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UFO UpDates Mailing List 'Solid Light' UFO Events - A Theoretical Basis? From: Bill Chalker <bill_c@bigpond.com> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:20:22 +1100 Fwd Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:40:41 -0500 Subject: 'Solid Light' UFO Events - A Theoretical Basis?

"Solid light" cases, to me are, are among the most fascinating categories of UFO phenomena. Here UFOs appear to use light in a coherent and controlled way, in some cases light beams take on a seemingly "solid" appearance, turning corners, being used to lift things, and sometimes as a "tunnel" conveyance. Such cases are fascinating. Lets hear from those of you out there interested in these sorts of cases and who might have accessible data bases on such cases. Nature magazine has just published a paper entitled "Observation of coherent optical information storage in an atomic medium using halted light pulses", by Hauu et.al, 25th January, 2001.

The whole paper is available on the Nature web site in text & PDF format: http://www.nature.com/nature/fow/010125.html

Media reporting etc and the paper itself suggests that maybe we have the beginnings of a theoretical basis for these extraordinary UFO cases that feature "solid light". eg. New York Times and Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Jan, 2001:"Researchers say they have slowed light to a dead stop, stored it, and then released it as if it were an ordinary material particle." Hope you find it as fascinating as I did.