A former NASA scientist has independently confirmed the presence of mysterious 1950s sky flashes that predated human spaceflight and appear to correlate with early nuclear weapons testing.
Retired NASA developer Ivo Busko has published a study independently verifying the existence of mysterious, short-duration “transient” flashes in 1950s archival sky plates, providing crucial support for Dr. Beatriz Villarroel’s earlier research into pre-satellite orbital anomalies. By analyzing 98,000 photographic plates from the Hamburg Observatory, Busko identified dozens of “extremely short-duration flashes” that mirror those found by the VASCO project, appearing suddenly in one frame and vanishing in the next.
These glints, which predated the 1957 launch of Sputnik-1, were notably 8.5 percent more frequent the day after atmospheric nuclear tests, leading researchers to suggest they may be artificial in origin. Busko noted that while these events are difficult to reconcile within a “conventional astronomical framework,” they are “consistent with sub-second optical glints produced by sunlight reflecting from flat surfaces on rotating objects,” adding that “establishing a robust observational basis for the reality and behavior of these events is of clear importance” for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
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