"Transients" in Palomar Sky Survey - Probably from Aliens!

Source	http://badufos.blogspot.com/2026/04/transients-in-palomar-sky-survey.html
Author	Robert Sheaffer
Published	2026-04-14, 08:29 PM
Summary	Of late the UFO community has gone into a frenzy over some papers written by astronomer Beatriz Villarroel (with co-author Steven Bruehl, also Gary Nolan, and others), claiming to have found "transients" on Palomar Sky Survey plates taken (mostly) between 1949 and 1957. These are being interpreted as something mysterious, probably aliens putting things in geosynchronous orbit, objects that have since disappeared.A good summary of Dr. Villarroel's methods is in this paper by Isabela Melamed, Not
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