NASA Shuttle Mission STS-48

[chattanova]

The anomalous events during the shuttle Discovery mission STS-48 (launched September 12, 1991) were originally revealed by space enthusiasts who had set their VCRs to record NASA Select TV, which at the time was downlinked live from each shuttle mission and distributed on cable and satellite TV. To record as much as possible, VCRs were set to record at slow speed (six hour recordings) which resulted in less than optimal recordings. When the recordings were reviewed, anomalous objects were seen at several points in the mission.

VIDEOS

STS-48 'Space Serpent' : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOpf6h8zhI

STS-48 "Star Wars" over Australia? : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vVvEdPXOXg
& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuWnC2YxFX0

STS-48 UFO's : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJFIOyxdFvU

[chattanova]

The video shows several small bright objects manoeuvering on screen, apparently interacting with one another in a complex fashion. Sceptics have usually insisted these are merely shots of some of the many small ice particles which inevitably end up in orbit with every space shuttle.

UFO investigators were quick to dispute this interpretation, and US scientist Richard C. Hoagland soon conclusively demonstrated the objects were actually large-sized and many hundreds of kilometres away from the shuttle.

One UFO in particular appears to rise up from below the Earth's dawn horizon and can be clearly seen emerging from behind the atmosphere and the 'airglow' layers. It is certainly in orbit around the Earth, some distance out in space, and travelling quickly.

A sudden, bright flash of light is then seen to the left of the picture, below the shuttle. The UFO then turns at a sharp angle and heads out into space at very high speed. Two thin beams of light (or possibly condensation trails) move rapidly up from the Earth's surface towards where the UFO would have been if it had continued in its original orbit.

Subsequently, careful analysis of the video shows that:

* The distance from the Discovery to the Earth's horizon is 2,757 kilometres

* The UFO's speed before accelerating into space is 87,000 kph (Mach 73)

* Three seconds after the light flash, the UFO changes direction sharply and accelarates off into space at 340,000 kph (Mach 285) within 2.2 seconds

* Such an acceleration would produce 14,000 g of force (1g is normal Earth gravity)

The light flash and light beams (or contrails) that shoot into space have variously been described as a ground-based attempt to disrupt or destroy the UFO. Hoagland interprets the incident captured by the Discovery's videocamera more specifically as a "Star Wars" weapons test against a Star Wars drone (the UFO). Other UFO investigators prefer to describe it as a Star Wars attempt against an extraterrestrial UFO. Whichever version you prefer, the technology implied is most certainly impressive - at least of Star Wars calibre.

More recently, from New Zealand, investigators have reviewed the video and corrected the actual time it was taken. They have found that the UFO incident was recorded over Australia and not the Philippine islands as was originally thought. Discovery's trajectory had already taken it across Surabaya in Java and above the Simpson Desert, Western Australia.

Incredible or what..?

[tinmenace]

Very interesting!

I don't think that the "leaders" on this planet really care about human beings, so I doubt any star wars would be in defense of us.

Great thread. Thanks Chattanova!

[chattanova]

Originally Posted by tinmenace

Very interesting!

I don't think that the "leaders" on this planet really care about human beings, so I doubt any star wars would be in defense of us.

Great thread. Thanks Chattanova!

Thanks yeah I guess if they wanna have a intergalactic war, they'll have a intergalactic war. Not much we can do about it. Those bastards....

If this is a fact which I believe it is, it's crazy!
I don't think these UFO's would harm us anyway, if they would the war had been over for ages

We have had advanced technology for ...I dont know 100 years?
And these fellows from space could have evolved themselves for several million years.. That's scary

[chattanova]

* John O. Creighton (3), Commander
* Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (1), Pilot
* James F. Buchli (4), Mission Specialist 1
* Charles D. Gemar (2), Mission Specialist 2
* Mark N. Brown (2), Mission Specialist 3

[mr_moon]

Originally Posted by chattanova

* John O. Creighton (3), Commander
* Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (1), Pilot
* James F. Buchli (4), Mission Specialist 1
* Charles D. Gemar (2), Mission Specialist 2
* Mark N. Brown (2), Mission Specialist 3

Are these actually REAL people...? I don't know whether it is just me but their faces (and their Auras for that matter) seem exceptionally strange...

[chattanova]

Originally Posted by mr_moon

Are these actually REAL people...? I don't know whether it is just me but their faces (and their Auras for that matter) seem exceptionally strange...

I guess it must be the suits that meke em look weird.
But yes i see what you mean

[chattanova]

And there's no way there could be this amount of ice, space junk etc.
just a sand-corn could be fatal for MIR and Discovery. . .

[tinmenace]

Originally Posted by mr_moon

Are these actually REAL people...? I don't know whether it is just me but their faces (and their Auras for that matter) seem exceptionally strange...

Totally agree!

And the guy at the bottom left has weird eyes.

[chattanova]

They doesn't look like astronauts, espacially not the guy in the middle and the one left for him