Robots run on sunlight, don’t revolt, and can be shut off at night.

9. Where the Real Evidence Points

We’ve already retrieved asteroid samples with JAXA’s Hayabusa2 and NASA’s OSIRIS-REx. Both missions confirmed rich inventories of iron, nickel, cobalt, and precious metals.
In 2022 the U.S. government added asteroid mining to its Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, granting companies legal rights over what they collect. Politicians aren’t prone to passing laws about impossible ideas.
Global investment firms like Morgan Stanley estimate the space-resource market could hit \$1 trillion annually by 2040. No mention of Anunnaki labor plans in those reports.

10. Big Picture: What Would Aliens Actually Want?

Advanced civilizations likely value data, energy, and survivability far more than physical gold. Precious metals matter for circuitry and catalysts, but those are means to an end: building robust interstellar infrastructure. The fastest route to those metals is—again—low-gravity, high-concentration asteroids.

If ETs ever swing through our neighborhood, they’d probably:

Scan for suitable rocks using telescopes and spectral analysis.
Dispatch autonomous harvesters.
Haul refined ingots home or to an orbital manufacturing hub.

Humans, meanwhile, might not even notice—just as fish in the Pacific rarely notice when a cargo ship passes overhead.

11. Conclusion (TL;DR)

Aliens don’t need human gold miners. The physics is against it, the economics is against it, and the archaeological record is silent on it. In contrast, asteroid mining is easy, efficient, and already on humanity’s near-term roadmap.

So the next time a social-media video pops up claiming we’re the product of an ancient cosmic HR department, remember:

Zero-gravity rocks beat high-gravity planets.
Robots beat reluctant bipeds.
Evidence beats speculation.

And if you still crave a story about aliens digging holes on Earth, pick up a vintage sci-fi paperback—you’ll get better plots and fewer translation errors.

The Challenge of Cosmic Distances

Kaku emphasizes the immense distances separating stars and galaxies, which render travel by conventional means (like current human rocket technology) impractical for interstellar voyages, requiring tens of thousands of years to reach even the nearest stars. For intergalactic travel, the distances are millions of times greater.

Could UAPs be the scout spacecraft of a galactic civilization?

UAPs: are they from Kardashev Type III civilizations?

To answer that, we must journey into the realm of theoretical physics and cosmic evolution.
Imagine beings who have mastered energies on a scale that dwarfs our planetary concerns. That is the domain of a Kardashev Type III civilization.

The Kardashev Scale (after Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev) classifies civilizations by their energy consumption:

A Type 0 civilization, like our own, derives its energy from dead plants and animals (oil, coal) and is still subject to the whims of nature. We are, in cosmic terms, infants.
Type I civilization has mastered planetary energy. They can control the weather, harness the power of their entire planet, and utilize all the sunlight that strikes its surface. Think of Buck Rogers.
Type II civilization has graduated to stellar power. They can consume the entire energy output of their parent star. Dyson spheres, theoretical megastructures that could encompass a star, are a hallmark of such a civilization. Star Trek’s Federation is beginning to approach this level.
Then, there’s Type III: a galactic civilization. They command the power of an entire galaxy, perhaps harnessing the energy of billions of stars, maybe even manipulating black holes. Think of “Star Wars” or the ancient builders in many science fiction sagas.

Intergalactic travel isn’t a matter of building a bigger rocket. To traverse millions of light-years in any reasonable timeframe, you must manipulate space-time itself—harnessing Planck-scale energies to open wormholes or drive a warp bubble.

Who could wield such power?

Type I powers a planet.
Type II powers a solar system.
Only a Type III civilization can treat a galaxy as its playground—warping, folding, or tunneling through space-time at will.

So, if these UFOs are indeed piloted by beings from another world, and if they demonstrate capabilities like instantaneous acceleration, right-angle turns at hypersonic speeds, and, crucially, the ability to traverse interstellar or even intergalactic distances, then we are not dealing with a civilization just a few centuries ahead of us. The sheer energy requirements and the physics involved point to something far grander.

Such beings would likely be the product of a Type III civilization. They would have long ago mastered the fundamental forces, unlocked secrets of space-time that we are only just beginning to ponder, and command energies that could light up (or extinguish) stars.

