fromJohnTitorStrategicBarinsWebsiteHow would you introduce
yourself if you were a time traveler?John Titorbegan with his
mission and machine, straight up.At first you think "sure, sure"
but then a close look at the design suggests it just might be
possible if the things some physicists believe about the
relationships between time and gravity in the vicinity of
singularities are true.posted June 21, 2001
19:38athttp//communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024--------------------------------------------------------------------------------John
TitorMemberRegistered: Jan 2001Posts: 78Greetings. I am a time
traveler from the year 2036. I am on my way home after getting an
IBM 5100 computer system from the year 1975.My "time" machine is a
stationary mass, temporal displacement unit manufactured by General
Electric. The unit is powered by two, top-spin, dual-positive
singularities that produce a standard, off-set Tipler sinusoid.I
will be happy to post pictures of the unit.John provided several
graphic images to corroborate his statements, which are reproduced
below.Most are
fromhttp//www.anomalies.net/time_traveler/john.htmlNote 2/20/04:Due
to heavy traffic to this page, increasing bandwidth costs have
compelled me to trim and shrink most of the graphics, but they have
not been otherwise modified and they can be found elsewhere if you
really want to see the originals. If there is sufficient demand
(email me) I'll make them available to you at a nominal cost to
help cover my bandwidth charges.
While none of the individual images is so compelling as to
establish Titor's veracity beyond a doubt, together they do make a
compelling argument that the possibility should be considered.
Otherwise he went to an awful lot of trouble to pull off a hoax
(which remains a possibility) but for what purpose? There was never
any request for money or even belief, and the guy is gone now.Some
of these images would be easier to fake than others; the
photographs would have required building a model. The technical
drawings took somebody a long time to make. Above all there's the
time travel nuts and bolts that Titor presents in the context of a
theory that actually makes sense. That's the most amazing part
about the story to me, good theory having testable linchpins that
nobody ever conceived before (Tipler came close but his design was
so impractical as to be impossible).Because many physicists fully
expect micro-singularities to be created atCERNsoon, you'd think
the idea of using the things to create a time machine would have
been floated before. It's possible the idea may have been passed
around via beers and napkins for a long time but never published,
like theStrategic Defense Initiative(Star Wars) was before Reagan
announced it like it was his own idea. If the idea had already
occurred to some people but was supposed to be secret (i.e.
Manhattan Project), maybe the real reason for Titor's story was to
bring it into the sunshine.Whatever the case may be (we may never
know) there's no denying Titor was the first to publicly put forth
this almost fully-formed theory, and that puts him at least as high
or higher than Tipler on the genius scale if he's a fraud, or else
it means he's a smart, well-trained soldier if he's genuine.
Fig. 1 above:Scan from the technical manual. Some of the other
graphics more fully refer to the device as a General Electric Army
Model C204 Gravity Distortion Time Displacement Unit.
Fig. 2 above:Scan from the technical manual. Looks like it might
be a scan from a photocopy of a printed photograph, which would
reproduce pretty terribly like this.
Fig. 3 above:Scan from the technical manual. This should be
compared with Fig. 4 below, which is presumably a scan from a
different page, which has some slight differences.They each show a
diagram of the field shapes and time vectors produced by the unit
during operation.
