There does seem to be a pattern... Garry Nolan and Peter Skafish from Sol Foundation, Matthew Szydagis from UAPx. Loeb's colleagues. Shermer as the token skeptic
Shermer's Skeptic magazine published a press release about his nomination that includes a short bio of each nominee.
Full list of appointees, alphabetized by last name:
Dr. Richard Cloete — Galileo Project postdoctoral fellow trained at the...
This caught my eye, as well. I have nothing against "young" scientists...but if something is being implied
about them being superior for this, seems worth mentioning...
This caught my eye, as well. I have nothing against "young" scientists...but if something is being implied
about them being superior for this, seems worth mentioning...
Thread about the patent here,
US Navy "UFO" patent by Salvatore Cezar Pais (also relevant post #41 by @FatPhil in the Meta Materials From UFOs thread).
In that thread, @flarkey linked to The War Zone article "The Navy Finally Speaks Up About...
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Plus it was allowed to expire. If it was patenting something that actually worked, it would be of extraordinary importance and value. But it was allowed to expire for non payment of maintenance fees?
Thread about the patent here,
US Navy "UFO" patent by Salvatore Cezar Pais (also relevant post #41 by @FatPhil in the Meta Materials From UFOs thread).
In that thread, @flarkey linked to The War Zone article "The Navy Finally Speaks Up About...
Thank you.
There are massive red flags in that wikipedia article:
He reported that he began in 2015 to publish his patents "after rejections from academic publishing"
No working prototype of any of the patented inventions was ever developed...
NorCal Dave did a good summary of this case. I was the one who provided Brian Dunning with the general timeline and Brophy connection and all that. Quick recap: Pinotti got those documents, it was a relatively mild story, nothing in the telegrams...