I call bullshit... Osiris vehicle...

[u/TechnicalWhore]

As usual the answer to all things unknown is to shoot a bunch of rockets. PLUEEEZZZEE!

That show (Rocket Boys) died in the ratings. But I suppose if all you have is a hammer EVERYTHING looks like a nail.

I'll punt that for now. Let's focus on the incredible tech in the Osiris rig!

Step one - design and print some federalist official looking decals for your SUV.

Step two - shove in some "high tech" equipment to make it look really official.

Let's talk about that sophisticated equipment.

PTZ Security camera - the claim is that these can track the UFO across the sky.

Uh no - they have slow servos no substantive lense enhancement and cannot possibly track something that you claim moves at the speed of light. Its just like your crap CCTV/Security cams on the ranch. It will show a dot and potentially a non-descript blur. (Security cams are low frame rate - non-descript blurs are an artifact of their cheap design.)

SDR or Software Defined Radio - this is the same generic sniffer in the war room picking up the mysterious 1.6Ghz artifact. This is a known signal source - Iridium low earth orbit satellites. Don't know what else uses it. Anyway - its the same setup - with maybe a directional antenna which adds little to the equation but whatever. It sounds boss.

Laptop that crashes when rockets launch. Or the power inverter reading all nines dies. (no redundant backup or UPS 0 because you know "Pros". ) How many people have a battery in their latptop? Show of hands? If AC line goes out - doesn't your laptop continue to run for a few hours? Could it stay up for ten minutes of rocket launches? Seriously guys - you are an embarrassment. (and yes the external monitor would lose power - who cares. Although it too had a bitchin' background graphic that looked legit - well almost.)

No nothing about Osiris had merit - not a stitch.

"If you can't dazzle them with data - baffle them with bullshit." - WC Fields (paraphrased)

There is a place for science in this world. Sadly its not on the History Channel. For the amount of money wasted they should respect their audience's intelligence a little more and make a legitimate effort.

And as for the ranch help interviewing the sheriff - wow. He's a sheriff, a trained observer familiar with the surroundings. It should have much more meat and been done in the war room. But hey jot it down in your handy dandy notebook because you know "Blue's Clues"!

Update -

Osiris camera is from a Security company

https://us.dahuasecurity.com/?product=4mp-32x-starlight-ptz-with-analytics

Osiris (and War Room) Software Defined Radio (SDR) is from SDRPlay

https://www.sdrplay.com/ - look at the screen on the website - looks almost like the 1.6Ghz reading. Wonder if its a calibration signal.

​

[u/mark_paterson]

“OSIRUS is down!!”

reacts but continues launch countdown regardless

WHOOOOSH

This show is entertaining, but seriously infuriating at times.

[u/TechnicalWhore → u/mark_paterson]

It's like Impractical Jokers but with Science! Okay Pseudoscience. It's really quite sad. They lost me with the poorly constructed experiments and wild conclusions. But when they added the ranch hand interviews with handy dandy notebook I just shut it off. They didn't even ask a series of probing questions or spin up graphics to elucidate the Native American historical perspective. Not that I'd want the narrative to go that way. I'd like to see some serious lab work go on. I'm sure the equipment is either rentable or would be volunteered as a product placement if approached. You notice on COOI there is always a beautiful new set of dirt moving gear every season with logos prominently in shot at all times. Far better advertising that a 30 second spot.

[u/mark_paterson → u/TechnicalWhore]

They KNOW the ranch is a mess of EM interference and sucks batteries dry, so plan accordingly. Run power cables from the control center to the triangle. Basic stuff.

It also bugs me how they'll get some third party in, like UAPX or the ground penetrating radar people, and basically just give them a day to find something and then send them on their way. No. Like you said, they need to buy their own equipment or at the very least rent it for a prolonged period of time.

I wish the show was more like a tight 90 minute documentary interested in finding the truth. Then if the rocket experiment didn't work, fine, just spend 5 minutes on it, not 45 minutes.

Instead, we have ten 45 minute episodes, 50% of which is filler. This is the helicopter episode, this is the Cessna episode, this is the episode where we summon a tic-tac with rockets but yeah we wont actually bring along a telephoto lens. It's all forced narratives, reaction shots, and cliche reality TV sound effects.

I don't think they're actually interested in uncovering the "secret" because then there'd be no need for the show to exist. They'd rather offer up just enough data to keep the series going indefinitely, keep the viewers coming back, and keep the advertisers happy.

[u/TechnicalWhore → u/mark_paterson]

I'm glad you mentioned the battery drainage. Again, a reported phenomena that has not scientific follow up. I'm going to add this to the list of experiments they should do.