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  • Earth Hit by Asteroid, and Nobody Noticed

    From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 12 15:59:49 2022
    Just saw this article:

    https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014

    in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
    like Oumuamua!

    John Savard

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Tue Apr 12 16:57:30 2022
    On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 3:59:51 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
    Just saw this article:

    https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014

    in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
    like Oumuamua!

    John Savard

    I always figured, COVID came from an interstellar visitor?

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to jsavard@ecn.ab.ca on Tue Apr 12 18:53:47 2022
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:59:49 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
    <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

    Just saw this article:

    https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014

    in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
    like Oumuamua!

    It wasn't really large enough to qualify as an asteroid. And we get
    hit all the time by objects this size that go unnoticed, and usually unrecorded.

    How many are interstellar remains a very open question, of course.

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Tue Apr 12 20:01:31 2022
    On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6:53:51 PM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

    It wasn't really large enough to qualify as an asteroid.

    I couldn't tell from the article, which didn't seem to say anything
    about how large it was, but despite the fact that no one noticed
    it except the few who were sworn to secrecy, the article was written
    as though it was more than the ordinary tiny meteor, or speck of
    space dust.

    John Savard

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to jsavard@ecn.ab.ca on Wed Apr 13 07:47:45 2022
    On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:01:31 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
    <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

    On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6:53:51 PM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

    It wasn't really large enough to qualify as an asteroid.

    I couldn't tell from the article, which didn't seem to say anything
    about how large it was, but despite the fact that no one noticed
    it except the few who were sworn to secrecy, the article was written
    as though it was more than the ordinary tiny meteor, or speck of
    space dust.

    John Savard

    Less than half a meter. Nobody was sworn to secrecy. The event was
    possibly witnessed, and likely picked up by instruments. So not
    necessarily "unnoticed" (and in fact, it was in an accessible
    database, it's just that some of the critical data was redacted). It's
    always a hassle when we try to get the Dept of Defense to release info
    from their satellites which accidentally record these things. We
    generally do get the information, but it's often very delayed.

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Wed Apr 13 10:42:05 2022
    On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 7:47:49 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    Nobody was sworn to secrecy.

    It was classified, so the people who knew about it were sworn to
    secrecy when they got their clearances.

    I didn't say they were sworn to secrecy about that object *specifically*!

    John Savard

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to jsavard@ecn.ab.ca on Wed Apr 13 12:02:58 2022
    On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:42:05 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
    <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

    On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 7:47:49 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    Nobody was sworn to secrecy.

    It was classified, so the people who knew about it were sworn to
    secrecy when they got their clearances.

    I didn't say they were sworn to secrecy about that object *specifically*!

    John Savard

    No, it was not classified. It was in a publicly accessible database.
    As I said, a few key data values were redacted in the database. That
    is the part that was classified. Not the event itself.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Wed Apr 13 14:30:30 2022
    On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 3:59:51 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
    Just saw this article:

    https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014

    in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
    like Oumuamua!

    John Savard

    Once my wife hit on my head and I didn't even notice it!
    Anything is possible!

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