Regarding the long list of “observers”. Note that no one who was not one of Rossi’s partners were allowed to do any actual testing of any aspect of the dog & pony show. They were allowed to watch a bunch of pipes and boxes just sit there.
***Sure, on the Oct 28 demo, because it was for the customer’s benefit not others. But the prior demos there was plenty of milling around, dismantling the piece afterwards, weighing, etc.
By shills who are now part of Rossi's company. Maybe that explains how they got away with using the bathroom scale and recording measurements with pencil and paper.