Roswell and electonics technology

[Twodogs]

I'm not a big conspiracy guy, but one thing has always seemed like a no brain-er to me. I saw a show about how electronics technology grew after the Roswell incident. They had a line chart, that was fairly steady until that time, but then spiked straight upward. They went on to explain how the jump from vacuum tubes to solid state devices, had big gaps. In other words, tubes never reached their full potential before being passed up with silicon devices. The theory is of course that we reverse engineered components taken from the crash site. That's about all I know of it, but I'm wondering if anyone here could expound.

[Sandy G]

If you want to check out something that will curl yr fingernails backwards-If even 10% of it is true-Google "Dulce Base"...Obviously, 90% of it is blarney, but still...

[Twodogs]

ooow, creepy stuff Sandy. It just always seemed possible to me that a ship of some sort could have crashed. Some of you guys know that vacuum tubes are my hobby (read obsession), and I can actually take one apart, and it makes sense to me how it can move electrons in a controlled way. When I look at a mini micro chip though, I can't for the life of me understand how there can be 10,000 (or more) vacuum tubes inside that tiny piece of sand. I've never had anyone be able to explain in the simplest terms how chips work. Transistors even make a "little" sense to me, but chips don't. If you look at one closely under magnification, there is barely enough surface area to attach all the connections, much less have room left over for anything else. The rube here though, is how would they reverse engineer something like that? I'm really hoping this topic takes off, and that I can get some understanding of these technological marvels.

[Combwork]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

ooow, creepy stuff Sandy. It just always seemed possible to me that a ship of some sort could have crashed. Some of you guys know that vacuum tubes are my hobby (read obsession), and I can actually take one apart, and it makes sense to me how it can move electrons in a controlled way. When I look at a mini micro chip though, I can't for the life of me understand how there can be 10,000 (or more) vacuum tubes inside that tiny piece of sand. I've never had anyone be able to explain in the simplest terms how chips work. Transistors even make a "little" sense to me, but chips don't. If you look at one closely under magnification, there is barely enough surface area to attach all the connections, much less have room left over for anything else. The rube here though, is how would they reverse engineer something like that? I'm really hoping this topic takes off, and that I can get some understanding of these technological marvels.

Another very quick jump was conventional jet fighters to stealth fighters. No halfway house; one day conventional, almost the next day fully developed aircraft that look about as aerodynamic as a house brick, and cannot be detected by radar.

[Twodogs]

Hmm, I never thought about that, but it is odd.

[soundhound]

if we stole the technology for digital audio from the aliens, they can have it back!

[stereocuuple]

Originally Posted by Combwork

Another very quick jump was conventional jet fighters to stealth fighters. No halfway house; one day conventional, almost the next day fully developed aircraft that look about as aerodynamic as a house brick, and cannot be detected by radar.

the germans were pioneering this tech. in 1944 not such a big leap. most conventional radars are simple to avoid. dopler and lidar are another matter.

[painter]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

If you want to check out something that will curl yr fingernails backwards-If even 10% of it is true-Google "Dulce Base"...Obviously, 90% of it is blarney, but still...

My father was a miner and I remember him telling us he and several of his friends worked on a government project that included drilling through a mountain. From what I can remember...it was his opinion.... that a military base was involved. I googled underground military bases and it falls in line with what I remember him saying.

Aliens? Anything is possible. IF there are such creatures (dunno why we call them creatures) I do believe they are walking among us. Super intelligent beings...who could be your neighbor. We always fear what we don't understand or know. The way the world is heading now...we could use a little intelligence and what a CHANGE that would be!!!Heh...

[soundhound]

Originally Posted by painter

Super intelligent beings...who could be your neighbor.

obviously you've never met my neighbors....

[Charles]

Well, I reckon all of the aliens from Outer Space have tin ears.

Otherwise, the would have come up with a better vacuum tube.

Don't suppose they were behind the nuvistor, do you?

Chas