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'Niburu' south pole telescope images genuine????
Last post 07-18-2008 08:49 PM by chipdatajeffB. 8 replies.
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  • 07-18-2008 04:49 PM

    'Niburu' south pole telescope images genuine????

    Is anyone familiar Niburu CT?? ,with certain people alledgedly posting genuine images TAKEN BY THE SOUTHERN POLAR TELESCOPE  of an unknown body closing in on Earth onto youtube (subsequently removed) ?/?

    Shown as a red disc with satellites.

     According to the CT theorists,this is a  (1) brown dwarf (2) a planet (3) something with a firey trail!,with a huge orbit that takes it inbetween the Earth and the Sun every few thousand years.

    This CT is connecting up with 2012 CT (by those who like joining the dots,and who seem to hope for something catacyclismic lol).

    According to another source,this 'planet X' is on the ecliptic,in the vicinity of Leo,which would obviously  mean that it is inaccessable to the south pole telescope.

     

    I'd like to hear opinions from astronomers on this site about this.

    I myself have been an amateur astonomer for about 25 years,mainly interested in the planetary aspect,and i have personally witnessed 'UFOs'-although they are just that,unidentified.All the same,they defy rational explanation.

     

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  • 07-18-2008 05:11 PM In reply to

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  • 07-18-2008 07:15 PM In reply to

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    Oh, yeah, and THAT website just reeks of credibility?

    People who foster the nonsense that Nibiru/Planet X/ancient Mayan prophecy are not only linked, but also rooted in fact need to read these two books:

    Extraordinary Popular Delusions, and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles MacKay

    Why People Believe Weird Things, by Michael Schermer

    I need not, but can't resist the temptation to, debunk the idiocy at the Yowusa Website but, for starters:

    • What is so special about the SPT in relation to the "missing" or "redacted" image sections in the Orion region? The Orion region is one of the most heavily studied areas of the sky! So, removing some part of it from image maps is going to prevent researchers from observing whatever might be there?
    • YouTube is now a scientifically credible source?
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  • 07-18-2008 07:23 PM In reply to

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    Was there really a need to place another Niburu thread on the front page of this forum?

    The principle huckster promoting this nonsense is Zehcaria Sitchin.  See the links below.

    http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/

    http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8148/hafernik.html

     

     

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  • 07-18-2008 07:32 PM In reply to

    Re: 'Niburu' south pole telescope images genuine????

    *GROAN* Why must this drivel continue to infest this forum?

    Somebody get real and delete these things as they appear. 

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  • 07-18-2008 08:20 PM In reply to

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    johnm:

    *GROAN* Why must this drivel continue to infest this forum?

    Somebody get real and delete these things as they appear. 

     

    1) I have a right to post what i like,within the rules

    2) Thanks for the welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • 07-18-2008 08:22 PM In reply to

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    Centaur:

    Was there really a need to place another Niburu thread on the front page of this forum?

    The principle huckster promoting this nonsense is Zehcaria Sitchin.  See the links below.

    http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/

    http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8148/hafernik.html

     

     

    I didn't see the other Niburu thread.I dknow very little about this Niburu theory,and i was interested in what you guys had to say about it.SORRY I ASKED.Thanks for the links.
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  • 07-18-2008 08:30 PM In reply to

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    chipdatajeffB:

    Oh, yeah, and THAT website just reeks of credibility?

    People who foster the nonsense that Nibiru/Planet X/ancient Mayan prophecy are not only linked, but also rooted in fact need to read these two books:

    Extraordinary Popular Delusions, and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles MacKay

    Why People Believe Weird Things, by Michael Schermer

    I need not, but can't resist the temptation to, debunk the idiocy at the Yowusa Website but, for starters:

    • What is so special about the SPT in relation to the "missing" or "redacted" image sections in the Orion region? The Orion region is one of the most heavily studied areas of the sky! So, removing some part of it from image maps is going to prevent researchers from observing whatever might be there?
    • YouTube is now a scientifically credible source?

    I just asked for some opinions.I think it wrong to insinuate these people are 'mad' and/or 'deluded'.

    Maybe in need of something in their lives,yes! I don't at all take CT theories seriously...but maybe there is a little truth in some of it..just a little-even if by chance lol!

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  • 07-18-2008 08:49 PM In reply to

    Re: 'Niburu' south pole telescope images genuine????

    My point was that if you read those books you'll learn:

    1. Why so many people readily accept such notions and false reasoning.
    2. What this Nibiru/2012/Mayan calendar nonsense (it IS nonsense in the strictest meaning of the term) has in common with the other popular delusions.
    3. That "popular acceptance" has absolutely nothing at all to do with fact; that is, it neither presuppose nor produces fact.

    If there is a little truth to it, then the way to find that truth is to examine the evidence and reasoning. Several of us here have spent a great deal of time looking for evidence and reasoning in these suppositions and have not yet found any.

    Your original question was: "Is anyone here familiar with ...?" and the answer is Yes.

    You also said you'd like to hear opinions from astronomers on this. You did.

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