ELEMENT 115

ELEMENT 115

One of the problematic areas of studying UFOs is judging information that has come from popular sources who have been found to be lying in some of their stories. Does this mean that ALL of the information that they have ever provided on the subject of UFOs is false or is it just some of their information? One of these people is George Adamski who made some simply ludicrous claims about UFOs, yet he does have at least a few stories which were witnessed by several people who have signed affadavits as tto their veracity. Even Timothy Good has professed his belief in some of Adamski’s stories. The Ufonalyzer has his own opinion on why some people may originally start out with some great and truthful stories, and then down the line start lying about things. This is to keep the ball rolling, make more money, and extend their 15 minutes of fame. Or whatever. The bottom line is that it takes a lot of effort just to decide which of their stories is fake and which is real.

One of the many side trips and anomalies of the UFO world is element 115. The story of element 115 has been an intriguing one for 20 years. The recent announcement in July, 2009, that Element 112 has just received the name Copernicium in honor of Copernicus promted the U to jump into the superheavy element subject area. Element 115 became a popular topic in the UFO world after Bob Lazar claimed in 1989 that it comprised the heart of the UFO propulsion system. He claims that now the Us Gov’t now has 500 pounds of it somewhere, presumably recovered from various UFO crashes. The Ufonalyzer does not believe what Lazar has claimed about element 115, but kudos to Mr. Lazar for coming up with a story that is so intriguing and for even being aware in 1989 that superheavy elements yet undiscovered may indeed have an “island of stability” as they say in this field. The nuclear scientist Glen Seaborg postulated the island of stability while serving a chairman of the AEC from 1961-71. Then in 1969, a research paper [1] performed calculations that that took stability predictive analysis to Z = 114 (the number of protons in the superheavy element), with the best stability at Z = 110 , N = 184. (N is the number of neutrons in the element.) Before we dismiss Mr. Lazar, let us admit the guy is intelligent and creative and he did indeed work at area 51 for a short time. He may have been given the job titles he has claimed (physicist, electrical engineer) due to having been recognized as an undegreed, raw, natural talent. Furthermore, it is pretty obvious that the govt has erased some of his records, so this means that he does have an important or at least secret story to tell. Also, the videos taken from a distance of test flights at Area 51 on the exact schedule that Mr Lazar predicted go a long way toward proving that “being employed at Area 51”part of his story is true. Unfortunately the obvious evasions and lies about his education really detract from his story. The U could care less about the prostitution stuff that his detractors usually use to discredit him. That stuff is irrelevant to UFOs (although others would argue that that reflects on his character). One galling thing about his claims is that he says that the equipment provided to him to use in his investigation was an oscilloscope and a digital voltmeter. If that was the case, then how in the world could he have reached the astounding conclusions about gravity amplifiers, the nuclear strong force “leaking” past the outer boundary of element 115 and then distorting gravity nearby to be available then to be amplified by those doggone gravity amplifiers, the decay of Element 116 (created from 115) which releases an antimatter particle, super efficient thermal generators, and such. I suppose that if you found some 115, you could measure its volume and then weigh it to determine its density, but how could you draw some of his other conclusions with only a voltmeter and oscilloscope? None of this adds up, so it is very doubtful that Mr. Lazar has told the truth about element 115.

It is a fact that physicists predict a possible island of stability starting at about element ? and lasting to possibly element ? (“Element ? means that the nucleus contains ? protons.) Thiose same physicists also hypothesize that another second such island of stability could also exist at around ??, but since we can hardly build an atom that lands within the first island of stability, let’s forget about the second one.

“The calculations are extended to the predicted superheavy region around Z = 114 and N = 184. The total overall stability with respect to alpha and beta decay, and spontaneous fission is found to be most favorable in the vicinity of Z = 110 and N = 184. Detailed diagrams and tables are exhibited.
[1] On the nuclear structure and stability of heavy and superheavy elements, Nuclear Physics A Volume 131, Issue 1, 23 June 1969, quote drawn from the abstract of this 66 page paper.


Bismuth and the periodic table column. 1921 article, patentin 2000.