Talk:Russian Woodpecker

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[edit] "Russian Woodpecker" vs. "Operation Woodpecker"

These terms are being used about seemingly the same phenomenon. However, the sources seem to diverge, so the label differs. Can some of the "Operation W" sources be used for expansion of this article perhaps? __meco 17:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I googled on "operation woodpecker"+radar and the 11 pages returned do not seem to have anything useful to offer. I've followed the Woodpecker story since the thing first came on the air in the 1970s and I've neved encountered the phrase "operation woodpecker" before. What sources did you have in mind? Harumphy 18:16, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I have come across said information on at least two occasions. I can only remember source information for one source though, Tim Rifat's book Remote Viewing. You can search the book at Amazon.com for the term "Woodpecker" to see the details. It also mentions its source for the information, Cyril Smith and Simon Best's book Electromagnetic Man.

Btw. I also googled and found one reference (in several locations, however they seem to be copies from a single source) that shed some light in "operation Woodpecker": [1] __meco 08:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

On that web page, Reference 15 is to a list of seven different sources, the majority of which seem very dubious. So far there doesn't seem to be a single credible source which uses the phrase "Operation Woodpecker". Harumphy 11:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I mentioned two books. We aren't limited to sources available via the web. Anyway, you can peek into the Rifat book at Amazon. __meco 06:46, 17 June 2006 (UTC)