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From the article: The most famous example (the one Musk was asked about) occurred when Navy pilots reported a craft resembling a Tic Tac that was moving unlike

From the article: The most famous example (the one Musk was asked about) occurred when Navy pilots reported a craft resembling a Tic Tac that was moving unlike anything seen in the U.S. arsenal: They said it “wasn’t behaving by the normal laws of physics.” The craft’s movements were, however, typical of both military and civilian UFO reports: Descending from 80,000 feet to 20,000 feet in an instant; stopping in midair and reversing direction without inertial effects; exceeding the speed of sound without generating a sonic boom; and submerging into the ocean

sharemywin 6y ago
Not trying to say it couldn't have been some kind of radar mirages or some other explainable phenomenon. But why release it if it had an easy explanation.
klyrs 6y ago
https://petapixel.com/2020/04/28/that-navy-ufo-footage-has-an-optical-explanation/ https://petapixel.com/2020/04/28/that-navy-ufo-footage-has-a...
gwmnxnp_516a 6y ago
Well, there has been cases where ball lighting phenomena, was misidentified as UFO. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning). What I wanted to say is that based on current known physical laws, it would take an imaginable time for anything from other galaxy to arrive to earth. Unless someone proves that the physical laws are wrong or any life from other galaxy is capable of living more than thousands of years.
- klyrs 6y ago
  > Well, there has been cases where ball lighting phenomena, was misidentified as UFO. Minor quibble, ball lightning is occasionally classified as an Unidentified Flying Object, before it's identified as ball lightning. The big problem here is with language. The military takes UFOs seriously because they're seriously interested in identifying things before deciding if they need to shoot them. But then when the general public hears "the military takes UFOs seriously," many are operating with the "UFOs are definitely alien aircraft" interpretation.
sthnblllII 6y ago
That's not what the video showed. https://youtube.com/watch?v=3viYcYPRdu4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=3viYcYPRdu4 Why the military plays up scientifically illiterate interpretations of these videos is beyond me, and a much more interesting question frankly.

sharemywin 6y ago

Not trying to say it couldn't have been some kind of radar mirages or some other explainable phenomenon. But why release it if it had an easy explanation.

klyrs 6y ago

https://petapixel.com/2020/04/28/that-navy-ufo-footage-has-an-optical-explanation/ https://petapixel.com/2020/04/28/that-navy-ufo-footage-has-a...

gwmnxnp_516a 6y ago

Well, there has been cases where ball lighting phenomena, was misidentified as UFO. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning). What I wanted to say is that based on current known physical laws, it would take an imaginable time for anything from other galaxy to arrive to earth. Unless someone proves that the physical laws are wrong or any life from other galaxy is capable of living more than thousands of years.

klyrs 6y ago
> Well, there has been cases where ball lighting phenomena, was misidentified as UFO. Minor quibble, ball lightning is occasionally classified as an Unidentified Flying Object, before it's identified as ball lightning. The big problem here is with language. The military takes UFOs seriously because they're seriously interested in identifying things before deciding if they need to shoot them. But then when the general public hears "the military takes UFOs seriously," many are operating with the "UFOs are definitely alien aircraft" interpretation.

sthnblllII 6y ago

That's not what the video showed. https://youtube.com/watch?v=3viYcYPRdu4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=3viYcYPRdu4 Why the military plays up scientifically illiterate interpretations of these videos is beyond me, and a much more interesting question frankly.