---
title: "Navy Scientist Known For “UFO-Like Tech” Patents Fusion Reactor"
description: "Navy \"UFO \"scientist Salvatore Cezar Pais has filed another bizarre patent. This time, it's for a compact nuclear fusion reactor."
date: "2019-10-10"
modified: "2019-10-10"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/navy-scientist-ufo-tech-fusion"
categories:
  - "Energy"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "energy"
  - "military technology"
  - "nuclear fusion"
  - "the digest"
---

# Navy Scientist Known For “UFO-Like Tech” Patents Fusion Reactor

![Navy "UFO "scientist Salvatore Cezar Pais has filed another bizarre patent. This time, it's for a compact nuclear fusion reactor.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/navy-scientist-patenting-ufo-technology.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Space Age

A U.S. Navy researcher with a quasi-facetious reputation for working on "UFO-like technology" just patented a compact nuclear fusion reactor that could allegedly fit inside of a vehicle — and don't worry, we're going to try our hardest to unpack that for you.

Salvatore Cezar Pais, the engineer who also [patented room-temperature superconductors](<https://futurism.com/room-temperature-superconductor-patent>) for the Navy, was [granted a patent](<https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190295733A1/en?inventor=Salvatore+Pais&oq=inventor:(Salvatore+Pais)>) for a small nuclear fusion reactor capable of generating anywhere from 1 billion to 1 trillion watts, [according to *The Drive*](<https://www.twz.com/30256/scientist-behind-the-navys-ufo-patents-has-now-filed-one-for-a-compact-fusion-reactor>). That's far more powerful than any of America's operational nuclear power plants — but it's also not clear how much, if any, of the patent represents feasible technology.

## Science Fiction

As with [any bizarre tech patent](<https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/amazon-sony-facebook-strange-patents.html>), it's hard to tell what's really going on here — it seems unlikely that the Navy has suddenly cracked the long-elusive mystery of [practical fusion reactors](<https://futurism.com/fusion-reactors-efficient>).

But then again, *The Drive* reports that Pais' tiny reactor sailed through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office without ever being rejected. That, it's worth noting, is unusual for his seemingly sci-fi inventions. Typically, *The Drive* reports, he's had to appeal patent office rejections.

## Hush-Hush

The Navy hasn't yet commented on the new patent, which says the reactor could be used in a "space, sea, or terrestrial environment."

It remains unclear specifically what applications, if any, the Navy expects to use such a device, should it actually someday exist. But hey, maybe someday we'll see U.S. military flying saucers zipping across the sky.

**READ MORE:** [Scientist Behind The Navy's "UFO Patents" Has Now Filed One For A Compact Fusion Reactor](<https://www.twz.com/30256/scientist-behind-the-navys-ufo-patents-has-now-filed-one-for-a-compact-fusion-reactor>) \[*The Drive*\]

**More on bizarre Navy patents:** *[US Military Files Patent for Room-Temperature Superconductor](<https://futurism.com/room-temperature-superconductor-patent>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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