Mick West

Writer/Coder/Skeptic/UFO Analyst.
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[Mick West @MickWest]

@KenjiMori01 @MvonRen @FernandoFLongo @MickSeagull @Noonien_Soong_ @RepLuna @liteshaper2 @godin232 You need to know the camera's geometry to understand how we might end up with a ghost image.

We don't know that.

[Mick West @MickWest]

No, I don't think this is a common phenomenon. Otherwise, you'd see it all the time, and people would recognize what it was.

This is the way of UFOs. They are often necessarily rare and unexpected things.

[Mick West @MickWest]

When @RepLuna requested that the DOW release 46 UAP videos back in March, ufologists (myself included) were hopeful we'd get some amazing evidence.

All 46 videos have been released. None of them are amazing.

Maybe it's time to consider that this might be the best they have.

[Mick West @MickWest]

@Ramp_Agent_X A variety. Ideally you'd race-trace through ice crystals, but that's not going to work real-time. So it uses per-halo geometry, and some adjustments for cosmetics. See code: https://t.co/xRFX6JTRb4

[Mick West @MickWest]

The full set of common ice halos and arcs, simulated in Sitrec.

https://t.co/JjqNeXhUIf

[Mick West @MickWest]

@OpsoFacto There's an intensity slider, but "dialing in humidity, etc", wouldn't really be possible, as it depends on a complex and large 3D volume of atmospheric conditions

[Mick West @MickWest]

Hanckdangit, I forgot to enable sun dogs.
https://t.co/JjqNeXhUIf

[Mick West @MickWest]

@Dezzy13579 Chris is a nice guy, but I think he's a little bit too credulous.

[Mick West @MickWest]

The more data the better. Bring on the sunlight and let’s figure this out.

[Joe Murgia @TheUfoJoe]

🔥 "[Senior-Trump-administration officials] are very serious and under serious pressure from the White House to get out, literally, as much as possible [on UFOs]." ~Mellon 🔥

(New! - I'm getting a little excited again, but let's see if it happens.)

@ChrisKMellon: "I've also, like [Grusch], heard from some senior-administration officials that they are very serious and under serious pressure from the White House to get out, literally, as much as possible. It was a very encouraging message from people associated with the [Trump] administration who are working the problem.

"And they asked me what I would prioritize, and I gave them some suggestions."

(How about telling us what you told them to prioritize? I hope it was: Crash retrievals, bodies, and images or videos from our best sensors (satellite imagery) that show clear right-angle turns and instant acceleration? Something where we don't have to debate what we're seeing and is clearly anomalous. We'd take that!)

Mellon: "So, I'm very hopeful that, along with Dave {Grusch], that these future releases will continue and hopefully improve."

@lesliekean: "Fantastic. I've heard the same thing, that there are people working closely with Trump who are deeply committed to this, so, it's pretty exciting."

[Mick West @MickWest]

@SicCoP1 @Only_Ryan02 @SgtSideBelly https://t.co/YQTbMQCaFd

[Mick West @MickWest]

@onebillferguson It's ridiculous. Ridiculous claims need ridiculously good evidence.

He has given no evidence.

[Mick West @MickWest]

The government isn't denying Grusch's claims because Grusch's claims are prima facie ridiculous.

If you want to be taken seriously, then get some actual evidence, don't ramble about alien bodies and "sentient plasma".

[Ross Coulthart @rosscoulthart]

Love this stunned ⁦@ChrisCuomo⁩ take on David Grusch’s candid statement that the US Govt absolutely knows we are not alone. It’s a very fair question, why hasn’t someone from the Govt come out and denied Grusch’s claims if it’s not true?

[Mick West @MickWest]

@weareallsatnaka No. I don’t think it’s relevant. I’ll wait until it’s streaming.

[Mick West @MickWest]

@AceinOsaka It's open source. You can examine exactly what it does. My client requested confidentiality, so of course, I can't say who they are.

https://t.co/pu6HPA330C

[Mick West @MickWest]

@BrandonFugal @RandPaul You know there’s essentially no evidence that this is a problem, and plenty of evidence that the act will reduce legitimate voting.

[Mick West @MickWest]

@liteshaper2 @MvonRen @RepLuna Of course it MIGHT be an object. I just think a reflection of the sun matches better - given the correlation with the rotation.

[Mick West @MickWest]

@liteshaper2 @MvonRen @RepLuna So, a physical object? How big and fast? What exactly is it going to the clouds?

And how is it “intrinsically” rejecting ghost reflections? Exactly how much footage have you seen from this system (MX-15 or 20) at this angle to the sun?

[Mick West @MickWest]

@MvonRen @FernandoFLongo @MickSeagull @Noonien_Soong_ @RepLuna @liteshaper2 @godin232 Perhaps you should ask these three people what in your analysis convinced them?

Guys?

[Mick West @MickWest]

@liteshaper2 @MvonRen @RepLuna You are familiar with physical objects - maybe even more so than optical ghosts - so what type of object would you expect to interact with the environment in a way that looks like this?

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

This is such a laughably ignorant statement. It's ludicrous to claim that there's anything improbable -let alone impossible - about mail-in voters who vote close to or on Election Day voting differently from mail-in voters who vote early.

[Mick West @MickWest]

@FernandoFLongo @MvonRen @MickSeagull @Noonien_Soong_ @RepLuna But that's not "actual structured analysis". I'll address Marik's incorrect assumptions if he actually manages to compel people with them.

I appreciate his enthusiasm, but I have limited time, so I have to prioritize.

[Mick West @MickWest]

@Yookay101 @Noonien_Soong_ @MvonRen @RepLuna People tend not to ask about already solved cases. If they did, I'd tell them what it was.