While we must always approach these UAP reports with scientific rigor and skepticism, it’s an intriguing thought experiment. If they are real, and not of this Earth, then the beings behind them are not just visitors from another star; they are potentially emissaries from a civilization so advanced, they are practically gods in their ability to manipulate the cosmos.

It opens up the tantalizing, and perhaps humbling, possibility that we are but a tiny part of a much larger, far more advanced, cosmic neighborhood. The universe, it seems, is far more fascinating than we ever imagined.

FACT CHECK

The above text aligns with Dr. Michio Kaku’s public statements on:

The Kardashev Scale and Civilizational Classification
Type III civilizations’ capacity for intergalactic travel
The physics of space-time manipulation (Planck energy, wormholes, warp drives)
Recent UAP commentary (extreme maneuvers in Navy pilot footage, implied G-forces, trans-medium capabilities)

1. On the Kardashev Scale and Classification of Civilizations

Dr. Kaku frequently uses the Kardashev Scale as a framework to discuss the potential advancement of civilizations based on their energy consumption. He describes:

• Type 0 (like ours, reliant on fossil fuels)
• Type I (planetary; controlling weather and planetary energy)
• Type II (stellar; harnessing the entire output of their star, e.g. via a Dyson sphere)
• Type III (galactic; commanding the energy of an entire galaxy)

2. On Type III Civilizations and Intergalactic Travel

The article posits that intergalactic travel requires mastering energies on a galactic scale—a feat of a Type III civilization. Dr. Kaku agrees, suggesting such a civilization would have colonized its galaxy and harnessed the energy of billions of stars. He explicitly links Type III civilizations with space-time manipulation technologies (wormholes, warp drives).

3. On Advanced Technology and Manipulating Space-Time

The article notes that traversing intergalactic distances necessitates manipulating the fabric of space and time, including harnessing Planck energy. Dr. Kaku explains that while Special Relativity forbids FTL locally, General Relativity allows global warping of space-time. He emphasizes that only the colossal energies of a Type III civilization could achieve such feats.

4. On UFOs/UAPs and Highly Advanced Civilizations

The article speculates that if UAPs are extraterrestrial and exhibit capabilities beyond our physics, they might originate from Type III civilizations. Dr. Kaku has spoken increasingly about UAPs, noting new Navy pilot footage and other evidence. He points out that UAP characteristics (Mach 5–20 speeds, rapid acceleration, hundreds of Gs, transmedium travel) imply technologies far beyond ours. He cautions that these beings could be thousands or millions of years more advanced, placing them in the realm of Type III.

References:

Kardashev Scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale
The Truth About UFOs with Michio Kaku
https://www.newsweek.com/truth-about-ufos-michio-kaku-newsweek-radio-podcast-interview-1781550
The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizations
https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-extraterrestrial-civilizations/
The four types of planetary civilizations, explained by Michio Kaku
https://youtu.be/qSnfMH8OX1g?si=ANYfhHYSSLBFb7OV
The Kardashev Scale – Can We Advance Beyond a Type III Civilization? https://futurism.com/the-kardashev-scale-type-i-ii-iii-iv-v-civilization
Scientists Must ‘Keep An Open Mind’ About UFOs, Says Michio Kaku https://www.iflscience.com/scientists-must-keep-an-open-mind-about-ufos-says-michio-kaku-60864
Reddit AMA: “I am Michio Kaku, physicist, futurist and author of THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY” https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bghqn9/i_am_michio_kaku_physicist_futurist_and_author_of/
The Physics of Interstellar Travel https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-interstellar-travel/

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

This weeks latest news from the Wow! signal:

Paradigm Research Group Announces Plans for a Seventh X-Conference

Washington, DC, June 2025 — In anticipation of major developments surrounding the Disclosure process leading to the confirmation by a U.S. Government Leader of the existence of technologically advanced non-humans and the fact that the U.S. Government and Military have long been in possession of retrieved off-world vehicles, Paradigm Research Group is working to launched a seventh X-Conference in Washington, DC, early next year.

Hollywood Disclosure Alliance Board Member, Lisa Puzo Strickland, Launches New Website, Blog, And Speaking Platform

Nashville, TN, June 2025 — Lisa Puzo Strickland has announced the launch of her new website and blog which can be accessed HERE. After a successful 25+ year career in the radio, television, and record industries, Strickland earned her PhD in Philosophy and Parapsychology from the University of Sedona (Arizona) in 2023 and has since established herself as an authentic voice within the national UAP/UFO/NHI research communities.

