hamishsubedei
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Real video fake ? debunked ?
STS -51 A UFO Encounter.
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Real video fake ? debunked ?
MikeC
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It's pretty old - there's discussion here from 2006, or here in 2009 - it's a grey blob - what is to debunk?
hamishsubedei
Member
is the footage real ? its a grey blob what the hell is it ??
hamishsubedei
Member
its unidentified its flying and its an object
So are a billion things a day.
This looks like a water droplet. So unless there's some reason to suggest it's not, then Occam suggest we go with that.
MikeC
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Sorry - I was working on the common meaning of UFO as an alien spaceship - not the literal meaning....but I take you point
hamishsubedei
Member
Rock or drop of water aside is this video authentic ?
MikeC
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STS 51A deployed 2 comms satellites - so it'd be one of them:
Anik
Syncom IV
Edit: Oops - no - it was Westar 6 (see photo down the page here) - which they retrieved after it failed to reach orbit and bought back to earth for refurbishment and relaunch as Asiasat1!
Anik
Syncom IV
Edit: Oops - no - it was Westar 6 (see photo down the page here) - which they retrieved after it failed to reach orbit and bought back to earth for refurbishment and relaunch as Asiasat1!
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solrey
Senior Member.
That Molotov cocktail looking thing is a communications satellite, Westar 6, being maneuvered into position by an astronaut in order to attach it to the robotic arm for retrieval.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-AExternal Quote:
And that alleged 'UFO' looks very much like a drop of water floating in ~0g.
Mike, STS-51 also retrieved 2 satellites in addition to the 2 that were deployed.
cosmic
Senior Member.
The video is taken from NASA footage shot by the crew, but it's just a tiny snippet of what was shown in the post-flight press conference. Here's a link to the full video. The snippet you linked in the OP is visible at the 11:43 mark. The video adds necessary context about what the crew was involved in at the time, and is well worth watching.
The mission also recovered two satellites, and this clip shows the second recovery rather than one of the deployments.
What should be most telling here is that the crew is filming and monitoring their colleague in mid-EVA and there's no reaction or concern, no mention of anything unusual from the astronauts or mission management team. EVAs of course require tremendous attention to detail and place crew safety above everything else. If there were something amiss, or some strange object lurking about outside the orbiter it would have certainly caused a reaction at the very least, and likely an end to the EVA.
[Edit: solrey has quicker fingers than I
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Mark Barrington
Active Member
I'm more shocked by the fact that he seems to be out there wrangling that satellite without any kind of visible tether or being on the end of the robot arm. I didn't realize they worked like that. Seems pretty bold. I guess they could scoop him up by maneuvering the shuttle if his suit maneuvering equipment gave out.
deirdre
Senior Member.
I was freaking out watching the current guys fixing the cooling system. wish I had seen this before that!
NAISAIAH
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And the flight path of this object seems to make a curve as its comes closer, the starting point and following the line in the first frames clearly shows its changing its path. How can this be? Aswell you can see a smaller object behind it for just 1 or 2 frames, could be pixelation artifacts but im not sure. Not saying its not a blob or its a UFO (aliens) but a friend raises this questions.
Pete Tar
Senior Member.
Because it's claimed to be inside the shuttle not outside.
NAISAIAH
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Ok thx alot, i ve missed that. Can still happen sometimes in future since english is not my native language, am sorry
