Unidentified Flying Objects

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:12 am

The only type of "UFO" I encountered is in the kitchen.

"Unidentified Frying Object."

Teh_DarkJokerWolf · Post by **Teh_DarkJokerWolf** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:21 am

Interesting..My views on this are that the ufo's might be real..Perhaps there are other human races in a different world or galaxy. Their technology surpasses ours beyond our imagination. Perhaps there are transports in this world. Perhaps it could be a time machine.. Or maybe man is just krazy

But really I don't see it being creatures with large black eyes an large heads..To me that's just hollywood nonsense

Morkulv · Post by **Morkulv** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:20 am

I actually spotted a 'UFO' when I was on holiday in Spain. When I pointed it out in the sky to my mom and the rest of my family they also noticed it and couldn't really see if it was a airplane or something. It was just a black spot. There was subtile movement in the spot, but not in the object itself. Strange. Maybe it was a weird looking weather-balloon or something, I dunno...

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:46 am

None of the options fit my answer.

U.F.O. means, "Unidentified Flying Object" ... not "Flying Saucer".

Most UFOs are just things that are misidentified or unknown.

Just because you see a moving light in the sky, does not mean it is a flight craft of any kind. Many are just optical illusions, meteorogical phenomenon, or something fluttering about that is not as high or as big as you think.

Others are merely ordinary air craft that are moving in ways that only look unusual.

Technology rages on every day, so I have no doubt that at least a small fraction of UFO sightings are in fact of new aircraft in development... but most I think are just not what people think they see.

...and absolutely none of them are extraterrestrial spacecraft.

A "HOAX" is not the same as just jumping to conclusions about something that happened to look "strange". ...though some are obviusly intentionally staged as well.

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:27 pm

My answer isn't in the poll.

"Some UFOs have a supernatural nature, but most sightings are mistaken."

Most of the sightings near Area 51 were experimental aircraft. They invented the "Flying Wing" jet design, that in the 1950's would have resembled otherworldly spacecraft.

I saw a UFO once. It could have been any number of things, but it was far too strange to be the usual suspects. I wrote a description of the sighting later that night. I just now pulled out the journal entry that had it written in:

7-27-03
-Strange Light-

At about 1:30am-1:40am, I was laying awake looking out my window while in bed. The blinds were only slightly open so that the streetlight would illuminate my room. Then, a bright blue light like a star, shot across the sky and disappeared when it went into the part of the sky behind the houses down the street. The star was brighter than any stars that night, because when I looked outside my window a moment later, I noticed that the street light and the city lights dimmed out the stars. There wasn't a single star visible, and it wasn't cloudy at all. The light moved so fast, it was only in my view for a few seconds. It was too bright to be a star, too fast to be an airplane, and too slow to be a meteorite. It moved in a curved diagonal path in the sky. My only guess could be is that it could have been a person setting off a firework like a roman candle, except, there was no sound, it traveled a distance too great for most fireworks, and no sparks or firework-like things popped or trailed from it. I will not speculate any further about what it really was, but I find this to be an unnatural phenomena, [or] it could be a man-made event. I think that that could also be doubtful. This same night, my brother discribed some strange noises that he heard about 10-30 minutes earlier. I will ask him tomorrow about it.

I have tried to write this in past tense to make it easier to convey how significant this day was, although I am writing this only 10 minutes after it happened. I pray it was something insignificant.

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:20 pm

I mean "supernatural" as in, "cannot be explained by conventional means". I for one, do not beleive we are being visited by aliens from other worlds. The concept is scientifically impossible by any means known by science (and theoretical science) today. The nearest known possibly habitable system to Earth is several hundred lightyears away. A trip there at near-light speeds would still take dozens of lifetimes.

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:09 pm

Who knows mabey they have a colony ship parked at the edge of our system, and little recon ships fly in and out studying us (just a theory)

Kzinistzerg · Post by **Kzinistzerg** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:49 pm

I thin you're all bloody crazy!

UFO is anything when you don;t know what it is. See vuldari's post.

I believe there is extraterrestrial life. I find it highly improbable that any such craft would be said sightings or that said extraterrestrial life would be near us. sure it's possible. But not very likely at all... I don't ascribe to conspiracy theories.

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:53 pm

If there are ailens they're smart to avoid us

*nagowteena* · Post by ***nagowteena*** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:34 pm

I do think aliens are here on earth. I also think thay may look just like humans. you may say I'm just a kid making storys up, and watching to meny movies, but I'm not. you wouldn't believe how much weird stuff happens in the deserts here. not just on the ground but in the sky as well.

Aki · Post by **Aki** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:55 pm

I think most UFO sightings are optical illusions, atmospheric stuff, crazy folks and govt. aircraft in testing. I remember one sighting viewed by alot of people.

The people's description of the object turned out to fit what is known to be the 'Stealth bomber', those black wing-shaped plane, y'know? Something being able to stop in the sky doesn't convince me either. A publicly known aircraft can ascended and descend vertically - the Harrier jet. Who's to say newer, better versions aren't being worked on? I imagine being able to have the helicopter's ease of landing and taking off combined with a plane's speed and maneuverability would be rather powerful. I mean, it's not like the govt. announces they're developing stuff until they have at least something they can show off and know it won't blow up or something.

Aliens I doubt. I very much believe they exist - this universe is too vast for us to be the only thing that matters. But I very much doubt they know about us. Finding earth in this vast universe would be like trying to find something you dropped in the pacific. And once they found us, I doubt they'd screw around this long. I mean, these sightings have been going on for awhile. You'd think they would have enough info to come to a decision on what to do, right?

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:46 am

Z wrote:uh...this poll was made with the knowledge of wat UFO means...hence why some of the options are "military space craft" becuz those are very often seen as UFOs

and also, notice i wrote "TRUE UFOs" (as in genuine unidentified flying objects) this immediately eliminates those ufos proven or debunked as opticals illusions, meteorogical phenomenon, or "something fluttering about that is not as high or as big as you think." as well as mere "ordinary air craft that are moving in ways that only look unusual."

All of your answers assume that there IS an "OTHER" besides things that can be reasonably explained as phenomenon of local origin, or that everything we see is part of some wild Conspiracy or Hoax.

My answer is...UFO sightings are... (not researched in any way...pure speculation...)

5% secret aircraft.

11% regular aircraft in unusual flight patterns.

29% hoaxes. (people creating UFO's, faking videos or merely pretending to see something, for attention)

53% overexcited viewers and normal phenomenon (illusions, balloons, etc.)

2% WTF?!

...and that last 2%, I'm quite confident is not Alien Spacecraft. The few seemingly unexplainable occurrences I think are more likely to be unpredictable, highly improbable phenomenon that no one is able to identify because no one even knew stuff like that could happen.

...like what? I don't know...but it would be cool to find out.

Kzinistzerg wrote:I believe there is extraterrestrial life. I find it highly improbable that any such craft would be said sightings or that said extraterrestrial life would be near us. sure it's possible. But not very likely at all... I don't ascribe to conspiracy theories.

I agree entirely.

I am quite confident that there is life on other planets. ...quite likely even intelligent life comparatively more or less advanced than ourselves.

However, the nearest star systems capable of possessing life bearing planets are unfortunately outrageously far away...regardless of how advanced ones technology is. Things like "Warp Drives" simply are not possible.

Our Planet is like but a single atom in a single drop of water in all the oceans on earth, in relation to our Galaxy alone. Any foreign visitors would have had to start their journey before life even began to thrive on this rock to have arrived here already. The chances of them choosing this star system to scout out of the bazillions of other rock clusters in the galaxy that might spawn intelligent life by the time they arrived is simply astronomical.

So no...no Aliens. Not here. The chances are about 394,763,409,834,053,984.98767653333333333... to One.

...though if we keep searching, scouting the stars and listening for ancient transmissions, we might just catch some sign of someone else out there one day...though whatever we find will be freak'n old by the time it gets close enough to us to find it.

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:19 pm

I at least thought my old journal entry would raise an eyebrow or two. Guess not. Hmmph.

Set · Post by **Set** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:36 pm

Vuldari wrote:the nearest star systems capable of possessing life bearing planets...

My only beef with the whole "capable of supporting life" thing is that people tend to base it on life here, which completely and utterly defeats the purpose of life on OTHER PLANETS. Ours is not the only way to live. Just because it's hostile to anything native to earth doesn't make it uninhabitable by some form of life. For example: a planet like Venus may be a terrible place for any earth creature to live on, but that doesn't mean there isn't something alive underneath that suffocating, crushing acidic atmosphere.

