The original post: /r/ufos by /u/Bilderburg_ on 2025-01-04 12:39:53.
Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States, a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission(AEC) and the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It was launched from Johnston Atollon July 9, 1962, and was the largest nuclear test conducted in outer space, and one of five conducted by the US in space.
On July 9, 1962, at 09:00:09 Coordinated Universal Time (11:00:09 pm on July 8, 1962, Honolulu time), the Starfish Prime test was detonated at an altitude of 250 miles (400 km). The coordinates of the detonation were 16°28′N 169°38′W.[1]: 4 The actual weapon yield came very close to the design yield, which various sources have set at different values in the range of 1.4 to 1.45 Mt(5.9 to 6.1 PJ). The nuclear warhead detonated 13 minutes 41 seconds after liftoff of the Thor missile from Johnston Atoll.[5]
Starfish Prime caused an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that was far larger than expected, so much larger that it drove much of the instrumentation off scale, causing great difficulty in getting accurate measurements. The Starfish Prime electromagnetic pulse also made those effects known to the public by causing electrical damage in Hawaii, about 900 miles (1,450 km) away from the detonation point, knocking out about 300 streetlights,[1]: 5 setting off numerous burglar alarms, and damaging a telephone company microwave link.[6] The EMP damage to the microwave link shut down telephone calls from Kauai to the other Hawaiian Islands.[7]
Imagine how far that “Much larger than expected” EMP would have travelled in outer space! The densest parts of the interstellar medium (ISM) are still 100 trillion times less dense than Earth's atmosphere.
CALLING ALL ALIENS…HEY OVER HERE, THAT WAS US THAT JUST SHUT DOWN YOUR MOTHERSHIP.
Maybe NORAD and the FAA should shut down all air traffic over NJ and NY for a moment and use an HMP or DEW on anything that still remains the skies above? IMO
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel, missiles, vehicles, and optical devices.
HPM A non-nuclear device that uses powerful batteries or reactive chemicals to create a smaller-scale EMP effect than the HEMP HPM energy can be focused using a specially-shaped antenna to produce effects similar to HEMP within a confined area.
Pentagon reveals cause of 1960s uptick in ‘extraterrestrial’ activity: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ufo-sightings-cause-pentagon-uptick-b2509598.html