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Beatriz Villarroel

👤 Person🔬 Scientist🇸🇪 SESince 2016🔗 Visit Website

Methodology

10/10

Transparency

9/10

Institutional

9/10

Peer Review

9/10

Track Record

7/10

Fact vs. Spec.

10/10

Self-Correction

9/10

The CRED-7 framework evaluates sources across seven criteria: Methodology (20%), Transparency (20%), Institutional Affiliation (15%), Peer Review (15%), Track Record (10%), Fact/Speculation (10%), and Self-Correction (10%).

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Description

Overview
Astrophysicist at Stockholm University and Universitat de Barcelona. Leader of the VASCO project (Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations) — a systematic search for astronomical anomalies in historical sky survey datasets.

VASCO Project
Compares historical sky surveys (USNO-B1.0, from 1950s) with modern survey data (Pan-STARRS). Searches for objects that vanished or appeared — potential indicators of non-natural phenomena. Finding: ~150,000 transient candidates, a handful without conventional explanation.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Clean, reproducible astronomical methodology. Peer-reviewed publications in Nature Scientific Reports. The VASCO concept connects UAP research with mainstream astronomy (transient research). S-tier CRED through methodological excellence. However: project is primarily astronomical, not directly UAP-related — the connection is speculative.