As per a peculiar undertaking in the science world, a crème of scientists gathered to discuss how to overcome gravity and peruse controversial phenomena like unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in a Zoom meeting in November 2020.
According to science news outlet The Debrief, the inaugural meeting of the Alternative Propulsion Energy Conference (APEC) saw scientists and engineers from the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), the Defense Advance Research Projects (DARPA), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), put their brains together to beat the formidable force of gravity. Experts from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were also a part of the venture.
APEC centered discussions around topics like the Non-Newtonian Em Propulsion and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) encounters. UFOs were a popular discussion point, considering the recent surge in interest on the topic amongst military pilots who claimed they encountered anomalous beings, as well as the US Pentagon creating intrigue with a report that they released on the topic in June.
The conference moderator and organizer Tim Ventura told The Debrief that the Alt Propulsion community involved ‘aerospace, defense, electrical engineering, physics, UFOs, and frontier science cultures’. Ventura also said that the intersectionality of the conference made disagreement inevitable, but the attendees were able to manage conflict with ease.
The Debrief reported that 22 meetings of the conference have taken place since the first meeting last year and while defeating gravity appears to be a pipe dream still, there is no saying what APEC’s serious commitment to the project would achieve in the future.
