Posted on 12/20/2022 9:31:48 AM PST by BenLurkin
A team of physicists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has collaborated on a paper that discusses the possibility of using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) to search for evidence of aliens piloting huge spacecraft around the Milky Way. They group has posted their paper on the arXiv preprint server.
In this new effort, the researchers note that science has advanced to the point that gravity waves can be detected by technology such as LIGO. They further suggest that it is not beyond the realm of possibility that aliens piloting spacecraft could leave gravity waves in their wake that could be detected here on Earth using such technology.
It would also have to be moving really fast—their calculations showed approximately 1/10 the speed of light. And it would have to be reasonably close—say about 326,000 light-years from Earth. They note that under such conditions, if they were to arise, researchers at LIGO should be able to spot the gravity waves generated.
The researchers also note that if aliens are using warp drives, scientists on Earth should be able to spot them, too, using the same technology, because such a craft would also generate gravity waves.
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Only if they are travelling in our 3-dimensional construct.
Extra-dimensional travel will leave no wake.
Only if they are travelling in our 3-dimensional construct.
Extra-dimensional travel will leave no wake.
Anything gets near Uranus, we should try to wipe them out immediately.
Exactly. It could be something the size of a police box, but bigger on the inside.
Lol!
True. It’s Hilarious.
I’d be watching for small probes, not flying cities.
I was referring to the Tardis from Doctor Who.
“no UFOs between here and there”
Classic “science”—staring through telescopes while UFOs buzz the air above them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C.,_UFO_incident
Sure it’s easy for them to say they can detect warp drives but what if they are offline and all the aliens have is impulse?
The idea is sure to impress the people who decide to give government grant money or not. I think the LIGO detectives should find another line of work.
“We have spotted the furthest star ever recorded over 30 billion lightyears away and no UFOs between here and there.”
The UFOs are approaching from the exact opposite direction.
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