Let's see, for each of type of hoax previously referred:
- how difficult it is to create it;
- how credible is the evidence presented;
- verifiability and cross examination.
First type: what anyone is supposed to be able to see with their own eyes or with a telescope, sometimes even several times a day.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NGCHunter
Here is direct proof of the space station as photographed by my telescope as it tracked the station going over my head on June 25th, 2007.
For those who can view youtube videos, here's a video of the pass, this image is just one frame of that video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=An4kwPUM66E
Another shot I took of the space station using a b/w camera while it was passing more directly overhead, hence closer. Taken a year before on June 17th, 2006.
The station always looks exactly as it should, you can visibly see it being constructed in orbit over time. I'm just a private citizen, not a conspirator, so how is it that I'm able to see the space station on orbit every time my computer tells me that it should be visible? |
This material can be produced with cheap software in one hour.
Now you present this material to a statiscally significant group of amateur astronomers, say 50.
How many will say "Wow, I tried it so many times so hard and I never managed to get it?"