Comments on: Did a fragmenting comet nearly hit the Earth in 1883? Color me very skeptical

By: Jonathan Jones

Jonathan Jones — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:52:38 +0000

Well the first thing thats fishy is its 1883 who knows what really happened? No one does, 1883 were there telescopes? Not like todays they were made out of glass lenses that magnified the image, so he could of saw a number of different things. For all we know they could of seen god and everyone would believe him. In short People are stupid and ignorant, and not to mention very closed minded but if you look at alignments of Comet elenin the earth and surronding planets, It could be just luck but damn, I hope it 2012 happens cause people need to pull their heads out of their A** and start working together to fix not the U.S (because soon China WILL own us) but the world cause it will start a domino theroy of countires going bankrupt and losing control but just a thought… Love you guys! -Jonathan Jones

By: David Dickinson

David Dickinson — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:35:18 +0000

Another possibility: the “transiting objects” observed could have been the early autumn seasonal migration of Monarch butterflies. The timing is about right, and the Zacatecas Observatory lies right along the migration path.

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By: John

John — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:56:39 +0000

Dos it have something to do with these observations that Krakatoa volcano erupted in very same year 1883? Would it be that some material was blown out from Krakatau to higher hemisphere that might explain these visual observations?

By: El interesante caso del cometa de 1883 » Teleobjetivo

El interesante caso del cometa de 1883 » Teleobjetivo — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:35 +0000

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By: Puppetmistress

Puppetmistress — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:49:35 +0000

The TYPEFACE is not Georgia, Jeff. This is Georgia.

http://speckyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/georgia.png

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By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:24:40 +0000

Jeff (43) said:

FONT IS GEORGIA! not comic sans

Georgia is a serifed font. The paper is most certainly in a sans serif font, and Comic Sans seems at least pretty close, and certainly a far better match than Georgia.

Perhaps you should have checked your claim before you called anyone a retard.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:21:29 +0000

Jeff (43) said:

retards lol

Do they?