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All About UFO's
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An excellent summary from some early interviews and related, up to current relevant people, projects, etc worth a view for those who want a condensed info dump on what projects have been made public or been exposed, and some of the key people involved. I thought it was overall well presented for a highly condensed focus on the topic:
solderdude
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So... a lot of bla-bla, hear-say, 'testimonies' and vague images that can literally be anything.
There still is nothing new under the sun.
No real evidence or any clear and verified not to be AI generated stuff of an actual extraterrestrial craft.
There still is nothing new under the sun.
No real evidence or any clear and verified not to be AI generated stuff of an actual extraterrestrial craft.
terryforsythe
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I think a very interesting aspect is how the UAP subject now is heating up in government. The president even talked about it this week in a news conference, stating "... we are releasing a lot of information having to do with extra terrestrial terrestrial uh things..." He also mentioned that the subject is "trending number one", presumably based on the over one billion visits so far to the war.gov/UFO/ webpage. Historically, the executive branch has been pretty quiet on the subject. According to Rep. Burchett, he and the president had conversations on the subject almost every day last week.
Nonetheless, although there have been some interesting videos, I haven't yet seen any where I can't think of a plausible (at least to me) explanation that does not involve NHI. But, the telemetry data is redacted in most of the videos. That will be needed for experts to perform proper analyses. I hope those analyses are done, and made public.
Nonetheless, although there have been some interesting videos, I haven't yet seen any where I can't think of a plausible (at least to me) explanation that does not involve NHI. But, the telemetry data is redacted in most of the videos. That will be needed for experts to perform proper analyses. I hope those analyses are done, and made public.
terryforsythe
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The bottom link below is an interview with a UAP researcher discussing what he believes to be the most interesting information in the latest data drop on war.gov/UFO/. Two interesting videos are presented and discussed from around 6:30 to around 10:30 in the interview.
Starting around 14:20 the interview delves into a declassified U.S. intelligence report (top link below) that, to me, is even more interesting. That report was originated by the FBI and released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The report describes an incident involving senior U.S. intelligence officials and helicopter pilots (I presume to be military based on the use of call signs in the original redacted document) that took place at an undisclosed test range in the western U.S. in late 2025. Here is a brief summary of that document:
A mission was launched to investigate loud thuds heard in the mountains on the test range that coincided with UAP sightings. "[G]round teams reported spotting a UAP on FLIR, describing it as 'super-hot,' low to the ground, and moving east then south at high speed. The object then split into two and changed direction." The ground team radioed the helicoptor that the object had risen from the ground. The object approached within ten feet of the helicopter, dropped below it, then sped away. The pilots saw it split into two as a smaller object emerged before it and accelerated out of site. The helicopter "briefly pursued but broke off, unable to match its speed."
Minutes later the Joint Operations Center (JOC) directed the helicopter to nearby radar detections. The helicopter took up a hovering position and, in the distance, the crew "saw countless orange orbs swarming in all directions against the backdrop of the mountain."
The JOC then redirected the helicopter to the previous position based on fresh radar hits, and the pilots moved to intercept. The pilots and narrator (presumably one of the senior U.S. intelligence officials) "observed two large orbs flare up side-by-side, close to the helicopter - stationary and just above the rotar disk to our right. They were oval-shaped, orange with a white or yellow center, and emitted light in all directions."
"Ater a few seconds, a third orb flared up below the pair, followed by a fourth below that, forming a total of four or five in a 'T' formation under the original two. Moments later, they dimmed in reverse order, remaining stationary until they vanished from view."
Starting around 14:20 the interview delves into a declassified U.S. intelligence report (top link below) that, to me, is even more interesting. That report was originated by the FBI and released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The report describes an incident involving senior U.S. intelligence officials and helicopter pilots (I presume to be military based on the use of call signs in the original redacted document) that took place at an undisclosed test range in the western U.S. in late 2025. Here is a brief summary of that document:
A mission was launched to investigate loud thuds heard in the mountains on the test range that coincided with UAP sightings. "[G]round teams reported spotting a UAP on FLIR, describing it as 'super-hot,' low to the ground, and moving east then south at high speed. The object then split into two and changed direction." The ground team radioed the helicoptor that the object had risen from the ground. The object approached within ten feet of the helicopter, dropped below it, then sped away. The pilots saw it split into two as a smaller object emerged before it and accelerated out of site. The helicopter "briefly pursued but broke off, unable to match its speed."
