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

[Chris Peterson]

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