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Please learn to use the tools of the forum to avoid misunderstandings like this. I can't tell when you're making glib or silly suggestions, presenting actual theories, paraphrasing others, paraphrasing yourself or actually quoting someone. Your... -
NorCal Dave replied to the thread The Varginha UFO.Please learn to use the tools of the forum to avoid misunderstandings like this. I can't tell when you're making glib or silly suggestions, presenting actual theories, paraphrasing others, paraphrasing yourself or actually quoting someone. Your... -
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Surprisingly, there are THREE individuals named "Fortunato" in this case. All of them are doctors. To make matters worse, two of them are named "Armando Fortunato", the other one being the famous Doctor Fortunato Badan Palhares. Chereze was...
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BoulderRiver replied to the thread The Varginha UFO.Surprisingly, there are THREE individuals named "Fortunato" in this case. All of them are doctors. To make matters worse, two of them are named "Armando Fortunato", the other one being the famous Doctor Fortunato Badan Palhares. Chereze was...
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ATFLIR works with IR wavelenghts of 3 to 5 microns. That's a window of transmission in the atmosphere, meaning that absorption/scatter are minimized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_window
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Yes, especially in more recent sightings. But don;t forget the "our space brothers come to share a message of intergalactic peace and like that" meme that was very popular before that, and still floats around the psychic channeling portion of... -
John J. reacted to Starflint's post in the thread A cigar-shaped unidentified luminous object captured on a Xinjiang passenger aircraft [Likely Ski Area] with
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Indeed, some comments in the original video pointed out that it might be a ski resort, which is a plausible idea. However, the ski resort mentioned earlier was too far away, so I searched for a few ski resorts near Urumqi that align with the... -
John J. reacted to flarkey's post in the thread A cigar-shaped unidentified luminous object captured on a Xinjiang passenger aircraft [Likely Ski Area] with Like.
Yes thats the structure i'm looking at. I'm not sure of its name, or if it even has one. The only photo I've been able to find of it is in the GoogleEarth Photo layers and shows the entrance to the tunnels. edit, and this
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John J. reacted to Trailblazer's post in the thread A cigar-shaped unidentified luminous object captured on a Xinjiang passenger aircraft [Likely Ski Area] with
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There is an offset between the real-world position and the Google Maps position of features in China - it's a restriction imposed by the government I believe. So you end up with very weird situations at the borders with neighbouring countries... -
NorCal Dave replied to the thread The Varginha UFO.Maybe a bit of explanation for us non-Brazilians. It sounds like Fortunato was the admitting physician, possibly in the Emergency room? He recommended Chesere be admitted and then transferred to a different, possibly better equipped, facility...
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At least we agree that it certainly wasn't a monkey.
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BoulderRiver replied to the thread The Varginha UFO.At least we agree that it certainly wasn't a monkey.
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Perene, your contributions here have devolved into a Gish Gallop. You are attempting to overwhelm the discussion with a long list of speculative scenarios while ignoring the empirical data already provided. On a skeptical forum like this, we...
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Trailblazer replied to the thread A cigar-shaped unidentified luminous object captured on a Xinjiang passenger aircraft [Likely Ski Area].The view tallies with a time of about 21:47 at which point the plane was climbing through 12,000ft. I put a placemark at 3650m absolute altitude and it looks pretty close: Co-ordinates: I tried the "show viewshed" option in Google Earth... -
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The Varginha incident is built primarily on the fragile architecture of human memory, sometimes resting upon the accounts of more than sixty individuals who claim to have glimpsed the incredible. Before navigating this labyrinth of sightings, it...
