scholar:
Furuli notes that he had assisted the brother in the Writing Department who wrote the two articles on Chronology with ongoing discussions and
the exchanging of drafts for two years prior to the publishing of the two articles. During that period Furuli asked him to find two Witnesses with astronomical knowledge who could test his astro calculations.
Haha... so, based on the information purportedly from Furuli, I was basically right on both counts when I said:
The 'researchers' could be Furuli (who may have had an assistant) or could just be some lads at 'Bethel' who were tasked with fudging some results to fit the Watch Tower Society's narrative.
(Furuli allegedly says it was
he who 'assisted', but in the capacity as the
primary 'researcher' for his fudged 'observations'.)
But as has already been pointed out, it is quite obvious why Watch Tower (and Furuli) need to discount the observations of the planets.