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If someone were to record a flawless, 4K video of an actual alien walking around or a spaceship flying overhead, people would just think it's a deep fake.

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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The new benchmark is the pentagon releasing the videos, with radar, and infrared, as well as testimonies to congress from people who are skeptical themselves.

Seriously though, what the actual fuck are those UAP videos... It's fucking wild.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Lens flares, but in IR they look different.

(Fixed typo)

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So i looked into the lens flare thing and I'm not so convinced.

Here's the kicker:

The thing jammed radar.

Multiple pilots VISUALLY saw it.

It was confirmed to have descended 80,000 feet in less than a second, by both radar and a shipborne Aegis system, which prompted the pilots to take to the skies and check it out.

The videos we see aren't the most important pieces of evidence, it's supporting evidence.

Lens flare cannot explain the radar and aegis verification, and subsequent jamming, the visual confirmation, or the physics breaking performance characteristics.

The thing went from hovering stationary, to beyond the speed of sound without creating a sonic boom.

Anything made of meat would be liquefied by the inertia.

There was no visual propulsion, or heat signatures from it.

So, I reiterate, what the fuck is it?

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So it jammed radar but it was confirmed by radar. You don't see an issue with that?

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Lens flare cannot explain the radar and aegis verification, and subsequent jamming"

Ever been able to see your shoes, and then be blinded by sunlight?

Why aren't you wearing your flair?