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John J. replied to the thread The 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness monster photo.Hi Silverado, welcome. The paper lists one author. It is common for academic/ research papers to have a discussion section. Unless it is clearly stated otherwise, the reader will be under the impression that the discussion section is written by... -
HoaxEye reacted to Robert Sheaffer's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with
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There is no way that the first Phoenix Lights sighting was a hoax by Mike Rogers, or anyone else. First, it crossed almost the entire state of Arizona, by most accounts in less than an hour, suggesting a speed of about 400 mph. So Planes... -
HoaxEye reacted to MapperGuy's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like.
The government does not need to test peoples reactions to UFOs. Everytime someone sees something they THINK is a Flying Saucer, but is just an airplane/planet/satellite, they have another example of a persons reaction to a UFO. No expensive test...
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HoaxEye reacted to Ann K's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like.
I find it hard to believe that a single huge structure such as described (1) existed at all, and (2) was deliberately flown over Phoenix, a huge, busy metropolitan area where even a largish kite would certainly be a traffic hazard if it came...
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HoaxEye reacted to flarkey's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
Big IFO photographed from a plane with a phone camera... Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1s2db9p/tars_balloon_near_marfa_tx_at_10500_feet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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HoaxEye reacted to Eburacum's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
It reminds me of one of the few successful 'UAP' identifications I have ever made. Someone wrote in to the Fortean Times forum describing a 'vertical floating cylinder' seen over the Pennines from a plane; I knew what it was, because I'd seen too...
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HoaxEye reacted to Eburacum's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
Well spotted! It seems that these apparitions are not subsuns per se, but lower tangent arcs, which appear in approximately the same place and do display some colour. https://atoptics.co.uk/blog/perfect-lower-tangent-arc-opod/ The bright white...
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NorCal Dave replied to the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax.Just start a new one. You can organize your thoughts and evidence from Rogers various claims in a new opening post and then others can post about it. I agree, it keeps the discussion cleaner. You can also ask Mick to split this thread with the... -
NorCal Dave reacted to Ann K's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with
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Speculation, I'm afraid: It's long been said that the people who tell a tall tale eventually begin to believe it themselves. I think that must also be true of people who never tell the tale except in their own minds, to themselves: "I wish I had... -
HoaxEye replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.Stars don't have PSFs, but this paper contains some good ideas. Radial profiling of nearby stars is awesome. I'm going to try that. The method of comparing two plates with overlapping FOVs is also great. Sadly this method cannot be used with...
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Gary C reacted to flarkey's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
Big IFO photographed from a plane with a phone camera... Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1s2db9p/tars_balloon_near_marfa_tx_at_10500_feet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button -
Gary C reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
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I find this very sloppily worded: "While the analysis is ongoing, one notable result is that our findings independently confirm that these transients exhibit systematically narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM) compared to stellar point spread... -
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Big IFO photographed from a plane with a phone camera... Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1s2db9p/tars_balloon_near_marfa_tx_at_10500_feet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button -
John J. reacted to Mendel's post in the thread The 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness monster photo with Like.
Welcome to Metabunk! It's always good to discuss with people well versed in the facts of a case. The paper at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362866103_Empirical_Analysis_of_the_Hugh_Gray_%27Nessie%27_Photograph lists Roland Watson...
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purpleivan reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
I find this very sloppily worded: "While the analysis is ongoing, one notable result is that our findings independently confirm that these transients exhibit systematically narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM) compared to stellar point spread...