Pentagon confirms leaked photos and video of UFOs are legitimate (opens in new tab)

(theguardian.com)

26 pointsfpierfed4y ago13 comments

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Note that by "legitimate" they mean "actually taken by Navy personnel," not "actually alien spacecraft."

In this particular case the media UFO hype machine seems to have discovered a case of bokeh[0].

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r2oaQWmqkk

These are not aliens. Media love to insinuate that they are because it gets clicks. (or even outright say they are aliens)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfhAC2YiYHs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3viYcYPRdu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWWGmiZs4JA

postalrat4y ago

And those videos could not have been produced to get clicks?

The guy talks about geometry but makes assumptions that reinforce his beliefs. And yea, one you make an assumption that you worked out to support your theory then you can also work it out the other way around to "prove" your theory.

etrabroline4y ago

I'm not following. What did Dr Mason say that is wrong? What assumptions are you talking about?

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8bitsrule4y ago

The more people that are thinking "UFO!", the less people are thinking "what's that aircraft?"

gautamcgoel4y ago

Like everyone else, I was initially skeptical when I first heard about these supposed "UFOs". However, in the face of all these observations from government agencies, I've been wavering a bit. Is there any reasonable chance these objects actually are extraterrestrial in origin? If not, what can they be? Drones? Experimental aircraft? If so, who is making them?

loopback_device4y ago

Why would UFOs imply extraterrestrial origin? It's the least likely explanation for them being there by a wide margin. They're just unidentified flying objects, in the literal sense of the acronym.

aapppwe4y ago

wouldn't it be funny that they allocate funding for UAP only to realize that its aircraft from another department, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_Aerial_Phenomena_...

jobigoud4y ago

Lights from regular aircrafts deformed by the lens/aperture.

o-__-o4y ago

I see we may have underestimated China.

randmeerkat4y ago

If China has this level of tech then I would have expected them to have taken Taiwan already.

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krapp4y ago

Note that by "legitimate" they mean "actually taken by Navy personnel," not "actually alien spacecraft."

In this particular case the media UFO hype machine seems to have discovered a case of bokeh[0].

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r2oaQWmqkk

etrabroline4y ago

These are not aliens. Media love to insinuate that they are because it gets clicks. (or even outright say they are aliens)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfhAC2YiYHs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3viYcYPRdu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWWGmiZs4JA

postalrat4y ago

And those videos could not have been produced to get clicks?

etrabroline4y ago

I'm not following. What did Dr Mason say that is wrong? What assumptions are you talking about?

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8bitsrule4y ago

The more people that are thinking "UFO!", the less people are thinking "what's that aircraft?"

gautamcgoel4y ago

loopback_device4y ago

Why would UFOs imply extraterrestrial origin? It's the least likely explanation for them being there by a wide margin. They're just unidentified flying objects, in the literal sense of the acronym.

aapppwe4y ago

wouldn't it be funny that they allocate funding for UAP only to realize that its aircraft from another department, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_Aerial_Phenomena_...

jobigoud4y ago

Lights from regular aircrafts deformed by the lens/aperture.

o-__-o4y ago

I see we may have underestimated China.

randmeerkat4y ago

If China has this level of tech then I would have expected them to have taken Taiwan already.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse