Re: NSA into antigravity?
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On July 19, Gerald Ollman and Robert Wayne, two researchers from the University of Maryland geophysics department were detained in Fort Meade, Maryland, apparently by agents of the National Security Agency, whilst taking measurements of the Earth's gravitational field. After 18 hours of questioning, they were released after being instructed not to discuss the incident. Their equipment and results were not returned.
Neither the University nor the NSA has commented on the incident. However, it is believed that Ollman and Wayne were investigating a slight anomaly in the Earth's gravitational field centered around Fort Meade. No reason has been given for their detention.
Missile targeting software depends on good models of the earth's gravity for accuracy, both for design and for simulation purposes. Since Ft. Meade was doubtless the target of many nukes during the cold war (and probably still is), that may account for them having a bug up their asses on the subject. 'Course you know the NSA; the world's largest employer of mathematicians, the largest purchaser of computer hardware, and the largest consumer of Thorazine. -- Thank you VERY much! You'll be getting a Handsome Simulfax Copy of your OWN words in the mail soon (and My Reply). <Andrew.Spring@ping.be> PGP Print: 0529 C9AF 613E 9E49 378E 54CD E232 DF96 Thank you for question, exit left to Funway.
Andrew Spring writes:
Missile targeting software depends on good models of the earth's gravity for accuracy, both for design and for simulation purposes. Since Ft. Meade was doubtless the target of many nukes during the cold war (and probably still is), that may account for them having a bug up their asses on the subject.
More likely if you were working for the NSA and some people were driving about your place with expensive electronic monitoring equipment you would get nervous, too, until you knew precisely what they were doing. .pm
Neither the University nor the NSA has commented on the incident. However, it is believed that Ollman and Wayne were investigating a slight anomaly in the Earth's gravitational field centered around Fort Meade. No reason has been given for their detention.
The anomaly is just the NSA basements full of buzzing machines emitting all that RFI and putting the Earth off tilt by .004 degrees a year. The nukes actually home in on the emitted radiation like a heat seeking missile. :) Mark
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Sun, 20 Aug 1995, Andrew Spring wrote:
Missile targeting software depends on good models of the earth's gravity for accuracy, both for design and for simulation purposes. . .
Not so much a model as an exact map of earth's gravity field. Twenty years ago, I was friends with a scientist who had worked for the US government some years before that. He sailed around the North Atlantic in a ship that contained extremely sensitive gravity measuring devices. He was mapping masscons on the ocean floor so that their effect on intercontinental ballistic missiles could be taken into account when targetting the missiles. The equipment was sensitive enough to measure the gravity gradient between sea level and altitude of a meter or two. Since the ship on which he sailed regularly experienced swells of that magnitude or greater, other equipment was used to measure the swells and to mathematically cancel out their effect. Cool. I can see why the folks at Ft. Meade would be hinkie about such measurements being made around them. No need to hypothisize micro-singularities or anti-gravity experiments. Occam's Razor in action. S a n d y Who must secretly work for the NSA's disinformation department. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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