>Loeb promises his team will openly share with the public any data they collect and any discoveries they make.
>“This standard scientific practice is far more informative than political maneuvers aimed to disclose classified information from stubborn government agencies,” he says. “A robust answer to Enrico Fermi’s old question of ‘where is everybody?’ will originate from scientists—not from politicians or journalists.”
Just as progress in particle physics or astronomy is heavily dependent on multi-billion dollar tools (CERN, JWST), I don't think any meaningful progress will be achieved without the involvement of the government.
On a tangent line, last summer I was able to observe flashing dots in the sky that were not moving. It occurred near dawn (3 AM) and I was able to observe them every night without clouds. Just a few flashes, dozen of seconds apart, in the same position in the sky. These flashes were very brief (hundreds of milliseconds) and were as bright as the ISS but did not appear to move like the usual satellite does. This wasn't Iridium flares either, those last a lot longer (according to what I can see on youtube).
Anyway there are plenty of people observing these flashes. Albeit the thread was created in 2017 comments are still being added:
The videos in the OP feature exactly the kind of stuff I saw.
And it seems to be common enough that when you look up "flashing light in " on Google, the second suggestion is "flashing light in sky not moving".
What is this ? The static position in the sky (near geosynchronous orbit?) and the high magnitude of these flashes leave me baffled (even though I'm not a scientist myself).
>“This standard scientific practice is far more informative than political maneuvers aimed to disclose classified information from stubborn government agencies,” he says. “A robust answer to Enrico Fermi’s old question of ‘where is everybody?’ will originate from scientists—not from politicians or journalists.”
Just as progress in particle physics or astronomy is heavily dependent on multi-billion dollar tools (CERN, JWST), I don't think any meaningful progress will be achieved without the involvement of the government.
On a tangent line, last summer I was able to observe flashing dots in the sky that were not moving. It occurred near dawn (3 AM) and I was able to observe them every night without clouds. Just a few flashes, dozen of seconds apart, in the same position in the sky. These flashes were very brief (hundreds of milliseconds) and were as bright as the ISS but did not appear to move like the usual satellite does. This wasn't Iridium flares either, those last a lot longer (according to what I can see on youtube).
Anyway there are plenty of people observing these flashes. Albeit the thread was created in 2017 comments are still being added:
https://www.backyardastronomy.net/2017/02/04/single-flashes-...
The videos in the OP feature exactly the kind of stuff I saw.
And it seems to be common enough that when you look up "flashing light in " on Google, the second suggestion is "flashing light in sky not moving".
What is this ? The static position in the sky (near geosynchronous orbit?) and the high magnitude of these flashes leave me baffled (even though I'm not a scientist myself).