[klingon78]

Does “Craft using an inertial mass reduction device”[1] use the same concept as described?:

I don’t know if there’s a difference between this and the Alcubierre drive.

Perhaps the tic-tacs were prototypes, given the patent and claims made by others. They may not be FTL capable, though, at least not within Earth’s atmosphere[2].

If the technology were to exist, it would be seen as a serious weapon and threat to security as much as a tool for colonization and exploration, so why a patent would be filed and left as much is beyond me.

I don’t want to legitimize make-believe things, though, if that is what they are, which is tough to say with much certainty.

[1]- https://patents.google.com/patent/US10144532B2/en

[2]- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-...