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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

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

  • nnullzz@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “…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.

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      8 months ago

      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.