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#TEHburst Fig. 4c from Bunch et al (2021) Sodom & Gomorrah paper. The parts of the caption relevant to 4c read, “Sedimentary profiles (c) the ring road in Field LA.. Inside the city, the arrows mark the location of the charcoal-and-ash-rich dark layer." 
The paper was released on Sept. 20. On Sept. 30, image forensics expert Elisabeth Bik had identified repetitive elements in this image, which is an indicator of possible data tampering by using photoshop to hide features. pubpeer.com/publications/3…
Author Phillip Silvia responded:“The accusation that the image was photoshopped is categorically false. The only edits made to that image are the additions of the colored dots to note the pieces that came from the same pots and the outlines to group them.” retractionwatch.com/2021/10/01/cri…
Independent scientists have identified many problems with the controversial Sodom & Gomorrah paper #TEHburst by Bunch et al (2021), not least of which is the digital image tampering now called #pebblegate, which the Comet Research Group (CRG) has partially acknowledged.
Other problems: 1) Samples may have been collected by inexperienced amateur volunteers, 2) Sponsoring orgs explicitly reject the scientific method, 3) Contamination problems have been identified in the group’s laboratory, and 4) Ongoing lack of transparency plagues the CRG.
Before addressing these four problems, I will highlight three key members of the Bunch et al (2021) Sodom & Gomorrah team: Steven Collins (@DrStevenCollins), Phillip Silvia (@TeHEP_TSU), and Allen West (his Comet Research Group spokesman on Twitter is @CosmicTusk).
