tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post3554363796426700315..comments2024-03-19T11:13:40.642-07:00Comments on A Different Perspective: Coast to Coast - The Alien Artifact in the Solar SystemKRandlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-37119101454906166072021-01-19T14:29:01.339-08:002021-01-19T14:29:01.339-08:00While I am open minded to thinking some civilizati...While I am open minded to thinking some civilizations might be able to travel the vast gulf of space without lots of trouble, that believe this Oumuamua, after countless thousands of years of travel and pinpoint accuracy at aiming at our solar system, just ducks into our solar system for essentially a blink of the eye and then turns tail and shoots back out of the solar system seems a little too much for me. What is the point? Drop anchor! Hoist the mainsail! Fire the damn retrorockets at least! I mean, we are rather intimidating, but I doubt that much to run away.<br /><br />Seems more like an unlikely occurrence of natural phenomena which we never bothered to look for before. <br /><br />Other than that, I suppose it could be a vast game of interstellar billiards.Moonmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293997781090304733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-24367787432224495212021-01-10T04:47:34.683-08:002021-01-10T04:47:34.683-08:00A sublight slingshot maneuver has become a staple ...A sublight slingshot maneuver has become a staple of both SF and actual space operations. We do not know if it was FTL or coming through a wormhole or some such before it got to our Solar System.<br /><br />Close up pictures of it sure would have been interesting, simply due to the object's shape, but we would have had to launch a spacecraft to intercept it and that would have taken years to arrange. Given that it was going 196,000 mph when it did the slingshot around the Sun, I doubt we have anything that could have intercepted it, other than by putting a spacecraft into a Heliocentric orbit that happened to pass by Oumuamua when it whizzed past. RWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060301488401028744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-75301961224628944812021-01-09T18:47:35.412-08:002021-01-09T18:47:35.412-08:00David Evans: If I'm not mistaken, the object w...David Evans: If I'm not mistaken, the object wasn't detected until well after it's entry into our solar system. If so, there's no way to know what it's top speed might be, since as other's have pointed out, it would have required some heavy duty breaking speed to make a slow transit of our system (for exploration purposes I'm guessing). If we can track the object once it leaves our system, and it shows a significant speed increase, that might be a clue what it is...Clarencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950970228169491036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-28923566416713865022021-01-09T16:49:28.134-08:002021-01-09T16:49:28.134-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Nitramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09658903255370299035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-49619696996398639872021-01-09T10:07:10.173-08:002021-01-09T10:07:10.173-08:00The very unusual thing about Oumuamua is that it s...The very unusual thing about Oumuamua is that it seems to have a radically different shape than any other astronomical body ever identified. about 1300 ft long and only 130 feet wide. That makes it about the size of the Starship Enterprise, to use a randomly chosen comparison.<br /><br />It is hard to say whether its shape or its slingshot trajectory is more suspicious. I guess that being able to explain how a naturally occurring object came to be that shape is the hardest part.<br /><br />I understand that has been another slingshot visitor since Oumuamua?<br /><br />By the way, does anyone have a list of how many UFO sightings have included seeing occupants? One of my bosses in the USAF said that one night he was flying an airplane and got a call from ATC that he had fast moving traffic approaching. It slowed and flew formation with him for a bit. he did not describe it other than to say, "I ma telling you that was a ship from another world." Then it did the usual ZIP maneuver and ATC said they had lost track of it.<br /><br />Then a few months later he got a call from his sister-in-law late one night. "Guess what!" she cried. He responded, "You saw a UFO." She said that she had been driving down a deserted stretch of highway that night and something came out of the sky, landed near the road, and some little people got out. "Well why are you calling me? he asked. She responded, "You're the Air Force!" He replied, "So what do you expect me to do about it?" <br /> RWEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060301488401028744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-60962930300819225112021-01-07T19:02:13.331-08:002021-01-07T19:02:13.331-08:00It's unfortunate the object wasn't detecte...It's unfortunate the object wasn't detected earlier; perhaps clear, detailed images of it might have been captured which may have helped with a positive ID. It's odd to think a possible alien craft was that close and we missed such an opportunity and now it's gone, possibly forever.....Clarencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950970228169491036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-59973027586719569292021-01-07T14:59:02.464-08:002021-01-07T14:59:02.464-08:00I did the calculation for ʻOumuamua. Its speed in ...I did the calculation for ʻOumuamua. Its speed in interstellar space was a rather sedate 1/11394 of the speed of light, so the trip from Vega would take 284,850 years. You're right, no sensible alien would choose to make the trip so slowly. I look forward to your interview.David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590531184544289491noreply@blogger.com