Popular Sci-Fi Novel After They Came Now Available In Audiobook Format

Beverly Hills, CA, April, 2025 — The popular science-fiction novel After They Cameby author Dan Har ary is now available in the Audiobook format. The book was inspired by a major UFO sighting Harary had in 1970 with his late father, Jack Harary, an Electronics Engineer with the U.S. Army from 1951 – 1996. Today, Dan believes that his father was involved in a program to reverse-engineer recovered UFOs, which began with the U.S. Military back in the 1940s.

The Un-Network Announces Paranormal Writing Contest

Kansas City, Missouri, June 2025 — The Un-X Network is hosting a Paranormal Writing Contest for 2025. Those who wish to participate in this contest are asked to submit their paranormal short stories, real or imagined, to the Un-X Network by August 1, 2025.

Thirty Hollywood Disclosure Alliance Founding Members To Be Featured Guest Speakers During Contact In The Desert 2025

Beverly Hills, CA, June 2025 –Thirty Founding Members of The Hollywood Disclosure Alliance will be featured as Guest Speakers during the 2025 Contact in the Desert Conference, May 29 – June 2, at the beautiful Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, CA. That conference will feature over 120 lectures, workshops, intensives and panels presented by the world’s most prestigious experts in the fields of UFO/UAP, Government Disclosure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Science, Ancient Civilizations, Space Exploration, Future of Technology and Space Travel, Non-human Intelligence, Spirituality, and more.

Russia’s USO Secrets Book a Must-Read for Serious UFOlogists

Los Angeles, CA, June 2025 – The book Russia’s USO Secrets is a must-read for those interested in USO research conducted in the USSR, and later in Russia, according to longtime UAP Reseacher, Paul Stonehill.

May 23, 2025May 25, 2025

Unexplained Starlight Pulses: Is Advanced Tech Operating Covertly in Our Cosmic Neighborhood?

For decades, humanity has peered into the vast darkness between the stars, dreaming of the moment we might detect a sign of intelligence beyond our own. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has long focused on distant radio whispers or powerful laser flashes, while intriguingly, starlight pulses might reveal clues right in our cosmic backyard. But what if the most profound evidence isn’t coming from light-years away? Could it be from our very own cosmic backyard? Recent, startling discoveries from a dedicated optical observatory in Big Bear, California, are forcing us to confront this very question.

In May 2023, retired NASA scientist Richard Stanton, working in Big Bear, California, discovered an unexplained “pulsing” signal from a Sun-like star, HD 89389, in the Ursa Major (Great Bear) constellation. This star is approximately 100 light-years away. The signal was described as two identical and fast pulses occurring 4.4 seconds apart. It was published in the Acta Astronautica scientific journal.

Stanton noted that these pulses were unlike any other signals he’d detected during his 1,500 hours of searching. The signal’s unique pattern has left scientists puzzled. This pattern, consisting of a “brighter-fainter-brighter” sequence, is intriguing to researchers.

“We don’t know what kind of object could produce these pulses or how far away it is. We don’t know if the two-pulse signal is produced by something passing between us and the star or if it is generated by something that modulates the star’s light without moving across the field. Until we learn more, we can’t even say whether or not extraterrestrials are involved!“
– Richard Stanton

Stars Blink: Is Someone There?

Stanton has unveiled a truly perplexing phenomenon: pairs of incredibly fast, identical pulses of starlight. Imagine a star’s brightness undergoing a sudden, dramatic dance. There’s a rapid surge, then a sharp dip, followed by an equally swift return to its original intensity.

This entire sequence unfolds in mere milliseconds. After a brief pause of a few seconds, the exact same intricate pattern repeats. This occurs with precision that defies natural explanation.

Cosmic Code: Unraveling the Twin Pulses

The first captivating instance came from the star HD89389. The near-perfect replication of the “fine-structure” within each pulse wasn’t just intriguing; it screamed of a deliberate, non-random event. Even more chillingly, a deep dive into historical data uncovered an identical pair of pulses from HD217014. This occurred four years prior. This earlier event had been casually dismissed as “birds” – an innocuous explanation that now seems inadequate for such a profound celestial signature.

