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Carrier Group in Recent UFO Encounters Had New Air Defense Tech

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Re: Carrier Group in Recent UFO Encounters Had New Air Defense Tech

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So, the US was testing unknown and presumably expensive drone technology on Carrier Air Groups? Why would they do that in a "live" situation with people who would report it? I would think (and perhaps I'm wrong) that keeping advanced craft secret would be in the US interest. I don't buy the ET explanation and I don't buy this one either. If it is real and it is a craft it's much more likely it was a state actor testi…

Why would they do that in a "live" situation with people who would report it?

Because they want to warn off some nations that are getting a bit aggressive with something that might give them pause.

Re: Carrier Group in Recent UFO Encounters Had New Air Defense Tech

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

IR is optical too; same phenomenon can affect both.

Both radar and IR? From different vantage points? Seems just as far fetched as aliens or someone else's (China, Russia?) black budget tech saying "hi." Or hell maybe it's some of our own secret tech being tested against our own conventional tech. That would explain why the military brass showed up right after. They were collecting their data. I have to come out of the closet though and say I don't totally dismiss ali…

You wrote optical and IR.

Anyways, the only footage I've seen so far is that FLIR video from a plane showing a weird object that happens to precisely follow the rotation of the camera and behave exactly as you'd expect an internal reflection in sensor optics to behave. Given that this is apparently the only footage publicly available from that incident, I'm inclined to discount the reports that some people say they saw something on other instruments.

Re: Carrier Group in Recent UFO Encounters Had New Air Defense Tech

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wasn't there optical and IR footage? Seems unlikely that many discrete systems would all have ghosting artifacts at the same time and location. Or maybe I am mixing reports. I've read about several recently.

The footage was IR only... The pilots audio discussed 'seeing' the things, but it's not 100% assertained, except via post-hoc assertion by the rights owner of the video, that the pilots aren't referring to what they see on their MFDs.

There is no rights owner. It was made by government employees in the course of official duties hence uncopyrighted.

Re: Carrier Group in Recent UFO Encounters Had New Air Defense Tech

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The heat signature is interesting. When seen in black mode, the hot center is surrounded by a white cooler-than-atmosphere halo. What could be the use of such a thermoelectric effect? Or if it's a by-product what else could be causing it?

Hm... Cryogenic hydrogen?

Re: Carrier Group in Recent UFO Encounters Had New Air Defense Tech

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both radar and IR? From different vantage points? Seems just as far fetched as aliens or someone else's (China, Russia?) black budget tech saying "hi." Or hell maybe it's some of our own secret tech being tested against our own conventional tech. That would explain why the military brass showed up right after. They were collecting their data. I have to come out of the closet though and say I don't totally dismiss ali…

You wrote optical and IR . Anyways, the only footage I've seen so far is that FLIR video from a plane showing a weird object that happens to precisely follow the rotation of the camera and behave exactly as you'd expect an internal reflection in sensor optics to behave. Given that this is apparently the only footage publicly available from that incident, I'm inclined to discount the reports that some people say they…

I was under the impression that the camera/plane was tracking the object
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