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"Possible UFO" is a silly phrase if you think about it.
by pqh 9y ago
"Possible UFO" is a silly phrase if you think about it.
- elif 9y agoMaybe its identification is classified. E.g. the speaker is implying "i cannot confirm or deny whether this is identified"
- nkrisc 9y agoThey possibly knew what it was?
- mtgx 9y agoThey both saw it and didn't see it. OMG, it was a quantum UFO! Those aliens must be advanced as hell.
- d0lph 9y agoBecause probably for most people UFO means flying saucer.
- icc97 9y agoLiterally yes, but when the UFO hunters go out, there's a fairly implicit 'Alien' in front, or at least 'Secret military'. But seeing as this is from the military, it makes it more implicit that it's alien.
- cmurf 9y agoLinguistically it suggests it might be identified or identifiable, which belies the whole first word, unidentified, of the acronym. It's not just silly, it's an oxymoron.