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No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

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Re: No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

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They seem associated with the ocean as well, many reports of the craft originating or disappearing into the ocean ("transmedium" vehicles).

Is it possible that there's some form of life that originates in the ocean, has evolved intelligence that is in a totally different paradigm than us, and this is their equivalent of going to "space"?

It makes sense in the macro-sense as well as we're very lucky to not be a water world in the habitable zone. Life evolved in the oceans far earlier than on land and we know very little about the ocean due to it's large size.

Re: No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

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Is this really a surprise to anybody? UFO means "unidentified flying object", not "alien".

That’s how I interpret it. But I guess other people choose to interpret it as ‘little green men’. That makes it hard to investigate without ridicule. So maybe the name change is all about being able to do that?

Re: No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

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Why does it feel like this report has been teased for weeks, almost akin to the release of a new blockbuster movie or similar cultural product?

Because it is an outstanding topic, coming from the highest government places. That is indeed interesting. No reason to bring your negative vibes in here.

Re: No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

#26

They seem associated with the ocean as well, many reports of the craft originating or disappearing into the ocean ("transmedium" vehicles). Is it possible that there's some form of life that originates in the ocean, has evolved intelligence that is in a totally different paradigm than us, and this is their equivalent of going to "space"? It makes sense in the macro-sense as well as we're very lucky to not be a water…

It's camera artefacts, dude.

Re: No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah I think it's more likely that it's some kind of experimental propulsion test that is sometimes being noticed. Like they wandered into a room above their clearance level or something. Someone on earth made these.

Sometimes? Over 120 times according to the report.

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Re: No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

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post #23

Well, assuming this isn't a psyop, this is incredibly exciting. These things are doing maneuvers that simply aren't possible with the technology we have currently. This means that the scifi future of our dreams is nearly upon us.

These things aren't "things". They are mostly camera artefacts. They're not doing anything.

Re: No evidence UFOs are alien craft, unclassified US intelligence report to reveal

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post #8

Is this really a surprise to anybody? UFO means "unidentified flying object", not "alien".

I've heard a lot of credulous people describing these reports as proof of aliens. To me the idea that aliens exist is unsurprising, but aliens being here would imply FTL is possible, and that would be a huge discovery!

> aliens being here would imply FTL is possible

Why? There are plenty of stars within a sub-light-speed radius since events that could've announced us to the galaxy: advent of radio, first nuclear tests, etc.

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