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UFO speed

In case of UFO events which dumped the beam, the high-time-resolution post-mortem data [4] are saved. In 2010 there were 18 beam dumps due to UFO events. Out of these 10 events had a signal shape which can be well fitted with gaussian, reminding a signal shape obtained during the wire scan. An example of such data is shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8: BLM Post-Mortem data generated by a UFO event which dumped the beam.
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Assuming that the size of the UFO particle is much smaller than the beam size one can calculate the speed of the particle passing through the beam. The speeds found in this analysis vary from 0.4 to 4.5 m/s, what supports the idea that the electromagnetic forces have dominant contribution to the movement of the UFO objects.



Mariusz Sapinski 2012-05-26