Fabulous analysis and discourse ! I hope it is read and remembered by all who report decays. /Björn 2012/4/30 Ted Molczan <ssl3molcz@rogers.com>: > Jim Oberg relayed to me a query from British journalist Ian Ridpath, about a UFO sighting in Yukon, on 1996 Dec 12 UTC .... human mind races to make sense of the > unfamiliar, drawing on experience that may be inadequate. Depth perception can play tricks, such that something 200 km > away, 100 km long, and moving at 7 km/s, seems to be just 200 m away, 100 m long, and moving 7 km/h - the angular > velocity is roughly the same. > > Taking these considerations into account, the eyewitnesses did a pretty good job, and need not be embarrassed for having > perceived more than was there. > > Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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