And if you believe the stories, blondes live on Venus.

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:37 pm

The conditions at least need to allow some amount of matter to maintain a consistent "Form" in order for a persistent "Life Form" to exist within it. The core of the Gas giants are just to violent to let that happen.

As for life on rocks devoid of anything that could support Terran life forms, I am not against the possibility of silicon based life forms, or other such suggestions...that live off of minerals and noxious (to earthlings) gases directly, or even devoid of atmosphere entirely.

However, when I say "Life Forms", I generally mean COMPLEX creatures. ...not just anything.

It would not surprise me at all to learn there is living bacteria-like things and other microbes living on or in the solid planets and other satellites orbiting our sun right now...or even something in the outer layers of the gaseous ones.

I don't think it is very likely...but I do think it is reasonably possible.

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:35 pm

Let me clarify something about the subject. It's very unclear to begin with.

What do you think about UFOs? That could mean a multitude of things. I think UFOs are a cool subject? I think UFOs are explainable objects? It's not very specific.

-all true UFOs are actually secret military devices/vehicles
-all true UFOs are alien spacecraft
-there are no true UFOs, all of them are hoaxes/faked
-some true UFOs are spacecrafts, others are man-made/military

Now these options are very very specific. It leaves out some possibilities that we have been presenting. Some of us might say that "all UFOs are hoaxes", or "all UFOs are something I can't explain, but not spacecraft". That's at least my take on what some of us are saying. We get it. Are we merely giving you answers you don't like? Everything said here seems like valid opinions to me.

"True UFOs" are unidentified flying objects. Meaning, we don't know conclusively what they are. I can sum up my thoughts of this subject by saying some "true UFOs" really are hoaxes, and that I think none of them are spacecraft. If I had so say what they are, it would be either classified military aircraft, or atmospheric anomalies.

geekboy1500 · Post by **geekboy1500** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:19 am

Ok

first off there HAS to be other life in the universe, infinite space, therefore infinate number of planets, so there must be more than one with "life" on it.

second the millitary has proven to us again and again that they DO have off the record projects, the SR-71 Blackbird, stelth (cannot spell sorry) bomber and stealth fighter all come to mind. So some of them must be some kind of plane/spacecraft/flying rubber duck.

of course this is ALL IHMO

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:08 am

Z wrote:AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

u guys are NOT {censored} gettin it! this poll was not about what you think about all the UFOs ever reported, it was about wat u think about REAL UFOs. how many times do i hafto say this EXCLUDES hoaxes, optical illusions, birds, normal planes, stars, planets and ANYTHINGS else that is NOT UNIDENTIFIED. u ppl keep bringing up IDENTIFIED or KNOWN flying objects. cant u just focus on the small percentage of REAL UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS.

anyway, i personally believe many, (particularly the rods) are blatantly military. i myself saw a UFO once but im %75 sure it was a man made aircraft (tho it moved like a rollar coaster without tracks, and really close to the ground)

I understand just fine...

...your options are just too limited.

If you exclude all illusions, and mistaken regular aircraft, and restrict it only to actual, confirmed physical objects in the sky, they are not "ALL" one thing.

If it is Secret Military Aircraft, it is only unidentified because you don't know what it is YET. I don't think anyone has ever actually put a convincing 'HOAX' into the sky. Most Hoaxes are faked videos, using creative editing or good use of perspective to make something look different from what it is.

Some may be freaky phenomenon, like BALL Lightning...or some kind of freaky, featherweight meteorite expelling pockets of gas which cause it to dart around the sky in various directions before breaking apart...or something weird like that.

Still...my answer remains that the vast majority of UFO sightings are illusions or mistaken viewers, and only a small fraction are a combination of Top-Secret Aircraft and lame Hoaxes and strange and unlikely phenomenon, but none are alien space craft.(So I can't answer "ALL" for either option)...but that there is no such thing as "UNIDENTIFIABLE Flying Objects". All are merely Y.U.F.O.s (Yet Unidentified Flying Objects).

What are they? ...a BUNCH of different things...not "All THIS" or "All THAT", or "None of This" or "None of That". It's a whole mixed bag.