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Charlie Wiser replied to the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax.No, the time was two hours earlier and unlike the second part (flares) the first object moved across Arizona and was viewed from several directions. He didn't report a formation, and certainly not v-shaped. No, the Snowbird planes is an... -
FatPhil 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... -
FatPhil reacted to John J.'s post in the thread The 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness monster photo with Like.
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...
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Not quite shadows, but merely 'dark' contrails seen yesterday through a lower haze illuminated by the sun. In the clear sky they would be bright white. -
FatPhil replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.You can't even evaluate FWHM from photographic plates - they're non-linear because they're clipped - you have no idea how high the max was, so have no idea where half is.
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FatPhil replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.Aberrations/vignetting definitely make the PSF not a constant across the whole plane, yes. However, seeing is an additional variation from a simplistic mathematical perfection that would be detected at the sensor - but the noise it introduces to...
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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... -
John J. reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Yukon Alaska Hwy Jan 20 2025 Case – Raw Dashcam Timestamp Jump + 21:51 Orb Photo (Higher Res) with
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I agree. It is worth bearing in mind that the Hills' hypnotherapist did not believe their story to be literally true: Because of sleep problems and anxiety, Barney began to see a psychiatrist who referred him to a colleague, Dr. Benjamin Simon... -
MonkeeSage reacted to FastIndy's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
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Mauro reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Claim: Chris Bledsoe says Sphinx will face Regulus on Easter 2026 with Like.
...and there is nothing that says you have to pick sunrise -- you could pick sunset, or midnight, or moonrise, or moonset, or the time any of the planets rise or set, etc. Nor does it have to be Regulus. SOMETHING will be at pretty much the...
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MonkeeSage reacted to flarkey's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
@MonkeeSage - beat me to it! Another paper has been released stating that they have found "evidence of transients similar to those previously reported by the VASCO Project for POSS plates" but in other plates. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20407...
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Mauro 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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I noticed my first contrail shadow over San Diego Saturday morning. Would have taken a photo to document it, but I was driving. It was a translucent dark line to the west of (and shorter than) a white contrail. There were more than the usual...
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MonkeeSage 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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MonkeeSage reacted to John J.'s post in the thread The 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness monster photo with Like.
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...
