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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 03:29 PM Apr 2020

Pentagon releases UFO videos for the record

Source: BBC News

The US Department of Defense has released three declassified videos of "unexplained aerial phenomena".

The Pentagon said it wanted to "clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real".

The videos had already been leaked in 2007 and 2017. Two were published by the New York Times, while the third was leaked by an organisation co-founded by former Blink-182 singer Tom DeLonge.

After they were first leaked, some people claimed the videos showed alien unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52457805



This is just the DOD confirming that the videos are real, but that's a big admission.
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Pentagon releases UFO videos for the record (Original Post) milestogo Apr 2020 OP
What next? Miguelito Loveless Apr 2020 #1
This is a much bigger deal than those kind of stories. milestogo Apr 2020 #2
Yes, it is. And it was done for two good reasons. ancianita Apr 2020 #9
Yes - time to figure out what is really going on. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #23
It's a weather balloon... Archae Apr 2020 #25
Wow, how do you not find this to be good news? Polybius Apr 2020 #12
Because it is a shiny distraction Miguelito Loveless Apr 2020 #16
I get it, Covid news is obviously the most important thing now Polybius Apr 2020 #19
But the whole point of the military Miguelito Loveless Apr 2020 #29
Actually, there is a dead chupacabra in a freezer in Texas; it's a new canid species. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #22
Isn't that Baby Trump over Mar-a-Lago? CaptYossarian Apr 2020 #3
This is total bullshit. Archae Apr 2020 #4
Sure? ZZenith Apr 2020 #5
Absolutely sure. nt alphafemale Apr 2020 #7
"Unexplained." ZZenith Apr 2020 #8
Probably not Polybius Apr 2020 #14
100% agree! wolfie001 Apr 2020 #10
Hey I'll have you know. Sin Apr 2020 #11
Are the different warp speeds merely multiples of light speed or Lord Ludd Apr 2020 #17
Let's just ask those crafty aliens wolfie001 Apr 2020 #30
You can get there even quicker using Mary Jane wolfie001 May 2020 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author wolfie001 May 2020 #33
The Navy pilots can not fake it, it's impossible Polybius Apr 2020 #13
I see your bet and raise you a Gulf of Tonkin wolfie001 Apr 2020 #31
interesting trusty elf Apr 2020 #6
Awesome picture! lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #21
spooky! Withywindle Apr 2020 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Apr 2020 #18
One of the things warrior1 Apr 2020 #20
Prior to his Faux appearance, I saw a couple of witnesses on a documentary. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #24
These videos were released a long time ago Quixote1818 Apr 2020 #26
Yes. This is the first time the Pentagon has acknowledged that they are real. milestogo Apr 2020 #28
The Pentagon knows exactly what these "UFO's" are. Xolodno Apr 2020 #27

ancianita

(36,009 posts)
9. Yes, it is. And it was done for two good reasons.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 05:44 PM
Apr 2020

1. On the public end, to end conspiracy mongers and general public noise about the military as credible.

2. On the military end, to establish the beginning of the formal internal process by which armed service members can file sighting statements and or documentation so that credibility and integrity are preserved, bottom to top, in the military.

Polybius

(15,364 posts)
12. Wow, how do you not find this to be good news?
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 10:54 PM
Apr 2020

I'm thrilled that it's out. The video is certainly interesting.

Polybius

(15,364 posts)
19. I get it, Covid news is obviously the most important thing now
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 12:32 PM
Apr 2020

Doesn't mean we can't talk about anything else though.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,457 posts)
29. But the whole point of the military
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:33 PM
Apr 2020

dropping this tidbit is to distract, which means the military is helping Trump's agenda. The military NEVER likes to place itself in a light where it looks like it doesn't know what is going on, as it undermines trust. We can argue about that, but the point is that has been their policy for decades. Then suddenly, "LOOK UFOs!!"

Archae

(46,311 posts)
4. This is total bullshit.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 04:11 PM
Apr 2020

The Pentagon doesn't know what they are YET.

One thing is sure, they are not "aliens."

wolfie001

(2,218 posts)
10. 100% agree!
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 07:54 PM
Apr 2020

This is some amateur fiddling with dated videotape overdubbed with vocal histrionics. The pilots may have engaged in this "controversy". Pure bullshit. Maybe the "aliens" used "warp speed 10" to get here? (Beam me up Scotty) Ha ha

Sin

(472 posts)
11. Hey I'll have you know.
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 08:25 PM
Apr 2020

That warp Ten was not discovered in Scotty's time. Warp 10 other wise known as trans warp was first discovered by Lt Paris on voyager with Captain Janeway that made them devolve into something that resembled mud skippers.
The only other warp 10 or faster capable races were the travelers which is the first instance of a star fleet vessel going faster then warp 10 and the Borg but they use trans warp conduits almost like stabilized wormholes

Lord Ludd

(585 posts)
17. Are the different warp speeds merely multiples of light speed or
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:58 PM
Apr 2020

are they exponentials? I'm guessing the latter because 10 times the speed of light is way too slow to go galaxy-hopping.

Response to Sin (Reply #11)

Polybius

(15,364 posts)
13. The Navy pilots can not fake it, it's impossible
Tue Apr 28, 2020, 11:01 PM
Apr 2020

The commanders and entire team in the office watching would have to be in on it too. The tape is 100% real.

With that being said, I am in no way saying it's aliens. There are other possibilities.

Response to milestogo (Original post)

warrior1

(12,325 posts)
20. One of the things
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:03 PM
Apr 2020

the pilot says first, "there is a fleet of them." Call it a drone. I saw no fleet. Also, why couldn't it have been just an artifact on the radar? One other thing, this pilot appeared recently on Faux news, IMO immediately disqualifying him as a good witness.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
24. Prior to his Faux appearance, I saw a couple of witnesses on a documentary.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 01:51 PM
Apr 2020

They both said the shots of the fleet had been edited out of the released videos. Also said there are many more such videos from the same incidents, and from other similar incidents.

Xolodno

(6,390 posts)
27. The Pentagon knows exactly what these "UFO's" are.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:14 PM
Apr 2020

And if I had to guess...its either...

1. US Black Box project.
2. Russian Black Box Project.
3. Chinese Black Box Project.
4. European Black Box Project..

I remember reading they all perpetuate and encourage "UFO" and "Alien" conspiracies as it helps keep what they are really up to under wraps. And they also test these projects intentionally so some in the public will see it. They also test it against their own military. Just so they can asses the capabilities, chances of being spotted, etc.

As I said before, if we were visited by aliens, their technology has to be so freaking advanced the entire planet would shit its pants....and if they did, they probably were so freaking stealthy, we didn't even know they showed up and took off.

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