TITLE:
Eye on the Sky: A UAP Research and Field Study off New York’s Long Island Coast
AUTHORS:
John Joseph Tedesco, Gerald Thomas Tedesco
KEYWORDS:
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP), Forensic Techno-Signatures, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Multispectral Electro-Optical (MEO), Ultraviolet A Radiation (UVA), Ultraviolet B Radiation (UVB), Ultraviolet C Radiation (UVC), Visible (VIS), Near-Infrared (NIR), Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR), Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR), Low-Frequency (LF), High-Frequency (HF), Radio-Frequency (RF), Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Ultrasonic, X-Band Active Radar, Kinematics, Aerodynamics, Luminous Spheroids, Robert Moses State Park (RMSP)
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.14 No.8,
August
27,
2024
ABSTRACT: A ten-month field research study was meticulously conducted at Robert Moses State Park (RMSP) on the south shore of Long Island, NY. The objective was to determine if aerial phenomena of an unknown nature exist over a coastal location and to characterize their properties and behaviors. Primary and secondary field observation methods were utilized in this data-centric study. Forensic engineering principles and methodologies guided the study. The challenges set forward were object detection, observation, and characterization, where multispectral electro-optical devices and radar were employed due to limited visual acuity and intermittent presentation of the phenomena. The primary means of detection utilized a 3 cm X-band radar operating in two scan geometries, the X- and Y-axis. Multispectral electro-optical devices were utilized as a secondary means of detection and identification. Data was emphasized using HF and LF detectors and spectrum analyzers incorporating EM, ultrasonic, magnetic, and RF field transducers to record spectral data in these domains. Data collection concentrated on characterizing VIS, NIR, SWIR, LWIR, UVA, UVB, UVC, and the higher energy spectral range of ionizing radiation (alpha, beta, gamma, and X-ray) recorded by Geiger-Müller counters as well as special purpose semiconductor diode sensors.