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Quoting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23006754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23006754 : > This comment on ArsTechnica on the same subject links t

Quoting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23006754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23006754 : > This comment on ArsTechnica on the same subject links to some videos which have nice explanations for the videos: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/navy-releases-three-videos-that-showcase-unidentified-objects/?comments=1&post=38845980 https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/navy-releases-three-... Basically lens flare, balloon, and a plane. The video links there are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Btns91W5J8&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Btns91W5J8&t=7s , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLyEO0jNt6M&t=20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLyEO0jNt6M&t=20s , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oTg0kxzDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oTg0kxzDs .

lmilcin 7y ago
It is interesting how even relatively simple phonemena can quickly confound when they are being projected (ie. when some information is lost). Every day objects that find themselves at the right place and time in completely different setting from when they are normally seen, at drastically different scales, they confound our minds because they break patterns our minds are built to recognize.
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mncharity 7y ago
If you hoped for something else, perhaps this is an opportunity to empathize with those who point phones and cameras at the Sun, get pulsing or flashing, and believe it miracle. Or who point infrared camera zooms at the horizon, and discover the Earth flat.
imustbeevil 7y ago
Before you do a victory lap, realize that those explanations are by a game developer that is going solely off only the information in the videos. People with more information have said it is not those things. It's probably not aliens. It's probably not a hot air balloon. Be more skeptical. Allow things to be unexplained if no explanation is sufficient. When every video someone links points to the same video, your warning lights should be going off. The Pentagon and Navy would not have released these as "UFOs" if a game developer watching blurry footage could have told them what they were.
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lmilcin 7y ago

It is interesting how even relatively simple phonemena can quickly confound when they are being projected (ie. when some information is lost). Every day objects that find themselves at the right place and time in completely different setting from when they are normally seen, at drastically different scales, they confound our minds because they break patterns our minds are built to recognize.

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mncharity 7y ago

If you hoped for something else, perhaps this is an opportunity to empathize with those who point phones and cameras at the Sun, get pulsing or flashing, and believe it miracle. Or who point infrared camera zooms at the horizon, and discover the Earth flat.

imustbeevil 7y ago

Before you do a victory lap, realize that those explanations are by a game developer that is going solely off only the information in the videos. People with more information have said it is not those things. It's probably not aliens. It's probably not a hot air balloon. Be more skeptical. Allow things to be unexplained if no explanation is sufficient. When every video someone links points to the same video, your warning lights should be going off. The Pentagon and Navy would not have released these as "UFOs" if a game developer watching blurry footage could have told them what they were.

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