Not Just Birds: A Galactic Mystery

The implications are staggering. The sheer speed of these light changes immediately tells us one crucial thing: the source cannot be the distant star itself. No known stellar process could cause such rapid, precise fluctuations. This realization narrows the field dramatically. It places the origin of these mysterious flashes much closer to home, likely within our own solar system.

Close Encounter? Tracing the Origin

So, if not the stars, then what? While natural phenomena like unusual atmospheric disturbances or even binary asteroid systems are considered, the precision and repeatable nature of these pulses push scientists towards a more audacious hypothesis. They suspect edge diffraction, a well-understood optical effect. It describes how light bends and creates distinct patterns when passing by a sharp edge. The specific “bipolar” shape of these observed pulses – the characteristic increase, decrease, and subsequent increase in brightness – bears an uncanny resemblance to diffraction patterns expected if starlight interacts with edges of a nearby, opaque object.

Diffraction’s Clue: The Shadow of Something Else

Think of it this way: a previously unknown object, possibly a thin, flat structure or even a ring, momentarily crosses our line of sight to a distant star. As the star’s light skims past one edge, it creates the first pulse. When it passes the other edge, the second identical pulse is generated.

Eyes Wide Open: The Hunt for Hidden Objects

This theory, while still under investigation, ignites a firestorm of possibilities. If these are indeed diffraction patterns, it implies an object’s existence, possibly within our solar system, that is causing these obscurations. What kind of object? And more importantly, who or what created it?

A single telescope, no matter how powerful, can only offer limited clues. It can detect these fascinating anomalies. However, it can’t definitively tell us the object’s precise distance, speed, or true nature. That’s where the future of this extraordinary search comes into play.

The urgent call from the scientific community is for the development of Optical Telescope Arrays (OTAs). Imagine a network of precisely synchronized telescopes, positioned across the Earth. By meticulously measuring the infinitesimal time delays as this object’s shadow sweeps across each individual telescope, scientists could triangulate its position with astonishing accuracy. This method would determine its velocity and perhaps resolve its physical characteristics. This would be a leap from passive observation to active, investigative astronomy.

Beyond the Stars: ETI in Our Backyard?

And here, at the precipice of this discovery, lies the most profound question. If these pulses are confirmed to be caused by an object in our solar system, and if its trajectory suggests it’s not a natural body – what then? Could it be a long-lost piece of cosmic debris or an anomalous natural formation? Or, the thought that sends shivers through us, could this be a sign of extraterrestrial intelligence? Perhaps the ultimate “SETI signal” isn’t a deliberate message beamed across the galaxy. Could it be the unavoidable, accidental, signature of advanced technology operating in our celestial neighborhood?

The Ultimate Question: Are We Witnessing Alien Tech?

The universe continues to surprise us, challenging our assumptions and pushing the boundaries of what we believe possible. These inexplicable starlight flashes are more than just an astronomical curiosity; indeed, they are a cosmic riddle. It could, just possibly, hold the key to answering humanity’s most enduring question: Are we truly alone? The echoes from the void are growing clearer. The potential for a paradigm-shifting discovery has never been more tangible.

Reference:

Unexplained starlight pulses found in optical SETI searches, Richard H. Stanton
Acta Astronautica, Volume 233, August 2025, Pages 302-314
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576525002449?via%3Dihub

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

This Week’s Latest News from The WOW! Signal:

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The Southern California Chapter Of MUFON Promotes Gene Meregillano To State Director and C.J. Arabia To Chief Investigator — THE WOW! SIGNAL

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Debriefed Podcast Hits Over One Million Views — THE WOW! SIGNAL

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MUFON Cases of Interest: Noah’s Ark and the Windmill — THE WOW! SIGNAL

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May 21, 2025May 22, 2025

New UFO Study Examines Unusual Flight Characteristics in Navy’s 2015 Gimbal UAP Sighting

A study by Yannick Peings and Marik von Rennenkampff analyzes the Gimbal UAP video, a 34-second infrared clip recorded by a U.S. Navy F/A-18F jet in 2015. It shows an unidentified object (UAP) moving erratically—stopping, rotating mid-air, and reversing direction instantly—with no visible wings or exhaust.

Key Observations from Pilots:

The object was close (within 6–10 nautical miles).
It suddenly stopped and reversed course without a turning arc—a maneuver impossible for conventional aircraft.
It was part of a group of 4–6 other unknown objects moving against strong winds.

