We chose the title Hidden in Plain Sightdeliberately, as it reflects exactly what we believe to be the reality of the compelling evidence presented in this book. For more than seventy years, researchers and skeptics alike have debated fiercely over photographic records of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). These decades-old photographs—and particularly the more recent, decade-old 2013 Aguadilla UAP video—have sparked relentless controversy, fueling persistent questions: Could these images have been faked? If so, how? And why can no one definitively explain what they show?

Yet the greatest irony lies not in these heated debates, but in the overlooked truths plainly visible within the evidence itself. For decades, subtle but scientifically verifiable signatures of warp drive physics—such as gravitational lensing, localized spatial distortions, and distinctive vapor cones at the craft's leading edges—have been openly present within these images and videos. Because the scientific community lacked widespread awareness or theoretical context for recognizing these warp drive signatures, the clues remained unnoticed, misunderstood, or dismissed outright as elaborate hoaxes or inexplicable visual anomalies.

In other words, the definitive evidence that skeptics and researchers have passionately demanded was never truly hidden by secrecy or deception. Instead, it remained concealed solely by a lack of scientific comprehension—quietly embedded within these seventy-plus-year-old photos and clearly demonstrated in the ten-year-old Aguadilla footage. They were, quite literally, hidden in plain sight.

Today, armed with advanced theoretical insights, rigorous peer-reviewed analyses, and contemporary scientific methodologies, we finally have the necessary tools and understanding to interpret precisely what we are seeing. This book not only uncovers remarkable evidence; it also demonstrates how genuine scientific breakthroughs can transform confusion into clarity.

Thus, Hidden in Plain Sight represents our mission to bridge perception and comprehension, making visible and comprehensible what has always awaited discovery—right before our eyes.

For decades, the existence of UFOs (now UAP) has captivated humanity, yet solid scientific evidence has remained elusive—until now. In Hidden in Plain Sight, Chad Wanless and Professor Dave Palachik provide unprecedented evidence indicating the visual identification of gravitational lensing and warp drive technology in publicly documented UFO photos and videos. This book offers scientifically robust, peer-reviewed proof that advanced propulsion technologies—specifically Alcubierre warp drives—has been quietly documented.

Knowing that Einstein defined gravity as a spatial curve, it is important to note that the direction of gravitational acceleration is indicated via the red arrows as shown in this figure. The spatial curvature shows there are three distinctly affected areas of gravitational acceleration. Between the upper and lower curvatures is a narrow section of forward/upward gravitational acceleration. This is the area in which a vehicle and its occupants can safely exist during travel. If the vehicle was too tall, the upper and lower sections of the vehicle would experience gravitational acceleration opposite of the desired direction of travel. This means there is a direct height to diameter ratio for the vehicle extents. Additionally, since the spatial curve is circular, this means that to maximize passenger, engineering and cargo space, a vehicle using a single Alcubierre warp drive must be disc shaped. Luis Elizondo wrote in his book Imminent: 

"Form follows function. The stereotypical flying saucer looks the way it does because it must fit inside that bubble while remaining protected on all sides."  (Luis Elizondo -Imminent)

Luis Elizondo was repeating the best he could, a theory explained to him by the Pentagon scientist Hal Puthoff. This figure shows us what the physics is telling us, that it is absolutely no accident that the often-reported medium sized UAP are disc shaped. They are shaped in this unique way, because they must be. 

The 1950 Paul Trent photographs reveal remarkable distortions of the UAP's shape—its conical protrusion tilted and offset, indicative of gravitational lensing effects. Such asymmetries precisely match expanded theoretical predictions for the visual distortions caused by a functioning Alcubierre warp drive. This is evidence hidden in plain sight for decades, finally understood through modern physics presented within the book. 

  "The gravitational lensing effects in the Aguadilla UAP footage were independently documented by three separate scientific teams, each unaware of the others' work. Such independently derived evidence serves as powerful validation, strongly indicating the authenticity of warp-drive physics in UFO sightings."
(—Excerpt from Hidden in Plain Sight) 

Background Lensing

" Since the UAP is seen from above, we can observe how light from background objects moves past it and get lensed. The entire video features such lensing effects but they require a keen eye and patience to spot as you go from frame to frame. When looking at the object moving, the glassy looking lens around it is noticeable best while it moves. Screenshots or slowed down loops don’t do it justice. "

 UAP Theory - Explanation of Unidenfified Aerial Phenomena 

The Flight Characteristics and Physics of Uap 

 Kevin H. Knuth, Matthew Szydagis, David Mason 

  "Important Points:

• Objects are surrounded by a volume through which background imagery can be seen to be distorted
• Is this optical refraction due to a varying index of refraction?
• Is this distortion or lensing due to a Gravitational Field???"

