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University of Florida’s scientist Subrata Roy has created a UFO that is not unidentifiable. His UFO is a “wingless electromagnetic air vehicle,” (aka WEAV) that is a saucer-shaped craft and is similar to the movie The Hunt For Red October’s submarine that was powered by a magnetohydrodynamic drive instead of propellers or moving parts.

Magnetohydrodynamics is the study of electrically conducting fluids (e.g. plasma, salt water or liquid metals). So The Hunt’s sub had a series of electrodes that ionized and then pushed the water out, silently propelling the submarine forward. In the case of the WEAV’s sub, it uses thin ceramic plates placed on the top, bottom and sides that steer the craft. The electrodes convert the air to plasma by ionizing it and then an electrical current is passed through the plasma pushing around the surrounding air creating momentum. Did you get all that?  Either way, “If this works and we are able to fly it, this will be a quantum shift in how we see flying objects,” said Roy.

Sorry to break all of the UFO fan’s hearts, but the craft does need air to function and thus cannot fly to another planet to pick up neighboring aliens for a drink at the local pub. Nonetheless, this craft is certainly gaining attention from NASA, the US Air Force and UFO theorists.

The WEAV is set to fly for the first time in roughly 4 months.

Sources: 1, 2, 3