Wednesday, July 06, 2005

UFO fan Chris digs up real-life X-Files





"The sightings were taken so seriously that high-level consultations were carried out to see if it could have been top-secret trials of American stealth aircraft."

If I encounter the term "real-life X-Files" one more time I'm going to kill somebody.

6 comments:

Kyle said...

I think the most interesting point in this story is the statement that the objects "could not have been...the Aurora...".

If such a statement reflects reality, it means that the British asked the US, and was told that it could not be the Aurora. The statement did not say that the US confirmed that there is no such thing. There is mention that the US claims that it does not exist, but that's not what the statement says.

Is this smoking gun evidence that the Aurora exists? And if so, would a denial that these objects were in fact aurora craft not be expected?

The clear implication is that the British military believes the Aurora does exist.

If Aurora does exist, many "black triangle" sightings could easily be explained. Of course, the B-2, the F-117, and the SR-71 explain a number of sightings, as well.

But the unusual nature of the Aurora's presumed propulsion system and even more unusual planform would necessarily result in sightings of "UFOs", since that is exactly what they are...even by the US military, who still refuse to identify the Aurora as an actual craft.

It would be really helpful if the military...rather than acting as if there is nothing weird up there, would at least give hints about what they have, so researchers could avoid long hours looking for something extraterrestrial, when it is in fact a terrestrial craft.

I mean, if the British believe Aurora exists, surely whatever enemies we have out there believe it, too. So what's the harm in letting the cat partway out of the bag?

Kyle
UFOreflections.blogspot.com

razorsmile said...

Real-life X-Files.

*runs away*

W.M. Bear said...

Speaking of UFO cliches, I think I found a new one, if that's not a contradiction in terms. I had to laugh. This from a transcript of the Larry King interview on CNN with SETI and UFO experts. Seth Shostak Speaks:

KING: Are you open to the idea, Seth?

SHOSTAK: I'm certainly open to the idea. It doesn't violate physics to come here from other worlds. Could be. But if you're going to make that claim, as Carl Sagan was fond of saying, [an] extraordinary claim like that requires pretty convincing evidence. The L.A. Police Department solves 80 percent of the murders committed by humans against other humans. What about the other 20 percent? You think they're aliens? Could be, but I don't think so.


Mac, I think you should add this particular bit of dislogic (the LAPD/unsolved murders analogy bit, I mean) to your list of debunkers' tactics.

Mac said...

Seth sure is a smooth-talker...

Ken said...

Whether or not the sighting in question is part of a "real life X-files" scenario, IMO some small fraction of sightings are most likely of an ETA/UFO origin. Additionally, recall that in the late 80s, Lockheed designed a "stealth blimp". It is now ass-u-me'd that the US Air Force has at least a few very large lighter than air Zeppelin-like craft. Indeed, there is a credible report of one with English language lettering upon it. These could easily be the source of triangle sightings, from Belgium on. BUT! Sightings of triangles emerging from the sea, moving at astonishing speeds, etc., surely cannot be explained by the "stealth blimp"; which was rightly called an oxymoron in ANother BBS. Such sightings may very well be candidates for an ETA/UFO scenario.

So, I figger that most, but surely not all, of these triangle sightings are of US craft, and as such do likely belong in a "real life X-files" collection.

And ya can't kill me, Mac. You can't even find me! Just try going to your favorite travel agent and asking for a ticket to Sand Point, Alaska. All you will gain is a blank stare. Hell, there's folk right here who don't know where they are! At least a hundred and plenty-five Which fact also belongs in a "real life X-files". There. That's three.

Ha ha ha, ho ho ho, I can't be found, you'll never know. Arr, matey. X-files! X-files!

I love your blog, even if I disagree with some of your (apparently divergent from mine) politics. Yer a good guy, kid; keep it up.

From the deck of the USS Constantly Questioning Old Fart. A "real life X-files" scenario. Four :-)

Mac said...

I agree with you on stealth blimps being a likely6 explanation for *some* "flying triangle" sightings.

Here's an idea: Maybe the US started making stealth blimps to serve as plausible deniability in case of a mass sighting of FTs. In case FTs made an impressive overflight of a major city in broad daylight, the Pentagon could hold a press conference and explain to all us saps that what we actually saw were secret blimps.

I seriously doubt the media would ask too many questions, even if the flight characteristics were wildly dissimilar.