Are there any plausible theories why this stuff is getting released right now? It looks like there is no immediate reason for action. And no real reason why they wouldn't have gone on for another decade denying it.
There is a whitest kids you know sketch about this where the government was talking about the invasion by ak47 weilding bears. The reporters asked: "wait a minute, are we invading Iran again?" This always is on my mind when I see these reports.
Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
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#22Just kill me or give me cooler technology. Until then, this is all a pointless exercise.
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#23Are there any plausible theories why this stuff is getting released right now? It looks like there is no immediate reason for action. And no real reason why they wouldn't have gone on for another decade denying it.
Senator Rubio added it into one of the COVID bills last year requesting disclosure of this information. It also funds the continued investigation of UAP sightings.
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#25The only thing they left out was swamp gas as a possible explanation (RIP Hynek).
Seems like another whitewash, "it can't possibly be happening" report.
If you spend some serious effort on this and stay away from the crazies you'll come to the opposite conclusion of this report. A good starting point is Vallee's books.
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#26Next: A conspiracy theory that the government is covering up the fact that UFOs don't exist.
Contrary to popular opinion, UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, not Aliens From Another Galaxy Visiting Us For Some Damn Reason.
Objects that fly and are not readily identifiable totally exist and are a concern for the military as they may be aircraft from another country violating our air space on a spy mission or some such.
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#28"The datasetdescribed in this report is currently limited primarily to U.S. Government reporting of incidents occurring from November 2004 to March 2021."
So what happened to observations from before 2004?
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#29Nine pages? All this hoopla for the month leading up to the release and we get NINE measly pages with no supporting documentation? am I missing something? I expected to see something similar in quality/detail to an FAA accident investigation, this is a worthless executive summary.
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#30This seems awfully brief and doesn't have much detail. The tittle says it's a "preliminary" report. Is this the expected UAP report or just a preliminary document about it?
I would want to see summary statistics for each reported incident and descriptions of the most compelling phenomenon. This document raises a lot of questions and answers few.
The document says they have 21 reports of UAP that "appear to demonstrate advanced technology" including moving at "considerable speed" "without discernable means of propulsion." I need more detail! Are these reports among those confirmed by multiple trustworthy sensors and observers? What do we know about these UAP? What speed? Do we have video?
I'm also not really impressed by their idea to use "advanced algorithms" and "machine learning". Are UFO encounters so frequent we need to resort to big data? I do think it's an excellent idea to process recorded radar data looking for UAP signs though.