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There is a genuinely terrifying explanation that fits all of the data-points: That something about routine exposure to the physical effects of flying military j
by hcrean 4y ago
There is a genuinely terrifying explanation that fits all of the data-points: That something about routine exposure to the physical effects of flying military jets effects a pilot's perceptual accuracy.
This is also definitely something that would be on the hush rota; if your seasoned missile operator just reported overtaking Santa's sleigh at Mach something, it wouldn't inspire much confidence in either the new recruits or the public.
Combine that with targeting systems that likely have a strong false-positive-bias and you have a recipe for Earth having been visited by little green men.
- WaxProlix 4y agoThis doesn't do much for the data point of on-video capture of some such phenomena, though: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52457805 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52457805
- hcrean 4y agoIt sort of does: Whereas normally the person operating the camera would immediately identify the neighbour's Bombay Black 'Mr. Pickles'; now we have some fuzzy footage being sold to the tabloids that might be a puma roaming the wolds of north Wales... Or the aerial equivalent.