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By the 1970s, astronomers realised that our galactic core is not been well informed by the news media, continue to view the night immune to this phenomenon.’ Although gas motions in the imme- sky as a serene and secure place as they continue their daily rou- diate vicinity of our galaxy's core suggested that the core had tines in their wakeful dreams. become active as recently as 15,000 years ago, astronomers were One of the primary objectives of the Starburst Foundation is to reluctant at that time to consider that this was evidence of a fully awaken as many as possible to the new and very different aware- fledged core explosion. In their minds, they pictured the Milky ness that galactic superwaves do exist and can come upon our Way as a peaceful place. They assumed that the core has been in world with little warning. its present, seemingly inactive, state for millions of years and that it would continue to be quiescent for many more millions of years THE EMP SHOCKFRONT to come. But even if the core were to explode—not to worry. Should a superwave arrive, our most immediate worry would They supposed that no harm would come to us, since our solar be the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) which it would carry at its system is well outside the galaxy's nuclear bulge and on the outer _— forefront. This high-intensity electromagnetic shockfront would fringes of one of the spiral arms of the galaxy. They imagined send high voltages coursing along any electrically conductive that magnetic fields filling the object.!. Upon arrival, it galaxy's core region would trap Years B.P. (x 1000) would: the outward-flying cosmic rays, * create high-voltage surges bringing the barrage to a slow 10 15_20 go 40 50 on the powerline grid, shorting crawl within just a few hundred out powerline transformers and light years.* tripping line circuit-breakers, The four years of PhD resulting in global power Ay 7) research I conducted on this = “104 1 A blackouts; subject proved to me that their | / + fry satellites and destroy idyllic assumptions were dead bd all nonhardened electronic wrong. My 1983 PhD disserta- = equipment connected to the tion, "Galactic Core Explosions, = | electric power grid, resulting Cosmic Dust Invasions, and = in loss of electronic communi- Climatic Change", presented * 35 cations (TV, telephone, GPS evidence suggesting that our system, etc.); airplane crashes galaxy's core explodes 10,000 would be inevitable; times more frequently than had 4 2. * electrocute people who been thought—about every 7 -/— T T T # happened to be touching a 10,000 years, rather than every 1000 2000 large metal surface; 100 million years.’ os ¢ ionise the Earth's atmos- Moreover, my dissertation ; ‘h cy phere and _ consequently showed that magnetic fields & | yl = destroy the ozone layer, there- would not stop this outburst. yy Ay i z by increasing the Earth's expo- Instead, just the opposite would E sure to harmful UV rays and happen: the cosmic ray volley 1 E ionising radiation. The atmos- would overpower any magnetic i z pheric electron shower pro- fields it encountered in its path 5 duced by the superwave cos- and align these with its own mic rays, along with the radial flight. The result would o increased penetration of solar be an expanding shell of cosmic py Poon UV, would raise the incidence rays travelling radially outward Depth (m) of skin cancer as well as the from the centre of our galaxy at rate of genetic mutation. very close to the speed of light | Figure 1: Global climate and ice acidity, plotted versus depth (or time) for the Byrd On August 27, 1998, scien- and penetrating through the Station, Antarctica, deep ice core. Profile (A) shows the oxygen-18 isotope ratio} tists awoke to the rude reality . . plotted in 2-metre averages (after Johnsen et al., 1972). More negative isotope ratios anemic entire extent of the galaxy. It (upward) indicate cooler climate and ice age glacial coverage. Profile (B) shows ice that a cosmic ray event could showed that the superwave sce- | acidity levels plotted for a consecutive series of ice core increments, each spanning | upset life on our planet when a nario also explained many of | 10 metres of core depth (after Hammer et al., 1997). strong gamma ray burst unex- the features characteristic of pectedly arrived after journey- distant exploding galaxies. ing 20,000 light years from a distant point in the constellation of These findings were subsequently presented at scientific confer- Aquila. The event, which lasted five minutes, was strong enough ences and published in refereed scientific journals. **°" to ionise the upper atmosphere and seriously disrupt satellites and Numerous predictions made in this PhD study were later verified spacecraft. It triggered a defensive instrument shutdown on at (see www.etheric.com/LaViolette/Predict.html). In 1997, my least two spacecraft. Fifteen years earlier, in 1983, a much briefer book on this subject, entitled Earth Under Fire, was published gamma ray burst, lasting just four seconds, had a measurable (see www.etheric.com/LaVioletteBooks/Book-EUF.html). It effect on radio transmissions used for global navigation and com- received rave reviews and a five-star rating by readers. In 1999,a munication." documentary video about this galactic phenomenon was produced There is the strong possibility that the EMP shockfront preced- and shown on nationally syndicated cable network television. ing a superwave would also be accompanied by a gravity wave. Even so, mainstream media have been slow to cover this impor- The tidal force exerted on the Earth as it passed could trigger tant issue. As a result, average citizens, trusting that they have earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. been well informed by the news media, continue to view the night sky as a serene and secure place as they continue their daily rou- tines in their wakeful dreams. One of the primary objectives of the Starburst Foundation is to awaken as many as possible to the new and very different aware- ness that galactic superwaves do exist and can come upon our world with little warning. Years B.P. (x 1000) Depth (m) 52 - NEXUS FEBRUARY — MARCH 2001