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> What a scientist needs are precise measurements from multiple viewpoints provided by devices that register various wavelengths (visual, infrared, radar). Fig
by the__alchemist 5y ago
> What a scientist needs are precise measurements from multiple viewpoints provided by devices that register various wavelengths (visual, infrared, radar).
Fighter jets (Like the Navy HUD showed in the article?) have radars, targeting pods with high zoom, IR, TV, and laser-range-detectors, and fly in formation. These radars show the altitude and airspeed of anything they pick up. They also are always recording displays that would save this information.
My building's concierge loves talking about UFOs. I try to steer him towards articles etc on the latest exobiology info. Real stuff can capture that desire for something exotic just as well. Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is a great read for the psychology and history behind the UFO phenomenon.
- raverbashing 5y ago> Fighter jets (Like the Navy HUD showed in the article?) have radars, targeting pods with high zoom, IR, TV, and laser-range-detectors, and fly in formation. Yes. Also very possible that they have something else that's classified but gives an extra layer of plausibility.
- ZanyProgrammer 5y agoI think most people assume the U in UFO stands for alien, but I think it's more likely it stands for "top secret military aircraft (manned or unmanned) of human origin that the overwhelming majority of military pilots and air traffic controllers aren't going to have clearance to know about".
- mhh__ 5y agoIf the SR-71 could go as fast as it did using 50s technology I don't see why modern classified tech wouldn't be similarly impressive. Just look at how far racing cars have come since then for example, largely due to the rise of computers.
- throwaway743 5y agoPulling between 500-800Gs is a huge feat as that force would instantly kill any human being and would obliterate any constructed craft we're capable of building.
- the__alchemist 5y agoMy bet is those turns are a no-lock targeting pod track without reliable range information, or biting off on something else mid-track.
- mhh__ 5y agoWhy put a person in it? There a place for human pilots when decisions need to be made but for (say) an SR-72 there's no need.
- throwaway743 5y agoRegardless, our craft materials could not withstand that force either.
- lupire 5y agoExobiology is more accurate but less impressive -- it's chemicals not little green men. UFOs are more inpressive (advanced flight tech, little green men) but fictional. Since neither will ever affect the average non-exobiologist's real life on earth, being isn't negative factor.
- zionic 5y ago>UFOs are more inpressive (advanced flight tech, little green men) but fictional. The only people who believe this haven't studied the data, or dug any deeper than surface level. If we disqualify all single-witness events and only select for highly credible individuals the evidence is still overwhelming.
- NovemberWhiskey 5y agoEvidence of what?
- suifbwish 5y agoIsn’t it an argument to ignorance to claim UFOs are fictional? To confidently say they don’t exist would require you to be aware of all parts of the sky at all times.
- fsflover 5y agoThe other side has to prove that they exist, not vice versa.
- suifbwish 5y agoBy that reasoning, You cannot actually prove that anyone else exists except you. The burden of proof is on you to prove you are not the only being in existence. Have fun.
- fsflover 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Shifting_the_burden_of_proof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#S...