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Please link to some reports from reputable sources.

by hopler 7y ago

vorpalhex 7y ago
I don't know about "defying the laws of physics" (since if it could truly defy the laws of the physics that would be whack) but plenty of stealth bombers were reported as "mysterious UFOs" before they were officially revealed in any capacity - and I'm sure there is no shortage of experimental craft that never made the cut. Hell, even if someone saw a B-2 today they'd probably think it's alien.
- Izkata 7y ago
  > I don't know about "defying the laws of physics" (since if it could truly defy the laws of the physics that would be whack) It refers to objects that start and stop moving instantaneously, or make turns at hard right angles, as if they have no inertia.
  - abakker 7y ago
    ball lightning?
  - gdy 7y ago
    Very high acceleration and deceleration don't defy laws of physics.
    - dx87 7y ago
      They didn't say very high acceleration, they said instantaneous changes in speed, like the object has no mass.
      - Dylan16807 7y ago
        But the context is visual observation, where there's no way to tell the difference between the two.
- PhaedrusV 7y ago
  When my mom watched "Independence Day" she started booing the B-2's because she thought they were aliens...
  - ralusek 7y ago
    Your mom sounds like she likes sports.
    - sctb 7y ago
      Please don't comment like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  >Hell, even if someone saw a B-2 today they'd probably think it's alien. They'd probably think they're living in the matrix and several pixels of sky are glitching.
joshuaheard 7y ago
There was one on HN last year where Navy pilots saw an object hover above the water then shoot up 10,000 feet in a matter of seconds, hover there, then come back down to the surface. It bounced up and down like that several times then shot off into space. One pilot said the bouncing seemed like a preparation for its eventual takeoff. It was confirmed by Navy radar. There was a great interview last night on Tucker Carlson where the expert said there are basically two possibilities that the military should explore: one of our terrestrial enemies has an aviation capability more advanced than ours, or an extraterrestrial civilization has capabilities more advanced than us. Of course, there could be some sort of natural phenomenon we don't know about. In any event, it is worth investigating in a rational way.
- mc32 7y ago
  Not sure if the upper atmosphere has something similar to Fata Morgana, but at least in the lower atmosphere it can deceive the location of objects in the distance.
- lwansbrough 7y ago
  Linked in another comment is the incident you’re recalling: https://youtu.be/G9D8dzl4zGk https://youtu.be/G9D8dzl4zGk
  - waiseristy 7y ago
    And an interview with the pilot https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/035-ufos/ https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/035-ufos/
  - internet_user 7y ago
    hard to trust video these days, unless there is a chain of custody. How are we to know it's not someone testing their film director/CGI skills?
    - dogma1138 7y ago
      This was released by the pentagon and covered by very large media outlet, the pilots were interviewed. This doesn’t mean it’s aliens but this is pretty fucked up.
MockObject 7y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064152/http://dewoody.net/ufo/Science_in_Default.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064152/http://dewoody.ne...

Please link to some reports from reputable sources.

by hopler 7y ago

Please link to some reports from reputable sources.

I don't know about "defying the laws of physics" (since if it could truly defy the laws of the physics that would be whack) but plenty of stealth bombers were reported as "mysterious UFOs" before they were officially revealed in any capacity - and I'm sure there is no shortage of experimental craft that never made the cut. Hell, even if someone saw a B-2 today they'd probably think it's alien.

Izkata 7y ago
> I don't know about "defying the laws of physics" (since if it could truly defy the laws of the physics that would be whack) It refers to objects that start and stop moving instantaneously, or make turns at hard right angles, as if they have no inertia.
- abakker 7y ago
  ball lightning?
- gdy 7y ago
  Very high acceleration and deceleration don't defy laws of physics.
  - dx87 7y ago
    They didn't say very high acceleration, they said instantaneous changes in speed, like the object has no mass.
    - Dylan16807 7y ago
      But the context is visual observation, where there's no way to tell the difference between the two.
PhaedrusV 7y ago
When my mom watched "Independence Day" she started booing the B-2's because she thought they were aliens...
- ralusek 7y ago
  Your mom sounds like she likes sports.
  - sctb 7y ago
    Please don't comment like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>Hell, even if someone saw a B-2 today they'd probably think it's alien. They'd probably think they're living in the matrix and several pixels of sky are glitching.

joshuaheard 7y ago

There was one on HN last year where Navy pilots saw an object hover above the water then shoot up 10,000 feet in a matter of seconds, hover there, then come back down to the surface. It bounced up and down like that several times then shot off into space. One pilot said the bouncing seemed like a preparation for its eventual takeoff. It was confirmed by Navy radar. There was a great interview last night on Tucker Carlson where the expert said there are basically two possibilities that the military should explore: one of our terrestrial enemies has an aviation capability more advanced than ours, or an extraterrestrial civilization has capabilities more advanced than us. Of course, there could be some sort of natural phenomenon we don't know about. In any event, it is worth investigating in a rational way.

mc32 7y ago
Not sure if the upper atmosphere has something similar to Fata Morgana, but at least in the lower atmosphere it can deceive the location of objects in the distance.
lwansbrough 7y ago
Linked in another comment is the incident you’re recalling: https://youtu.be/G9D8dzl4zGk https://youtu.be/G9D8dzl4zGk
- waiseristy 7y ago
  And an interview with the pilot https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/035-ufos/ https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/035-ufos/
- internet_user 7y ago
  hard to trust video these days, unless there is a chain of custody. How are we to know it's not someone testing their film director/CGI skills?
  - dogma1138 7y ago
    This was released by the pentagon and covered by very large media outlet, the pilots were interviewed. This doesn’t mean it’s aliens but this is pretty fucked up.

MockObject 7y ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064152/http://dewoody.net/ufo/Science_in_Default.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064152/http://dewoody.ne...