• GreenMario@lemm.ee
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    UFOs, Bigfoot. Wow it’s like a whole lot of nothing happens when pocket HD cameras were invented.

    Shame really. I was looking forward to 4K UFO footage.

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      UFOs are confirmed real though, it’s just very difficult to film a super fast moving object in the distant sky. You can barely take a decent picture of a flying bird without thousands of dollars of equipment, let alone a super fast tic tac thingy. And allegedly there is better footage/evidence that the US government has managed to get on UAPs, and Congress is working on getting it disclosed as we speak

      *Guys I didn’t say aliens are real, or that every UFO sighting is real, just that UFOs are real and there are legitimate sightings. The navy has confirmed this, and the scientific community and defense industry are taking these things seriously. We still have no idea what they are though. Hence the unidentified status…

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          The Air Force? There are definitely UFOs. Now are they local? Or otherworldly? Not sure.

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            In this case op is clearly referring to aliens.

            Otherwise saying UFOs are confirmed real is bit of a conundrum. It’s like saying not knowing the contents of this closed box are confirmed real.

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              The problem is the terminology doesn’t match. When others use UFO to refer to any unidentified object, and they have proof, that proof doesn’t mean alien UFOs have proof.

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                UFO absolutely holds connotations of aliens, and has for half a century. That’s why the term UAP began use, to separate official documentation for the implication of aliens. And OP clearly referring to aliens.

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              Was definitely referring to aliens. Catching “balloons of unknown origin” aren’t as exciting unless it’s shot down by a F22.

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              Well yea. Failing to identifying what it actually is makes it unreasonable to say it’s not an alien craft.

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                That’s debatable. Are you saying that a closed box has an equal chance to contain an alien than any other object? Is it reasonable to say there is a chance that any closed box is containing an alien? I would say the answer is no.

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                  That’s a weird way to phrase a question. It’s unknown. Being unknown it could be remote controlled, secret, or not of this world. What is in there? Only who or what is inside would know.

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            I think people sometimes get confused on the term. “UFO” does not mean the same thing as “alien spacecraft”. Anything in the sky that can’t be identified is a UFO.

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          They’re talking about that one guy who (I think) was in the Navy and was addressing the US Congress, or something.

          It’s a nothing burger and likely just a distraction tactic for other American political stuff.

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        UFOs are just Unidentified Flying Objects. This can be anything fron weird weather patterns that manifest weirdly on camera to birds (as you mentioned) that the Air Force/ govt mistook for being potentially something else. Just because a flying object is unidentified doesnt mean it’s an “alien” or anything more nefarious that anyone else may suggest.

        This video did a good job at explaining why the US government has historically hidden “evidence” of “UFOs,” (at least for me anyway). A major reason being to prevent public panic at the height of Cold War tensions.

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        I want to believe but I’m certain most credible accounts were people seeing experimental aircraft. I’m sure the SR71 and F117 were both seen as UFOs of their day til they were somewhat declassified.

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        That’s right! Corridor Digital is all up on the CGI UFO’s lately. They just made a hoax Tesla 3 cam vid

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    Image Transcription:

    Black text on white background reading

    '“GOD: Performs miracles”

    “HUMANS: Invent camera”

    God since that day:’

    Below is an image of Pingu from the TV show of the same name sitting in a chair, flippers folded, legs swinging and eyes narrowed in anger, with the text alongside him reading “well now I am not doing it”

    [I am a human, if I’ve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. 💜]

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    Honestly, the fact that ghosts and monster sightings appear less when we have MORE cameras, leads me to some very depressing conclusions.

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    Axchuatlly, one of the miracles for mother Theresa’s canonization was that someone took a really nice picture inside of one of her houses of pain and suffering

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      Yeaaaa… if no one outside of a small group can get something to work, that thing probably doesn’t really work.

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    I didn’t believe in miracles or curses until I saw a documentary on a sailor on a large sailboat trying to get away from a funnel cloud coming for him. Everywhere he would go, that thing would follow him. That dude was cursed for sure, at least temporarily.

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      lmao I’m just picturing a sailor going out again and seeing the cloud appear out of nowhere and just like “god DAMNIT are you fucking KIDDING me?!”

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        From my point of view, it was hilarious but he was definitely reacting the way you’re describing. He lived to show the video so idk?

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      I’ve had that exact same experience once, except with a wasp.