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Does seem pretty impressive that the aliens manage to make themselves visible only to military operations subject to routine secrecy requirements and not to the

by ajross 3y ago

Does seem pretty impressive that the aliens manage to make themselves visible only to military operations subject to routine secrecy requirements and not to the civilian aviation equipment that spends 1-2 orders of magnitude more time in the air.

zlefgram 3y ago
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diego_moita 3y ago
Long ago I heard the same argument in a Brazilian television show presenting a debate between "UFO specialists" and astronomers. One astronomer posed that same question: "Dude, our job consists of staring at the sky for nights and nights with very powerful equipment and we never saw those things that you keep finding with naked eyes. How do you do that?". The "ufologist" just did a "deer in the headlights" look.
- jskdndbwkd 3y ago
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  - orwin 3y ago
    This is the most likely possibility. Amateur astronomers (as well as professionals) never saw an inkling of UFOs in space. So either UFOs are cloaked in space and decloaks in the atmosphere, or they come from earth. If i push a bayesian reasoning far enough, i'll say i think weird theories involving lizard people, Atlantis or hollow earth (or illuminaties or... etc) are sightly more plausible than those involving extraterrestrial beings. Most plausible is that none of them is correct, but still.
simmerup 3y ago
Civilian pilots see UFOs, it’s just that no one cares. But when a military officer reports seeing something and it’s repeated on radar, it’s a bit harder to ignore. https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/06/26/faa-ufo-uap-sightings-pilots/?sh=73b28c7f1a46 https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/06/26... > Davenport says he regularly receives reports of UAP sightings from FAA headquarters in Virginia, estimating that he received six to eight reports between November 2020 and May 2021.
- marshray 3y ago
  45,000 flights a day and fewer than two reports of unknown sightings a month. Commercial airline pilots truly are some of the most reliable among humans.
  - simmerup 3y ago
    Well it’s not like the skies are saturated with UFOs. And it’s also not like there’s much to gain for pilots to file reports like this and single themselves out. But there’s enough smoke to make me wonder where the fire is

by ajross 3y ago

zlefgram 3y ago

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diego_moita 3y ago

Long ago I heard the same argument in a Brazilian television show presenting a debate between "UFO specialists" and astronomers. One astronomer posed that same question: "Dude, our job consists of staring at the sky for nights and nights with very powerful equipment and we never saw those things that you keep finding with naked eyes. How do you do that?". The "ufologist" just did a "deer in the headlights" look.

jskdndbwkd 3y ago
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- orwin 3y ago
  This is the most likely possibility. Amateur astronomers (as well as professionals) never saw an inkling of UFOs in space. So either UFOs are cloaked in space and decloaks in the atmosphere, or they come from earth. If i push a bayesian reasoning far enough, i'll say i think weird theories involving lizard people, Atlantis or hollow earth (or illuminaties or... etc) are sightly more plausible than those involving extraterrestrial beings. Most plausible is that none of them is correct, but still.

simmerup 3y ago

Civilian pilots see UFOs, it’s just that no one cares. But when a military officer reports seeing something and it’s repeated on radar, it’s a bit harder to ignore. https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/06/26/faa-ufo-uap-sightings-pilots/?sh=73b28c7f1a46 https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2021/06/26... > Davenport says he regularly receives reports of UAP sightings from FAA headquarters in Virginia, estimating that he received six to eight reports between November 2020 and May 2021.

marshray 3y ago
45,000 flights a day and fewer than two reports of unknown sightings a month. Commercial airline pilots truly are some of the most reliable among humans.
- simmerup 3y ago
  Well it’s not like the skies are saturated with UFOs. And it’s also not like there’s much to gain for pilots to file reports like this and single themselves out. But there’s enough smoke to make me wonder where the fire is