Planet X: 3 Observatories PRESENT
To share some of the experiences reported to me, the tack taken by
observatories this Fall has been to:
1. Refuse to look THERE. "We ain't gona look THERE,
and never mind why."
This works as long as the refusal does not become
too obvious. One has to wonder, why NOT? If there's
nothing to hide, why NOT?
2. Refuse to look ANYWHERE. "We're closed for repairs,
indefinitely. Go away."
This is what Steve is reporting in Vancouver.
Observatories in the vicinity closing down too.
All it takes for an observatory to close is for
Steve Havas to glance it its direction. If there's
nothing to hide, why CLOSE?
3. Give extensive help, which does anything but.
"Here, lets take a CCD image for 3 minutes or so,
and compare to the star charts ... see, nothing
there but the usual stars. Too cloudy for infrared
today, though."
Presented with an explanation that the object
searched for is so tiny it may be a pixtel on
an image, needs infrared or red spectrum search
to stand out, and does not have the intensity of a
star nor is it reflecting sunlight as Pluto does,
infrared is refused and a short time CCD is
proferred. If there's nothing there, why not
LOOK?
So if you don't like a coverup, about a literal earth shaking event that
is in your NEAR FUTURE, then check the VIEWING specs, restated next, and
persist!