c/skeptic · by TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works · 2y

He quit heading the Pentagon’s UFO office. Now a report of his has shaken up ufology

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/22/ufologists-sean-kirkpatrick-pentagon-report-uaps

Wat??

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There's a lot of money tied up in UFO bullshit and also a lot of kooks. Threats could easily come from either party.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Cool. Cool cool cool.

So - what are they again?

Cogency@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Same thing they've always been, spy planes with a cover story.

SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Or people who don't know how cameras work

nnullzz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

“…that any USG [US government] investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP [unidentified aerial phenomenon] represented extraterrestrial technology”.

Could it be clever wording? It doesn’t represent extraterrestrial tech if they found that UAP sightings originate from Earth somehow.

Ephera@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

I'm not sure, I understand your question right, but yes, UAPs can originate from Earth. If someone sees a weather balloon and they send a pixelated photo to the government, because they think it's aliens or a Russian drone strike or something, that will be filed as an aerial phenomenon, which couldn't be identified.

That's also the meaning of "UFO" – Unidentified Flying Object – but I guess, it doesn't quite encompass all phenomenons, such as weird clouds or a comet burning up.

BuryMyHorse@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2y

Aliens = Demons