She Found Something in the Sky From Before Sputnik. Check the Math Yourself.

Nine point-flashes on a single photographic plate from the 1950s — before a single human object was in orbit. Astrophysicist Beatriz Villarroel scanned 600 million objects across 70 years of sky surveys, and what she found doesn’t have a boring explanation yet. I’m not asking you to believe anything. I’m giving you her papers, the data, and the counterarguments — so you can decide.

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