A Hamilton business is playing a key role in the search for extraterrestrial life next summer.
When the UFO-hunting Disclosure satellite is orbiting the Earth, the images it sends back to terra firma will be routed through REL-MAR McConnell Media Company on the east Mountain.
Since Rob McConnell started his X-Zone radio show a quarter century ago, technology has evolved exponentially and nearly everyone has a camera with them at all times, yet there has been no “smoking gun” evidence of a UFO or Bigfoot or seafaring monster.
“I got involved (with Disclosure) because after 25 years of doing the show, nothing has changed,” says McConnell.
“Here we have a guy who’s doing something.”
That guy is Canadian software engineer Dave Cote, who is heading up the project. Disclosure is a CubeSat miniaturized satellite that will be put into a low Earth orbit next summer, sending back photos from its two high-resolution cameras every five seconds during its three-month mission.
The satellite will send back a thumbnail image — bandwidth is at a premium for the mission — of every photograph taken while it orbits 193 miles above the Earth. If something is detected in an image, the high-resolution file will be sent. The images will be available immediately on the Internet.
“If nothing is seen, so what,” says McConnell, who runs the ‘X’ Zone radio Network, which features his own show that focuses on the paranormal along with programs from several other hosts.
“Nobody else has attempted anything like this.”
Given the satellite is only photographing a tiny segment of a very large universe, the odds are against Disclosure finding that smoking gun during its three-month mission, McConnell admits.
“I believe there’s a slight chance,” he says. “But all it would take is that one picture.”
A Hamilton business is playing a key role in the search for extraterrestrial life next summer.
When the UFO-hunting Disclosure satellite is orbiting the Earth, the images it sends back to terra firma will be routed through REL-MAR McConnell Media Company on the east Mountain.
Since Rob McConnell started his X-Zone radio show a quarter century ago, technology has evolved exponentially and nearly everyone has a camera with them at all times, yet there has been no “smoking gun” evidence of a UFO or Bigfoot or seafaring monster.
“I got involved (with Disclosure) because after 25 years of doing the show, nothing has changed,” says McConnell.
“Here we have a guy who’s doing something.”
That guy is Canadian software engineer Dave Cote, who is heading up the project. Disclosure is a CubeSat miniaturized satellite that will be put into a low Earth orbit next summer, sending back photos from its two high-resolution cameras every five seconds during its three-month mission.
The satellite will send back a thumbnail image — bandwidth is at a premium for the mission — of every photograph taken while it orbits 193 miles above the Earth. If something is detected in an image, the high-resolution file will be sent. The images will be available immediately on the Internet.
“If nothing is seen, so what,” says McConnell, who runs the ‘X’ Zone radio Network, which features his own show that focuses on the paranormal along with programs from several other hosts.
“Nobody else has attempted anything like this.”
Given the satellite is only photographing a tiny segment of a very large universe, the odds are against Disclosure finding that smoking gun during its three-month mission, McConnell admits.
“I believe there’s a slight chance,” he says. “But all it would take is that one picture.”
A Hamilton business is playing a key role in the search for extraterrestrial life next summer.
When the UFO-hunting Disclosure satellite is orbiting the Earth, the images it sends back to terra firma will be routed through REL-MAR McConnell Media Company on the east Mountain.
Since Rob McConnell started his X-Zone radio show a quarter century ago, technology has evolved exponentially and nearly everyone has a camera with them at all times, yet there has been no “smoking gun” evidence of a UFO or Bigfoot or seafaring monster.
“I got involved (with Disclosure) because after 25 years of doing the show, nothing has changed,” says McConnell.
“Here we have a guy who’s doing something.”
That guy is Canadian software engineer Dave Cote, who is heading up the project. Disclosure is a CubeSat miniaturized satellite that will be put into a low Earth orbit next summer, sending back photos from its two high-resolution cameras every five seconds during its three-month mission.
The satellite will send back a thumbnail image — bandwidth is at a premium for the mission — of every photograph taken while it orbits 193 miles above the Earth. If something is detected in an image, the high-resolution file will be sent. The images will be available immediately on the Internet.
“If nothing is seen, so what,” says McConnell, who runs the ‘X’ Zone radio Network, which features his own show that focuses on the paranormal along with programs from several other hosts.
“Nobody else has attempted anything like this.”
Given the satellite is only photographing a tiny segment of a very large universe, the odds are against Disclosure finding that smoking gun during its three-month mission, McConnell admits.
“I believe there’s a slight chance,” he says. “But all it would take is that one picture.”