Astronomers Say Odd Marks on Old Star Plates May Track Atomic Tests

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — A digest published by The Anomalist, summarizing a report from Sentinel News, says the astronomer Beatriz Villarroel, the researcher Stephen Bruehl and their colleagues continue to issue academic papers that the digest calls "eye-popping." The latest concern transient markings found on astronomical plates made before the launch of Sputnik.

According to the digest, both scientists consider the correlation between nuclear testing and the appearance of those markings to be more than chance. They regard it, the summary says, as indicative of an intelligence surveilling the planet in its early nuclear years. The digest presents this as the scientists' view; it offers no independent confirmation, and the source gives no account of rival explanations.

The write-up notes that Baptiste Friscourt reviewed the newer findings, and that he included an interview Ross Coulthart recently conducted with the researchers. It also points to a conversation between George Knapp and John Forest on the harsher reactions to Villarroel's work. A linked news report carries the headline that the Swedish astronomer alleges targeted attacks over her UFO research.

In a further discussion, the digest says, Villarroel returns to the first paper she co-authored, in 2021. She also argues for mining data already held by observatories rather than spending large sums to track present-day UFOs or UAP, which she suggests would merely duplicate what the military already knows.

Villarroel also wrote on Medium about the inaugural panel of the Beyond Institute, held October 1st in Stockholm. The digest says the event featured sessions on "state-of-the-art UAP science," military whistleblowers, civilian crash retrieval and post-Disclosure matters, and its author says the new venture deserves notice.