Recent content by Mick West

Thanks, everyone, for keeping the discussion largely polite and professional in recent posts. I know it's tempting to wander off into a discussion of motives or more aggressive criticism in a long thread like this. At times, the thread has drifted over the line of the politeness policy. The...

Alien Reproduction Vehicle, a flying saucer made by the US military using captured alien technology.

With trees removed. https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=1/Dallas%20Light%20POle/20260820_201103.js

Roughly: https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=1/Dallas%20Light%20POle/20260401_213338.js

Shipped. To get a year earlier than 1947, just type it in. Accurate (theoretically) back to 1700 V0.15 and later can use the NASA/JPL DE430/431 solutions with planetary positions for years -13,000 to +17,000. So not quite that good. But fine for 1700s and 1800s reports.

Sitrec is essentially the same as Stellarium, except for stellar proper motion (stars moving within the galaxy, which has no real visual impact. I'll make it so you can pick an earlier date in the next shipped version (in an hour or so)

The geometry works out, but I'm not really sure if the reflection is viable as a clear-enough disc. I think it would require an unusually calm ocean. More work needed!

This came up again recently with Lenval Logan describing it and saying that analysts told him it was the "shadow of the moon". Obviously, that does not refer to the actual shadow of the moon (which would mean you are in a solar eclipse and is only visible from space). But oddly, he took that as...

I think, based on most drone videos I've seen online, private individuals fly "beyond visual line of sight" all the time. This is just regulation catching up with reality - and letting commercial operators do what there's really no reason they shouldn't have been doing before.

These are saved instantly, automatically, and independently of the sitch. They are tied to your Metabunk account, or saved as Cookies if you are not logged in. Also, done. Let me know if there are other things you (anyone) find yourself always changing at startup. I'd avoid that, as...

The things under Sitrec/Settings are saved: I can easily add default startup values here (which you can then temporarily override). I'll do the above, disable the grid, and you can give me a list of other ones that would be useful.

No, it's somewhat messed up, for historical reasons. I'll get around to it.

Yeah, that's a bit confusing right now. The code is still somewhat drive by VFOV, so adjusting HFOV is really just setting VFOV based on the aspect ratio, which currently isn't editable. It used to be driven by the look view window size, but locked when a video/photo was loaded. Now it's always...

Done! It's a little fiddly, so let me know if there's any problems.