THE LAZAR REVELATION, AN EVALUATION
By Lynn Parham

     In the course of discussions on the UFO echo, I was told about the "LASAR Revelations".  One of my contacts offered to send, to a PARANET close by, the text of a series of TV appearances by Robert Lazar on KLAS-TV in Nov./Dec. 1989.  I downloaded these files and have the following comments.

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     I will have to admit that the "LAZAR" story turned out to be much more professional than I thought it would.  This guy obviously has some background in physics, although there were some serious telltale discrepancies.  His reports are not as easy to prove wrong as most of the UFO revelations that I have seen in the past.  Most of those were so bad in the science part as to be laughable.
     The material appears, at first glance, to be very believable.  In fact, I really want to believe him.  Its very exciting.  And I want to believe that there is a way for mankind to go to the stars, and to know all the secrets of the universe.  Neglecting the sinister part of his story (cover-ups, etc) it is almost a wondrous, exciting dream come true.  Unfortunately, something in me will not let me believe him without more proof.  I have been through all this before.  At one time I was a strong believer in UFOs as alien spacecraft.  All those wondrous stories of alien presences, hardware, contacts, etc. have been with us for a long time.  I waited with anticipation for the thing to break wide open and I would know it all.  Weeks became months, then years, then decades.  I'm still waiting.  Sometimes, little things surface to tweak my interest, but nothing definite, provable, unequivocal ever does.  
     I have had similar experiences, though not as strong, with psychic phenomena, lost continents, money making schemes, health schemes, etc.  All these schemes have a couple of things in common.  They sound so wonderful and so reasonable.  And they NEVER, EVER turn out to be of any benefit whatsoever, at least to me.
     You might ask, "Why be so skeptical?".  On any controversial subject, the best way to get at the truth is to try to convince an intelligent, knowledgeable, open minded skeptic.  (I do not pretend to fit that model but I do use it as a goal)  He will find your inconsistences, your lapses.  If your theory is the truth, potentially you can plug all the loopholes and eventually convince the skeptic of the truth of your position.  A previous skeptic converted to a believer is the best kind to have.  If your theory is not the truth, you will normally not be able to do that.  A believer, on the other hand, tends to overlook minor inconsistences since he already knows what it is the truth.
     This doesn't apply to skeptic who does not have an open mind and who cannot accept proofs and answers.  He, like the true blue believer, already has his mind made up and nothing will change it.
     Much of what Mr. Lazar says cannot be proven or checked out without further collaborating evidence.  I will try to evaluate as many of his science revelations as I can.  You should realize that my knowledge is not extensive in some of these areas and I can very easily be wrong.  I do have a scientific background (Chemist) supplemented by self-training in other scientific areas.  (Translation-I read a lot of scientific books & magazines)

A.  "Gravity Wave Guide"

     There is nothing known, theorized, or allowable in our science that will channel gravity.  If it can channel gravity, then it should also shield against or block gravity.  The material of this waveguide would be as wondrous and miraculous as element 115 ever was.  It is an interesting, but otherwise unlikely, concept.

B.  "...7000 MPH Saucers"

     Wouldn't this velocity heat and ionize the air, create a huge, destructive sonic boom and create a visible trail of superheated, ionized air trail miles long?  Note that this is not the "instantly there" gravity bending time and space propulsion technology.  This velocity was supposedly measured by radar.

C.  "..antimatter reactor allows the spaceships to produce their own gravity fields"

     This technology is beyond understanding for us.  We have absolutely no control over gravity except through the obvious one of manipulating massive objects.  We can't generate it, direct it, stop it, mediate it, or amplify it.  This is equivalent to talking about ghosts or magic.  I don't really think they exist, but I'm not 100% sure.  In any case, wondrous capabilities which are just out of reach of our science makes me very suspicious.

D.  "Gravity distorts time & space"

     Yes it does.  Gravity bends space and slows down time.  Black holes bends space completely around it.  Kind of like an infinitely deep well (gravity well).  Time in a black hole apparently stops.  
     The use of gravity to fold space and manipulate it so you can travel to distant areas sounds plausible.  But, it is not a reasonable extension of known science.  Just another wondrous, magical capability of the alien technology that's out of reach for us.
     As far as the scientific community not buying it, of course not.  They deal in facts and there is no present way that this can be established as facts.  Do you want your tax dollars being spent chasing dreams.  (Sometimes they do)  If so, who gets to determine the dream to chase.  Senator Joe Blow may want to study the energy content of thoughts of the African tape worm.

E.  "Element 115...has to come from a place where super heavy elements could be produced naturally."

     There are only three know places for producing elements naturally.  These are (1) The Big Bang, (2) Center of Stars(up to Iron) and (3) Supernova (Heavy elements).  The reference to binary stars being a place for element 115 production doesn't make sense.  Binary stars have no "heavy element" production capability greater than any other star of similar size.  Besides, heavy elements greater than Iron must be synthesized in "Supernova" explosions.  Being in the vicinity of a supernova doesn't count.  This casts a little doubt, in my mind, about Mr. Lazar's claim to being a Physicist.
     Once created, lab or supernova, a stable element does not depend on heaviness (weight) to exist.  Note that Lazar says we have some here on earth.  Mr. Lazar says that the element is stable, but then says that it is kept in lead lined chambers.  This would only be required if it was radioactive and not 100% stable.  But if it is radioactive, it must not be greatly so since (from another source) I learn that he stole a small amount of it and brought it home.  If it was no less stable than Uranium (which is slightly radioactive), then the supernova(s) which created the heavy elements of the earth itself would have produced significant quantities of element 115 which would not have completely decayed.  Significant stores of Uranium are still with us.  We have not found a trace of element 115.
     Incidentally, gravity plays no direct roll in producing heavy elements.  Gravity is very weak and is insignificant in the nucleus of atoms.  The strong and weak nuclear forces control atomic nuclei.  Gravity does have a secondary roll in producing the conditions that create elements.  That is, heat & pressure in the center of stars.

F.  "By bombarding element 115 with protons, antimatter is produced"

     Potentially the most damaging of the scientific revelations.  Antimatter is never made by changing matter into antimatter.  Nature apparently does not work that way.  Good thing too since if it did, this universe would be a universe of energy only.  Antimatter must be created out of the energy of collisions between particles.  To create large amounts of antimatter requires large amounts of energy, probably more than the energy you get back when you react it with ordinary matter.  Really no net gain.  In other words, the energy of producing antimatter from element 115 must come from the energy of the proton bombardment.  Now, where do you get the energy to produce the high velocity protons.  I say high velocity because the energy would have to come from the kinetic energy of the protons.  Once again Lazar seems to have fallen down in his physics.   

     In summary, it seems that Mr. Lazar proposes a number of highly improbable scientific principles and a few that present science say are simply wrong.  On the other hand, some of the science is plausible, requiring some knowledge of physics.  I really don't know what to make of all this.  It is very intriguing and very mysterious.  I cannot say that it is all hogwash although it may be.  Neither can I say that it has the ring of truth.  There are too many inconsistences.  Until and unless further revelations and evidence is forthcoming, this must remain (along with ghosts, ESP, psychic phenomena, etc) an intriguing, indecipherable puzzle.
     Finally, I am not an expert on "Private Detective" work.  Therefore, I do not wish to get deeply involved in the controversal question of whether Lazar or other "revealers" are who they say they are or are ,misinformers, kooks, etc.  I will leave that to others who know more about such things.  My only contribution is to evaluate, scientifically, some of the scientific claims they propose.