Comments on: Goodbye, Zeta Reticuli

By: Anamorfose, Constelações e Extraterrestres

Anamorfose, Constelações e Extraterrestres — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:57:00 +0000

[...] precisos e completos gerados pelo satélite Hipparcos no início da década de 1990, o astrônomo Brett Holman demonstrou que, aplicando os critérios de Fish, excluindo sistemas estelares incapazes de suportar [...]

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:17:13 +0000

I recently came across a blog post by a UFO sceptic who has read my Fortean Times article and challenged the foremost promoter of the Hill star map, Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist, about the Hipparcos data. Friedman's response:

Friedman agreed 100% that the Hipparchos data is an order of magnitude more accurate. But of course Stanton wanted to have his cake, and eat it too. He agreed that the Fish map has problems, but he still claimed we have identified "the base": Zeta 1 and Zeta 2 Reticuli, even though the data that identification was based on is now known to be inaccurate.

Ah, well.

By: Betty and Barney Hill's UFO Star Map and Their Alien Abductions: | Astronotes

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:51:43 +0000

[...] falls to pieces at this point. This was first pointed out in an article Goodbye Zeta Reticuli by Brett Holman published in the November 2008 Fortean Times and the silence which has followed from supporters of [...]

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:30:47 +0000

Jonathan:

I'm sure you're right! It's just a bit of fun, though, so ultimately if people don't want to be convinced I don't mind too much ...

Dr Space Junk:

Thank you -- but since you've had Greg Egan commenting on your blog, I think that makes us even!

By: Dr Space Junk

Dr Space Junk — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:02:36 +0000

I'm lost in admiration! Must buy November issue. To be honest, I've gone off Fortean Times lately as it seems to have become more lightweight and less interesting - but I'm sure your contribution will help that!

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:03:08 +0000

[satire] Well, they must have come from farther away, then. They had to come from somewhere! [/satire]

You're going to hear it, you know. Sounds like good work, though.