METAL ANALYSIS DECONSTRUCTION

CLAIM:  An Analysis Of A Metal Sample Shows Extraordinary Properties

FINDINGS:  The Analysis Was Fundamentally Flawed And It Is A Physical Impossibility For The Metal To Have The Properties That Are Claimed

DECEMBER 2011 UPDATE:  Some Of The Information Presented On This Page Is Out Of Date. Click HERE For The Update.

Billy Meier has metal samples that he claims were the creation of extraterrestrial manufacturing.  This is an example of that metal:

Although it is important to know everything that was written about this metal, we will concentrate on these three claims:

1. The 1983 book UFO…Contact From The Pleiades Volume II [1], the 1987 book Light Years: An Investigation Into The Extraterrestrial Experiences Of Eduard Meier [2], and the 2001 book And Yet…They Fly! [3] all state that research chemist Marcel Vogel used a scanning electron microscope to analyze the metal sample.

2. All three books also state that Marcel Vogel detected the rare-Earth element Thulium using the scanning electron microscope.

3. The 1987 and 2001 books both state that “one microscopic area revealed ‘an enormous mélange of almost all of the elements in the periodic table. Each pure element was bonded to each of the others, yet somehow retained its own identity.’”

First, let us discuss the claim that a scanning electron microscope could be used to determine the composition of the metal sample.

This is an image of a Diatom, a type of phytoplankton, at 5000 diameters magnification.

Even using magnification far greater than what Marcel Vogel used in his analysis it is still impossible to view the elemental, chemical, or atomic structure of an object using a scanning electron microscope. The resolution of the scanning electron microscope is simply not high enough to image down to that level. In fact, increasing the magnification of any object using any form of a microscope will not tell you what the object is made of.  In order to determine the composition of an object you need to use a process such as Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. [NOTE: A Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (SEM-EDS or SEM-EDX) can be used to determine the composition of an object, but none of the Billy Meier metal analysis documents I have seen have mentioned using this enhanced form of Scanning Electron Microscopy.]

Here is something very important to understand about Marcel Vogel.

As mentioned earlier, he was not a metallurgist.  He was a chemist.  As such, he was not qualified to perform a metallurgical analysis of Billy Meier’s metal sample.  A chemist is defined as “a person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation.”  A metallurgist is defined as a person versed in “the study of metals and their properties in bulk and at the atomic level.”

It turns out that an actual metallurgist did analyze the metal sample and this is what was revealed:

Page 214 of the 2001 book And Yet…They Fly! states the following:

A metallurgist from the University of Arizona examined one of the metal fragments and analyzed it as a simple ‘cooking pot metal’ or cheap cast metal alloy used to produce such things as tin soldiers.

This clip from the 1993 movie Contact: An Investigation Into The Extraterrestrial Experiences Of Eduard Meier says the following:

Announcer:  “Next, Stevens takes the metal fragments to be examined under the electronic spectrometer to determine the components.  Preliminary examination of the metal has been done in Switzerland.”

Analyst:  “We have little marker bars here that we can line up on each peak as they come up.  This one indicates that we have silver there.  Over here, let’s see, we’ve got some copper.  A small amount of copper.  That looks about all that’s in here at the moment.”

Wendelle Stevens:  “The big band here is silver though?”

Analyst:  “The big one is silver.”

Originally a qualified metallurgist using spectrometry analyzed the metal and the sample was revealed to be nothing more than a combination of ordinary silver and copper.

It was only after this disappointing result that the metal sample was then sent to the chemist Marcel Vogel who discovered an extraordinary composition for the metal using a scanning electron microscope.  We know that it is scientifically impossible to determine the composition of an object simply using a microscope regardless of the magnification.

Any claim of a scientific nature must be published in a peer-reviewed journal and be reviewed and tested by more than one laboratory or individual.  Vogel has made the claim, but it was never properly published or verified by an independent source.

Finally, if there were a material that contained almost all of the elements in the periodic table it would very likely be radioactive and therefore extremely hazardous to your health.  It is just not possible for such a material to exist in the first place.

For many years Billy Meier stated that the metal samples provided to him by his extra-terrestrial contacts had been lost or stolen.  However, in 2004, Michael Horn publicly stated that Meier still had some metal samples and that he would ask him for one of them so that we could send them to an independent testing firm for analysis.  The IIG, and the rest of the scientific community, is still waiting for any metal samples to be provided for proper scientific testing.

FOOTNOTES:

1.  Page 57 of the 1983 book UFO…Contact From The Pleiades Volume II states the following:

The next challenge was to find an expert in optical and electron microscope study techniques (microscrophy) [sic] who was familiar with various levels of scientific knowledge in crystal and metal technology.  The search had its frustrations.  But eventually a man of eminent qualifications was found, Marcel Vogel, a senior scientist with a major industrial research center.  In the fall of 1979 after months of work on the specimens Vogel agreed to summarize his findings for the American/Japanese investiative [sic] team by releasing his laboratory video taped reports.  The following is a few of the profound and documented statements.

‘We are now at 600 diameters of magnification and now a whole new world appears in the specimen under polarized light, cross field.  There are structures within structures that one sees, very, very unusual…at lower magnification and without oil, one just sees a metallic surface.  Now one sees a structure which is composed of various types of interlacing areas…here they are, being brought out, these are structures within structures.  This is very exciting, very interesting, and bears looking into!  We are at crossed-field…we are using the 250 Watt Zenon [sic] and Sisium [sic] iodide source…we go to a higher magnification yet…and higher yet…we are now at over 2500 (diameters) and one can see these biorefringeant [sic] (reflective crystalline) structures…very exciting!  This is very unusual for a metal to have these biorefringeant [sic] areas.  A metal normally will not exhibit this…’

‘The major element which is shown here was the rare earth metal thulium, it was totally unexpected…that was only purified during World War II, and only in minute quantities…these are bi-products of the need that we have for certain rare earths in atomic energy work.’

