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  • purpleivan
    purpleivan reacted to John J.'s post in the thread The 1933 Hugh Gray Loch Ness monster photo with Agree 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...
  • John J.
    John J. reacted to jdog's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like Like.
    It strikes me that the problem with this approach of looking for more sky survey-like material shot in the same way with similar technology at the same time is that the analysis is also likely to repeat any flaws in the original papers. That is...
  • John J.
    John J. replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.
    I guess the reasoning would be a non-rotating object with a reflective surface only visible in one direction would either be non-transient or not visible depending on its orientation. Why alien designers build rotating satellites with one highly...
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    jdog replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.
    It strikes me that the problem with this approach of looking for more sky survey-like material shot in the same way with similar technology at the same time is that the analysis is also likely to repeat any flaws in the original papers. That is...
  • Robert Sheaffer
    Robert Sheaffer reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like Like.
    Oh, I'm interested in anything you find about it. At the moment planes seem more likely, to me, but (hard as it is to believe) I' was wrong about something once, so I suppose it could happen again! Anything learnable about the whole Mike Rogers...
  • Robert Sheaffer
    Robert Sheaffer replied to the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax.
    Yes. Because the witness descriptions are contradictory, some of them must be wrong. But which ones? Everyone who saw the lights in binoculars or a telescope said they were planes. And the mystery pilot who responded on the radio reportedly...
  • John J.
    John J. reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Funny Funny.
    The Rotating Saucer is a bit of a cultural meme... Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, 1956 With suacers and visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. Mars Attacks, 1996 UFO, 1970-71 British TV series created by Gerry Anderson, who was also the...
  • John J.
    John J. replied to the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax.
    Aircraft at a sufficient distance can appear to be a single point of light at night, and the flashes of strobes/ beacons indiscernible. Anecdotal, but I live near a flight path and I often notice incoming aircraft initially as a bright "star"...
  • Gary C
    Gary C reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like Like.
    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.
  • John J.
    John J. reacted to Charlie Wiser's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like Like.
    Mike was far less interested in talking about that case, according to his daughter, and she too was more interested in the Phoenix Lights. I haven't heard the recording yet so this is only what she told me: Mike and Travis had planned it for...
  • John J.
    John J. reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like Like.
    Oh, I'm interested in anything you find about it. At the moment planes seem more likely, to me, but (hard as it is to believe) I' was wrong about something once, so I suppose it could happen again! Anything learnable about the whole Mike Rogers...
  • Charlie Wiser
    Charlie Wiser replied to the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax.
    Mike was far less interested in talking about that case, according to his daughter, and she too was more interested in the Phoenix Lights. I haven't heard the recording yet so this is only what she told me: Mike and Travis had planned it for...
  • JMartJr
    JMartJr reacted to jackfrostvc's post in the thread 1971 Lake Cote / Lago de Cote UFO Aerial Photo with Useful Useful.
    Apparently there's a new Doco on the pic etc. They claim there is a new drum scan photo of it they found. It's all in this tweet, I dont care enough about this case to dig it all p. Just posting this here for those interested "the team...
  • JMartJr
    JMartJr replied to the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax.
    Oh, I'm interested in anything you find about it. At the moment planes seem more likely, to me, but (hard as it is to believe) I' was wrong about something once, so I suppose it could happen again! Anything learnable about the whole Mike Rogers...
  • John J.
    John J. reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Travis Walton case: Crew boss confesses hoax with Like Like.
    Sorry I was unclear... "In at least the same general time frame and going the same direction" was to refer to the following reports and descriptions, not the preceding one. Mea culpa. He reported a bunch of planes together in a bunch. That's...
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