I'm sure you appreciate that distances and speeds can be calculated without a radar or measuring tape. And I don't make the claim that my distance and speed estimates are perfect. However from the landmarks of known distance and the flight path of the object and the time it took to travel between those marks, distances and speeds can be estimated.
Distance:
- I used a map of the area.
- Established where on the map I was observing from.
- Established where on the map where the mountain the object came over was located and measured that distance from there to my point of observation.
- Measured the distance from where I was observing to where the object appeared to have landed ( east of the highway on the other side of the lake ).
The observation of the object going down behind the trees on the other side of the lake means it had to be at least as far away as the lake is wide, plus the distance up to the where it landed. There is no way that anyone could see a firefly at that distance. It works out to about 3Km.
Speed:
- When the object ascended just prior to departing, it rose vertically, and hovered for a few seconds. I used that position as the starting point for calculation of speed.
- Just before it departed, it got very bright and it instantly accellerated north up the valley out of sight. Because it was so bright I could see the object until it was gone from view, and it left a streak of light behind it.
- I had a clear view of the mountains on the east range for well over 25km and the object never rose above them when it departed.
- I looked on the map and established where the object went out of sight. By visually comparing the mountains it had travelled past to those on the map I was able to establish various distances from the starting point to those landmarks. The farthest was well over 25Km away. I simply used the number 25 because it is convenient for making the calculations that indicate the object could outperform anything known.
Time:
- I simply estimated time. It's not too hard to estimate about 1 second of time. For example, did you ever learn to estimate the distance of lightning using the time from the flash to the sound of the thunder? I also learned to play guitar and was familiar with precision timing with a metronome. Some here seem to ridicule this. Obviously they never learned precision timing and haven't got the insight to realize how accurate a musicians timing has to be. But even if you presume a musician can't tell the difference between 1 second and 2 seconds or 3 seconds ... you still get an extraordinary number for speed and accelleration.
Intelligence:
- The object performed precise maneuvers from a precise start and stop location more than once.
- When it departed, it navigated between the mountain ranges and did not move erratically.
So even with reasonable tolerances, and conservative estimates, given the appearance and performance capability, and apparent intelligence, I have ruled out every known natural or manmade object I'm aware of. Furthermore, it seems so far beyond anything from 1975 that I don't believe it was any secret human devised technology. If you can think of anything, even now, by all means post it and I'll consider it.
As you apparently had no trouble in calculating distances originally, I think it shouldn't be difficult now.
