Talk:Unidentified flying object

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what bout roswell???

It's in New Mexico. Is that the information that you were looking for? --Edgerunner76 08:33, 11 January 2008 (EST)

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[edit] rewrite

This needs to be completly rewrote, the current version is nonsense and the category is stupid. --210.51.51.24 05:40, 12 January 2008 (EST)

Please make your case with suggestions, abunchofnumbers, and better yet, register an anonymous yet snarky user name so we can get to know you better! And by the way, it's "rewritten". We prefer our random abunchofnumbers editors to add rather than subtract things from articles. Especially if they improve them... humanUser talk:Human 05:44, 12 January 2008 (EST)
OK, I got a username. Anyway I think it should be more serious and less insulting, because thats stupid and immatue. --45,26,193,115 06:14, 12 January 2008 (EST)
What your username? And, OK, the "farmer" part is kind of the lulzy sort of thing we like here at RW - but, and this is a big but - any informed additions, especially if well-written, and especially if cited reasonably well, are totally welcome. PS, thanks for playing here on talk. humanUser talk:Human 06:25, 12 January 2008 (EST)
Bunch of numbers - you think we should take this weirdness "seriously"? How would one do that?--Bobbing up 06:47, 12 January 2008 (EST)

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So how exactly does this article suck so bad as compared to any other given RW article? PFoster 17:24, 13 January 2008 (EST)

Yes, I have thought about that. I would say that this article is especially pathetic and stupid. --Bouncybears 17:52, 13 January 2008 (EST)
How, exactly? Have you any specific examples? PFoster 17:53, 13 January 2008 (EST)
Well the redneck s#it is so stupid and immature its blows me out of my mind. And the USAF crap must be sarcastic, and if its not then it makes me laugh anyway because its such a stupid argument. --Bouncybears 18:02, 13 January 2008 (EST)
I'm getting the feeling that you are humour-impaired. Those sections are what are commonly referred to as "jokes," son.PFoster 18:05, 13 January 2008 (EST)
Yes i know the redneck thing is a joke, and its a stupid one at that. But what about the USAF thing? If its a joke, then i don't get it. --Bouncybears 18:07, 13 January 2008 (EST)
there's an old line about explaining a joke - it's a lot like dissecting a frog: you might learn a little bit, but the frog tends to die. Besides that, *you* not getting a joke is no reason to make up a template about the article being of poor quality, and then leave it on the article while doing very little to improve the situation. PFoster 18:11, 13 January 2008 (EST)

I rewrote the intro so it is a bit clearer what we are talking about. And that's not a "redneck", it's a "fahma". And "ufology" does tend to be the province of cranks and assorted nutcases, or at least the overly credulous. So it deserves a bit of mocking.

The USAF jokes, of course, mock the mockers ;)

By the way, one of the more famous alleged close encounters "happened" just down the road in Exeter. And by the way more, I just rewatched CE of the 3rd Kind, hilarious that they used Devil's Mountain because 1. it's on the Wyoming license plate, and 2. out there on teh innertubes somewhere teh assfly itself made a complete fool of himself arguing it was carved by the Great Flood waters receding. humanUser talk:Human 02:26, 14 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] too lazy to make funny vandalism file

Bunchanumbers (87.2.63.182) changed the opening line to say "An Unidentified Flying Object is a flying saucer with no license plate." on 1/14/08. humanUser talk:Human 14:56, 14 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] For really weird shit:

See this site Pinto's5150 Talk 21:45, 26 January 2008 (EST)

[edit] Carl Sagan's book

Carl Sagan wrote about UFO's in his last book, The Demon Haunted World. Do you think this should be added to the article? It's a great read, as I'm sure many here know. Alecwh 20:11, 27 November 2008 (EST)

I'd rather be me than Carl Sagan (especially since he is dead and I'n not) but should I add my UFO encounter to the article? All in favor raise your hands. Carptrash 20:41, 27 November 2008 (EST)
I don't know about the article, but it would fun to read it here on the talk page... ħumanUser talk:Human 23:17, 27 November 2008 (EST)
Well I will look around for what I wrote that night and see if I can find it. Carptrash 10:26, 28 November 2008 (EST)

[edit] Kenneth Arnold

Is there a reference to say that he saw a meteor? Wikipedia has a very brief mention of it but it's refuted as being "too slow" (which is true, these things fly damned fast). I don't think we should just say that as an outright fact when it's just one of the theories as to what Arnold actually saw and not the best one at that. It's certainly true about the shape he described them as as being far from saucer like http://www.altereddimensions.net/images/aliens/KennethArnold.gif ArmondikoV...I'll oscillate your ostrich egg! 11:27, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

