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The Suppression of UFO Technologies and Extraterrestrial Contact 297
In standard electrical switches the electrical insulation is some form of
plastic (hydrocarbon). All hydrocarbons can be oxidized if there is sufficient
oxygen and heat to raise the temperature of some small portion of
that substance beyond the flash point. Bear in mind that an electric spark
is a plasma. Indeed the temperature at the core of a large spark can be so
high it is indeterminable.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
The phenomena we call spontaneous combustion is also oxidation. Under
normal conditions oxygen in the air begins to oxidize almost any material.
In fact what we call rust on metal is supposed to be very slow oxidation.
If the material is insulated to any degree, the heat created by the
process cannot escape as fast as it is generated. So the entrapped heat creates
a small temperature rise which increases the rate of oxidation. If some
or all of that increased heat cannot escape there is a self-escalating "loop."
The temperature continues to rise until the flash point is reached. At that
point the material concerned bursts into flame. That's "spontaneous"
combustion.
In an atmosphere containing a higher percentage of oxygen or a higher
pressure the oxidation rate is greatly increased. It is well known that a pile
of oily rags in an oxygen environment will burst into flame. In 100 percent
oxygen any hydrocarbon or carbohydrate becomes potential fuel
needing only a small spark or increase in heat to set it off.
THE TEST
On January 27, 1967 astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee approached
Pad 34 where an obsolete model of the command capsule had been
installed on top of an unfueled Saturn 1B rocket. 15 This was the same type
of rocket that had carried the smaller and lighter Gemini capsules. The
capsule itself was already outmoded and would be replaced before any
Apollo missions were launched.
However this was a full "dress" rehearsal. But somebody neglected to
tell the maintenance people to clean out all the extremely combustible
extraneous construction materials. The urgency of this test was simply
that they were scheduled for a manned mission that had been repeatedly
postponed. As we will see later, NASA had every intention of sending
Apollo I, Grissom's mission, into space even though neither that Saturn V
(actual moon rocket), nor the Apollo capsule, had ever actually been tested
in space.
Would you not have smelled a rat Perhaps Grissom was a bit worried
because he got Wally Schirra to ask Joe Shea. NASA's chief administrator,
to go through that with him. "Grissom still wanted Shea to be with