<The Earthnauts’ Colonial Star Symposium continues . . . from Part IV>
“And look at this! Someone creatively used umbrellas, colored lights, and green pumpkins to make a scene where Star People land on Earth!”.
<The Engedian elders applaud>
ELDERS OF ENGEDI: βThank you, Grand Elder.”On to the next subject. Dr. Union, you mentioned that Mr. Ben acquired the Grand Elder’s Earthnaut cap from this “Palomar Mountain” in the California region of his nation. Isn’t that the location of the Earth Observatory with the Hale Telescope?”
DR. UNION: “Yes it is. Mr. Ben got one for the Grand Elder. I’m just about to present an overview on the place of purchase οΏΌ. . . ”
Mount Palomar Observatory – California State
DR. UNION: βWe visited the California State to see this location that Mr. Ben visited. Sneak and I flew the IFS Noble to Palomar Mountain where the Caltech Universityβs Hale Telescope resides. For many years, it was the largest standard optical telescope in the world, including a diameter measurement of 200 Earth inches.”
SNEAK: “As you can see, it is in a remote location to avoid light pollution from the major Earth habitations of Los Angeles and San Diego. The Hale Telescope named for the astronomer that organized its design and development. It has a visitor center and viewing room to see this great astronomical viewing instrument.
“Here’s another view . . . but where do you see Union and me?” It’s on the stairs right here! <laughing>. Our small height compared to Humans helps us blend in so we can visit generally unseen if we’re careful!”
DR. UNION: “Here are some images of the Hale Telescope. Back before Humans devised more practical computers, the astronomer had to sit in the top to see through the view piece”. As before, the reflection mirror is 200 inches wide (as measured by Humans!”
SNEAK: “There are many displays, models, and diagrams showing the important discoveries that the Hale Telescope has helped Humans discover from Planet Earth. Obviously, Mr. Ben’s blog report has greater detail, but we needed to observe and understand this for ourselves through a direct visit”.
<The Engedian elders applaud>
ELDERS OF ENGEDI: βExcellent. We loved both this report and Mr. Ben’s similar report on this telescope.”
“Onto another subject . . . probably the most controversial of all subjects to Planet Earth, and the most legendary among their science-fiction writers and real-life investigators of course . . .
“We want to know more about the various Human sightings of our Star Saucers, IFS Thunder and IFS Noble. The Humans, who don’t know what our Engedian craft are called, but refer to them as ‘UFOs’. Tell us more!”
<Join us next time for The Earthnaut Colony’s First Star Symposium, Part VI!>
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