Ringmakers of Saturn PDF - Patrick Crusade

VEHICLE RECOGNITION
angle is shown as for position (1), but orientation of the streamers with
respect to the ring plane has been changed. Instead of the streamers
being placed in the ring plane when the vehicle is in an attitude of zero
degrees with respect to the ring plane, the streamers are now placed
there with a different body attitude. To attain this condition, the
vehicle first must be rolled clockwise 90 degrees. In this position, the
streamers shoot up and out of the ring plane. To get them back in,
the tail end must be lowered so that the body is inclined 15 degrees to
the ring plane. When this is done, streamers are made to flow into the
ring plane.
Vehicle countenance in flight attitudes portrayed by positions (1)
and (2) poses different identity situations. For example in flight
attitude (1), a vehicle virtually would be unrecognizable when following
in the dense wake of another. However, when a new ring is being
formed, in a polar-oriented view the ring will assume a cut-off
appearance commensurate with the orbital skew angle. Thereby,
identity readily is established. For either of these two situations, Plate
28 illustrates that an equatorial view alone will provide little cognitive
assistance. In flight attitude (2), vehicle presence is fairly easy to
establish. The reason is that the nose protrudes slightly beyond the
location of the furthest-forward trailing streamer. Though little of the
body can be seen in a top view, a partial revelation does not mean that
the rest is not there. In the equatorial view of Plate 28, a vehicle exhibits
a large profile when in the attitude of position (2). Therefore, one could
think that detection might be easy. Unfortunately, cloudiness from
lateral body emissions tends to hide everything. Nonetheless, mere
identity of a single recurring feature, such as the nose, may lead to
observation of other new features and modes of operation.
Possible new features and modes of operation are offered for
consideration in Plates 29 and 30. Both plates contain close-ups of
Saturn, and attract attention mainly because of their being dramatically
colorful. Order in the color patterns prompts examination for
potential latent information.
In Plate 29, a dark-blue latitudinal stripe in Saturn's atmosphere
emanates from an object identifiable as a probable electromagnetic
vehicle component. Located at the upper left edge of the picture, this
object is found surrounded by an azure-blue glow. Emission character,
shape and positional attitude suggest the presence of an electromagnetic
vehicle, only the extreme end of which is observable. Atop the
object, stubby emissions point outward at angles slightly different
from one another. These different pointing angles impute an underlying
curved surface. Surface curvature further is confirmed by a circular
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