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originally posted by: MJM2019
a reply to: MJM2019
….. What's interesting is they first noticed these events in the early 1970s in geostationary orbit, which is significantly further from Earth than the range of a lot of space junk, especially 50 years ago.
originally posted by: MJM2019
a reply to: Bhadhidar
Interesting thought on the X-37B. Apparently one rumor of its mission was to test "advanced surveillance sensors." Per this article: www.airspacemag.com...
So it's not unreasonable to ask if it was studying fastwalkers.
originally posted by: MJM2019
a reply to: JimOberg
That's a fair point totally. Considering it has to do with the ballistic missile monitoring satellites it would warrant high classification regardless of what the phenomenon is.
originally posted by: EartOccupant
a reply to: MJM2019
I found the one i was thinking of:
So many objects moving or passing by... they are all confused : )
Satellite based sensors looking down at the Earth’s surface occasionally observe
reflected light from an object passing through the image which is moving too fast
relative to the background of the image to be located within the atmosphere. These
objects are commonly called fastwalkers. This term refers to any orbital object seen
passing through the field of view of an Earth observing sensor which is suspected of
being in orbit.
Declassified USAF files show analysts study UFOs passing by satellites beyond range of space junk