tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040353126484409527.post3701711549271678008..comments2024-03-21T08:16:46.130+10:30Comments on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena - scientific research: Corona spy satellites and Westall - a link?Keith Basterfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05367372091711887711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040353126484409527.post-51563330054425265522013-03-18T00:53:36.283+10:302013-03-18T00:53:36.283+10:30My thoughts exactly. The thing took off again. A ...My thoughts exactly. The thing took off again. A film canister can do that?ausworkshophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10094386400777521160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040353126484409527.post-34397038117528208732013-03-11T12:07:06.464+10:302013-03-11T12:07:06.464+10:30This anonymous author has to be kidding himself. A...This anonymous author has to be kidding himself. A SPY SATELLITE? <br /><br />Since when is it at all Possible for a SATELLITE to land, and then hide in some trees, then take off in a flash. <br />Totally ridiculous, anyone with even the most basic knowledge of Astronautics would understand that a satellite can only travel it's orbit. That's all, that's it, period. To even suggest anything else is absolute twaddle, and completely moronic. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04629965056591355505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040353126484409527.post-54359066760381349872012-01-22T19:20:59.438+10:302012-01-22T19:20:59.438+10:30Great work. Although these records appear to rule ...Great work. Although these records appear to rule out a Corona satellite, it would be worth examining the "secret satellite" hypothesis further.<br /><br />The Westall event has always intrigued me due to the sheer number of credible witnesses (I trust my fellow Melbournians!) and the paranoid behaviour of the authorities after the event. The suggestion of a spy satellite is the first non-UFO explanation I've heard that potentially makes some sense.<br /><br />Many of the facts of the Westall event are consistent with some kind of spy satellite: a bizarre metal object landing and taking off, officials showing up very quickly (suggesting the object was being tracked), very secretive behaviour, evidence of US involvement and all this during the Cold War. <br /><br />Some questions I would love someone to look into:<br /><br />1. What did Corona satellites look like and how did they behave? Can any of the Westall witnesses comment on whether the object they saw was in any way similar to a Corona satellite, in terms of appearance and behaviour?<br /><br />2. Is the mysterious lack of official documentation surrounding the Westall incident consistent with other events where Corona satellites have crashed? That is, was it normal for the US and its allies to go to extreme lengths to ensure there was no record of these spy satellites?<br /><br />3. How likely is it that the records of Corona flights that we have access to are complete and accurate? (For me, the simple fact that you found two different sources that confirm different dates suggests that no one particular source is entirely complete.)<br /><br />4. Were there any other similar spy satellite programs run by the US in the 1960s?<br /><br />5. Could the object have been a Russian spy satellite that was identified and tracked by the US?<br /><br />6. What does James E McDonald's apparent involvement in the Westall incident mean? Would it have been unusual for him to look into this if it was just a spy satellite? That is, did James E McDonald know about Corona satellites, or were they too some of the "UFOs" that he had to investigate?<br /><br />One thing about Westall that I suppose might not be consistent with a spy satellite is that the witnesses are adamant that the object pulled some very strange manoeuvres.<br /><br />However, I wonder whether children in the 1960s who observed a radical type of secret satellite might have regarded its manner of flight as "otherworldly" given that it was an object they've never seen before and it presumably used very sophisticated flight technology for the 1960s. (Heck, I'm an adult in the 21st century and I have no idea how a spy satellite would behave if I saw one approaching ground level!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com