“Freeky Physics” aside, mechanical wrist watches that displayed the date were common in the early 1960’s… I find it odd that not one team
member possessed such a mundane time piece. Even if the “Freeky Physics” would have eventually made it inaccurate, I still find it very hard to
believe that not one team member possessed such a watch for this type of mission, and wouldn’t have referenced it during the log entries.
“The ED automatically detects the required demand and then outputs that exact amount. It worked on everything electrical except equipment that
contained a magnetic field. Somehow, our magnetic field interferes with the output demand of the ED. However, we have developed a shielding process to
correct this.”
Electrons in motion generate a magnetic field. Just plugging wires into the ED and having current flow through the wires would have generated
magnetic fields…
“The ED automatically detects the required demand and then outputs that exact amount.”
and
“We did extensive, exhaustive experimentation with the ED. We could power everything from a 0.5 watt bulb to an entire house.”
A house is usually full of a variety of components, each with its own voltage/wattage/amperage requirements. Each device has its own means of
stepping up or down the raw power coming out of the wall socket (usually a transformer)
and
A transformer, like everything else electrical (including a light bulb) generates a magnetic field.
onward
Some basic math:
“5) They also took electric razors, coffee pots, electric heaters, a DIM (no explanation as to what this was), an electric IBM typewriter, a
scientific calculator, slide rules (both conventional and scientific), Base Data Collection Recorder (BDCR), three different sized telescopes,
tangents, both conventional and electrical.
The list goes on and on. But they took about everything they were allowed to take, as to weight. The Ebens did weigh the equipment taken by our team.
The weight limit was 4.5 tons or 9,000 lbs. As for food, the team took C-Rations, military style. They carefully planned for 10 years.”
however
“The team took enough food for two years and rationed it another eight months, but eventually had to eat the visitor's [Eben's: alien's name]
food. This caused all team members gastrointestinal problems. Eventually, they adjusted. The visitors tried to create different foods but few
worked.”
Let’s say that the team took enough C-Rations to last them for two years (not ten). Using standard military C-Rations of the times, this equals
37,887 pounds gross weight, and 1051.2 cubic feet of space. This does not include water. These numbers were obtained using the Standard B Ration:
Standard B Ration
Gross weight/ration 4.325 pounds
Gross cube/ration .120 en. feet
Other ration numbers to play with:
Ration Small Detachment, 5 person
Rations/case 5
Average weight/case 31 pounds
Weight/ration 6.2 pounds
Cube/case 1.1 cubic feet
(12 people, two years, 3 meals a day equals 49,866 pounds gross weight, this does not include water)
Meal Combat, Individual
Meals/case 12
Weight/case 25-26 pounds
Weight/meal (less shipping case) 1.63 pounds
Cube/case .8713 cubic feet
(12 people, two years, 3 meals a day equals 54,750 to 56,940 pounds gross weight, this does not include water)
(
www.qmfound.com...)
Along with two years worth of “C-Rations” they also took along equipment, which puts the weight even higher…
and yet
“The weight limit was 4.5 tons or 9,000 lbs.”
As an aside, any reference to 420 of any kind anywhere makes me suspect *shrugs*
rock on
twj