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BootinUp

(48,769 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 11:22 PM Sep 2023

NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens



Conclusions from the report

The NASA study team report sheds little light on whether some UAPs are extraterrestrial. In his comments, the chair of the study team, astronomer David Spergel stated that the team had seen “no evidence to suggest that UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin.”

Of the more than 800 unclassified sightings collected by the Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and reported at the NASA panel’s first public meeting back in May 2023, only “a small handful cannot be immediately identified as known human-made or natural phenomena,” according to the report.

Many of the recent sightings can be attributed to weather balloons and airborne clutter. Historically, most UFOs are astronomical objects such as meteors, fireballs, and the planet Venus.

Some sightings represent surveillance operations by foreign powers, which is why the US military considers this a national security issue.


https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/nasa-clears-the-air-no-evidence-that-ufos-are-aliens/
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NASA clears the air: No evidence that UFOs are aliens (Original Post) BootinUp Sep 2023 OP
and on a personal note, hire a decorator to come in here quick, because... Damn lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #1
That's a good one! Bayard Sep 2023 #2
Everything You Know Is Wrong! progressoid Sep 2023 #3
+1. Firersign Theater. We need more of that, IMO. yonder Sep 2023 #5
I used to have that on vinyl. progressoid Sep 2023 #6
My first exposure was on KFML in Denver about 50 years ago. yonder Sep 2023 #7
"Many of the recent sightings can be attributed to weather balloons and airborne clutter." yonder Sep 2023 #4

yonder

(9,997 posts)
7. My first exposure was on KFML in Denver about 50 years ago.
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 02:10 PM
Sep 2023

Once a week, eat mushrooms, drop something or other, smoke a bunch of weed....whatever, tune your TV to an old movie with the volume OFF, turn on KFML with the volume UP, and laugh your ass off.

Edit: I think I'm misremembering Firesign Theater as a movie parody troupe who called themselves High Street. No matter, the effect was the same.

Hearing them again just now, I get an idea of just how much effort was put into its production — it was no cakewalk, but it sure was fun on the downstream, listening end of it.

Thanks for the memories.

yonder

(9,997 posts)
4. "Many of the recent sightings can be attributed to weather balloons and airborne clutter."
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 01:05 PM
Sep 2023

Yes, I'm sure they can be but since they're doubling down, let's not forget good old swamp gas either.

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