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To understand why the discovery of gravitational lensing could qualify as the official sixth observable, it adds to the body of work already captured and outlined by former Pentagon investigator Luis Elizondo and his team, who pioneered the definition of the “5 observables”. The following are the known characteristics used to define and authenticate a true UAP event.

The Five Observables,as listed on https://fiveobservables.com. 

 UFOs seem to be able to generate lift, without any visible propellers, wings, or rocket propellant. This may be a form of antigravity that is yet to be discovered by humans. 

 Many UFOs are observed accelerating extremely quickly, beyond any known object. This acceleration creates massive g-forces that would normally crush any ship or its occupants. 

 UFOs have been seen traveling at several times the speed of sound. Normally, hypersonic speeds should create loud sonic booms, but UFOs seem to travel silently. 

 UFOs seem to have the ability to avoid detection, cloaking themselves from radar and visual instruments. When they are detected, they sometimes disappear without warning. .

 Some UFOs seem to travel effortlessly between space, air, and water. That means they can withstand a huge range of pressure, from the high pressure of the ocean to the low (almost nonexistent) pressure of space - and they can maneuver through all three mediums

 People with close encounters and paranormal experiences were in danger of potential morphological changes to the body and brain[i]. [People] who had UAP encounters have suffered biological effects as a result of their experiences. These include radiation burns, internal organ damage, and other vary real and documented medical issues[ii].  
   

[i] Siva Record, “AATIP’s 6th UFO Observable: Biological Effects and Injuries from The Phenomenon”, August 11, 2020, https://silvarecord.com/2020/08/11/aatips-6th-ufo-observable-biological-effects-and-injuries-from-the-phenomenon/

[ii] Imminent, Luis Elizondo, Chapter 12, The Observables, e-reader edition

"Warp Field Propulsion Visual Signatures: Some UAP captured on video cameras (both IR and standard visible light) may capture visual signatures of an operational warp field in the form of gravitational lensing, background blurring, and/or vapor cone formation by the spatial contraction above or leading the UAP. "

 (—Excerpt from Hidden in Plain Sight) 

 A three-part series was written to describe and delve into a new discovery that some UAP videos do indeed show evidence of Alcubierre subluminal warp propulsion. Part I – describes the theory behind gravitational lensing and how an Alcubierre warp drive might bend light in a detectable manor. Part II – presents video examinations which show potential gravitational lensing events surrounding UAPs. Repeatability is the hallmark of science. Part II also demonstrates a repeatable and testable methodology for detecting gravitational lensing during sky-watch events. Part III – presents a new theory on how the leading spatial contraction could, in theory, cause vapor cones to be formed. Part III presents three IR videos and one visible camera video showing possible vapor cones.  

 MUFON Journal - MUFON  (https://mufon.com/mufon-journal/)

Part I discusses a new observation of possible evidence of operational warp drive propulsion in UAP videos. The 1994 Alcubierre paper described compression of space in front of a spacecraft and expansion of space behind a craft. Gravitational spatial warping is known and proven fact in astronomy to cause background stars and galaxies to be noticeably out of place (stars) or become distorted into arcs or rings called Einstein Rings, allowing measurement of the strength of gravity of the foreground galaxy or star. In Astronomy, this is called “gravitational lensing”. This paper discusses how spatial warping by an Alcubierre-type subluminal propulsion systems should theoretically distort background objects using the same gravitational lensing physics. 

Part II of this MUFON Journal article is a summary of a paper being written on potential evidence of gravitational lensing noticed in multiple videos surrounding UAPs. This article is being released before the paper has been completed to take advantage of the upcoming various summer sky-watch events. This article details a repeatability testing methodology for gathering evidence of subluminal warp drives, which is ideally undertook during sky-watch events involving the use of extremely powerful laser pointers.