Recent content by Skeptic Tom

Thanks for your reply HallsofIvy…... I mean while the person is sitting on the chair with their legs and feet tucked under the chair and with one sudden movement, using their feet against the surface (wooden floor, tile floor or stone floor) to push the chair back about one meter while still...

It may seem a bit silly this but I was told by a friend that it is possible to sit on a chair, wooden or plastic and propel oneself back by using ones legs, say a distance of one meter, while still sitting on the chair, in one sudden quick movement. I tried it but found it impossible. The...

Take them for a day trip to the beach, or large body of water, say about 10kilometers wide. Get them to look through a good pair of binoculars and ask them if they can see the waves washing up on the shore on the other side. It cannot be done because the curvature of the Earth gets in the way.

No, I would not trust the spelling. Did you view the you tube video?

I was unable to upload a video but I have since found a video on you tube which is similar to the one I mentioned. I cannot upload it but if anyone would like to check it out, type the following into you tube search..."Burning holes into the sky with 'weather laser.' It should be first on the...

Thanks Dave

I saw a video on facebook recently of some sort of devices making circles in the clouds, revealing the blue sky above. I thought at first this was fake but apparently not. Someone provided the explanation using the above terms...cloud cropping and plureite sensors, but I can no longer find the...

Take your students to the seaside with a pair of binoculars and ask them to look at land/island about 10 to 12 kilometres away. No matter how hard they try they will not be able to see the shore where the sea meets the land because the curvature of the Earth blocks their view

It is tank F, if it's not, I will eat my hat !

If we slack off with investing in space we will be overtaken by countries such as China

After the 'bottle' was found and removed, there are no further reports of the reflection, so that must have resolved the 'curiosity.' If we are to believe the story, then it was the bottle that was causing the reflection. I live many thousands of miles away, in Ireland, and there are mountains...

Excellent info, thanks

thanks for that info

Thanks, interesting

Good point about the curved bottle. Thanks