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I updated from 4o-mini to 5.4-mini, and it seems to work.

Agreed. We shouldn't rely on (eye)witness accounts at all. Very helpful as extra information, contextually. But the proof comes from hard evidence, artifacts, etc. How difficult and hard it may be, without it we only have stories.

So when I use GPT-5 Mini, it gives UTC-3 (wrong). But switching to Claude Opus 4.8 it gives the correct UTC-4 So I guess the simple solution is to use the better AI model wherever possible. I'll see if I can update the ChatBase one - but...

Agreed. This is exactly why I have such a hard time taking UFO eyewitness accounts seriously. Not because I think people are lying, but because I know just how unreliable human perception is—especially when something unexpected happens, it's...

Yup - another (street?) light pops into view a little bit later which creates a similar-sized glare whilst it's briefly visible. The inverse square law gives us a nearer <-> much much brighter trade-off, and incredibly bright things would be...

That's the 1st time its made a time zone error, I got complacent and not having CLT in the drop down in sitrec means I didn't notice until I checked it with suncalc mea culpa

A bit OT but this craft from that show appears to be the inspiration for one of the Ariel kids' drawings. Make your own! From Amazon (c) 2018 but I wonder if it was available in 1994...

Followed by "There are so many reports there MUST be something to it!"

Oh, wait, that's the "Sitrec Chatbot", not the Sitrec Assistant. I've not updated the underlying models there (or used it) for a while. Let me try the AI assistant...

Genuinely looks like someone's been in the fruit aisle at Tescos with googly eyes at 2 am after a bender

Ah. I missed the 3rd eye, but on looking a bit closer I don't think the artist did... Agreed!

Those settings affect https://www.chatbase.co/chatbot-iframe/jm08ypN4zneL5S7wU2QOD

Chile is in Chile Standard time after Apr 4, that it UTC-4, so add another hour. The chatbot made a mistake. What model do you have it set to in Sitrec/Settings?

I've been investigating a Reddit post from Chile Below is the Sitrec Chatbot output Let's process the provided date, time, and location. Location: Iquique Airport (Diego Aracena International Airport), Chile The approximate coordinates for...

Good question. I was thinking about that too.