Hi All, I just received this note from Prof. Learned of the University of Hawaii. This is an interesting discussion and I hope others think so too. Best wishes, Joe ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: John Learned <jgl@phys.hawaii.edu> To: Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> Cc: "Hippke, Michael" <Michael.Hippke@shs-viveon.com> Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Fast Radio Bursts Hi Joe: Not an April fools joke, though the folks working on FRBs as cosmic phenomena may wish it so... Things are proceeding in such a way that one must consider the strong liklihood that FRBs are anthropogenic. Aside with association with UTC integer second, the latest however is a strong association with moon phase, for which I have no explanation. Enjoy, John On 4/1/15 7:42 PM, Joe Bauman wrote: Dear Prof. Learned, Members of the Utah Astronomy discussion board are interested in the research reported here: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.05245v2.pdf However, as nobody in our group had heard anything about this before, some are wondering if it is an April Fool hoax. Could you please verify if it is or isn't an actual paper? Thanks very much, Joe Bauman, salt Lake City