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Post by rblion »

reilly3000 wrote: post #3
rblion wrote: post #2

I was a skeptic of a lot of things until I saw some flying orbs around Mount Shasta, California last October. I saw similar moving orbs again in upstate NY this year on two occasions. I don't know what I saw but they were not weather balloons, satellites, planes, planets, stars, or meteors. Anyone here ever see something similar?

I just heard a recent Joe Rogan episode with Dan Aykroyd - this topic was the majority of their discussion for at least 45 mins.

thanks! going to listen now with a cup of tea, great way to end the day.

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Post by wildrhythms »

NGC404 wrote: post #6

~same topic now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21008930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21008988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20997012 older: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828448

Would just like to piggyback on this to say that the wording of what is "real" is very specific:

>[the Navy] designates the objects contained in these videos as unidentified aerial phenomena.

That is to say, the videos are "real" in that the source is genuine (captured by the U.S. Navy and not a doctored hoax), but the Navy is not making any other statement on what appears in the video.

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Post by rblion »

egfx wrote: post #7
rblion wrote: post #2

I was a skeptic of a lot of things until I saw some flying orbs around Mount Shasta, California last October. I saw similar moving orbs again in upstate NY this year on two occasions. I don't know what I saw but they were not weather balloons, satellites, planes, planets, stars, or meteors. Anyone here ever see something similar?

Yes I have. I posted about it in an unrelated article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18367198 I’d make a correction though. It was not as fast as a super fast bird but more akin to a lightning fast game of laser tag or air hokey. The weirdest thing is that for some reason it immediately impressed on me that this was technology.

It's interesting for sure. It's a mystery. Could be intentional misdirection by the government, could be beings from another planet or dimension, could be something I can't even wrap my brain around.

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Post by georgeburdell »

ImaCake wrote: post #10
simonblack wrote: post #4

I reckon it's misdirection. "We'll say it's a UFO, but really it's a hypersonic plane in development." Just like the SR71 had a cover story during its development phase. "The wreckage was recovered in two days, and persons at the scene were identified and requested to sign secrecy agreements. A cover story for the press described the accident as occurring to a F-105, and it is still listed in this way on official rec…

This seems the most credible to me. I wonder which nation state has these machines? Because they are clearly incredible. It would certainly be nicer than using conventional aircraft when flying Australia to Europe, even at the expense of experiencing high G forces. I think the press articles we see about this are part of a broader information war campaign trying to plant red herrings to confuse other nation state act…

>nation state

Your diction says much about your point of view.

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Post by starpilot »

simonblack wrote: post #4

I reckon it's misdirection. "We'll say it's a UFO, but really it's a hypersonic plane in development." Just like the SR71 had a cover story during its development phase. "The wreckage was recovered in two days, and persons at the scene were identified and requested to sign secrecy agreements. A cover story for the press described the accident as occurring to a F-105, and it is still listed in this way on official rec…

Even a hypersonic aircraft wouldn't be capable of the maneuvers witnessed. It was also shaped like a tic tac, which doesn't align with any known hypersonic airframe shaping technique (like a wedge or waverider).

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Post by driverdan »

rblion wrote: post #2

I was a skeptic of a lot of things until I saw some flying orbs around Mount Shasta, California last October. I saw similar moving orbs again in upstate NY this year on two occasions. I don't know what I saw but they were not weather balloons, satellites, planes, planets, stars, or meteors. Anyone here ever see something similar?

> I don't know what I saw but they were not weather balloons, satellites, planes, planets, stars, or meteors.

If you don't know what they were then you can't rule out these other things.

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Post by starpilot »

rblion wrote: post #9
prestonh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was there anyone there with you that also saw?

Yes, 15 eyewitnesses at encounter #2 and 7 for encounter #3. The first one was just me alone backpacking. I doubted it until I realized this was not an uncommon thing to see based on other accounts I soon learned about.

Day or night? Quite a few of these turn out to be commercial airplanes at night.

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Post by cr0sh »

rblion wrote: post #2

I was a skeptic of a lot of things until I saw some flying orbs around Mount Shasta, California last October. I saw similar moving orbs again in upstate NY this year on two occasions. I don't know what I saw but they were not weather balloons, satellites, planes, planets, stars, or meteors. Anyone here ever see something similar?

I (and my brother-in-law) saw something a long while back that, while I have a rational explanation for what it might have been - I still don't honestly know for certain.

It was late at night and we were in the back of a pickup getting some shuteye, heading east on the 8 outside of San Diego - if I had to make a guess we were somewhere between SD and El Centro; I can't narrow it down more.

So we're going down the freeway, and above the mountains to the south we see this bright "dot" - yellowish. It sits there, hovering above the mountains. Then it moves slowly to the west, staying above the mountain line - and instantly stops. Stays still for a bit, then at a steep angle (or what appeared to be) it instantly accelerated (like in the blink of the eye) "up" and was gone.

My best guess after the fact? Somebody aiming or messing around with an artificial star (sodium laser):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_guide_star

At least - that's what I tell myself, because I have no other rational idea as to what could move like that...

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Post by RickJWagner »

There's enough anecdotal material available now that I don't consider myself a scoffer. I'm curious about UFOs and don't really know what to think about them.

Also, several politicians have made curious statements about 'releasing information to the public'. If there was just nothing there, I don't think they'd be talking about it.

Looking forward to the day (I think) when we all know what's out there.

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