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Indeed. And in modern UFO culture, 'flying saucers' no longer imply 'aliens', since the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis has been joined by the Extradimensional Hypothesis' and the 'Future Humans Hypothesis'. Once Jacques Vallée noticed that there were aspects to the UFO phenomenon that were...

Note that the streak is vertical once again, although the image is tipped sideways for most of that video. Almost certainly a CCD artifact.

Except that (just about) every pico balloon has different characteristics, because they are all designed by small groups or even individuals in some cases.

These objects may be identifiable in the future, since the DoD now has (some of) the signatures; but it is unlikely that the Air Force and Navy have ever bothered collecting pico-balloon and toy balloon signatures in the past, since they have never before been seen as a 'threat'. Before the...

On the face of it, the claim that this event was due to an interstellar meteor is not that outlandish. Even if these spherules do not turn out to have come from an interstellar meteor, I would anticipate that sooner or later some interstellar meteoric material may be found, perhaps on the ice in...

An interesting page here about radar signatures. Particularly important are doppler signatures from moving parts in the motors, which can help to identify the make and model of an unknown aircraft. Much more important for the respective radar signature are special Doppler frequencies through...

Sure they are commonplace, but they were also deliberately filtered out by radar software so that they didn't appear as false returns on DOD radar screens. By removing those filters suddenly a significant number of unknown objects appeared - and these were promptly shot down. To be honest it...

Some interesting estimates from Scientific American here. According to a statement issued last week by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), nearly 1,000 weather balloons, laden with battery-operated sensors, launch each and every day. They soar for a couple of hours...

The object that was shot down was probably a 'harmless inflatable craft launched by private companies, recreationists or research institutions.' This would be a tiny target to find in the sea ice, and could easily be overlooked. I can't imagine why this translates into 99 percent certainty...

I mostly agree with your thesis here, but we should be wary of using the word 'nanoscale' when talking about spacecraft. A typical bacterium is 1000 nanometres in length, and spacecraft on the scale of a bacterium would be almost useless on an interstellar scale. They would not be able to carry...

Alien DNA would convince me, I think. Not just human DNA mixed with bean DNA, but entirely novel (yet evidently viable) DNA. For every organism yet encountered on Earth, it is possible to use the mutation rate of genetic material to work out how long ago that organism diverged from the ancestral...

The fact is, we really aren't being offered any solid evidence at the moment, just statements (often second-hand) and poor video clips from the Low Information Zone. Graves promised us some evidence about a red UAP as big as a football field, and what did we get? Another second-hand witness who...

A small propeller (or preferably two) could conceivably be used to orient the solar panels towards the sun, allowing the balloon to maximise the power collection while aloft. But for efficient active steering of a dirigible, you'd need a rudder or tailfin.

That may well be the strategy of a large fraction of expansive alien civilisations. Targeting unoccupied systems makes a lot of sense. However, some or many alien civs might prefer to make contact, and would actively reach out to stars with existing biospheres and occupants. Their motives may...

What these aliens might be like when we finally meet them is another matter. I suspect (but obviously can't prove) that aliens with violent tendencies would be fairly quickly eliminated, probably by other members of their own species. This is because of something I call Light Speed Paranoia. If...

This still assumes that the sightings are not all mistakes, misidentifications and data from the Low Information Zone. Being 'forced to admit' that the US defence department can't identify a fraction of the reported sightings does not mean that these objects are anything other than unidentified...

Most of the sightings of Sputnik 1 were actually sightings of the launching rocket, which was in a very similar orbit. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1957-001B

I've seen plenty of satellites, and a few flaring satellites as well, and although these phenomena may be the solution to this sighting I'm going to suggest a different solution entirely. I note that your associate frequently sees these things, often after following some 'meditation' ritual...

Just to reiterate Deidre's point, the name of the structure is the 'anterior fossa' not the 'anterior flossa'.

I didn't click it- for some reason my browser told me it was a potential security risk.