Alex Collier is an ignorant clown.
WWT does not present a real time view of space. It uses images from various sources,in particular, the Digital Sky Survey collection. The images on
WWT are made by combining the original plates (one with a blue filter and one with red) to create a false color image. The flaws in these images
appear only in the blue plates.
Here are the original blue plates. All images were originally made at the Schmidt observatory in the UK, on 10/11/1977.
19 25 12, -89 46 03 - first big object recorded
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/092fc60f0820.png[/atsimg]
16 19 35, -88 43 10 - cylindrical object
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/f17dfe703711.png[/atsimg]
02 26 39, -89 43 13 - circular
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/500670446ad4.png[/atsimg]
08 50 47, -89 38 09 - curved
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/dccf40d46376.png[/atsimg]
14 38 50, -88 40 42 - curved
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/ea268a6f193e.png[/atsimg]
14 59 06, -88 21 24 - curved
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/8503b59fe903.png[/atsimg]
23 13 00, -88 53 11 - curved
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/ffe64ccf7c97.png[/atsimg]
19 26 51, -88 42 38 - cylindrical, looking like ship with traces
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/50701151bd59.png[/atsimg]
The original plates can be found here:
stdatu.stsci.edu...