Fig. 4 above:Scan from the technical manual. Notice the three
event horizon labels at the bottom are mislabeled 11, 12, and 13,
where in the page above they are labeled 10, 11, 12 and correspond
to the legend.Note that this graphic includes the dimensions of 6
(vertical safe distance 6 meters), 7 (mass offset 5 meters), 8
(rear mass distribution 8 meters), and 9 (forward mass distribution
11 meters).Interpretation of Fig. 4 legend above
1 Dual singularities in kerr field
2 Output of negative time field
3 Output of null time field
4 Output of positive time field
5 X-ray ventingcone
6 Vertical safe distance (6 meters)
7 Mass offset (5 meters)
8 Rear mass dist. (8 meters)
9 Forward mass dist. (11 meters)
10 Negative time event horizon
11 Null time event horizon
12 Positive time event horizon
Fig. 5 above:Scan from the technical manual. Unfortunately some
of the legend is unreadable. Below the graphic I have recreated
what I believe the text to read.Interpretation of Fig. 5 legend
above
1 Singularity drive housing
2 Singularity magnetic field coil
3 Magnetic field generator/regulator
4 Electron mass injector manifold
5 Electron regulator
6 Electron (generator?)
7 Singularity (status sensor?)
8 Singularity cooling housing
9 Singularity cooling pump
10 Singularity cooling supply
11 Gravity sensor unit
12 Battery supply
posted 01-29-2001 01:37
PMathttp//communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024John
TitorMemberRegistered: Jan 2001Posts: 78
Although the documents posted were printed from a computer
printer, is it really that hard to believe that manual typing is
just a bit more common in thirty years? After the war, many things
like manual printing machines, bicycles, sailboats and hand tools
were valued a great deal. I have noticed more people in California
are installing wood burning stoves.
I realize my claims are a bit ridiculous but my intent is not
really to be believed. However, if I had an opportunity to talk to
a time traveler, I might ask questions like:How exactly does the
singularity sensor measure the expansion of the inner event
horizonor why does the reality of multiple worlds support the
religious dogma that there are no good or bad people just good and
bad decisions or what were the political motivations that changed
the U.S. Constitution?
Fig. 6 above:Scan from the technical manual. Shows layout of
major external components and defines the Main and Steering
singularities. Notice they are located fore and aft of the time
distortion field, which direction is delineated by the prominent
black and yellow tape (here black and white).posted 14 October
2000athttp//www.anomalies.net/time_traveler/irc.htmlTimeTravel_0 :
As it turns out...TimeTravel_0 : If you encounter a black hole that
is spinning and has an electrified field, you will not be killed
passing through its massive gravitational fields.TimeTravel_0 :
regretting asking yet>Yareisa : noTimeTravel_0 : Okwyrmkin_37 :
noYareisa : I'm hookedTimeTravel_0 : In about a year...G : is this
the omeg point theory?G : omega?TimeTravel_0 : CERN will discover
some very odd things as a result of their high energy
experiments.TimeTravel_0 : in about a year.TimeTravel_0 : from your
point of view.wyrmkin_37 : cern?TimeTravel_0 : in Geneva.Yareisa :
particle acceleratorwyrmkin_37 : ohTimeTravel_0 : They will
accidentally create microsingularities.G : makes things go round
and hit each other...TimeTravel_0 : Which will evaporate very
quickly.wyrmkin_37 : one in texas?TimeTravel_0 : and create a
massive amount of X-ray and Gamma rays.TimeTravel_0 : It will
puzzle them for a while.TimeTravel_0 : Until they figure out how to
add and electrical charge and capture these strange odd and massive
particles in a magnetic field.wyrmkin_37 : they shoot electrons at
the speed of light.......see what they bust up intoTimeTravel_0 :
Yes.G : still with you...wyrmkin_37 : quarksTimeTravel_0 : If you
bombard a singularity with electrons...TimeTravel_0 : you can alter
the size of its event horizon.TimeTravel_0 : and thus its
gravitational field.TimeTravel_0 : By overlapping these fields from
two singularities...TimeTravel_0 : you can travel forward and
backward through time.TimeTravel_0 : Its actually quite
simple.wyrmkin_37 : I follow nowTimeTravel_0 : That's not the hard
part.G : didn't tipler say there was no event horizon?TimeTravel_0
: No... he said it was possible to approach a massive gravitational
field from certain angles and not get squished.G : oh,
sorrywyrmkin_37 : lolTimeTravel_0 : Actually...I'm not really a
physicist.G : but you know all about this stuff... is that why you
were picked?TimeTravel_0 : I specialize in 20th century history and
my grandfather builds computers.wyrmkin_37 : what base?TimeTravel_0
: Hmmm....you drive a car and know how to change the oil don't
you?TimeTravel_0 : I am based in Tampa Fl.G : actually, only just..
