Originally Posted by Matt J
Originally Posted by MWF
The initialisation UFO means Unidentified Flying Object.
That's an object that's flying (or appears to be flying) that hasn't been identified.
That may seem a patronising thing to say but it seems many people need this explaining to them.
So to the layman a meterior storm might be a UFO, to a pilot a prototype aircraft might a UFO and to a conspiracy theorist a blurry picture of chicken feeder being hung on a wire might be a UFO.
My point is just because something is a UFO that doesn't suggest in any way it must be an alien space craft.
Could these UFO's be alien space craft well it certainly begs a few questions. I mean we had technology that could make a large plane appear the size of a bee on radar in the late 50's and satilites that can read the print off newspapers from space not long after. To think that an alien race has mastered the time issue of intergalactic flight and then done the following:
a: Affixed their undercover survalience craft with bright lights
b: Made the mistake of landing on crop fields and leaving a impression numerous times
c: Crashing into a desert and not fitting ejector seats
d: Decided that the only people worth probing with paraniod American rednecks
That's all a tad far fetched imo.
You love having a sly dig at those who dont think like they're told to dont you mate
Personally I hope that all these UFO's turn out to be experimental aircraft, I find that far more exciting/intresting than it being some jockey from another planet
Only thing is, how long can they keep experimental aircraft under wraps? if it turns out to be a plane then the general description of what a UFO is (a hovering/flying sphere) can be dated back to the 50's so thats 50 years under wraps straight away, are they going to do it forever? let us all have a look I say
I like having a sly dig at those who make assumptions Matt, so that's conspiracy haters and lovers.
If you are interested in prototype aircraft conspiracy then you need to look toward Nick Cook who's detailed his findings on how the American military promoted the idea of Alien UFO's to help mask their own cold war aircraft developments.
As for experimental hovering spheres dating back to the 50's and before, well I guess some looking into the Luftwaffes 'foo fighters' would be worth a look.