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I think you mean this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jcBGLIpus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jcBGLIpus One thing that is not really explained is wh

I think you mean this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jcBGLIpus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jcBGLIpus One thing that is not really explained is why experienced pilots would not be aware of the phenomena explained in this video. Seems to me they would experience this all the time. fwiw I don't think it's actually an extraterrestrial object.

MuffinFlavored 6y ago
what do you think it is? a really advanced hobbyist f*cking with society?
- dorkwood 6y ago
  It's interesting that people jump straight from "object we don't understand" to "therefore it must have come from another planet". If I ever suggest to someone that it could be, for example, an animal that no one has ever seen before, atmospheric phenomena we've never observed before, experimental aircraft from another country, experimental aircraft from the US, disinformation campaign by the US military for some yet unknown reason, lone scientist's experimental drone, simultaneous hack of all pilots systems, etc, I'm usually met with "don't be silly, those are impossible". Well, why isn't "alien spaceship from another planet" also impossible? Why is that more likely than the other explanations?
morty_s 6y ago
This. Being a pilot is a lot of work. Depending on the craft, there’s a lot of things you must know and commit to memory; some things shouldn’t be committed to memory (best if technical manuals, standard operating procedures, etc are used). Very experienced pilots share similarities with very experienced engineers. Maybe the analogy I’m looking for is: an engineer might not know the capabilities and limitations of each peripheral device they use, but can still be experienced. Also bear in mind, that this type of piloting is a high-stakes job; extraterrestrial craft are arguably less common than those made on earth and the pilots probably take this into consideration. That said, I think this this whole ordeal is really interesting. Reading the comments, I think the “lasers” and “plasma” stuff + dropping “vehicle” from the nomenclature (i.e. “unidentifiable aerial phenomenon”) is rather interesting.

MuffinFlavored 6y ago

what do you think it is? a really advanced hobbyist f*cking with society?

dorkwood 6y ago
It's interesting that people jump straight from "object we don't understand" to "therefore it must have come from another planet". If I ever suggest to someone that it could be, for example, an animal that no one has ever seen before, atmospheric phenomena we've never observed before, experimental aircraft from another country, experimental aircraft from the US, disinformation campaign by the US military for some yet unknown reason, lone scientist's experimental drone, simultaneous hack of all pilots systems, etc, I'm usually met with "don't be silly, those are impossible". Well, why isn't "alien spaceship from another planet" also impossible? Why is that more likely than the other explanations?

morty_s 6y ago

This. Being a pilot is a lot of work. Depending on the craft, there’s a lot of things you must know and commit to memory; some things shouldn’t be committed to memory (best if technical manuals, standard operating procedures, etc are used). Very experienced pilots share similarities with very experienced engineers. Maybe the analogy I’m looking for is: an engineer might not know the capabilities and limitations of each peripheral device they use, but can still be experienced. Also bear in mind, that this type of piloting is a high-stakes job; extraterrestrial craft are arguably less common than those made on earth and the pilots probably take this into consideration. That said, I think this this whole ordeal is really interesting. Reading the comments, I think the “lasers” and “plasma” stuff + dropping “vehicle” from the nomenclature (i.e. “unidentifiable aerial phenomenon”) is rather interesting.