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Re: UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

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Post by Rebelgecko » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:51 AM UTC

KirinDave wrote: post #53

Uh, so... I don't have precise enough times to do this, but my first question is, "Is this an Iridium Flare event?" If you have never seen "Iridium Flares", grab your phone and download an Iridium Flare app. They're confusing, spectacular, and they actually happen pretty often. Because this sounds an awful lot like an iridium flare. And they're a kind of persistent source of "inexplicable aircraft" reports because th…

It looks like an Iridium passed over the ocean between Ireland and Iceland around 6:30Z, around 15 minutes before the radio conversation. However it doesn't quite line up with where I'm assuming the aircraft were

Re: UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

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Post by leeoniya » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:52 AM UTC

pubby wrote: post #30

A few months ago I was walking alone in the park when I saw a bright light moving in strange patterns in the sky. It scared the pants off of me. For about a day my mind was nothing but paranoid thoughts. I had fear that I had seen something that I shouldn't have. That not only extraterrestrial life was real, but that they knew of my existence and would be coming for me. Or perhaps they were coming for all of us. I wa…

this is pretty crazy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yglJYW244Fo

Re: UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

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Post by sixdimensional » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:52 AM UTC

lend000 wrote: post #6

Do any airlines have high-def video cameras on planes? Seems like something that would be financially feasible with modern technology and would provide very useful data for unexplained phenomena like this. I imagine I'm not the only one who would pay to subscribe for a streaming service for airline footage, even when there aren't UFO sightings to examine.

Actually, yes, some newer aircraft have high-def video cameras mounted on the tail and on the belly of the aircraft, and the video stream is streamed into the aircraft so that passengers can see the "outside view" on in-flight entertainment systems. The only thing is I believe the the cameras often get turned off in the middle of the flight when the boring part is going on..

Here's a YouTube example of a tail camera on takeoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeBcZXjSfkE

Re: UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

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Post by Joakal » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:54 AM UTC

matthewwiese wrote: post #10

Since we don't usually get UFO threads on Hacker News, I may as well brush the dust off my tinfoil hat... What's always puzzled me about UFO sightings is the preponderance of "bright lights" being what people report seeing. If some extraterrestrial being came to visit, why make itself known? And in such an obviously unnatural way, too? One immediate counterargument I can think of is that it's good camouflage. Who nee…

Cosmic radiation have been known to cause bright flashes for astronauts. Maybe this? This could also explain why several people see it too.

Can cameras pick up cosmic radiation?

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Post by andrewflnr » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:54 AM UTC

ramgorur wrote: post #50

Why all these sightings are never accompanied with sonic booms? If something is moving that fast through the atmosphere, there must be a sonic boom. Or is there any way to suppress this? At least theoretically?

I do remember reading about an airframe designed to produce two sonic booms that cancelled each other out.

Re: UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

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Post by smaili » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:56 AM UTC

minota wrote: post #33

Transcribing the interesting bits from 18:15 Man A (ATC?): There's nothing showing on either primary or secondary Woman A: Ok, it was moving so fast. [Inaudible] Man A: Alongside you? Woman A: Yes, it was rapidly [inaudible] bright light and then it just disappeared at a very high speed. I am still wondering. Didn't think it was likely collision course. Wondering what sort it could be. Man B: Meteor or another object…

I know meteors seems to be a common theory, but do they normally travel that fast?

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Post by zero_iq » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:56 AM UTC

toss1 wrote: post #38

LolNoGenerics wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you imagine that it is very boring most of the time?

You might be surprised at the popularity of "Slow Television" [0], which televises the long journeys of trains, cruise ships, etc. It is apparently quite popular in Norway and growing elsewhere. Add some potential UFOs to the mix, and who knows where it might go? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_television

I remember in the 90s tuning into "space night" on a German satellite channel when I got home from the pub. Just continuous video feeds from low earth orbit with electronica/chillout playing over the top. Was really relaxing to have on in the background.

I can imagine working from home with something like that on in the background and occasionally looking up to "see where we are now" - would give me some sense of travelling and seeing something new, rather than just feeling like I've been stuck at home coding in front of my laptop all day.

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Post by slg » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:56 AM UTC

codezero wrote: post #51

minota wrote: post #33

Transcribing the interesting bits from 18:15 Man A (ATC?): There's nothing showing on either primary or secondary Woman A: Ok, it was moving so fast. [Inaudible] Man A: Alongside you? Woman A: Yes, it was rapidly [inaudible] bright light and then it just disappeared at a very high speed. I am still wondering. Didn't think it was likely collision course. Wondering what sort it could be. Man B: Meteor or another object…

would be interesting to know the relative trajectory – would help determine if it was a known satellite reentry or on a typical orbit of debris (lots of periodic comets have well known debris trails, they form most of the "meteor showers" that happen yearly.)

The transcript above refers to the object banking and climbing. That sounds a lot more like a secret military vehicle than falling space debris.

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Post by DonkeyChan » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:57 AM UTC

ramgorur wrote: post #50

Why all these sightings are never accompanied with sonic booms? If something is moving that fast through the atmosphere, there must be a sonic boom. Or is there any way to suppress this? At least theoretically?

Separating a pocket of space-time from itself, then moving that. Which would also effect inertia. I suspect that moving space-time around itself would introduce totally different shearing effects but maybe those could be mitigated using special non-physical(or physical) geometry, like aerodynamics but for space-time.

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Post by viraptor » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 1:57 AM UTC

lend000 wrote: post #6

Do any airlines have high-def video cameras on planes? Seems like something that would be financially feasible with modern technology and would provide very useful data for unexplained phenomena like this. I imagine I'm not the only one who would pay to subscribe for a streaming service for airline footage, even when there aren't UFO sightings to examine.

Many long distance flights have cameras on the tail + nose that you can watch on your entertainment system. I wouldn't expect them to stream it to the public though.