The federal government has spent years investing millions into funding research projects straight out of a sci-fi movie.
The projects dating back to 2009 include those focused on invisibility cloaking, traversable wormholes, negative energy, anti-gravity, high-frequency gravitational wave communications, and a proposal to tunnel a hole through the moon. Research into the projects was done to assess the military and defense capabilities of the new technologies.
"None of these technologies ever seem to have gotten remotely close to being a reality, as far as we know," the outlet claimed Tuesday.The document"Invisibility Cloaking: Theory and Experiments" explored"camouflage, transparency, and cloaking" and"honestly discusses technological challenges to making a practical invisibility cloak," according to a Defense Intelligence Agency memo.
The two programs relied on contract research conducted by an arm of a private company, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Studies, which is owned by eccentric hotel magnate Robert Bigelow, a personal friend of the late Sen. Harry Reid. Bigelow lobbied for the creation of the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program while Reid created funding for it and also drafted the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program contract, the report said, citing Popular Mechanics.
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