UFOs are (probably) not secret Chinese spy planes

The Hill ^ | MARIK VON RENNENKAMPFF

[Eddie01]

Big Foot

[Magnum44]

[Eddie01]

I love jelly fish

[ScubaDiver]

I see. So, in 2004 (at least), the US had developed a novel propulsion system on an aircraft that employed no fixed wings nor rotors that allowed the craft to loiter in fixed space for an hour or more and then accelerate to 15k-knots in an instant to then resume a stationary and fixed position and/or minimal forward velocity and this was not experimental, but instead, was a fully operational aeronautical platform that was capable of navigating mixed-use air space?

For almost 20-years, they’ve managed to maintain the secrecy of technology that would win any number of Nobel Prizes and revolutionize aviation moving that field forward by generations (or more)? Fascinating.

Does that sound likely?

For some historical perspective, under the cover of darkness and in absolute secrecy, the B-2 Spirit made its first flight in 1989. It remained secret until 1997 when it was finally revealed to the public after being tested for almost a decade by the US Air Force. Why reveal it to the public? So they could put it into operational service (IOC). It’s tough to put an airplane into service in civilian airspace without giving it a transponder and it’s tough to give a transponder to an aircraft that doesn’t publicly exist.

[Boogieman]

“Does that sound likely?”

Certainly sounds more likely than “It’s gotta be aliens!”

[PIF]

That’s Saturn’s moon Iapetus doing a stand in for Star Wars’ Death Star

[Paul R.]

This guy “lost” me when he claimed his teachers believed his most outlandish explanations for being late to school the most, and never believed the mundane / most likely to be true explanations?

Not MY teachers.

Plus, he is effectively telling us right up front he is unreliable on multiple levels. I didn’t bother watching / listening further.

What are these “inexplicable” UFO sightings (a small % of the total)? Dunno. Maybe something a lot less mundane than “space aliens”. Or, maybe something that in 100 years will make people say “DOH!” Perhaps someday we will find out. :-)

[Eddie01]

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12570

Mimas my FRiend.

[PIF]

Looks a lot like Iapetus minus the inexplicable 12 mile high ridge encircling the moon. NASA makes it very difficult to find images from past missions, but I guess that's to be expected from them these days.

[no-to-illegals]

Time was before space .... interesting concept