Old subject, new evidence, and a proper display
Welcome to the neverending STS-75 incident case, this time laid out properly and with perhaps the most important video added that proves NASA was
smoking space dust when trying to explain this away.
First off, the old footage...(time for youtube goodness)
Ok...we all seen this ages ago...
What we know from the UFO Hunters segment on this is that the camera used was overexposed, making all objects appear larger than what they are.
Fair enough...also, the shape of the object is due to the camera mirror...so, it wasnt a big glowie orb with indents...rather, it was lets just say of
unknown shape..perhaps a sphere, perhaps not...
So, there are 2 real questions left...lets hit the most critical one first because it ties into the other.
Size.
How do we measure size? Well, simple...if its near the tether, then its pretty big, Perhaps a few dozen meters or more (maybe even the size of a
tennis court) if its in front of the tether (lets say a few meters away from the camera), then its pretty small...dust and ice size.
So, the claim is simple..the objects are very very close and illuminated/overexposed which gives the effect that it swimming behind the camera.
ok...sounds good...but one slight issue with that...the laws of physics.
this next video here puts to rest the position in no uncertain term (feel free to try it in your backyard using any camera available...you will get
the same results he gets.
So, if you watched the video, or tested it yourself, go back to the first video and watch the hops..the objects stay relative to the position of the
tether on their flightpath, no sudden quick movements to show it was between the tether and camera...rather, it appears to be around the
tether...welcome to physics 101 NASA, time to rethink that theory.
OK, so your saying..this only proves that there were objects around the tether..big whoop...its overexposed..at max, they are the size of a RV...it
could be just massive pieces of ice...
Well, the last argument is about the movements...in space, random particles do not simply turn around, stop, etc...the theory some posted is that its
minor thruster hits, heat from the camera, etc...however, since the former video proves that the particles were no where even remotely close to the
camera...there goes that theory.
here is the latest breakdown of the STS video (dated june 29, 09) just to fully understand the movements we got going here.
This is absolute proof of UFOs...but...not proof of the objects being alien or anything...simply objects around the tether that are significant in
size and moving in a controlled manner.
now, flag this sucker so we can get this to the top and let the rest of ATSers here have a proper argument and perhaps closure on this particular
topic.
Thoughts? (and yes, I crawled through the other STS threads, all having a haphazard way of approaching it, with arguments and
counterarguements..hopefully this one will close the book on it once and for all)
The 'tether incident' will remain a litmus test of people's viewpoints on UFOs. In
twelve months there's been several heavily subscribed threads with expert input on all sides.....no resolution. I favor the 'prosaic' explanation
rather than aliens or critters. Some see debris orbiting the shuttle...others see aliens. 
