Synopsis: Time Travel: Exploring time travel theory and how the idea of time travel together with Einstein's general relativity theory and phased shifts may explain how UFOs appear.
The idea of time travelling UFOs does appear to explain at
least one other point. Researcher Jenny Randles explains. "If you travel a
hundred years forward the building that you now work in might by then have
been demolished and a busy motorway might run through the position. Your time
machine could then appear right in front of a gigantic truck, merrily speeding
along, oblivious to your arrival, which flattens you. Any journey
backwards by thousands or millions of years could see the spatial location
where you have begun your trip hugely altered, submerged under an ocean or
raised up inside a volcano, for example. There is just no way that any machine
developed for a physical move through time could do so whilst remaining on the
ground. Indeed, there is only one relatively safe place where such a time
transfer could happen – that is well above the surface, or better still
outside our atmosphere altogether." (15)
The idea of time travel could certainly answer some intriguing
puzzles. One can almost imagine one such traveller in prehistoric Illinois
asking a fellow traveller to hurry up and get back into the time machine. "Hold
on, I’ve dropped something. That gold chain you gave me." "Oh, it’ll turn up"
comes the reply only to give one Mrs Culp her 15 minutes of fame millions of
years later. It should also be noted that time travel could also resolve the
distance problem discussed earlier (though simultaneously making Randle’s idea
redundant.)
This planet, like all other’s, moves in space-time,
for not only is the Earth revolving on its
axis once every 24 hours, it is also revolving around the sun once every 365
days, and our galaxy itself is revolving once every 200 million years. There is
nothing to suggest the universe itself is also not rotating. This effectively
means, that if you went back in time 12 hours, you would not arrive in the same
place as you left because you would also move in space-time.
If only the Earth only rotated on its axis, you would be on the opposite side of
the earth (1/2 a rotation), however as both the Earth and the galaxy (and
perhaps the universe) are rotating, if you stepped back in time by say 500
years, you would no longer be anywhere near the Earth, which would be 500 years
away in the direction of rotation. Perhaps careful interstellar mapping and
knowledge of universal movement could allow the traveller the ability to
simultaneously travel back in time and to planets which rotate into Earth’s
space-time path.
There are a few more possibilities for travellers to reach us
without having to make the full time-consuming journey. The first is a
matter of straightforward physics. Access to complex, sub-atomic particle
accelerators (to the unscientific mind - giant microscopes!) has confirmed that
matter, including life matter, is simply made up of light waves. (Indeed
Einstein’s E=MC2 makes this point, energy = mass x speed of light squared).
Put simply, our
universe is operating on a certain wavelength. A phased shift, where we simply
operate on a slightly different wavelength, may reveal whole new worlds that are
beyond our sensory constructs. (Interestingly enough, ‘interference’ between
these wavelengths has been postulated as an answer for ghosts and other
paranormal activity) (16).
Such phased shifts may explain how UFOs appear to give off
strange glows, dart around the skies at incredible speeds (not speeding but
disappearing and reappearing with the mind playing tricks), and not travelling
great distances but merely slipping through the same space-time at differing
wavelengths.
The idea of parallel
universes is in fact a matter of sound scientific reasoning, based on quantum
theory. A cornerstone to this theory is that light acts both as a wave
and a particle.
This can be evidenced by the famous two-slit experiment. Two
slits (not surprisingly) are made in a partition. On one side of this partition
is a source of light of a particular colour (i.e., wavelength). Most of the
light will hit the partition but a small amount will go through the slits
creating a characteristic ‘wave’ effect. The same effect is generated, however,
when electrons are sent through the slits one at a time. As Hawking notes "each
electron, therefore, must be passing through both slits at the same
time!" (17)
This appeared to turn much of Einstein’s work on its head.
"Einstein’s general relativity theory is the theory of the cosmos, a theory of
stars and galaxies held together via the smooth fabric of space and time.
Quantum theory, by contrast, is a theory of the microcosm, where sub- atomic
particles are held together by particle-like forces dancing on the sterile stage
of space-time, which is viewed as an empty arena, devoid of any content."
(18)
Hawking then took
quantum theory to its ultimate conclusion, allowing the existence of infinite
numbers of parallel universes (right), effectively meaning that we live within a
multi-verse rather than a universe; an infinite multi-verse connected by an
infinite number of wormholes. The possibilities are staggering, for in theory at
least, a wormhole could exist within our Solar System connected to an entirely
different universe, making space travel no more challenging or impossible than
using the current rail systems.
This chapter has attempted to explore possible methods of craft
reaching Earth given the practical difficulties that the vastness of space
presents to the potential traveller. Whilst some of these ideas appear to rule
themselves out as possibilities, the ideas expressed are merely reflections of
our current state of knowledge. Fifty years ago the idea of ‘light
cones’, ‘hypercubes’ and ‘wormholes’ would themselves have been alien concepts
and dismissed by orthodox science.
