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Like many of you, I am a skeptic. But here’s the thing with these videos, like the “tic tac” one. Somebody somewhere who is smarter than me should be able to s

Like many of you, I am a skeptic. But here’s the thing with these videos, like the “tic tac” one. Somebody somewhere who is smarter than me should be able to say what these things are. Missile, drone, balloon...these are obviously none of these things, based on the science of using my eyes and brain. So what the hell are they? The fact that no one can come up with any plausible answer, makes me think we have no idea whatsoever what they are. UFOs indeed. Anyone care to make a case?

serf 6y ago
I like the idea of ground-based laser-generated plasma. Culminate many ground based lasers and point them all at the same voxel in space, use your magic methods to create a ball of plasma at that spot with the lasers[0], move the voxel around as fast as the ground based lasers can track it for the illusion of instantaneous acceleration and cartesian-coordinate style movement. Added benefit : many radars capture artifacts from plasmas, so it'd look like a bogey to many systems out there. even cooler : they don't need to be ground-based, just well coordinated. A bunch of planes, boats, drones or even missiles could be the laser beacons, too. Imagine a bunch of missiles lazing what is basically a light-show to spook people in the air and on the ground as a psy-ops weapon, ignoring the decoy aspects of a instantaneously created radar-positive bogey. The idea reminds me of Macross or something similar. [0]: https://www.wired.com/2007/05/plasma-laser-uf/ https://www.wired.com/2007/05/plasma-laser-uf/
- rapjr9 6y ago
  A Japanese company built a prototype system that can draw 3D objects in mid-air using UV lasers that excite the air into a plasma where the beams cross: http://www.burton-jp.com/en/index.htm http://www.burton-jp.com/en/index.htm I think they can project images about 10-20 feet up in the air (see the demo videos on the web site). Much longer ranges like kilometers are probably possible. Very long ranges like drawing in the upper atmosphere would probably encounter the same problems the Star Wars program did, difficult to hold a beam together given air turbulence. I've been thinking about using the same technique to create a TV screen floating in mid air, though it could only be used outdoors (due to ozone generated). It might also be possible to use something like this to draw a dome over a yard that keeps insects out. Probably too dangerous to allow kids near it though, the lasers are fairly high power and since they are UV the beams can't be seen. It may not even require lasers, focused beams of high intensity UV light might accomplish the same thing. I would think if this was used to create a UFO the UFO would sparkle a lot and might be fairly transparent, instead of looking like a solid object.

serf 6y ago

I like the idea of ground-based laser-generated plasma. Culminate many ground based lasers and point them all at the same voxel in space, use your magic methods to create a ball of plasma at that spot with the lasers[0], move the voxel around as fast as the ground based lasers can track it for the illusion of instantaneous acceleration and cartesian-coordinate style movement. Added benefit : many radars capture artifacts from plasmas, so it'd look like a bogey to many systems out there. even cooler : they don't need to be ground-based, just well coordinated. A bunch of planes, boats, drones or even missiles could be the laser beacons, too. Imagine a bunch of missiles lazing what is basically a light-show to spook people in the air and on the ground as a psy-ops weapon, ignoring the decoy aspects of a instantaneously created radar-positive bogey. The idea reminds me of Macross or something similar. [0]: https://www.wired.com/2007/05/plasma-laser-uf/ https://www.wired.com/2007/05/plasma-laser-uf/

rapjr9 6y ago
A Japanese company built a prototype system that can draw 3D objects in mid-air using UV lasers that excite the air into a plasma where the beams cross: http://www.burton-jp.com/en/index.htm http://www.burton-jp.com/en/index.htm I think they can project images about 10-20 feet up in the air (see the demo videos on the web site). Much longer ranges like kilometers are probably possible. Very long ranges like drawing in the upper atmosphere would probably encounter the same problems the Star Wars program did, difficult to hold a beam together given air turbulence. I've been thinking about using the same technique to create a TV screen floating in mid air, though it could only be used outdoors (due to ozone generated). It might also be possible to use something like this to draw a dome over a yard that keeps insects out. Probably too dangerous to allow kids near it though, the lasers are fairly high power and since they are UV the beams can't be seen. It may not even require lasers, focused beams of high intensity UV light might accomplish the same thing. I would think if this was used to create a UFO the UFO would sparkle a lot and might be fairly transparent, instead of looking like a solid object.