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Angatar reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
Informative.
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... -
JMartJr reacted to John J.'s post in the thread The 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness monster photo with
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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... -
FastIndy replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.Given the weight attributed to the FWHM by the author attempting to point to short duration flashes, an enterprising person could go back and compare the FWHM for the removed X-Y scan direction defects and see if they are similar to the FWHM in...
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NorCal Dave 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... -
NorCal Dave reacted to John J.'s post in the thread The 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness monster photo with
Agree.
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 replied to the thread Digitized Sky Survey POSS-1.A new paper has emerged, see: Post in thread 'Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey' https://www.metabunk.org/threads/transients-in-the-palomar-observatory-sky-survey.14362/post-365884 I will definitely try at least one of the methods... -
John J. reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Agree.
We may have to respectfully disagree there. As far as eyewitness testimony goes, his seems as good as any (in my view, that is not very good, as I have mentioned frequently in the past I put little value in unsupported eyewitness testimony) but... -
NorCal Dave reacted to Hevach's post in the thread Claim: Chris Bledsoe says Sphinx will face Regulus on Easter 2026 with Like.
Simply put he changed the date because he made a prediction based on an easily predictable celestial event and botched the date, but the correct date is easy to find, and he chose a bright star aligning with the sphinx and that has a history of...
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Jjdog reacted to NorCal Dave's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like.
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...
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Jjdog reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like.
We may have to respectfully disagree there. As far as eyewitness testimony goes, his seems as good as any (in my view, that is not very good, as I have mentioned frequently in the past I put little value in unsupported eyewitness testimony) but...
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HoaxEye reacted to FastIndy's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
The author's plate analysis software is linked here: https://github.com/cuernodegazpacho/plateanalysis
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NorCal Dave 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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FastIndy replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.The author's plate analysis software is linked here: https://github.com/cuernodegazpacho/plateanalysis
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HoaxEye reacted to Ann K's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like.
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...
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HoaxEye reacted to Robert Sheaffer's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like.
Rich Contry, who was on I-40 north of Prescott, wrote: "As the formation came towards me I stopped my car and got out with my binocs to check out what this was. As it came towards me, I saw 5 aircraft with there running lights (red and green) and...
