[meteorite-list] Oh Christ... any ideas anyone?

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:07:27 -0700
Message-ID: <035c01c82873$316fa6d0$0a01a8c0_at_bellatrix>

Not a chance. I don't know what technology was used for the Earth image
in the first place, but it doesn't look recent. In fact, the image as
published looks like a secondary photograph off a paper original. If
that inkblot were an asteroid, what is it being seen against? What
imaging technology sees space as white? Most likely, the output system
simply avoids printing or coloring areas outside the Earth. That makes
the spot either a printing defect, or something that got on the image
before the secondary copy was made (or a deliberate fraud, considering
the source).

Also, an asteroid close enough to appear this large would be both
unfocused and motion blurred as recorded by any Earth monitoring
satellite.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Oh Christ... any ideas anyone?


> Hi all -
>
> While looking through the photos at ufo digest (the
> usual reconnaissance aircraft, bollides, lenticular
> clouds, film speks, frauds, and maybe something else,
> but who knows what) I saw this undated image:
>
> http://www.ufodigest.com/photo/earthufo.html
>
> Does this rank with the Teton Flyby as a recent near
> miss? Undated, unsourced, it looks to me like a near
> miss, and if it holds a damn well documented one.
>
> Oh Christ.
>
> E.P. Grondine
Received on Fri 16 Nov 2007 12:07:27 PM PST