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9 papers for “Historical reports”

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PaperS7772

Unidentified flying objects in classical antiquity

Richard Stothers. giss.nasa.gov. 2007.

Stothers compares ancient reported sky phenomena and possible natural explanations. Retrospective accounts and shared written sources require caution; descriptions alone do not authenticate extraterrestrial visitation. The acknowledgment reports a Hynek conversation, library assistance and editorial suggestions. NASA hosting and author affiliation do not establish agency endorsement or government UAP tasking.

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PaperS7776

Meteor storm evidence against the recent formation of lunar crater Giordano Bruno

Paul Withers. sirius.bu.edu. April 2001.

Withers tests a proposed 1178 lunar-impact date through a conditional ejecta and meteor-storm model, historical record absence and other dating arguments. The paper questions that date; its model and narrative analysis do not establish what the reported observers saw.

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PaperS7779

Meteorite falls in China and some related human casualty events

Kevin Yau, Paul Weissman, Donald Yeomans. articles.adsabs.harvard.edu. November 1994.

Yau, Weissman and Yeomans examine historical Chinese meteorite reports and disputed casualty accounts. Their concluding discussion attributes apparent frequency changes to reporting biases. They cannot verify the historical casualty claims; statistical and flux comparisons depend on assumptions that this project has not tested.

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PaperS103

The New Science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena

Kevin H. Knuth, Philippe Ailleris, Hussein Ali Agrama, Eamonn Ansbro, Phyllis A. Budinger, Tejin Cai, Thibaut Canuti, Michael C. Cifone, Walter Bruce Cornet, Jr., Frédéric Courtade, Richard Dolan, Laura Domine, Luc Dini, Baptiste Friscourt, Ryan Graves, Richard F. Haines, Richard Hoffman, Hakan Kayal, Sarah Little, Garry P. Nolan, Robert Powell, Mark Rodeghier, Edoardo Russo, Peter Skafish, Erling Strand, Michael Swords, Matthew Szydagis, Gerald T. Tedesco, John J. Tedesco, Massimo Teodorani, Jacques Vallée, Michaël Vaillant, Beatriz Villarroel, Wesley A. Watters. arxiv.org. 2025.

This coauthored review surveys reported aerospace and undersea phenomena, historical cases and proposed research. Selected figure pages distinguish drawings, photographs, material reports and hypothetical interpretations. Its coauthors and reproduced cases do not supply independent verification of underlying events, anomalous materials or government programmes.

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PaperS7777

Comment and Reply on Meteor storm evidence against the recent formation of lunar crater Giordano Bruno

Peter Nockolds, Paul Withers. sirius.bu.edu. 2002.

Nockolds proposes distortion or propaganda as an alternative explanation for the medieval account. Withers acknowledges limited Latin and chronicle access and reports a later translation discussion. The exchange preserves competing interpretations and dependence on the same historical narrative.

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PaperS7715

Natural and Artificial Spectral Edges in Exoplanets

Manasvi Lingam, Abraham Loeb. arxiv.org. May 25, 2017.

Lingam and Loeb propose spectral edges from hypothetical extensive photovoltaic surfaces as possible technosignatures. Contrast and power estimates depend on assumed coverage, reflectivity and geometry. Vegetation, minerals, clouds and ordinary heat transport remain alternatives. The figures combine cited reflectance curves and a schematic orbital scenario. The paper reports no detected extraterrestrial arrays. Historical instrument forecasts, manuscript comments and work-level Starshot support are qualified separately.

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PaperS7712

Detection Technique for Artificially-Illuminated Objects in the Outer Solar System and Beyond

Abraham Loeb, Edwin L. Turner. arxiv.org. March 13, 2012.

Loeb and Turner propose tracking brightness changes with distance to help distinguish intrinsic illumination from reflected sunlight. The model requires assumptions about luminosity, geometry, spectrum and albedo. They retain conventional variability from phase, surfaces, outgassing, rotation and binary effects, plus cloud and geometry limitations for exoplanets. Historical telescope forecasts and inconclusive null results limit the proposal. The paper reports no artificial-light detection or replicated experiment.

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PaperS7714

Eavesdropping on Radio Broadcasts from Galactic Civilizations with Upcoming Observatories for Redshifted 21cm Radiation

Abraham Loeb, Matias Zaldarriaga. arxiv.org. November 19, 2006.

Loeb and Zaldarriaga forecast searches for accidental radio leakage with then-proposed astronomical observatories. Detectability depends on bandwidth, observing time, beam direction, duty cycle and interference. The figure and table share historical Earth-emission assumptions. Proposed orbital and habitability inferences were not performed measurements. A hypothetical relay-station private communication is attributed but unavailable. The paper reports no extraterrestrial detection; named funding is distinguished by recipient.

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