Hal Puthoff, whose long career has included work with tunable lasers, investigations of paranormal phenomena including experiments with Uri Geller and remote viewing at SRI International, zero-point energy, and as a co-founder of To The Stars Academy, the UFO/UAP phenomenon. For some time, rumours have been circulating about a privately distributed paper by Dr Puthoff on some of the suggested non-extraterrestrial origins of UFO. Now the paper, “Ultraterrestrial Models” [PDF, 16 pages], has been published in the Journal of Cosmology, Vol. 29.
It discusses a series of possible explanations of the observed phenomena, then suggests objective evidence which might indicate their correctness.
- The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis: In this scenario crash/retrievals of nuts ‘n bolts alien hardware have occurred, the detritus of which has been distributed (in the U.S.) to corporate America (the Col. Corso scenario)
- The Isolated Humans Hypothesis: An isolated, high-tech, closed community of humans with somewhat advanced scientific knowledge exists apart from the known culture
- The Stranded or Colonizing ETs/”gods” Hypothesis
- The Interdimensional or Time Travelers Hypothesis
For each, a series of “telltale signs” for each are given, including some pretty wild ones.
- development of unusual lines of biological/genetic inquiry by highly- qualified professionals whose career path would seem to diverge suddenly from what might have been extrapolated from their earlier work (e.g., accelerated research into retroviruses) [Extraterrestrial]
- continuing observation of technology only somewhat in advance of public knowledge (e.g., 1897 airships); unaccounted for, missing financial assets and industrial-grade resources, possibly including individuals; apparent covert misdirection of society, in the absence of real evidence, to accept the likelihood of ET presence [Isolated humans]
- evidence in myth for high-tech interpretation of claimed devices beyond human capability of the era to manufacture (e.g., nuclear-powered, algae production “manna machine” in Biblical times); hard evidence for isolated mountain bases, detectable by satellite signatures of fastwalker or UCT (uncorrelated target) flight paths, or anomalous undersea activity or bases detectable by distributed underwater monitoring systems [Stranded or colonizing ETs]
- Fortean phenomena of instant appearance/disappearance of beings; in a reverse process, humans experience “portal access” to alternate realities; appearance of beings “out of synch” in dress, mannerism or language, or technology similarly undecipherable; financial transaction timeline or other futures-oriented activity indicative of advanced foreknowledge [Interdimensional or time travelers]
However seriously you’re inclined to take this, there are the seeds of a couple of dozen science fiction stories in this paper.