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A group linked to Luis Elizondo, the former leader of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, as well as other former military and government officials, has released a video showing a 2015 UFO encounter involving U.S. Navy pilots:
A newly-released video which shows U.S. Navy pilots encountering an unidentified flying object (UFO) in 2015 has garnered calls for more research into what these mysterious objects could be. "What the f--- is that thing?" one pilot can be heard saying in the video. "Wow, what is that, man?" the pilot adds. "Look at that flying!"
The footage was released Friday by To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science (TTSA), a private scientific research and media group. It is led by Dr. Hal Puthoff, a NASA and U.S. Department of Defense adviser and James Semivan, a former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency service member. The clip is said to be "an authentic DoD video that captures the high-speed flight of an unidentified aircraft at low altitude" and "reveals a previously undisclosed Navy encounter that occurred off the East Coast in 2015," according to a statement from TTSA.
From my work with To the Stars Academy, which seeks to raise private funds to investigate incidents like the 2004 Nimitz encounter, I know they continue to occur, because we are being approached by military personnel who are concerned about national security and frustrated by how the Defense Department is handling such reports. I am also familiar with the evidence as a former Pentagon intelligence official and a consultant who began researching the issue after the Nimitz incident was brought to my attention. On several occasions, I have met with senior Pentagon officials, and at least one followed up and obtained briefings confirming incidents such as the Nimitz case. But nobody wants to be "the alien guy" in the national security bureaucracy; nobody wants to be ridiculed or sidelined for drawing attention to the issue. This is true up and down the chain of command, and it is a serious and recurring impediment to progress.
Also at USA Today and NextBigFuture.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Monday March 12 2018, @08:23PM (8 children)
Just because the military encounters things they can't identify doesn't mean that there are space aliens out there. It means that you saw something you don't understand, which is a much lower bar to clear.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @08:29PM
Are you saying it could be octoputin?
(Score: 2) by legont on Monday March 12 2018, @10:06PM
It depends. CIA, Pentagon and liberal press declared Russian's new rockets nonexistent while they have never done it regarding space aliens. One should not underestimate the power of propaganda.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Monday March 12 2018, @10:38PM (4 children)
The article doesn't mention "space aliens" or extraterrestrials.
Nice strawman you got there.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Monday March 12 2018, @11:01PM (3 children)
And where "aliens" are mentioned in the summary, it's in this context:
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(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Tuesday March 13 2018, @02:41AM (2 children)
He's not saying there are aliens. He's saying that there's stigma attached to even talking about UFOs because of the ridicule factor of the phony "skeptics", who are among the least skeptical people around.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday March 13 2018, @02:48AM (1 child)
Read the comment again. I am not disagreeing with you. I am adding support to your comment.
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(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Tuesday March 13 2018, @03:49AM
Whup. Sorry, friend.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 13 2018, @12:40PM
So, can't identify, that would mean unidentified, right. And whatever it is, it appears to be flying, ok. And it seems to a thing, maybe an object of some kind. Whatever should we call it?