Research field · Princeton, Ohio State, Purdue, AFRL Aerospace Systems, Lockheed Skunk Works, Novosibirsk ITAM
Plasma aerodynamics and MHD propulsion
Using ionized air and magnetic fields to steer hypersonic flow, cut drag, or pull power from the airstream. This is Sergey Macheret's field, and his AAWSAP DIRD 33 surveys it. UAP believers see it as the physics behind silent, boomless craft wrapped in a plasma sheath.
On the record
- DIRD 33: Ajax-style MHD bypass is 'meaningless below at least Mach 12'; reverse energy bypass with a Virtual Cowl is 'potentially practical'.
- Macheret patents for Lockheed: plasma-actuated vortex generators (US 8,916,795).
- Princeton work on scramjet inlet control by off-body energy addition (virtual cowl).
- Russia prosecuted several Novosibirsk hypersonics and plasma scientists for treason; Kolker died in custody in 2022.
Claims (4)
UAP fly without sonic booms or exhaust by wrapping themselves in a plasma sheath steered by MHD.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
The Russian treason cases show the field draws real state-security attention.analysisSourced, unconfirmed
The Tic Tac was a Lockheed plasma test vehicle.anonymousSourced, unconfirmed
Connected
Maj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland personDr. Nuno F. G. Loureiro personDr. Sergey O. Macheret person