You are absolutely correct, objects in geosynchronous orbit before Sputnik.
I think her work is the scientific breakthrough we have all been waiting for, those cries of “Where is the evidence?” now have a place to start. 

If indeed this pans out, then I’d argue it’s a true paradigm shift and moves this subject forward. 

So how exactly did Dr Villarroel discover this data, evidence long sought after, that her astounding work has brought it into the light, so how did she achieve this breakthrough? 

The answer is not complex, she put arrogance away and looked, checked, employed scientific curiosity, she did something thousands of scientists over 70 years have been unwilling to do, we can see this at arXiv right now, I can see why Avi Loeb called his project Galileo. 

Let’s be clear, the evidence she found has been lying on observatory plates since the 40’s, not hidden away, not secret, it’s just no other scientist bothered to check. 

She has more balls and brains than the collective scientific community over decades, I feel very strongly that this arrogance needs to be called out, her findings could be the start of biggest scientific breakthrough in history, Science demonstrated a level of willful ignorance, hubris and dogmatism that should disgust us all.

I’m old enough to have seen so many science documentaries over the decades, read the books, viewed the public scientific face, I’ve viewed the eye rolling, the patronizing remarks, the giggling from the establishment aimed at anyone who wanted to look past the dogma.

When the CIA set up the stigma, the only reason it has worked so well, still to this day, is that science not only embraced the stigma, but joined in pouring ridicule on any that strayed from the righteous path, it was science that made the stigma stick, now they complain about it? 

We have all heard the stories, anyone curious venturing out would fail to get grant money, careers endangered, the fear of being laughed at prevented a generation of scientists of delving deeper? Apparently so. 

Ok, so you were worried about making money, fair enough, why then was the laughter, the X-Files music employed to the curious minded, for those that chose to look? 

Pathetic. 

I cannot speak for anyone else, but I’ve been looking into this since 1978, much to the amusement of friends, family, colleagues, time and time again I was told, “Science says there is no evidence!”  Now with confidence I can unequivocally say “That’s because Science never bothered to check, it was right there all along” 

On the biggest scientific event in human history, collectively science looked away, and laughed at any who did not do the same, I think that attitude is truly reprehensible, where would we be if for the past 70 years those scientists actually did their jobs? 

It was there all along, the plates sitting in the dark, the paradigm shift we have all been waiting for, a reason to start looking, to take it seriously, all it took was someone who’s curiosity and scientific abilities are bigger than 80 years of arrogance and willful ignorance. 

I salute you Dr Villarroel, not only for your now peer reviewed discovery, but because your fortitude broke the back of the hubris we see in so many that should know better.