| Saturday, 09 September 2006 09:59 |
Hello all, I thought I would respond to Mike Jamison's comments in
another thread (see below) about what happened at James Gilliland's
conference. I've read both of Steve Moreno's and and James Gilliland's
comments and think that the discrepancy between them can be attributed
to the different observations that happened. Please keep in mind that
what occurred at the conference sky watching was not a rigorous
scientific study but a diverse collection of individuals who would
come out at different times and report on what they saw in the night
sky. Based on my own observations, something was definitely happening
at the Sattwa retreat that was anomalous and could be attributed to
UFO related activity. This happened during both the conference and
subsequently for those of us staying at the retreat.
Each night we spent there we saw some bright objects traversing the
night sky that appeared to be self-illuminated and would at different
times grow quickly in intensity, before diminishing or fading out
completely. James described this anomalous phenomenon as UFO's
'powering up'. This is where different interpretations and versions of
what happened come into focus in terms of reports of what transpired
at the conference. I plan to write something more extensive of what
happened and show some of the photos we took, but have been delayed
due to other commitments. So here are some preliminary observations
that I hope to expand upon soon.
First, not everyone saw the objects that 'powered up'. Many were still
in the conference itself watching videos, etc., when the phenomenon
occurred. This happened on the first night, friday of the conference
where only a few were in the field observing. We were one of those in
the field who saw the 'powering up' on the first night. So we were
among the few that saw something light up in a spectacular way, while
most others saw nothing on the first night. This is one reason for
discrepancies in reports.
Second, the conventional explanation that the objects were satellites
fit only some of the observed phenomenon. A few of the objects either
traversed the whole night sky from west to east or travelled in the
eastern region in the earth's shadow. This indicated the objects were
self-illuminated. Since satellites cannot reflect the sun's light when
they pass into the earth's shadow, this was suggestive either of UFO
activity or some secret military program using self-illuminated
vehicles. Given their self-luminosity, elevation and speed these would
have had to have been very large objects far beyond the capability of
military technology thereby suggesting UFOs/extraterrestri al vehicles.
Third, another conventional explanation is that the objects were
'Iridium Flares' which are satellites that can quickly increase in
intensity when their extensive solar panels reflect back to Earth the
sunlight they receive. This would seemingly replicate the 'powering
up' we saw except for three significant problems. a. Irridium flares
have a north-south trajectory whereas several of the objects we saw
had trajectories that were more east-west. b. Irridium flares that
power up are elliptical as opposed to the spherical phenomena we
observed. c. Irridium flares will blink out completely when they pass
into the Earth's shadow, this did not occur for some of the objects we
observed.
My conclusion on what I saw was that several of the objects we saw
that 'powered up' both during the conference and later were not
iridium flares.
I would argue based on our observations and photos taken that we were
viewing UFOs that did appear during the conference for those that were
ready or positioned for this. In conclusion, since the conference sky
watching was not done in a scientifically rigorous way and was largely
done in an ad hoc manner where people saw different things depending
on when they began skywatching, then discrepant reports are possible.
I hope that helps clarify what occurred at the conference and I hope I
can soon put something more extensive up at my website with links,
photos, etc.
Aloha, Michael S. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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