2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/2908We reply to the criticism of Gibson & Flynn and of Graff regarding "Direct detection of galactic halo dark matter" by Oppenheimer et al. (2001) (Science, Vol. 292, p. 698), which reported on the discovery of a significant population of halo white dwarfs found in our South Galactic Cap survey. None of their arguments against our claims withstand close scrutiny.Accepted for publication in Science, 4 pages, no figuresAstrophysicstext