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As strange as it may seem, I think both approaches are valid. Time is “transported” by natural systems while being the framework in which they are generated. Actually, Shikhobalov reached the same con- clusion. He compared thesis and antithesis and proposed a more gen- eral conceptual framework acceptable to all. Referring to the metric form of Minkowsky, he asked a pertinent question as yet unsolved by modern physics: “what is the cause of the time stream tempo concor- dance (metric form value concordance) in different points of space- time?” He saw specific structures of space-time substance in physical matter and fields. Substance structures! This means that space-time, and more specifically time, is the very essence of nature. Controlling that essence is therefore a condition for these phenomena to occur. You. a ce noi c coe ‘ ta In that case the comparison of two Galilean frames of reference (special relativity) does not suffice. The influence of space-time precedes the phenomena instead of vice versa. In his conclusion of a mathematical, forty-five-page article presenting his new model, he wrote: “this con- ception can give an understanding of the essence of space and time, the basic concepts of natural science, which would be deeper and more adequate to reality than the existing one.” Neither Kozyrev nor Shikhobalov addressed three-dimensional time. However, by suggesting that the passage of time is not continu- ous, they have opened the path to a very different vision of time. I should also mention Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (Soviet-Italian, 1897-1974), who apparently proposed a conception of 3D time. Bartini was a rather mysterious and strange individual if we are to believe the stories about his professional career. This aeronautic engineer collabo- rated with the Soviet secret services. However, he was imprisoned for ten years and subsequently rehabilitated. An article found on the Inter- net provides the following curious commentary: “many who knew Bartini quite seriously suspected he had come from outer space.” He saw the dimensions of time as: . date of a time: change of history or time erosion. . Rate of a time (T/Te, with T being the local time in an experi- mental system and Te being the physical time on Earth). m c Let me add a word of warning with regard to the definition of these dimensions. It would indeed be easy to show that two out of these three dimensions constitute but a single one (the date and the arrow of ftime). This is one of the reasons why my conception of time is different. Many Russians have researched and still research the nature of time. Vadim Chernobrov, who currently works at the Faraday Lab in 172 The Science of Extraterrestrials: UFOs Explained at Last * Eric Julien 3. The arrow of a time.