Alternate Explanation 1

How many Alternate Explanations have we had, over this past year?  

1. New Comet Discovered in Taurus, Aug 20, 2001
    http://www.zetatalk.com/usenet/use90122.htm

    Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 in 
    Article: <[email protected]> ]
    Subject: Planet X: Alternate Explanation 1

    NEW COMET DISCOVERED IN TAURUS
    Roger W. Sinnott, Sky & Telescope

        In the predawn hours of Saturday, August 18th, Vance
        Avery Petriew discovered a comet near the bright star
        Beta Tauri while attending a star party in Cyprus Hills,
        Saskatchewan. According to IAU Circular 7686, which
        made the announcement earlier today, Petriew was using
        20-inch (0.51-meter) f/5 reflector at 80x. He described
        the comet as having a small, round coma but no tail. It
        appeared to be about magnitude 11. At the same star party,
        R. Huziak and P. Campbell confirmed the find with 10-inch
        and 12-inch reflectors, respectively. ... Early today
        (August 19th), Alan Hale observed the comet with his
        16-inch reflector in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, and obtained
        several astrometric measurements with an 8-inch
        Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Hale's last position, here
        rounded, was right ascension 5h 38.1m, +27d 47' (equinox
        2000.0) near 11:30 Universal Time on August 19th. ...

       [   RA     5 38.1  <==== vs ZetaTalk Coordinates ]
       [   Dec  +27 47                                  ]
       [   Magnitude 11                                 ]

        The comet is moving 2 arcminutes per hour toward the
        east-southeast, but additional astrometric observations are
        needed before its orbit can be determined.

Note: the coordinates given by the Zetas in early 2001 were:
        RA 5.151245 Dec 16.55743 on April 1, 2001
and the early 2001 sightings were described as Magnitude 11.