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Any prototype aircraft that is too fast to get good video of and does not have a recognized transponder will be a UFO. That just means some contractor is build
by LinuxBender 7y ago
Any prototype aircraft that is too fast to get good video of and does not have a recognized transponder will be a UFO. That just means some contractor is building great things and doing publicity stunts, perhaps for funding?
- weare138 7y agoI seriously doubt a contractor would be pulling "publicity stunts" involving the military. If they were caught, they'd be in prison for a very long time. Violating military airspace is beyond illegal.
- LinuxBender 7y agoPerhaps the military gave them permission and these are publicity stunts for darpa investors.
- weare138 7y agoThe Navy and DOD held meetings with and briefed congressional members and Trump over the issue. There is no way they would have lied to congress and the executive branch for a "publicity stunt".
- derefr 7y agoOr it could be military R&D itself, using people in its own chain-of-command (who aren't in the right security compartment to be aware of the project's existence) as an unknowing QA group for determining whether e.g. the device is stealthy enough, or can fake an emissions signature well-enough, or etc., to fool these people. As any such flaw would be fatal to the project, it's fine if the "QA group" publishes records of what they see—as whatever those vulnerabilities are, R&D will need to get rid of them before the project can be greenlit for operationalization. In est, it'd be sort of an adversarial development system. If anyone would come up with something like that, it'd be a military strategist.