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Geomagnetic storm suppression of photographic plate transient detections in the POSS-I archive: an independent physical variable strengthening the nuclear test correlation

Cann, K. · 2026

identifier / locator

arXiv: 2604.04950 (April 2026)

url

https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04950

verification note

Full text read via arXiv 2604.04950 (2026-08-22 batch). The paper's own citation of Bruehl & Villarroel 2025 carries a wrong article number (correct DOI, wrong number); recorded on the Bruehl & Villarroel source.

reliability notes

• Reports a monotonic decline of transient detection rates with geomagnetic activity in the same 107,875-object catalog — an association worth recording separately from the paper's much stronger causal interpretation.
• Independent researcher; preprint; same candidate lineage as the original claims, so it cannot address whether the candidates are real sky events.