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    Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    Now that the goobermint has disclosed that at least some of those UFO sightings we've been trying to explain away are real, what do you think those thingy-doodles are - unknown tech, alien, interdimensional travelers, etc.?
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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    Quote Originally Posted by B. de Corbin View Post
    Now that the goobermint has disclosed that at least some of those UFO sightings we've been trying to explain away are real, what do you think those thingy-doodles are - unknown tech, alien, interdimensional travelers, etc.?
    Pizza ingredients. There are rules about exposing earth to super science. Violation gets one invited to an extra-dimensional horror's dinner table.

    The non-pizza answer is likely to be more disappointing than any theories but I'd have to look seriously into the issue to theorize and I'm only mildly interested.
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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    Personally, I think it is Yog-Sothoth attempting to manifest in a 3D+Time, with only wiggly bits showing through.

    The stars are close, but not yet right. My fellow rural degenerates and I will be burning hay effigies in bonfires after the first mowing, fer sure.
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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    In seriousness, it's hard to say. Unidentified means unidentified and it's likely that the documented phenomenon probably have multiple sources. I'm not jumping to aliens, even if my alternative explanation is the pretty flimsy "rare or possibly undocumented atmospheric phenomenon, maybe ball lightning" just due to the total lack of context.
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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    I knew there will be space aliens.

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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    Quote Originally Posted by Corvus View Post
    In seriousness, it's hard to say. Unidentified means unidentified and it's likely that the documented phenomenon probably have multiple sources. I'm not jumping to aliens, even if my alternative explanation is the pretty flimsy "rare or possibly undocumented atmospheric phenomenon, maybe ball lightning" just due to the total lack of context.
    To me, it seems to act more like technology.

    My serious guess is that it is experimental non-government technology.

    We're used to thinking of governments possessing the best technology due to their financing and ability to claim ownership of new tech before it goes public. However, we are entering a time when private corporations have more cash than governments do, and are acting in many ways as non-official governments.

    In other words, what the goobermint don't know is prolly corporate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corvus View Post
    In seriousness, it's hard to say. Unidentified means unidentified and it's likely that the documented phenomenon probably have multiple sources. I'm not jumping to aliens, even if my alternative explanation is the pretty flimsy "rare or possibly undocumented atmospheric phenomenon, maybe ball lightning" just due to the total lack of context.
    To me, it seems to act more like technology.

    My serious guess is that it is experimental non-government technology.

    We're used to thinking of governments possessing the best technology due to their financing and ability to claim ownership of new tech before it goes public. However, we are entering a time when private corporations have more cash than governments do, and are acting in many ways as non-official governments.

    In other words, what the goobermint don't know is prolly corporate.
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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    If an intelligent life form is observing us, I'd love to know what their opinion is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkfeathers View Post
    If an intelligent life form is observing us, I'd love to know what their opinion is.
    I bet you could type out a good translation using only the two numerical keypads:
    #&%)$(€℅π√¢@&%, etc.
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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    Quote Originally Posted by B. de Corbin View Post
    I bet you could type out a good translation using only the two numerical keypads:
    #&%)$(€℅π√¢@&%, etc.
    Which means "LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" Haha!

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    Re: Unidentified Arial Phenomenon?

    Quote Originally Posted by B. de Corbin View Post
    To me, it seems to act more like technology.

    My serious guess is that it is experimental non-government technology.

    We're used to thinking of governments possessing the best technology due to their financing and ability to claim ownership of new tech before it goes public. However, we are entering a time when private corporations have more cash than governments do, and are acting in many ways as non-official governments.

    In other words, what the goobermint don't know is prolly corporate.
    It could also be an Air Force project that is still tightly classified. We tend to lose sight of it due to the hilarious number of Intel leaks over the past few years but every once in a while, the government can actually keep a secret. If a project is classified high enough then departments investigating odd phenomena may never actually be read in on the fact some of what they're seeing has a very legit explanation and that explanation is above their pay grade.
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