What the Study Did:

Using data from the jet’s targeting system (ATFLIR) and radar, researchers reconstructed the flight path for the UAP and compared it to the pilots testimony.

At the distance reported by the pilots (6-8 nautical miles), the object’s movements matched eyewitness accounts:

It slowed down from ~300 knots to near-zero (high speed).
Then made a sharp “vertical U-turn” (unlike any known aircraft).
No wings or exhaust plumes (like a normal jet) were visible at this range during this maneuver.

Alternative Theory

Some argue the object might just be camera glare from a distant jet’s exhaust (30+ miles away) and that the “rotation” was a sensor glitch. But this doesn’t explain:

The pilots’ data showing instant direction changes.
Why the object matched the jet’s movements so closely.

Why Does This Matter?

The study doesn’t prove what the object was, but its movements defy normal aerodynamics. The researchers want aviation experts to take a closer look—because if this wasn’t a drone, jet, or camera trick, what was it?

If the object described in the text was indeed a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) in the sense of an extraterrestrial or unknown advanced craft, it would have significant implications.

What if it was a UFO?

It would mean a technology far beyond our own exists: The object pulled off “impossible maneuvers no known aircraft can do,” such as suddenly stopping mid-air, spinning 90 degrees, reversing course instantly, and making sharp, physics-defying U-turns without slowing down. It had “no wings, no exhaust, no explanation” for its propulsion. This would indicate a mastery of physics and engineering that currently eludes human understanding.
It would validate the pilots’ observations and radar data: The “fighter jets radar locked onto the UFO,” and a “new study crunched the numbers and found at that range the UFO’s movements match exactly what the pilots described.” This would confirm the reliability of these highly trained observers and sophisticated detection systems in identifying something truly anomalous.
It would challenge conventional explanations: Skeptics’ claims of “camera glare from a distant jet” would be insufficient to explain the radar evidence and the detailed pilot testimonies. The text explicitly states these explanations don’t hold up.
The burden of proof would indeed shift, as Michio Kaku suggests: If such an object is confirmed, it would no longer be on individuals to prove they saw something extraordinary. Instead, military and scientific institutions would face immense pressure to explain what these objects are, where they come from, and what their intentions might be. The question “what was it?” would become a central focus of investigation.

In essence, if it were a UFO, it would open up a new era of scientific inquiry, reshape our understanding of our place in the universe, and potentially have profound societal and technological impacts. The mystery surrounding these “mystery craft flying in formation” would move from the realm of speculation to urgent reality.

Bottom Line

The Gimbal UAP moves in ways that don’t match any known aircraft, making it a genuine mystery. The study doesn’t solve it but shows why more research is needed.

For the full math and visuals, see the original paper.

Based on: “Reconstruction of Potential Flight Paths for the January 2015 Gimbal UAP, by Yannick Peings and Marik von Rennenkampff”,

Reconstruction of Potential Flight Paths for the January 2015 Gimbal UAP

and the Newsweek article “The Truth About UFOs with Michio Kaku”:

The truth about UFOs with Michio Kaku

Aliens could theoretically “boil space and hop right through” in order to visit Earth from faraway stars.

May 11, 2025May 13, 2025

The Signal

A Science Fiction Short Story: In a universe filled with mysteries, the discovery of an extraterrestrial signal could change everything.

Chapter 1: The Question

Ray Faser leaned back in his chair, fingers steepled, staring at the projection of Earth’s nuclear test history—a timeline of detonations stretching from 1945 to 1996. The data pulsed like a slow, irregular heartbeat.

Two thousand nuclear blasts. Each one had sent an electromagnetic scream (EMP) into the void.

On the other side of the screen, Dr. Elias Varen, a senior astrophysicist with the SETI Institute, adjusted his glasses.
“You’re suggesting we’ve already announced ourselves.”

Ray consulted a printout and smirked.

A thermonuclear bomb blast in 1961 emitted 10 billion times more radio waves than the Arecibo message. Click to view the calculations (PDF).

“I’m saying we lit a bonfire in the ‘Dark Forest‘. And now we’re whispering ‘Hello?’ like we’re afraid of being rude.”

Varen exhaled. “The difference is intent. A nuclear EMP is noise. A structured message is a handshake.”

