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In March 1953 the highly classified ‘Black Knight’ programme began which called for a single seat subsonic high-altitude aircraft capable of carrying a 700lb payload over 3000 miles at 70,000ft.
Originally posted by Rubicant13
reply to post by JimOberg
Interesting, Mr. Oberg. Was there an inquiry into this mystery satellite sighting in 1953 as reported on many websites or not?
Originally posted by bluestreak53
Originally posted by Rubicant13
reply to post by JimOberg
Interesting, Mr. Oberg. Was there an inquiry into this mystery satellite sighting in 1953 as reported on many websites or not?
I'm not sure if you are actually reading the material presented on the thread or not. There was not "a satellite" in 1953, but an observation of TWO satellites (not one, but two) - and from what I can tell, nothing to link this to the so-called "black knight" satellite. They said they were "natural" orbiting "moons", I guess they were asteroids that had simply decided to enter earth orbit.
Unfortunately, no one has yet been able to produce the original article from Aviation Week published in August 1954 which revealed this discovery.So we are left with minimal information.
Originally posted by Rubicant13
Was there an inquiry into this mystery satellite sighting in 1953 as reported on many websites or not?
During spacewalks debris, both small and large, are often thrown off the station for convenience, although sometimes tools unintentionally slip away. Such was the case in December 1998 when a slidewire carrier and a worksite interface were lost by the STS-88 crew while conducting an extravehicular activity (EVA) for ISS. These objects were large enough to be tracked by the U.S. SSN and were cataloged (U.S. satellite numbers 25564 and 25565). Three other objects were also released by STS-88 spacewalkers, one inadvertently (an insulation blanket) and two by design (antenna spools), although only the former was officially cataloged (Debris, 1999).
Originally posted by IamAbeliever
reply to post by Rubicant13
counting outwards from the sun
This is the only part that I find a bit suspicious. The word sun is a human word that we have given our own star. The fact that they refer to their star as sun makes me think this is a human generated signal.
This is still extremely interesting nonetheless. Good post OP.edit on 17-9-2012 by IamAbeliever because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by IamAbeliever
reply to post by Rubicant13
counting outwards from the sun
This is the only part that I find a bit suspicious. The word sun is a human word that we have given our own star. The fact that they refer to their star as sun makes me think this is a human generated signal.
This is still extremely interesting nonetheless. Good post OP.edit on 17-9-2012 by IamAbeliever because: (no reason given)
According to the source, by 2016, this probe/UFO will makes its path back into Earth’s orbit. Orbiting every 15-20 years.
Also it took a corrective course to avoid collision with another asteroid.