Minutes later the Joint Operations Center (JOC) directed the helicopter to nearby radar detections. The helicopter took up a hovering position and, in the distance, the crew "saw countless orange orbs swarming in all directions against the backdrop of the mountain."
The JOC then redirected the helicopter to the previous position based on fresh radar hits, and the pilots moved to intercept. The pilots and narrator (presumably one of the senior U.S. intelligence officials) "observed two large orbs flare up side-by-side, close to the helicopter - stationary and just above the rotar disk to our right. They were oval-shaped, orange with a white or yellow center, and emitted light in all directions."
"Ater a few seconds, a third orb flared up below the pair, followed by a fourth below that, forming a total of four or five in a 'T' formation under the original two. Moments later, they dimmed in reverse order, remaining stationary until they vanished from view."
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terryforsythe
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Here is a good video by a FLIR technician analyzing some of the videos dropped by the DoW. As far as I can tell, he does a good job. Unsurprisingly, many of the videos clearly are of birds and balloons. But, the analyses of a few of the videos were inconclusive.
Regarding the birds and balloons videos, questions should be raised with the DoW as to why they were included in the data drop:
1. Were they even properly analyzed before selecting them for the data drop?
2. Were they videos previously released by Corbelle et al.?
I have seen Corbelle and others release videos of balloons, birds, etc., and claim they are UAPs, most prominantly the "jellyfish" video. Giving the DoW the benefit of the doubt, it could be that they did not want to be accused of withholding those videos, even though they may have known that they were not of UAPs.
Regarding the birds and balloons videos, questions should be raised with the DoW as to why they were included in the data drop:
1. Were they even properly analyzed before selecting them for the data drop?
2. Were they videos previously released by Corbelle et al.?
I have seen Corbelle and others release videos of balloons, birds, etc., and claim they are UAPs, most prominantly the "jellyfish" video. Giving the DoW the benefit of the doubt, it could be that they did not want to be accused of withholding those videos, even though they may have known that they were not of UAPs.
It’s happening in June:
Just like inconvenient audio mysteries - cable risers can’t make a difference, DACs all sound the same etc so why would we bother investigating.
I eventually watched both ET and Close Encounters being cultural touchstones and icons of the genre. Unfortunately both were much less fun than Contact, in fact far too ditzy and even more sentimental. But that’s Spielberg. And there he is in the trailer selling the life out of this new one like some disingenuous bro-fluencer. Cunning move casting Emily Blunt, which means I may not be able to resist watching.
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ET and Close Encounters are totally different movies vs Contact. The latter is hard(er) sci-fi, the former most definitely is not. They are all interesting in their own right, though.
terryforsythe
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Here is a news interview with Brett Fedderson, former White House National Security Council Director of Aviation Security. It may provide a glimpse into the current perspective of the Executive Branch on the UAP topic.
I agree about ET of course but I’m told the promotional style for Close Encounters was quite like what they are bunging on for the new one.
Close Encounters - interesting but flawed
E.T just a sappy children's film
Contact - A shaggy dog story
Invaders From Mars - now that's a proper alien contact film
Contact was great, despite the romance tropes. Sorry if you found it anti-climactic. You thought the same about Annihilation too perhaps?
Personally I thought Close Encounters was an utter mess. Like Happy Days collided with Mars Attacks (the latter being the proper alien contact/invasion film you’re looking for).
I've not seen 'Annihilation'. Never heard of it.
Seen 'Mars Attacks' but I don't like any Tim Burton film I ever saw, that included.
'Alien' is a good alien contact film. My theory is if we ever do have alien contact we will probably need flamethrowers. Lots of them.
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A much better movie than I was expecting. Maybe the low expectations helped, was solid scifi, bordering on horror in spots.
Alien is certainly an icon, and I liked the setup, but I'm not enamoured of the rag-tag conflicting crew tropes, and this one degenerated into all the dark corridors of horror tropes (we can credit it for originating those tropes perhaps) which leaves it somewhat less interesting as sci-fi for me.
If both Will and I liked Annihilation, it must have diverse appeal. Alex Garland directed, based somewhat on Jeff VanderMeer‘s novel of that name. I’d suspect any aliens who traverse galaxies to contact us are more likely to be as depicted therein, rather than oozy insect-reptile things. Anyway maybe check it out?
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