It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by DodgeG1
I can see why some people would think that these are UFO's flying infront of the camera's.
But could it not just be asteroids or something similar to that floating about in space
Google Video Link |
Originally posted by LoDGiKaL
the physicist you are refereing to I believe is David Sereda.
And these are propably the video's where mentioned info came from.
hmm, part 1 doesn't seem to be available anymore, anyway, this is part 2.
you know what to look for if your interested.
gr.
Originally posted by DodgeG1
I can see why some people would think that these are UFO's flying infront of the camera's.
But could it not just be asteroids or something similar to that floating about in space
Originally posted by coronamoz
This is what you call the UFO smoking gun? Is this serious? Please take the time to educate yourselves in basic astronomy before making such lewd claims. While spectacular, this is by no means proof of et's.
Originally posted by Karilla
The tether incident. For those who insist on the swarming objects being debris, I have some questions. Why do they come from all directions. Why do they have different speeds?
Why do some flash?
Where did the debris come from? The conductor cable joing the tether to the shuttle fried and snapped. Why all the debris?
Originally posted by sostyles
Originally posted by NGC2736
I think the problem is that once these 'experts' get good at their craft, they feel the need to [rove it by not ever finding something they couldn't have done themselves. It's just a way to impress everyone with their skill.
I agree!
Originally posted by Karilla
As far as the plate glass analogy, indeed there would be large amounts of particles flying around, but you would normally expect them to fly AWAY from the impact, not away from it and then back again, particularly in a vacuum.
At the start of the video linked above you can see the end of the tether as it coils under the inertial differences along its length. All debris originating from this will do one of two things, remain floating in the local area if their initial velocity and momentum were low, or speed away from the coiling end of the tether if high. What is not possible is for particles to continually swim past from different directions and at different speeds.
Also, how do you get pieces of debris with right-angles from a snapping cable?
The actual markings that you notice are all in the same orientation are, I believe, focal artefacts. Without being familiar with the shuttle's on-board cameras I can't say for sure, but the same artefacts can be seen with out-of-focus objects using some lenses and particularly telescopes. Mirror lenses (out-moded telefoto lenses that shortened their physical length while maximising focal length) turn points of light into halos when blurred.
Also, given the fact that the tether, which is 12 miles long, appears to be far wider than it should, how can you tell whether all of the objects' flightpaths are exactly perpendicular to the camera?
Originally posted by Lost_Mind
Hard to imagine all of the dynamic variables involved when the tether snapped, but I would posit that each individual piece of debris would have been affected by the force of tether snapping individually, hence each particle would and could have its own speed and trajectory after the snap. Some would move quickly from the source of force, some slower, depending on how the force affected each tiny piece independantly.
What is the reason that these objects all have the same orientation to the camera?
Originally posted by yuefo
At 4:55, direct your attention to the PULSATING object that enters from the lower left portion of the screen. It travels up above the tether and hovers vertical to the tip. Then, it proceeds straight down to the bottom of the screen.
www.youtube.com...
Originally posted by yuefo
Originally posted by yuefo
At 4:55, direct your attention to the PULSATING object that enters from the lower left portion of the screen. It travels up above the tether and hovers vertical to the tip. Then, it proceeds straight down to the bottom of the screen.
www.youtube.com...
I need to quote myself here as reiteration. In this link, the video quality is such that you can clearly see dozens of objects pass behind the tether.
But let's set that aside. The debris theorists MUST explain how at least one of those objects makes a complete circuit around the tether (please see 4:55 above) or explain the physics involved in a debris particle changing direction in space. And please note that the old "shuttle thrusters" explanation won't work since they would alter the trajectory of all the objects, not just the one. There's no point in going around in circles about this until the skeptics reply to this one issue.
Originally posted by SuicideVirus
It's just an illusion. They are separate particles moving in opposite directions, where the angle reflected light only makes them appear to be one object changing directions.