There were a number of articles about it from different parts of the world I believe meaning the investigation was quite large and opinionated.
Here’s a few:
https://hitechglitz.com/astronomers-searching-for-et-find-9-appearing-and-disappearing-stars/
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1736106
I’m not sure if what was seen is explainable, but no one has been able to do it yet. Maybe we are not as smart as we claim?
Wy69
There have been a number of other such finds in old plates, apparently this has been the focus of her project. It wouldn’t surprise me if it turns out to be transient high-altitude events, basically debris from space burning up by chance as the film was exposed.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/809572/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1216757/posts
https://freerepublic.com/tag/lunarimpact/index