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The US government should tell the public what it knows about UFOs (theguardian.com)
4 points by madspindel on Dec 13, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



It used to be pointed out that UAPs move so fast that no human pilot could survive the G-forces. That implied that they must possess some kind of anti-inertia technology that makes it possible to survive flying a UFO, or that perhaps humanoids are enormously strong beings. Truly mysterious.

But in the recent years the plausible explanation to this puzzle has become trivial: Of course, the fast-turning UAPs are 'droids". There is no biological pilot inside them. They are flying under remote- or possibly AI-control.


Validity of that explanation depends of course on the actual acceleration of the UAP. A human can survive 9-10 g of lateral or front to back acceleration (and less in other directions). Beyond 20-30g there is no way to preserve structural integrity of a human made craft as far as we know. If measurement from both visual and radar data gives more than a 100g then we can claim that the object is not a droid.


Maybe not a human-made droid but a "droid" made by extra-terrestrials. They may have much stronger materials.


Those who are anxiously awaiting the advent of intelligent aliens will be greatly disappointed.

UFOs as solid, guided by alien intelligence, objects do not exist.

Of course, top-secret missiles, aircraft, and other such animals may exist. But they're just ordinary man-made stuff and not 'UFOs' as defined by the public.


There's a very entertaining Irish comedian named Andrew Maxwell, and among his other activities he made a documentary about people who believe that the US government is hiding aliens in Area 51. His commentary on the whole thing, delivered on The News Quiz was as follows.

"It's easy to believe in UFO's! It's easy, just look up, "I don't know that is." Noooo need to start a website."




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