Pre-Sputnik Transients

from Jimmy Akin Podcast · host Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Thousands of star-like flashes flicker across sky-survey plates shot in the 1950s, before any satellite existed — some clustered, some lined up, some on famous UFO nights. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh five explanations for the pre-Sputnik transients.

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