LOLwyrmkin_37 : chas, afbTimeTravel_0 : McDillwyrmkin_37 : kewlG :
sorry?G : in english?wyrmkin_37 : zoomiesYareisa : that's
english?!G : you airforce wyrm?wyrmkin_37 : yesG : your not working
on a time machine are you?G : come here for guidance...wyrmkin_37 :
no just came in for chatTimeTravel_0 : Altering gravity is not the
hard part.G : LOLYareisa : go on...TimeTravel_0 : Detecting gravity
is the hard part.TimeTravel_0 : I will tell you a little
story.TimeTravel_0 : When time travel was invented.TimeTravel_0 :
They built prototypes that would go back in time for a split second
and then return.TimeTravel_0 : They had sensors and cameras on
them.TimeTravel_0 : ...and they never returned.G : and forwards as
well? how about a single jump forwards?TimeTravel_0 : It was later
discovered that the machines were ending up about 15 miles away and
3000 feet in the air.TimeTravel_0 : feetG : doh!TimeTravel_0 : The
Earth was rotating away from them.wyrmkin_37 : synchronization
pleaseTimeTravel_0 : A system had to be invented that would "hold"
the machine to the Earth.TimeTravel_0 : Its called VGL.TimeTravel_0
: Its based on very sensitive clocks and gravity
sensors.TimeTravel_0 : It stops the time distortion machine if
radical changes in gravity are detected.wyrmkin_37 : mechanical or
electronic clocksTimeTravel_0 : You wouldn't want to end up inside
a mountain or under water...would you?TimeTravel_0 :
Cesium.wyrmkin_37 : ohG : isn't all this classified? surely your
supposed to keep it secret whilst in the past?TimeTravel_0 :
LOL!!!TimeTravel_0 : I know you think I'm nuts...come
on.TimeTravel_0 : Who would believe me?G : just asking?TimeTravel_0
: It my best defense.wyrmkin_37 : isn't celsium a higher class of
quartz? don't knowG : but we don't have long to find out if you are
or notTimeTravel_0 : Besides...do you know how big a hole 2
singularities make when their magnetic filed collapses?G : won't be
long before CERN (?) make the discoveryTimeTravel_0 : That's
right.G : noTimeTravel_0 : Welll....either do I. But I don't want
to know.posted 01-29-2001 01:37
PMathttp//communities.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000024John
TitorMemberRegistered: Jan 2001Posts: 78
By using two micro-singularities in close proximity to each
other, it is possible to create, manipulate and alter the Kerr
fields to create a Tipler gravity sinusoid.This field can be
adjusted, rotated and moved in order to simulate the movement of
mass through a donut-shaped singularity and into an alternate world
line. Thus, safe time travel.
Fig. 7 above:Detailed device schematic, presumably another scan
from the technical manual but that is uncertain. Unfortunately the
legend is missing for all the numbered labels, or we could go a lot
farther in analyzing the circuitry.
Fig. 8 above:Appears to be a scan of a black and white photo of
the device. Not from
http://www.anomalies.net/time_traveler/john.html however, but from
Pamela.
Fig. 9 above:Photo of the unit in the car (Corvette). The device
appears to have been moved to the passenger's side. If it weighs
500 pounds as John said, moving it would be some feat.
Fig. 10 above:Bent laser light.
Description purportedly from John.This is a picture taken in the
fall of 2035 during my training. It shows my instructor beaming a
handheld laser outside the vehicle during operation. The beam is
being bent by the gravitational field produced outside the vehicle
by the distortion unit. The beam is visible through smoke that is
coming from his cigar.
Fig. 11 above:Photo of the unit in a vehicle. This appears to
not be a Corvette, John mentioned somewhere that he swapped the
Corvette for a truck. That looks like a shotgun in the front
center.
