One of the most mysterious events in the recent history of humanity, UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) have brought many conspiracy theories with them for years. While some people say that UFOs are real and that aliens frequently visit our world, others believe that UFOs are fairy tales made up to fool children.
While these discussions continued, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) researchers have invented a disk-shaped vehicle that can fly without the need for air. This discovery, of course, also mobilized conspiracy theorists.
Humanity’s first true UFO
The spacecraft invented by MIT researchers uses the electrical fields of planets or celestial bodies instead of using the atmosphere to stay in the air. The spacecraft, whose prototype is currently being produced, was designed with inspiration from the term UFO, which has been described by many for years.
Since most of the asteroids and other celestial bodies in space do not have an atmosphere, these celestial bodies are directly exposed to the sun’s rays and an electrical field is formed around them thanks to the plasmas in the sun’s rays. It is envisaged that the spacecraft, which is planned to travel in space using this electrical field, will be able to travel between planets without using any fuel.
The team that designed the spacecraft said in a statement that the vehicle can use the electricity it collects from celestial bodies as fuel thanks to the small thrusters on it, and that it can be stored “effortlessly” in space by storing electricity.
Oliver Jia-Richards, the leader of the team, said in an interview that “In the near future, instruments similar to our spacecraft could be used to study planets and other celestial bodies,” and announced that this technology could soon come to life.