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Do you assume, US fighter pilots get stumped by birds often? I find it really remarkable how far behind the curve HN is on this topic. It's literally the nerdi

Do you assume, US fighter pilots get stumped by birds often? I find it really remarkable how far behind the curve HN is on this topic. It's literally the nerdiest, most avant-garde topic of all. Yet here people behave like their own grandfathers. TheHill.com reports on Congress acting on the mounting evidence for ET craft crash retrieval programs illegally hidden from democratic oversight, people on HN discuss whether birds fly high.

tashoecraft 3y ago
No we’re logical. Did a 20-30year old looking at a monitor screen maybe get stumped? Or it’s aliens. What’s more likely?
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kortilla 3y ago
> Do you assume, US fighter pilots get stumped by birds often? No, that’s why it’s newsworthy. What’s your point?
Spooky23 3y ago
The Hill is reporting on the shenanigans of opportunist or dumb as rocks congresspeople who figured out there’s some demographic of marginal voter who cares about this.
- somewhat_drunk 3y ago
  Exactly. That right wing grifters have piled onto the current UFO conspiracy push doesn't lend it any additional credibility. If anything, it detracts from it.
- snowwrestler 3y ago
  The Hill is not reporting at all; they only published someone else's op-ed (which they are famous for doing for almost anyone).
technothrasher 3y ago
> It's literally the nerdiest, most avant-garde topic of all. It's not avant-garde at all. It's the same old nonsense that comes around every 10-20 years with new lipstick on it. The "pilots are trained observers" canard is literally the same shtick from all the way back to Kenneth Arnold's flying saucers from 1947. After going around this hamster wheel a bunch of times, forgive me if I'm not excited by another round of "the evidence is about to be released any day now" chatter.
postmodest 3y ago
> Do you assume, US fighter pilots get stumped by birds often? Planes specifically have cockpit warnings because U.S. fighter pilots get confused by the difference between sky and sea. Just because you're good at something doesn't make you an expert at everything or your experience is infallible.

tashoecraft 3y ago

No we’re logical. Did a 20-30year old looking at a monitor screen maybe get stumped? Or it’s aliens. What’s more likely?

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kortilla 3y ago

> Do you assume, US fighter pilots get stumped by birds often? No, that’s why it’s newsworthy. What’s your point?

Spooky23 3y ago

The Hill is reporting on the shenanigans of opportunist or dumb as rocks congresspeople who figured out there’s some demographic of marginal voter who cares about this.

somewhat_drunk 3y ago
Exactly. That right wing grifters have piled onto the current UFO conspiracy push doesn't lend it any additional credibility. If anything, it detracts from it.
snowwrestler 3y ago
The Hill is not reporting at all; they only published someone else's op-ed (which they are famous for doing for almost anyone).

technothrasher 3y ago

> It's literally the nerdiest, most avant-garde topic of all. It's not avant-garde at all. It's the same old nonsense that comes around every 10-20 years with new lipstick on it. The "pilots are trained observers" canard is literally the same shtick from all the way back to Kenneth Arnold's flying saucers from 1947. After going around this hamster wheel a bunch of times, forgive me if I'm not excited by another round of "the evidence is about to be released any day now" chatter.

postmodest 3y ago

> Do you assume, US fighter pilots get stumped by birds often? Planes specifically have cockpit warnings because U.S. fighter pilots get confused by the difference between sky and sea. Just because you're good at something doesn't make you an expert at everything or your experience is infallible.