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UFO spotted by US fighter jet pilots

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Re: UFO spotted by US fighter jet pilots

#21

At first I thought it was a spec of dirt stuck on the window, because it kept its position constant relative to the moving airplane. But then when it twisted, I had to give up that explanation.

Camera could be gimbal mounted, behind a fixed glass dome - if the speck is on the dome and the camera gimbal moves, it would appear like "the UFO" rotating.

I thought so too, but I think in that case it would simply change position in the image and it wouldn't be in the center.

Re: UFO spotted by US fighter jet pilots

#23

At first I thought it was a spec of dirt stuck on the window, because it kept its position constant relative to the moving airplane. But then when it twisted, I had to give up that explanation.

Camera could be gimbal mounted, behind a fixed glass dome - if the speck is on the dome and the camera gimbal moves, it would appear like "the UFO" rotating.

So there's a spec of dirt on each fighter's camera?

Re: UFO spotted by US fighter jet pilots

#24

Keep in mind one branch of the military was successfully flying this in 1977: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Ha... (a picture of Have Blue - the precursor to the stealth fighter. It defiantly looks like something out of this world to the eyes of someone in 1977)

And then there's stuff like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar

So, really, its likely that any UFO is military in nature, rather than extraterrestrial.

Re: UFO spotted by US fighter jet pilots

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At first I thought it was a spec of dirt stuck on the window, because it kept its position constant relative to the moving airplane. But then when it twisted, I had to give up that explanation.

Camera could be gimbal mounted, behind a fixed glass dome - if the speck is on the dome and the camera gimbal moves, it would appear like "the UFO" rotating.

Isn't the object showing up on the ASA as well.

Also what is an ASA.

Re: UFO spotted by US fighter jet pilots

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Meh, is this getting picked up by every news outlet? What important news is getting buried? ;)

I assume because there is a feeling that the footage is not faked (as footage of UFO's tend to be), and because the military's incentives to fake a UFO video are usually very much in the opposite direction (i.e. nothing to see here, carry on).

Little green men would seem to me like an all too convenient coverup, if I were a person of power interested in keeping secrets.

Re: UFO spotted by US fighter jet pilots

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Keep in mind one branch of the military was successfully flying this in 1977: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Ha... (a picture of Have Blue - the precursor to the stealth fighter. It defiantly looks like something out of this world to the eyes of someone in 1977)

That would be the simplest explanation. Given the huge amount of money spent on US military, the value of having advanced military aircraft in their inventory, and the desire to keep the technology secret and out of enemy hands - military based UFOs seems like a reasonable conclusion.

The fact that the aircraft is moving at G forces unsustainable by biological life isn't surprising either given advances in drone tech.

It would also make sense to shut the UFO program down as well if it was ending up with these secret programs getting accidentally revealed.

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