Meteorites are 4.3 billion years old
The meteorite fragments Brian Keating brought are 4.3 billion years old — older than the Earth itself, which formed about 4.2 billion years ago.
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#316 Brian Keating - The First Object Ever Found From Another Solar System
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Jun 25, 2026
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WWII Radar, Luis Alvarez, and the UFO Hypothesis
At 59:31 · chapter starts 54:10
Keating pivots to WWII physics, describing how Luis Alvarez — who later won the Nobel Prize and was the only scientist on the Enola Gay — spent the war perfecting radar spoofing rather than nuclear weapons. His system broadcast a signal that decreased in strength according to the inverse square law as it approached, making an attacking aircraft appear to be moving away on enemy radar screens until the last fatal moment. Keating's point is sharp: if U-boat operators experienced this, they would have sworn the attacking plane defied the laws of physics — exactly the language used to describe modern UAPs. This is his Occam's razor argument: classified military technology is a far simpler explanation for 'physics-defying' phenomena than interdimensional beings. He then formally introduces the meteorite giveaway, explaining that the 4.3 billion-year-old fragments are remnants of dead stars and available free to military personnel with APO addresses. [1] — Brian Keating "During WWII, physicist Luis Alvarez built a radar spoofing system that made a plane look like it was flying away when it was actually closi…" 59:20
Luis Alvarez: The Physicist Who Fooled Nazi U-Boats
During WWII, physicist Luis Alvarez built a radar spoofing system that made a plane look like it was flying away when it was actually closing in. When the U-boat crew saw the radar signal defy physics and then got bombed, they would have sworn they witnessed a UFO. The lesson: 'defying physics' is often just classified technology.
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