Person
Kevin Knuth
Kevin Knuth is a physicist at the University at Albany, a former NASA research scientist, vice president of UAPx and an affiliate of the Galileo Project. His 2019 Entropy paper with Robert Powell and Peter Reali estimates the accelerations and power implied by well-documented UAP cases such as the Tic Tac. At the 2023 SOL Symposium he added estimates for Minot 1968 and other cases, while saying he is skeptical of people who assume they saw an alien spacecraft.
On the record
- Knuth, Powell and Reali, Entropy 21, 939 (2019).
- SOL Symposium talk, November 2023.
Claims (4)
With Robert Powell and Peter Reali he estimated the Tic Tac's acceleration at 5,000 g or more and its power at about 1,100 GW for a 1,000-kg object.Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial VehiclesTic Tac (FLIR1)analysisSourced, unconfirmedKevin Knuth
From the Minot 1968 radar data he estimates about 209 g and Mach 12.Minot 1968Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial VehiclesanalysisSourced, unconfirmedKevin Knuth
"I am skeptical of people who have assumed they have witnessed an alien spacecraft."The Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin KnuthfirsthandOn the recordKevin Knuth
HMNZS Southland in February 1987 had a huge USO pass under the ship, per its radar operator David Barnett.thread/oceansecondhandLeadKevin Knuth
What Kevin Knuth said (8 claims)
On the record 7Alleged 1
“"I am skeptical of people who have assumed they have witnessed an alien spacecraft"; unfamiliar engineering can look like anomalous physics.”On the recordThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
SOL 2023 talk, quoted at 3:18.
“The Tic Tac accelerated at least 5,000 g, which for a 1,000-kg object means about 1,100 GW, with no energy released when it stops (about 250 Tomahawks' worth).”On the recordThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
From the 2019 paper and SOL talk.
“Reported luminosities run from 2,000 to 30,000 MW, and some cases show electric and magnetic field effects and transmedium travel.”On the recordThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
“At Minot AFB on 24 Oct 1968 an egg-shaped object "like molten lava" paced a descending B-52 at about 3 mi and closed 2 mi in one radar sweep, implying about 209 g and Mach 12.”On the recordThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
Crew reports and radar; the figures are Knuth's.
“In February 1987 north of New Zealand a 150 by 800 ft USO closed 20 km in under half a minute, passed under HMNZS Southland and drained its power.”AllegedThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
Knuth cites radar operator David Barnett; to verify.
“Photos on Knuth's slide include Costa Rica 1971 (a government mapping plane over Lago de Cote), Wausau 2003, Vancouver 2005, Green Bay 2007 and Trindade 1958.”On the recordThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
“A 1953 Canadian photograph (McCabe, via Vallee) is used to estimate an object's light output.”On the recordThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
“JAL 1628 is one of the worked cases in Knuth's paper.”On the recordThe Physics of UFOs - Dr. Kevin Knuth
Cases (3)
- 1968Minot AFB B-52 radar-visual case (24 October 1968)
- 1986Japan Air Lines Flight 1628
- 2004The Nimitz 'Tic Tac'