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UFOs are just spy drones with sensor jammers and detectors that are designed to look strange and unnerving to pilots so they will scope them out. Pilots are tra

by graphe 4y ago

UFOs are just spy drones with sensor jammers and detectors that are designed to look strange and unnerving to pilots so they will scope them out. Pilots are trained NOT to go by them or engage with them for fear of secrets leaking.

CharlesW 4y ago
> UFOs are just spy drones with sensor jammers and detectors… They can be, but they can also be weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb
- vba616 4y ago
  UFOs can be anything, by definition. The interesting thing here is the social phenomenon of suddenly shooting them all down. Coincidentally, I was just reading about MH17.
  - glandium 4y ago
    And by the time you know what they are, by definition, they're not UFOs anymore.
- graphe 4y ago
  in the context of this discussion,recent times, and the fact the military always sees them around I'd say all of the current UFOs are spy drones.
ErikCorry 4y ago
That seems like the best explanation. See https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40054/adversary-drones-are-spying-on-the-u-s-and-the-pentagon-acts-like-theyre-ufos https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40054/adversary-drones... for a fleshed out version of that argument. I think what changed is that the US decided to stop ignoring the "UFO"s. The Ukraine war has shown how important drones are and it's obvious that drones and balloons will play a huge role in any Taiwanese war.
- Invictus0 4y ago
  FYI: this article has nearly 10k words and a 35 min estimated reading time.
  - idlewords 4y ago
    This may be the funniest warning I've ever seen on this site. Thank you for waving us off this dangerously substantive article.
    - MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
      For those of you us in the eastern time zones, it's a fair warning at this time of night. Better to save the link for tomorrow :)
      - yellowapple 4y ago
        Hell, even for those of us in the western time zones.
  - raldi 4y ago
    AI summary: Adversary drones are spying on the U.S. and the Pentagon is acting like they are UFOs. This gross inaction and the stigma surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena has led to a massive failure in U.S. military intelligence. It is likely that a wide array of explanations exist for the UFO mystery, and America's prevailing cultural issues and the general stigma surrounding UFOs was successfully targeted and leveraged by our adversaries. The U.S. Navy has a program of record for a Netted Emulation of Multi-Element Signature against Integrated Sensors, or NEMESIS, which is a quantum leap in electronic warfare. There have been reports of large drone swarms spotted over the U.S. and its outlying territories, especially near strategic installations. The U.S. Navy's top uniformed officer says the craft involved in the 2019 incidents off of Southern California remain unidentified. It is possible that the Pentagon's investigations into these matters is a lack of real expertise to properly evaluate the evidence. Step one is to admit that we have a major drone problem and fund a real intelligence fusion center to work these cases. Courtesy of this bookmarklet: javascript:location.href='https://labs.kagi.com/ai/sum?url=%27+encodeURIComponent(location.href)
themodelplumber 4y ago
Some, maybe. If you are going to sum up "all UFOs", there's just way too much variety in: - Size - Shape (considering that mission profile) - Movement characteristics - General capabilities - Access to nearby air traffic - Tech being exposed _to_ pilots, e.g. flight envelope capabilities; inter-media transitional capabilities This is the hand-wave problem with UFOs/UAPs. Once you start into details, they're really not a single _thing_ anymore by any rational definition. And this more flexible POV also takes into account the possibility that some _are_ spy drones.
GalenErso 4y ago
> Pilots are trained NOT to go by them or engage with them for fear of secrets leaking. Cite your source.

by graphe 4y ago

CharlesW 4y ago

> UFOs are just spy drones with sensor jammers and detectors… They can be, but they can also be weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb

vba616 4y ago
UFOs can be anything, by definition. The interesting thing here is the social phenomenon of suddenly shooting them all down. Coincidentally, I was just reading about MH17.
- glandium 4y ago
  And by the time you know what they are, by definition, they're not UFOs anymore.
graphe 4y ago
in the context of this discussion,recent times, and the fact the military always sees them around I'd say all of the current UFOs are spy drones.

ErikCorry 4y ago

That seems like the best explanation. See https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40054/adversary-drones-are-spying-on-the-u-s-and-the-pentagon-acts-like-theyre-ufos https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40054/adversary-drones... for a fleshed out version of that argument. I think what changed is that the US decided to stop ignoring the "UFO"s. The Ukraine war has shown how important drones are and it's obvious that drones and balloons will play a huge role in any Taiwanese war.

Invictus0 4y ago
FYI: this article has nearly 10k words and a 35 min estimated reading time.
- idlewords 4y ago
  This may be the funniest warning I've ever seen on this site. Thank you for waving us off this dangerously substantive article.
  - MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
    For those of you us in the eastern time zones, it's a fair warning at this time of night. Better to save the link for tomorrow :)
    - yellowapple 4y ago
      Hell, even for those of us in the western time zones.
- raldi 4y ago
  AI summary: Adversary drones are spying on the U.S. and the Pentagon is acting like they are UFOs. This gross inaction and the stigma surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena has led to a massive failure in U.S. military intelligence. It is likely that a wide array of explanations exist for the UFO mystery, and America's prevailing cultural issues and the general stigma surrounding UFOs was successfully targeted and leveraged by our adversaries. The U.S. Navy has a program of record for a Netted Emulation of Multi-Element Signature against Integrated Sensors, or NEMESIS, which is a quantum leap in electronic warfare. There have been reports of large drone swarms spotted over the U.S. and its outlying territories, especially near strategic installations. The U.S. Navy's top uniformed officer says the craft involved in the 2019 incidents off of Southern California remain unidentified. It is possible that the Pentagon's investigations into these matters is a lack of real expertise to properly evaluate the evidence. Step one is to admit that we have a major drone problem and fund a real intelligence fusion center to work these cases. Courtesy of this bookmarklet: javascript:location.href='https://labs.kagi.com/ai/sum?url=%27+encodeURIComponent(location.href)

themodelplumber 4y ago

Some, maybe. If you are going to sum up "all UFOs", there's just way too much variety in: - Size - Shape (considering that mission profile) - Movement characteristics - General capabilities - Access to nearby air traffic - Tech being exposed _to_ pilots, e.g. flight envelope capabilities; inter-media transitional capabilities This is the hand-wave problem with UFOs/UAPs. Once you start into details, they're really not a single _thing_ anymore by any rational definition. And this more flexible POV also takes into account the possibility that some _are_ spy drones.

GalenErso 4y ago

> Pilots are trained NOT to go by them or engage with them for fear of secrets leaking. Cite your source.