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Originally Posted by Karen
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/p.../alieninfo.txt
True or False?
Partially true and partially false?
It does not travel at above light speed as do other craft because it is so enormous and
holds so many aliens. It passed near the planet in the early summer of
1989, dropped off some reptilian aliens and headed out to the Draco
constellation. The timetable for the arrival back to earth is approximately
2020, depending on what may happen near Draco.
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Brightest star in Draco:
Eltanin (Gamma Draconis) 148 light years away.
Next brightest:
Rastaban (Beta Draconis) 360 light years away.
Thuban (Alpha Draconis) 300 light years away.
At sub-light speeds, they aren't going to make it any where near to Draco and back in 30 years. They won't even make it 1/10 the distance. Plus they have to turn the thing around.
Looks like nonsense to me. You would think that people who make up these ridiculous stories would do some basic fact checking. What the heck does "near Draco" even mean? It's a big constellation with many stars at huge distances from each other. At least the goofball could have picked a single star. Maybe they leave in such obvious flaws so they can laugh even more at those who take the joke seriously. It's a very weak attempt at sci-fi.