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hunter

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89. I thought this would be a thread mocking the UFO hearings so I didn't click on it. Too easy.
Wed May 25, 2022, 11:34 AM
May 2022

Most UFO theories tend to be lacking in imagination. Any beings able to travel between the stars, or even from the outer reaches of our own solar system, are not going to be zipping about in the equivalent of the Jetson family car.

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I've personally had some "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," half of them I attribute to my own mental illness, which sometimes includes hallucinations mostly auditory but sometimes visual, especially when I'm not sleeping enough.

Sometimes I've seen stuff that is later explained. I once happened upon a very early pre-dawn test flight of a stealth fighter back when I was prone to running long distances and minor trespasses.



That first encounter registered in my head as another UFO until the aircraft was publicized. I had a few drone aircraft register as UFOs as well. Military things like this, before they were commonplace:

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These things look like they are zipping around at incredible speeds if you misjudge the distance. When I saw them they were probably looking at me.

Meh, that's just Hunter. He's crazy and mostly harmless.

The true interstellar visitors don't need spaceships. They already permeate everything, shifting their awareness around according to their incomprehensible whims.

On the macro-scales of the three dimensional universe we live in, faster-than-light travel is simply impossible.

That's a good thing.

There are many other species out there just like us. They don't play well with others.

The speed of light and all the ways to die in space keep us very well quarantined.






US aircraft were in close calls with UFOs BigmanPigman May 2022 #1
Encounters perhaps detailed in the private session. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #2
The key to this whole question is a movie from 1950s, "The Day The Earth Stood Still" Stuart G May 2022 #35
Is that blurry blob thing Disaffected May 2022 #3
No, that UFO photograph is from 1950. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #4
Why then did you include it Disaffected May 2022 #6
As I stated in the OP, UFOs are a worthy study. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #16
Nope, it's a total waste of time. Aliens are not visiting fucking earth. USALiberal May 2022 #86
Yes, they had lots of hubcaps in McMinnville back then PSPS May 2022 #10
Maybe so, but it's very hard to duplicate for two photos. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #18
"I understand the object may about 50-feet in diameter" Disaffected May 2022 #27
The link shows how Maccabee gave it the old college try. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #42
The old college try failed IMO. Disaffected May 2022 #45
Wrong. The report makes clear the photos were taken from 2 spots. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #47
Yeah, Disaffected May 2022 #51
No need to be condescending. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #53
Have you ever played frisbee golf? Eko May 2022 #29
How about the Rex Heflin UFO photos from 1965? Kid Berwyn May 2022 #43
I don't see any disturbance. Eko May 2022 #44
Can't make you see what you don't want to see. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #50
Are you talking about this? Eko May 2022 #60
Yes. There's more. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #66
Yes I already read that. Eko May 2022 #74
It's possible UFOs involve ETs, but I don't know. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #76
So if its not a vehicle from outer space Eko May 2022 #77
None of your conclusions edhopper May 2022 #34
Whatever. I quoted Bruce Maccabee. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #37
That analysis doesn't make sense to me. Disaffected May 2022 #46
Photogrammetry. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #81
I know what photogrammetry is. Disaffected May 2022 #83
Birds and weather phenomena tend to be unmanned OhZone May 2022 #5
And so are fakes and tall tales as well as Disaffected May 2022 #9
Yeah OhZone May 2022 #12
When asked if any UAP reports included multiple types of data, they went dark. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #19
Lots of UFOs, but few aliens. Why would they waste their time with us? Hoyt May 2022 #7
That's a great question. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #21
They probably saw how we treated Native Americans, and went elsewhere. Hoyt May 2022 #24
Absolutely would, as it demonstrates our empathy for others. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #25
Let's do a little thought exercise on that Amishman May 2022 #88
Aw Jeez... PSPS May 2022 #8
It's only been a half century since the UFO hearings. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #23
Im not sure you are saying what you think you are saying. Eko May 2022 #28
They have been here, & looked us over. Decided humans not "smart enough" to have contact with. Stuart G May 2022 #11
That would be sad. Or worse, we are too dirty. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #32
except they seem to be hanging out around the planet, just in the oceans anarch May 2022 #49
I never get an actual answer to this question, and I never will. Archae May 2022 #13
I have answered this before CrackityJones75 May 2022 #14
shoot I forgot my disclaimer CrackityJones75 May 2022 #15
Stellar objects are not the same as aerial objects. Archae May 2022 #17
That is indeed their conundrum. Disaffected May 2022 #26
It does show what the human imagination can come up with. Archae May 2022 #30
Ore to the point, public reports of UFOs and aliens tend to mirror the movies they've seen recently brooklynite May 2022 #64
Movies and other popular media. Archae May 2022 #71
Lol....How come the pictures in the 1950s look better? USALiberal May 2022 #20
Our phones are designed for portraits, close up pictures of us in everyday life Mr. Sparkle May 2022 #31
Oh, then what about Disaffected May 2022 #48
Unless there is an Alien invasion , the odds of a small number of professional photographers Mr. Sparkle May 2022 #57
If you are talking about flying saucers, Disaffected May 2022 #58
The Navy does. Today's hearing showed a crap picture. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #33
Yes, posted before, But the key to this whole question is a movie: "The Day The Earth Stood Still" Stuart G May 2022 #36
UFOs associated with power outages. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #52
Well, that's an interesting hypothesis - that films are convincing people they understand aliens muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #62
It's the greys melm00se May 2022 #38
I've posted on DU for more than 20 years. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #54
I don't know why it still surprises me how many people vehemently reject this topic anarch May 2022 #39
I think the government knows more than that, but the government is not going to tell it all. Stuart G May 2022 #55
I'm guessing people "reject this topic" because there's no evidence to support it... brooklynite May 2022 #56
you don't consider even the verified Navy videos to be compelling evidence? anarch May 2022 #61
Seem to be edhopper May 2022 #75
J Allen Hynek thought the Papua encounter remarkable. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #59
+100 Duppers May 2022 #65
My Take Willto May 2022 #40
As to the guy in Arkansas in 1965... Archae May 2022 #41
Understand why you feel that way. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #67
Hey, I had an affair with a Martian! LeftInTX May 2022 #63
Here's why The Pentagon considers UFOs "Serious Business" Kid Berwyn May 2022 #68
"You fools! It's getting away!" struggle4progress May 2022 #69
Great cartoon, that! And another... Kid Berwyn May 2022 #72
Two little men struggle4progress May 2022 #70
The Flying Saucer Kid Berwyn May 2022 #73
Global warming is forcing undiscovered flying creatures into the skies ecstatic May 2022 #78
"A frog hops. These are walking." Kid Berwyn May 2022 #79
That story was really cool ecstatic May 2022 #80
Hell what about UHO's? Cause I hear more shit than I can't identify. miyazaki May 2022 #82
Your report is called an observation. It contains information... Kid Berwyn May 2022 #84
What a fucking waste of time! Nt USALiberal May 2022 #85
If that were so, why bother posting? Kid Berwyn May 2022 #90
Thanks, Kid, and hang in there! Amazing how "This is real" from the military (2017) gets forgotten librechik May 2022 #87
A: The speed at which Corporate News drops UAP story. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #91
I thought this would be a thread mocking the UFO hearings so I didn't click on it. Too easy. hunter May 2022 #89
Those are very important observations. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #92
I used to have a book full of those photos LeftInTX May 2022 #93
His analysis may be correct. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #94
And the net result of These analyses is: they're unidentified... brooklynite May 2022 #95
Jacques Vallee would be disappointed if that was the explanation. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #96
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