He saw several objects, describing them as roughly crescent-shaped. Birds and planes have been proposed as explanations but after 60 years, and with no pictures or other witnesses, we'll never know for sure. The meteor breaking up is interesting, but wouldn't more than one person have seen it? — Unsigned, by: Totnesmartin / talk / contribs
On Tot's last point, well, not necessarily. (I say this without knowing the details, obviously if this was over, say, Manhattan, other people would be expected to see it). ħumanUser talk:Human 19:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
First person who can be arsed to dig out Mt Ranier area population statistics gets a free rub with a long-eared jerboa. Totnesmartin 23:55, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
It's in the middle of fucking nowhere. National park, glaciers, stuff like that. Good place to hallucinate, though. ħumanUser talk:Human 00:13, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
The pilot seat of a plane is never a good place to hallucinate! Totnesmartin 10:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] JANET

Heard a good abbreviation to mention, but I have no idea where it came from -- googling it doesn't work. JANET = "Jets Are Not ExtraTerrestrials"... anyone know? EVDebs 07:23, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

You won't find earth people quite the easy mark you imagine. This sonic transducer, it is some kind of audio-vibratory physiomolecular transport device?

You mean...?

Yes, Brad, it is something we ourselves have been working on for quite some time, But it seems our friend here has found a way of perfecting it - A device, which is capable of breaking down solid matter, And projecting it through space, and who knows, perhaps even time itself!

You mean he's gonna send us to another planet?

Planet, Shmanet, Janet! You'd better wise up, Janet Weiss You'd better wise up, build your thighs up You'd better wise up

And then she cried out:

Stop!

Don't get hot and flustered Use a bit of mustard

You're a hot dog, but you'd better not try to hurt her, Frank Furter

You're a hot dog, but you'd better not try to hurt her, Frank Furter

Totnesmartin 10:48, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

I am so sick of your straw man arguments Totnesmartin. Ace McWickedi9 10:56, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
What you are sick of is the fact that most people reject evolution. Totnesmartin 11:08, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings, earth being. We are from Proxima Centauri. We come in peace, and bear gifts of complete arse.

Sorry Prox, I know you meant well but the argument you linked to is pure garbage. Theoretically yes, a rotating craft as seen in (eg) 2001 or Babylon 5 could house a variety of beings, but this has nothing to do with UFOs. Space stations of that size have never been reported in the UFO literature. Circular objects, yes, loads, but not big enough to achieve the centripetal-action-as-fake-gravity effect. The whole thing depends, if I may add, on the idea that UFOs are alien craft of some sort, which, while a popular theory, has no evidence to support it. And I've gone on far too long on a topic I normally stay away from on RW. Totnesmartin 18:21, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Not to mention that any craft with no obvious high velocity emissions would obviously be built by somebody who has a fair mastery of gravity in the first place. So why would they need something so crude as a big spinny wheel for their comfort? --JeevesMkII The gentleman's gentleman at the other site 18:32, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Actually it's | not quite as simple as it might appear anyway. --BobNot Jim 18:41, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Most compelling UFO cases

What are some UFO cases you find compelling or even plausible? Not in a "that was an alien ship" way but in a "damn, that's messed up" way. — Unsigned, by: Ryantherebel / talk / contribs

I saw a leaf blow up off the ground back into a tree the other day. ħumanUser talk:Human 01:16, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I guess that works. Template:Ryantherebel
I've never seen anything myself. Everything else is eyewitness testimony, which is the most worthless form of evidence in science, so I'd say I know of no such compelling cases. — Sincerely, Neveruse513 / Talk / Block 16:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Possibly lenticular clouds. They're definitely not spaceships but they make me think that there's some very impressive stuff in nature. ArmondikoV...I'll oscillate your ostrich egg! 16:06, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
I'd focus on cases where a lot of unrelated people said they saw the same thing. As well as "official" ones with radar data etc. Basically that one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_UFO_wave Sen (talk) 23:28, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Air Force Test Planes

There is a reasonable argument that some sightings were or air force test planes like the Blackhawk spy plane and the first stealth fighters. The performance of these were so different from common aircraft of the time that a sighting would seem strange. Hamster (talk) 23:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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