%0 Journal Article %T Extraterrestrial Life in the Thermosphere: Plasmas, UAP, Pre-Life, Fourth State of Matter %A R. Joseph %A C. Impey %A O. Planchon %A R. del Gaudio %A M. Abu Safa %A A. R. Sumanarathna %A E. Ansbro %A D. Duvall %A G. Bianciardi %A C. H. Gibson %A R. Schild %J Journal of Modern Physics %P 322-374 %@ 2153-120X %D 2024 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jmp.2024.153015 %X ¡°Plasmas¡± up to a kilometer in size and behaving similarly to multicellular organisms have been filmed on 10 separate NASA space shuttle missions, over 200 miles above Earth within the thermosphere. These self-illuminated ¡°plasmas¡± are attracted to and may ¡°feed on¡± electromagnetic radiation. They have different morphologies: 1) cone, 2) cloud, 3) donut, 4) spherical-cylindrical; and have been filmed flying towards and descending from the thermosphere into thunderstorms; congregating by the hundreds and interacting with satellites generating electromagnetic activity; approaching the Space Shuttles. Computerized analysis of flight path trajectories documents these plasmas travel at different velocities from different directions and change their angle of trajectory making 45¡ã, 90¡ã, and 180¡ã shifts and follow each other. They¡¯ve been filmed accelerating, slowing down, stopping, congregating, engaging in ¡°hunter-predatory¡± behavior and intersecting plasmas leaving a plasma dust trail in their wake. Similar life-like behaviors have been demonstrated by plasmas created experimentally. ¡°Plasmas¡± may have been photographed in the 1940s by WWII pilots (identified as ¡°Foo fighters¡±); repeatedly observed and filmed by astronauts and military pilots and classified as Unidentified Aerial¡ªAnomalous Phenomenon. Plasmas are not biological but may represent a form of pre-life that via the incorporation of elements common in space, could result in the synthesis of RNA. Plasmas constitute a fourth state of matter, are attracted to electromagnetic activity, and when observed in the lower atmosphere likely account for many of the UFO-UAP sightings over the centuries. %K Extraterrestrials %K Plasmas %K Dusty Plasmas %K Extremophiles %K Life in Space %K Abiogenesis %K Origins of Life %K RNA World %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131506