Ray leaned forward. “You think an advanced civilization hears a thousand atomic explosions and thinks, ‘Hmm, must be background radiation’? They’ll know what it is. And they’ll know it’s dangerous.”

Chapter 2: The UAP Variable

The Pentagon’s recent disclosures hung between them like an unspoken specter. Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena—craft defying known physics, lingering in Earth’s skies for decades.

Ray tapped the table. “If they’re already here, silence isn’t caution. It’s stupidity. We should be sending ‘We come in peace’ in every frequency we’ve got.”

Varen’s jaw tightened. “Or we’re confirming we’re a threat. Nuclear weapons, uncontrolled emissions—what if they’re waiting to see if we grow up?”

“Or waiting to see if we shoot first,” Ray countered. The Dark Forest isn’t just a theory. It’s a mirror. We’re the ones who nuked ourselves two thousand times. We’re the predators.”

Chapter 3: The Silence Gambit

A new voice cut in—Dr. Elena Papadakis, a xenopsychologist. “Assume they have detected us. Silence could be read as hostility. A predator hiding.”

Varen shook his head. “Or prudence.”

Ray laughed bitterly. “Prudence? We’re ostriches. Heads in the sand, asses in the air.”

He pulled up the latest UAP footage—a tic-tac object maneuvering at Mach 10. “They aren’t hiding. Why are we?”

Chapter 4: The Decision

The room fell quiet. The screen flickered, overlaying Earth’s radio bubble—expanding at light speed for a century, a glowing sphere of TV broadcasts, radar pings, and nuclear EMPs that might just serve as an unintended extraterrestrial signal.

Elena broke the silence. “If they’re here, they already know who we are. The question isn’t if we signal. It’s what we say.”

Ray leaned back. “How about ‘We’re not all psychopaths’?”

Varen didn’t smile. “Or we prove it.”

Outside, the stars burned cold and distant. Waiting.

Epilogue: The First Message

Three months later, the Arecibo successor array sent a single, repeating sequence toward a UAP hotspot.

Not mathematics. Not science.

Music.
Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.”

A handshake—or a plea.

The Dark Forest listened.

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Author’s note
The character of Ray Faser (and his author) have been waiting for reactivation ever since their first and last appearance in a short science-fiction story in a school newspaper in 1979.

Reference:
The history of nuclear testing began early on the morning of 16 July 1945 at a desert test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico when the United States exploded its first atomic bomb. In the five decades between that fateful day in 1945 and the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996, over 2,000 nuclear tests were carried out all over the world.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-nuclear-tests-day/history

Arecibo message power vs Tsar Bomba Calculation
(Nuclear bomb sent 10 billion times more radio waves into space than Arecibo.) (PDF) Arecibo message power vs Tsar Bomba Calculation

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January 13, 2025April 30, 2025

The WOW! Signal, Part 2: Math Suggests Origin from Unknown Source, Moving Towards Earth

Just the facts:
PDF: Doppler Blueshift Calculations for WOW! signal (1977): download here | Discussion on the paper: Academia.edu

Preamble

In 2022, I published The WOW! signal, Part 1: Not made by humans?.
For the longest time (3 years), I wondered why I left the possibility open for “Part 2” instead of just writing “The End.”

It’s now become clear that Part 2 is essential because it includes an important detail that was missing before: EQUATIONS!

Anyone can write anything, but without mathematical equations, it’s just prose. So, here, now, for anyone to check, are the steps required to verify the movement of the Wow! signal towards Earth at 10.526 km/s in 1977.

This truly represents a significant paradigm shift. Previously, the Wow! signal was just the most plausible and only candidate for a radio transmission of non-human extraterrestrial origin in space. Now it is shown that this signal was moving and en route to Earth.

Whatever this means (We Are Not Alone?), it is remarkable that the Doppler calculations on this signal have never been published before. Did the authorities believe it would cause a panic?

Introduction

The Wow! signal has been the strongest and only serious candidate for ETi radio communication for almost half a century. New calculations support that the Wow! signal may have originated from a moving source heading for Earth, adding to its significance in the search for extraterrestrial life.

