Before Sputnik · source record · paper
A glint in the eye: Photographic plate archive searches for non-terrestrial artefacts
Villarroel, B.; Mattsson, L.; Guergouri, H.; Solano, E.; Geier, S.; Dom, O. N.; Ward, M. J. · 2022
AI-verified citationSRC-VILLARROEL-2022-GLINT
- identifier / locator
- Acta Astronautica 194: 106–113. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.01.039. arXiv: 2110.15217
- verification note
- DOI, journal, volume, and pages verified via the Crossref API (2026-08-22 batch); abstract read via arXiv 2110.15217.
- reliability notes
- The hypothesis-statement paper: proposes searching pre-Sputnik plates for sunlight glints from reflective objects near geosynchronous orbit, with alignment-probability calculations.
- A strategy and methods proposal, not an evidence report; useful as the canonical formulation of the exotic hypothesis being tested.