Fig. 12 above:A second photo of the unit in the truck. Paint
colors match, the padded cushion in the foreground appears to be
the same as in Fig. 11, and there is the same white box to the left
of the unit in both photos.
Fig. 13 above:Third photo of the unit in the truck. The several
objects in the foreground appear to have not been moved, but the
light is different as if this photo were taken at a different time
of day than Fig 12. There is a red glow reflecting off the
instruction label which could possibly be an indicator lamp. Could
the unit be turned on?Possibly it's in some kind of testing or
maintenance mode or maybe it's reflecting light from outside the
vehicle. The glow appears to be coming from a button labelled
'emergency disconnect' (#5) in Fig. 6. But it could also be coming
from the 'emergency view screen' (#4) shown in Fig. 6 if that is
perhaps a red LED display.
Fig. 14 above:John's unit insignia. Supposedly the design is
based on the field patterns of the time distortion device,
reminiscent of Figs 3 and 4 above. It's probably unwise to try to
infer too much from it since it's just a logo design.
Unknown original URL, still searching for original text, this
comes from a compilation that was downloaded
fromhttp//survival.anomalies.net/timetravel/TimeTravelBoards.zip
which was posted there by Rick Donaldson, an Anomalies Network
Moderator who provided a link to it
athttp://www.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=9&t=000019&p=
on September 25, 2001 14:28pamelaMember posted 05 November 2000
03:29--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Questions
for timetravel_0 with permission to post.Pamela:
by the way can you tell me what it feels like to time travel?
when you are in the process of doing it what does it feel like and
what do you see and hear. you made mention that you had to get use
to the fields. Do you see a bright flash of light?
Timetravel_0:Interesting first question.The unit has a ramp up
time after the destination coordinates are fed into the computers.
An audible alarm and a small light start a short countdown at which
point you should be secured in a seat. The gravity field generated
by the unit overtakes you very quickly. You feel a tug toward the
unit similar to rising quickly in an elevator and it continues to
rise based on the power setting the unit is working under. At 100%
power, the constant pull of gravity can be as high as 2 Gs or more
depending on how close you are to the unit. There are no serious
side effects but I try to avoid eating before a flight.
No bright flash of light is seen. Outside, the vehicle appears
to accelerate as the light is bent around it. We have to wear
sunglasses or close our eyes as this happens due to a short burst
of ultraviolet radiation. Personally I think it looks like your
driving under a rainbow. After that, it appears to fade to black
and remains totally black until the unit is turned off. We are
advised to keep the windows closed as a great deal of heat builds
up outside the car.The gravity field also traps a small air pocket
around the car that acts as your only O2supply unless you bring
compressed air with you. This pocket will only last for a short
period and a carbon sensor tells us when it's too dangerous. The
C204 unit is accurate from 50 to 60 years a jump and travels at
about 10 years an hour at 100% power.
You do hear a slight hum as the unit operates and when the power
changes or the unit turns off. There is a great deal of electrical
crackling noise from static electricity.
Mathematical Background
The Lense-Thirring EffectTheLense-Thirring Effect(AKA
"rotational frame dragging") was derived by Joseph Lense and Hans
Thirring in 1918 from Einstein's theory of general relativity which
predicts that a massive rotating body will drag and distort
spacetime around itself.There is an excellent Wikipedia article on
frame dragging athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame-dragging which
discusses this effect and provides the Kerr equations for those
interested in the mathematical basis for the operation of John
Titor's gravity distortion time displacement unit.That article uses
this image to illustrate,"The two surfaces on which the Kerr metric
appears to have singularities; the inner surface is the spherical
event horizon, whereas the outer surface is an oblate spheroid. The
ergosphere lies between these two surfaces; within this volume, the
purely temporal component gtt is negative, i.e., acts like a purely
spatial metric component. Consequently, particles within this
ergosphere must co-rotate with the inner mass, if they are to
retain their time-like character."See the article for the full
mathematical treatment.