Who knows what the
next fifty years will bring, in either exploring these ideas further or
revealing new theories and explanations. Even as recently as October 1996, an
article in the scientific journal Nature put forward a theory that a
spaceship could be surrounded by a field of ‘exotic’ elemental matter (or
virtual particles which can emit and absorb photons, thus changing their mass
for an incredibly short time.) This would have the effect of propelling the
spaceship at a speed far greater than light itself (19).
Carl Sagan (left), the noted astronomer, stated as early as
1968 at a hearing before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, "Now,
one thing is clear, which is this: If there are other technical civilisations,
any random one of them is likely to be vastly in advance of our own technical
civilisation. For example we are only 10 or 15 years into having the technology
of interstellar communication by radio astronomy. It is unlikely there is any
other civilisation in the galaxy that is that backward in their technical
expertise." (20)
Twenty-two years after that first message from humanity was
transmitted to the stars, the SETI project (Search for Extra Terrestrial
Intelligence) reported that they had detected radio signals in the region of
Virginis 70, a star in the constellation of Virgo.
Scientists at the
University of California in Berkeley detected the original signals and in order
to investigate them further, they attached instruments to their radio
telescopes.
They found what they described as a "highly unusual set of
signals with a repetitive pattern." (21). Following this period of scientific
analysis the scientists were able to conclude that the signals detected were
similar to UHF television transmissions.
Radio signals have been detected before in space, but what made
this discovery particularly exciting was that astronomers had recently noted
that the star has a planet similar to our own, and at a similar distance from
our own star.
Designated 70 Vir B, this planet is believed to be over six
times the mass of Jupiter and orbits around its Sun in an eccentric orbit every
116 days.
Then in June 1988 it was revealed that some of the world’s leading
astronomers had collected more than 100 unexplained radio signals during the
routine surveillance of space.
A report in the British Sunday Times of
7th June 1998 stated, "these faint, pure tones have no natural origin
and could have been created artificially, the scientists said.
They do not rule out the
astonishing possibility that this strange radio traffic could have
extra-terrestrial origin." (22)
However many on this planet were convinced that
extra-terrestrials were already visiting us, and that view was shared by the
CIA, the US Airforce and even the American President.
TAGS: Time Travel, Time Travel Theory, Idea of Time Travel, Phased Shifts, Einstein's General Relativity Theory, How UFOs Appear
(C) VIOLATIONS 1999 - 2009
References
(1) Shatner Video.
(2) White, Michael ‘The Science of the X Files’ p10
London 1996
(3) Friedman, Stanton and Slate, B Ann, ‘UFO Star Base
Discovered’ Saga, July 1973.
(4) Hawking, Stephen, ‘A Brief History of Time’ pp20-21,
London 1988
(5) White, Michael ‘The Science of the X Files’ p10
London 1996.
The idea of time travel could certainly answer some intriguing
puzzles. One can almost imagine one such traveller in prehistoric Illinois
asking a fellow traveller to hurry up and get back into the time machine. "Hold
on, I’ve dropped something. That gold chain you gave me." "Oh, it’ll turn up"
comes the reply only to give one Mrs Culp her 15 minutes of fame millions of
years later. It should also be noted that time travel could also resolve the
distance problem discussed earlier (though simultaneously making Randle’s idea
redundant.)
The idea of parallel
universes is in fact a matter of sound scientific reasoning, based on quantum
theory. A cornerstone to this theory is that light acts both as a wave
and a particle. 
Hawking then took
quantum theory to its ultimate conclusion, allowing the existence of infinite
numbers of parallel universes (right), effectively meaning that we live within a
multi-verse rather than a universe; an infinite multi-verse connected by an
infinite number of wormholes. The possibilities are staggering, for in theory at
least, a wormhole could exist within our Solar System connected to an entirely
different universe, making space travel no more challenging or impossible than
using the current rail systems.
Who knows what the
next fifty years will bring, in either exploring these ideas further or
revealing new theories and explanations. Even as recently as October 1996, an
article in the scientific journal Nature put forward a theory that a
spaceship could be surrounded by a field of ‘exotic’ elemental matter (or
virtual particles which can emit and absorb photons, thus changing their mass
for an incredibly short time.) This would have the effect of propelling the
spaceship at a speed far greater than light itself (19). 
Twenty-two years after that first message from humanity was
transmitted to the stars, the SETI project (Search for Extra Terrestrial
Intelligence) reported that they had detected radio signals in the region of
Virginis 70, a star in the constellation of Virgo.
Designated 70 Vir B, this planet is believed to be over six
times the mass of Jupiter and orbits around its Sun in an eccentric orbit every
116 days.
