Puthoff arrived at the Pentagon with an exciting new theory. One “breakthrough technology,” he suggested, could explain all the observables. With the right technology, Puthoff suggested, UAP could “warp space and time in a localized area, creating a localized ‘bubble’ around a craft” (152). Warping space and time would require a massive amount of energy but would explain the time distortion and the anti-gravity achieved by UAP. The necessary shape for such a vehicle would explain the orbs and cylindrical shapes of the UAP, as well as the distortion of light and the biological effects caused by UAP events. Elizondo provides a detailed scientific explanation of how the single technology of gravitational distortion could explain all five observables. To supply this massive amount of energy, Puthoff theorized, the hydrogen from water could be extracted in such a way that the Earth—with roughly 70% of its surface covered in water—would function as “simply a gas station” for UAP (164).

To explain the association between UAP and nuclear sites, Elizondo notes the uptick in UAP activity following the development of the atomic bomb. Any advanced species—one that could manufacture UAP—would have a vested interest in keeping watch over any species that might one day develop similar technology.