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beacons of some superdvilization in space.-Later other radio astronomers discovered that these signals were coming from fantastically huge stars labelled quasars, the furthest out of all known objects in the universe. The signals are apparently natural radio propagation. The Russians later retracted tfteir theories about the civilization, causing the UFO buffs to howl 'Cover-upl' once more. In 1967 Dr Drake and other scientists working at the Arecibo, Puerto Rico, radio-telescope installation detected waves of hissing and static coming from four different points. Experimentation revealed numerous other invisible sources of radio waves in space and these objects have been tagged pulsars. The current theory is that pulsars are the hardcore remnants of a supernova which has collapsed inwardly and is made up of densely packed neutrons. So far it seems that the magnetic fields of the pulsars are one trillion times greater than the Earth's. The sky may be filled with these things, and if any should ever happen to wander into our solar system’ things could become very uncomfortable on this planet. Sadly, the United States lags far beind in radio-telescope research, Germany, Britain, Holland, Australia, and even en Argentina and Israel are building bigger and better instruments to probe into a wee neon tee Meanwhile mankind is unwittingly overloading or overcharging the Earth's atmosphere with all kinds of magnetic and radio waves. As the man-made electromagnetic field increases, it clashes with the natural magnetism of the Earth. The result is that apparatus dependent on small magnetic fields (such as generators, computers, and tape recorders) are now being thrown askew by these larger blankets of incompatible electro-magnetism. Nikola Tesla calculated that the Earth's natural fields lie at a frequency of about 150 kilocycles. Perhaps when there is an interchange between the Earth's fields and the rays or fields coming in from stellar sources such as pulsars, an overcharge develops in some areas, indulging power failures and malfunctions of electronic equipment. One of the few really secure facts in ufology is that there have been hundreds of power failures simultaneous with the appearance of unidentified flying objects. The popular notion that UFOs cause power failures could be erroneous. It is possible that the appearance of UFOs and the accompanying power failures could in some cases be the result of this cosmic energy exchange. During the great Northeastern Blackout of 1965 several local power companies completely independent of the affected main power grid also failed. Interestingly, while normal AM radio frequencies continued to operate that night, short wave and VLF transmission and reception in the affected regions were hopelessly jammed with static. This alone indicated that an extraordinary electromagnetic condition existed. Following the big blackout. New York's Con Edison power company quietly installed expensive magnetic shielding devices around key equipment and new, heavily shielded cables were introduced in sensitive areas. Since 1965 Bell Telephone Company has been switching from overhead lines to more expensive, heavily shielded cables buried under a the ground. these new mysteries.