2.  Pages 199 and 200 of the 1987 book Light Years: An Investigation Into The Extraterrestrial Experiences Of Eduard Meier state the following:

Before the golden-silver triangle had disappeared from the possession of Marcel Vogel, the IBM scientist had placed it under his $250,000 scanning electron microscope and turned on a video tape to record his findings.  The tiny specimen held very pure silver, and ‘very, very pure’ aluminum, plus potassium, calcium, chromium, copper, argon, bromium [sic], chlorine, iron, sulphur [sic], and silicon.  One microscopic area revealed ‘an enormous mélange of almost all of the elements in the periodic table.’  And each was exceedingly pure.
‘It’s an unusual combination,’ Vogel said later, ‘but I would not in any way, shape, or form say that this would make it extraterrestrial.’
            What intrigued Vogel more than the number of elements and their purity was their discreteness: Each pure element was bonded to each of the others, yet somehow retained its own identity.
            ‘It is uncanny when you look at the juxtaposition of the metals,’ he said as he looked through the microscope and talked out his findings for the video tape.  ‘One layer against another is very pure, but they do not interpenetrate.  You have a combination of metals and non-metals together, very tightly bonded.  I don’t know of anybody even contemplating doing something like this.’
            In one small area in the middle of the sample blown up five hundred times, he found two parallel grooves joined by furrows, precise hairlines somehow micro-machined into the metal.  But even more surprising to him was that the major element present in that small area was the rare earth metal thulium.
            ‘It is totally unexpected,’ he said.  ‘Thulium was only purified during World War II as a by-product of atomic energy work, and only in minute quantities.  It is exceedingly expensive, far beyond platinum, and rare to come by.  Someone would have to have an extensive metallurgical knowledge even to be aware of a composition of they type.’
            The magnification of the half-inch piece went from 500 to 1,600, and Vogel saw things he had never seen before.  ‘A whole new world appears in the specimen.  There are structures within structures—very, very unusual.  At lower magnification one just sees a metallic surface.  Now one sees a structure composed of various types of interlacing areas.  This is very exciting.’
            Vogel probed deeper and deeper into the metal.
            ‘We are now at over 2,500 diameters and one can see birefringent structures.  Very exciting!  It is very unusual for a metal to have these birefringent areas.  When you first take a section and grind it off, it looks like a metal, it has the lustery [sic] appearance of metal, but now when you take it and go under the polarized light you find that, yes, it is metal, bat at the same time…it is crystal!’

3.  Pages 215 and 216 of the 2001 book And Yet…They Fly! state the following:

            In an interview with Jun-Ichi-Yaoi from Japan, Dr. Vogel made the following statement:  ‘I can not [sic] explain the type of metal I had.  By any known combination of materials, I could not put it together, myself, as scientist [sic].  With any technology that I know of, we could not achieve this on this planet!’

            Dr. Vogel revealed other astonishing results of his research.  Before the silvery golden triangular fragment (one of the four metal specimens) had disappeared from Dr. Vogel’s possession at IBM.  He had placed it under his scanning electron microscope valued at 250,000 DM (1986) and turned on a videotape to record his analysis.  The tiny specimen held very pure silver, and ‘very, very pure’ aluminum, plus potassium, calcium, chromium, copper, argon, bromine, chlorine, iron, sulfur, and silicon.  One microscopic area revealed ‘an enormous melange [sic] of almost all of the elements in the periodic table.’  Each was exceedingly pure.
‘It’s an unusual combination,’ Dr. Vogel said later, ‘but I would not in any way, shape, or form say that this would make it extraterrestrial.’
            What astonished Dr. Vogel even more than the number of elements and their purity was the fact that the elements were separated from each other.  ‘Each pure element was bonded to each of the others, yet somehow retained its own identity.  It’s uncanny when you look at the juxtaposition of the metals,’ he said as he looked through the microscope and talked out his findings for the videotape.  ‘One layer against another is very pure, but they do not interpenetrate.  You have a combination of metals and non-metals together, very tightly bonded.  I don’t know of anybody even contemplating doing something like this.’
            In one small area in the middle of the sample (blown up five hundred times), he found two parallel grooves joined by furrows, precise hairlines somehow micro-machined into the metal.  But even more surprising to him was that the major element present in that small area was the rare-Earth metal thulium.
            ‘It is totally unexpected,’ he said.  ‘Thulium was only purified during World War II as a by-product of atomic energy work, and only in minute quantities.  It is exceedingly expensive, far beyond platinum, and rare to come by.  Someone would have to have an extensive metallurgical knowledge even to be aware of a composition of this type.’
            The magnification of the half-inch piece went from 500-1,600, and Vogel saw things he had never seen before.  ‘A whole new world appears in the specimen.  There are structures within structures—very, very unusual.  At lower magnification one just sees a metallic surface.  Now one sees a structure composed of various types of interlacing areas.  This is very exciting.’  Vogel probed deeper and deeper into the metal.
            ‘We are now at over 2,500 diameters and one can see birefringent structures.  Very exciting!  It is very unusual for a metal to have these birefringent areas.  When you first take a section and grind it off, it looks like a metal, it has the luster of metal, but now when you take it and go under the polarized light you find that, yes, it is metal, but at the same time…it is crystal!’