Commentary on "To The Stars Academy" and UAP/UFO Documentation

Commentary on "To The Stars Academy" and UAP/UFO Documentation

Copyright 2021 by Michael H. Maggelet

An introductory post on the “To the Stars Academy” website regarding the GIMBAL and FLIR 1 UAP videos states “Presented here is the first official evidence released by the US government that can be rightfully designated as credible, authentic confirmation that unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) are real.” [1]

  I have to disagree. Declassified government files, along with reports from military witnesses and commercial pilots (along with radar data, photographs, etc) going back nearly 80 years proves beyond a reasonable doubt as to the veracity of the existence of unidentified aerial phenomena (more commonly referred to as UFO’s).

  One of the first revelations concerns the 23 September 1947 letter by General Nathan Twining to Brigadier General George Schulgen, in which he wrote of the existence of flying discs and their performance characteristics (see my article on this blog of 30 April 2020).
  Additionally, the USAF and other government agencies spent considerable time and effort in researching and compiling information (in fact, for the past 74 years) into something that “does not exist”. Much the same can be said for the purported detention by military authorities of New Mexico rancher Mac Brazel in July 1947 for a supposed “top secret weather balloon”.
  That's not to say I disagree wholeheartedly with the "To The Stars Academy", in fact they are doing an excellent job in bringing information to light.  

 
  Interestingly enough, the Computer UFO Network submitted an FOIA request in 1996 for records pertaining to the “Interplanetary Phenomena Unit”, which was supposedly created after the Los Angeles “air raid scare” of February 1942. The reply to CUFON’s request stated all records of the IPU were forwarded to USAF Office of Special Investigations and Project Blue Book when the IPU was closed in the late '50's [2]. 

  In the end, don’t expect much of a government revelation come June 2021 on any particular UFO case. There is much, much more to the story than simply flying saucers; the question is, can the public handle the disclosure of information confirming the existence of a technologically superior species that may not have our best interests in mind? 

 

Sources-

1. "To The Stars Academy" website, which contains video and documentation from the F-18 and USS Nimitz incidents.

https://thevault.tothestarsacademy.com/

2. CUFON FOIA request on IPU-

http://www.cufon.org/cufon/foiasop.htm

 

 3. Copy of Twining letter from National Archives, courtesy of NICAP-

http://www.nicap.org/twining_letter.htm

 
 

W28 Warhead "Building Block" Drawing with Corrections

W28 Warhead Building Block Drawing with Corrections
Copyright 2021 by Michael H. Maggelet

Many decades ago, the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico published a drawing of the building block concept for the W28 warhead. The W28 was an easy system to maintain, and was used in a wide variety of configurations before the advent of "dial a yield" weapons (there were five different yield variants, the yield being set during manufacture). There were several different modifications of the W28, used in tactical and strategic bombs, and as missile warheads.
  With that in mind, there was a minor error in the building block drawing, which transposed the B28FI (Full Fusing Internal) with the B28RI (Retarded Internal). This error continues to this day, with writers, authors, and plastic modelers misidentifying these weapons.
  Additionally, I've added a depiction of the W49 warhead, which is a modification of the W28. The W49 was used on the Atlas D, Jupiter, Thor (and Thor Project 437 ASAT). 

Jim Oskins Has Passed Away

Jim Oskins Has Passed Away

James C. Oskins, my co-author and fellow nuclear weapons specialist, has passed away.
  Jim started his career in 1955, and was a 33250 Nuclear Specialist, responsible for inspecting and maintaining nuclear capsules and the nuclear pit of the early nuclear weapons. This was a highly selective career field, with only a few dozen Air Force technicians working with Atomic Energy Commission custodians inspecting, cleaning, and assembling nuclear components at specific bases.   
  He later became a 33150 Weapons Fusing and Arming Specialist, responsible for the maintenance of nuclear weapon fuses and associated electronic equipment (most notably radars and the electronics cartridge of each weapon).
  Jim’s final AFSC was as a 46370 Nuclear Weapons Specialist, working on sealed pit nuclear weapons such as the W53 warhead, B53 bomb, and B57 and B61 thermonuclear bombs.
  His career pretty much came full circle, spanning the era of the prop driven B36 bomber to the modern F-111, from the early open pit nuclear weapons to the modern sealed pit designs, in assignments throughout the US and European theater. 
  
Rest in peace, Jim. You were a great historian, researcher, motivator, editor, and mentor, and will be sorely missed. 

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