Anomaly: A Scientific Exploration of the UFO Phenomenon

by Daniel Coumbe

Overview

In June 2021, the U.S. National Intelligence publicly admitted that UF's are real physical objects and that they have been penetrating restricted military airspace since at least 2004. Despite this bombshell and further recent admissions by the Pentagon, the identity of these mysterious craft remains unknown. This book brings the full scientific method to bear on this enigmatic issue.

Written by Daniel Coumbe, a former research scientist at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen with a PhD in theoretical particle physics, this book defines one of the first scientifically credible studies of UF's in the modern era.

Anomaly reveals new results derived from radar, optical sensors, and scientific instruments, rather than speculating on unreliable eyewitness testimony. This scientific approach provides the reader with clear and reliable answers, something that is desperately needed in the murky field of UF's.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538172131
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/01/2022
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Daniel Coumbe has held research positions at Syracuse University in New York, Jagiellonian University in Poland, and the prestigious Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark. Daniel has published 14 peer-reviewed research papers on theoretical physics, including articles in world-leading journals such as Physical Review Letters and Classical and Quantum Gravity. Dr. Coumbe is the author of a graduate-level textbook on quantum gravity, Magnifying Spacetime: How Physics Changes with Scale. He has taught college-level courses in physics and mathematics and has given numerous presentations at international physics conferences.

Daniel was born in England but currently lives in Denmark with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Preface

1 We Need to Talk about UF's

1.1 Black Swans

1.2 There’s Something in the Air

1.3 Filtering Evidence

1.3.1 Filter 1: Eyewitness Testimony

1.3.2 Filter 2: Single Sensor Data

1.3.3 Filter 3: Multiple Sensor Data

1.3.4 Filter 4: Physical Evidence

1.3.5 Summary

1.4 Notes

Part I: Case Studies

2 Japan Airlines Flight 1628

2.1 Case Description

2.2 Analysis

2.2.1 How to Track a UFO on Radar

2.2.2 Remarkable Results

2.2.3 Evaluation of Evidence

2.3 Appendix

2.3.1 Kinematics

2.3.2 Processing the Radar Data

2.3.3 Error Estimates

2.3.4 Data

2.4 Notes

3 The Brazilian Fragments

3.1 Case Description

3.2 Analysis

3.2.1 Bulk Composition

3.2.2 Impurities

3.2.3 Isotopes

3.2.4 Evaluation of Evidence

3.3 Appendix

3.3.1 Uncertainty of Terrestrial Isotopic Ratios

3.3.2 Uncertainty of Cleveland 2018 Isotopic Ratios

3.3.3 Sigma Tension

3.4 Notes

4 The Lonnie Zamora Incident

4.1 Case Description

4.2 Analysis

4.2.1 Weighing a UFO

4.2.2 Testing Alternative Hypotheses

4.2.3 Weighing an Alien

4.2.4 Evaluation of Evidence

4.3 Appendix

4.3.1 How to Weigh a UFO

4.3.2 Resolution of the Human Eye

4.3.3 The Physics of Balloons

4.4 Notes

5 The Aguadilla Object

5.1 Case Description

5.2 Analysis

5.2.1 Radar Data

5.2.2 Thermal Imaging Data

5.2.3 Evaluation of Evidence

5.3 Appendix

5.3.1 Haversine Formula

5.3.2 Error Estimates

5.4 Notes

Part II: The Bigger Picture

6 Where Are All the UF's?

6.1 A UFO Toolkit

6.2 A UFO Database

6.3 Military

6.3.1 Introduction

6.3.2 Analysis

6.4 Water

6.4.1 Introduction

6.4.2 Analysis

6.5 Environment

6.5.1 Introduction

6.5.2 Analysis

6.6 Earthquakes

6.6.1 Introduction

6.6.2 Analysis

6.7 Blood

6.7.1 Introduction

6.7.2 Analysis

6.8 Appendix

6.8.1 Statistical Calculations

6.8.2 Military Study

6.8.3 Water Study

6.8.4 Environment Study

6.8.5 Earthquake Study

6.8.6 Blood Study

6.9 Notes

7 When Are All the UF's?

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Analysis

7.3 Appendix

7.3.1 Calculations

7.3.2 E.T. Movies Study

7.3.3 Time of Year Study

7.4 Notes

8 What Does It All Mean?

8.1 What Are They?

8.2 What Do They Want?

8.3 What Now?

8.4 Notes

Index

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

My fellow physicists are waking up! After more than 70 years with the scientific community neglecting, or worse, ridiculing, the topic of Unidentified Flying Objects (UF's) or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), Dr. Daniel Coumbe is to be commended for his scientific examination of a number of prominent and compelling UFO/UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) cases and his presentation of those cases in a careful, rigorous, exciting, and engaging book for scientists and laypeople alike. One cannot help but read this book and ponder the implications of these results and what will be learned when the scientific community as a whole decides to get to work and study this remarkable phenomenon. Dr. Coumbe's book is the momentous start of something remarkable that will significantly impact humanity.

Kevin H. Knuth

Using his background as a former research scientist at the Niels Bohr Institute, and having a PhD in theoretical particle physics, [Cuombe] explore[s] the world of ufology from a much needed scientific perspective.

Magonia Review of Books

An important contribution to the large body of scientific research examining the UFO phenomenon. The quantitative approach used adds new insight in helping to identify patterns across credible cases and reports throughout the world and through time.”

Michael P. Masters

With NASA undertaking a study on UF's and the US Congress holding hearings, this timely and insightful book looks at the phenomenon not through the credulous eyes of belief, but through the impartial lens of science. Focusing on the hard data, Coumbe's meticulous analysis identifies some intriguing possibilities that should form the basis for further scientific research.

Nick Pope

"An important contribution to the large body of scientific research examining the UFO phenomenon. The quantitative approach used adds new insight in helping to identify patterns across credible cases and reports throughout the world and through time."

My fellow physicists are waking up! After more than 70 years with the scientific community neglecting, or worse, ridiculing, the topic of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), Dr. Daniel Coumbe is to be commended for his scientific examination of a number of prominent and compelling UFO/UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) cases and his presentation of those cases in a careful, rigorous, exciting, and engaging book for scientists and laypeople alike. One cannot help but read this book and ponder the implications of these results and what will be learned when the scientific community as a whole decides to get to work and study this remarkable phenomenon. Dr. Coumbe's book is the momentous start of something remarkable that will significantly impact humanity.

Using his background as a former research scientist at the Niels Bohr Institute, and having a PhD in theoretical particle physics, [Cuombe] explore[s] the world of ufology from a much needed scientific perspective.

With NASA undertaking a study on UFOs and the US Congress holding hearings, this timely and insightful book looks at the phenomenon not through the credulous eyes of belief, but through the impartial lens of science. Focusing on the hard data, Coumbe's meticulous analysis identifies some intriguing possibilities that should form the basis for further scientific research.

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