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Airy disks are quite variable, and depend on the focus and optics of the device; but some do have darker circles in the centre.

how about 2 ounces? heres a 6inch ashtray someone actually weighed. (didnt like the depth for a pie/tart plate.. maybe quiche? is Mrs. Trent buying specialized mini quiche trays? but they'd still be somewhat heavy, although not as heavy a metal...

It's easy to see that the wires do not hang in a smooth catenary, but have miscellaneous jogs and bends. That shows that they are not very flexible at all, and I would expect them not to be affected by a light-weight object hanging from a slender...

EDIT: Cross posted with Ann K above about the same thing. The 3 big wires in the background are distribution wires that run from utility pole to utility pole which are usually around 300' apart in rural areas: They are typically spaced about...

I think they are probably the same effect, appearing on different types of electronic imaging devices.

Those look like Airy disks. The instrument Halt was using to look at the lighthouse was a Starscope photomultiplier, which produces a lot of artifacts, including flares and glare. According to Ridpath, a very bright light could burn out the...

The only problem I have with the hypothesis that this object was suspended from the wire seen in the photo, is that a freely suspended wire hanging from two points will form a smooth catenary curve, but if you hang a weight from the midpoint it...

well we can see the back hole of the light. but not the glass side facing the sea. but you're saying: like a spotlight reflecting off distance clouds. so even though the movie footage is horrible and i cant see any loom (beam), in real life...

Yes, perhaps so. A thin layer of mist would be enough to show the beam quite clearly. Judging from this photo, the loom would have reached around almost to the location of the observers, so it would have shone over their heads briefly before...

Yes, Orford Ness will have had a beam. It still has, but much less bright than in 1980. When the beam is visible but you can't see the light itself, that is called the 'loom', and it can be very difficult to tell where it is coming from or going...

It's probably not easy for a fighter pilot to make that mistake but from what he said on the JRE, Fravor most likely did make that mistake. His retelling of the incident to Rogan indicates his conclusion of what he thought was happening wasn't...

from the book i posted earlier by Georgina Bruni published 2000 David Boast is a local gamekeeper who lives with his wife and family in a farmhouse on the field facing the landing sites. The researchers claim that the first time they spoke to...

Only third-hand at the moment, reporting indirectly what the family said. But if I find a better one I'll post it. For what it is worth, here is an article that mentions Barker, Carey and Kerr, but it has few details...

I won't give more than a passing mention to the account of the local gamekeeper David Boast, who never gave an account in his lifetime, but members of his family have recounted second-hand stories that he is said to have told them about the...

Halt. (sorry- I'm not asking you to stop; just pointing out that Halt's name is Halt, not Holt). Carry on.