re: UAP /paranormal primer: essential information for what is to come

These stories of craft moving in ways that seem to break the laws of physics are fascinating. It seems similar to how the tech in Mass Effect works. For the uninitiated, there is a substance called "Element Zero" that can raise or lower mass when subjected to electric currents. "Mass effect" fields can be manipulated so that ships or anything else have more or less mass than they should. A ship with a mass effect drive will take almost no delta V to reach orbit and can actually travel at FTL by way of a mass effect field making the ship's mass equal to zero.