The text describes the Wow! signal, a strong radio transmission detected by the Big Ear telescope on August 15, 1977, at a frequency of 1420.4556 MHz, which corresponds to a wavelength of 21.105373 cm. The signal’s expected frequency, based on hydrogen, is 1420405751.768 Hz, translating to a wavelength of 21.106114054160 cm. The Doppler shift calculations yield a speed of approximately 10,526 m/sec (37,893 km/h), suggesting that the signal originated from an object approaching Earth. Shown here are the steps to calculate the Doppler shift speed. For context, the average speed of asteroids is around 18–20 km/s, while comets that impact Earth typically travel at about 30 km/s. In comparison, the human-made Voyager spacecraft 1 and 2 are currently traveling at speeds of 15 to 17 km/s.

Speed comparison
The WOW! signal source appears to have approached Earth at 37,893 km/h. The entry speed of the Apollo capsules into the Earth’s atmosphere was 39,705 km/h.

Image NASA: example of atmospheric entry, showing the Mars Exploration Rover aeroshell (MER).

For a better understanding, I added the illustration of the Mars Exploration Rover’s entry into the Mars atmosphere. NASA did choose this shape for its aerodynamic properties. It is possible that the Wow! signal originated from a UFO about to enter Earth’s atmosphere, as much as any other interpretation.

In conclusion, the Wow! signal appears to have originated from an unknown type of source that was approaching Earth at a speed of 10.5 km/s, as indicated by observations and these calculations. It is unknown if this is due to the source’s approach to Earth or the galaxy’s relative movement to Earth. Both scenarios are possible.

Investigations of the Wow! signal to date have not accounted for or mentioned the Doppler blueshift of the signal.

Doppler Shift Calculations for Wow! signal (1977), Page 1

Doppler Shift Calculations for Wow! signal (1977), Page 2

References:

1: Doppler Shift Calculations for Wow! signal (1977)
https://www.academia.edu/126982728/The_Wow_Signal_Doppler_Shift_Equations

2: ”The tantalizing WOW! Signal” by John Kraus, 1977, Archives of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/ﬁles/original/2ec6ba346ab16e10a10d09462507beda.pdf

3. Not Made By Humans? Part 2 / The Wow! Signal: Evidence Suggests Origin from Unknown Object, Moving Towards Earth
https://www.academia.edu/126983022/Not_Made_By_Humans_Part_2_The_Wow_Signal_Evidence_Suggests_Origin_from_Unknown_Object_Moving_Towards_Earth

4. Original publication:
Not made by humans? | Part 1, February 5, 2022, Contact Project
https://contactproject.org/?p=779

5. Searching for Interstellar Communications
by Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison
https://web.archive.org/web/20110403061008/http://www.coseti.org/morris_0.htm

6. An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal
Alberto Caballero
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.06090

7. Wow! signal, Wikipedia
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

8. “Ballad of the ‘Wow!’ Signal”, Paul H. Shuch, SETI League
http://drseti.org/audio/wow.mp3

PDF: The Doppler Blueshift Calculations for WOW! signal (1977):
download here

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

UFO Truth: Witnesses, Speak Out!

I’m skeptical of UFO claims made by researchers based solely on secondhand anecdotes. It’s more valuable to hear direct testimony from a UFO witness themselves, rather than relying on third-party accounts. I personally reported UFO sightings to official channels, and as a UFO witness, they quoted my testimony anonymously:

Reference: Irish Salthill UFO sighting recalled

An Irish witness at Galway recalled a UFO incident from 1986

Why? Witnesses should be allowed to stay anonymous, but non-anonymous testimony should be prioritized. To be able to report a sighting only in anonymous mode takes away the credibility of the witness account. Anyone can fabricate a tale, overflow databases with false information, and overwhelm legitimate reporting.

The issue with relying solely on secondhand and anecdotal accounts of UFO sightings is a significant one. Retelling anecdotes can lead to the distortion of facts, the embellishment of stories, and the loss of crucial details. By hearing eyewitness accounts firsthand from a UFO witness, we can gain a more accurate understanding of the events in question.

Asking a UFO witness about their desire for anonymity and giving them the option to disclose their identities would enhance transparency and trustworthiness. Such an arrangement would allow for a more nuanced understanding of the evidence and potentially lead to more credible investigations.

In fact, some UFO research organizations, such as the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), do offer a UFO witness the option to remain anonymous or to provide their contact information. However, this is not always the case, and we need more transparency in this area.

The National UFO Reporting Center
Dedicated to the collection and
dissemination of objective UFO/UAP data
https://nuforc.org