Things passengers say.
10-25-2019, 06:28 PM
#101
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"Have you ever seen a UFO?"
I have not gotten that from pax yet but have from friends/family over the years.
I always respond "UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Objects. I see objects that fly that I can't identify all the time. You probably do too."
I have not gotten that from pax yet but have from friends/family over the years.
I always respond "UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Objects. I see objects that fly that I can't identify all the time. You probably do too."
10-25-2019, 06:58 PM
#102
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I did, once. Quite bizarre, almost had me wondering but it did turn out to be man made.
Just because you don't know what you saw doesn't mean you should automatically jump to the most dramatic, and least probable conclusion.
Just because you don't know what you saw doesn't mean you should automatically jump to the most dramatic, and least probable conclusion.
Some quotes by the famous Ben Rich, former VP of Lockheed Martin and Director of their Skunkworks Division:
"We have things in the Nevada desert that are alien to your way of thinking, far beyond anything you see on Star Trek."
"Anything you can imagine we already know how to do."
“We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects and it would take an act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity.”
10-25-2019, 09:54 PM
#103
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Originally Posted by Deathwish
I also saw something once that is most likely made by us, by nothing that I know exists can move the way it did. I never said to assume it came from some alien life form, but there are things flying around that are absolutely in the realm of UFO to most everyone on earth. Chances are everything we see is manmade, just way beyond our comprehension.
Some quotes by the famous Ben Rich, former VP of Lockheed Martin and Director of their Skunkworks Division:
"We have things in the Nevada desert that are alien to your way of thinking, far beyond anything you see on Star Trek."
"Anything you can imagine we already know how to do."
“We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects and it would take an act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity.”
Some quotes by the famous Ben Rich, former VP of Lockheed Martin and Director of their Skunkworks Division:
"We have things in the Nevada desert that are alien to your way of thinking, far beyond anything you see on Star Trek."
"Anything you can imagine we already know how to do."
“We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects and it would take an act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity.”
In my 15 years of flying I’ve only seen one thing that was unexplainable and very strange. Interestingly, I was over the north NV desert at the time. I was flying a CRJ 700 at F380, and we saw an object WAY above us with a very bright strobe. It pulsed every 11 seconds, and didn’t move for the 15-20 mins we observed it. Finally it dimmed and went out. I’ve never heard a valid explanation for that one.
10-26-2019, 04:24 AM
#104
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Originally Posted by wrxpilot
I had no idea Ben Rich said those things. Do you have a source for that? I’d like to learn more. His book “Skunkworks” was absolutely fascinating.
In my 15 years of flying I’ve only seen one thing that was unexplainable and very strange. Interestingly, I was over the north NV desert at the time. I was flying a CRJ 700 at F380, and we saw an object WAY above us with a very bright strobe. It pulsed every 11 seconds, and didn’t move for the 15-20 mins we observed it. Finally it dimmed and went out. I’ve never heard a valid explanation for that one.
In my 15 years of flying I’ve only seen one thing that was unexplainable and very strange. Interestingly, I was over the north NV desert at the time. I was flying a CRJ 700 at F380, and we saw an object WAY above us with a very bright strobe. It pulsed every 11 seconds, and didn’t move for the 15-20 mins we observed it. Finally it dimmed and went out. I’ve never heard a valid explanation for that one.
10-26-2019, 05:20 AM
#105
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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy
Sounds like sunlight flashing off a satellite or space trash.
10-26-2019, 05:42 AM
#106
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Originally Posted by wrxpilot
And not moving for 10-15 mins (~100 nm)? I’ve seen a lot of satellites, iridium flares, and the space station. Without exception, all of those objects moved rather significantly and were out of view within a minute. This stayed absolutely stationary, which is what we both thought was so strange.
A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit, is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 kilometres above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation.
10-26-2019, 07:16 AM
#107
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Originally Posted by wrxpilot
I had no idea Ben Rich said those things. Do you have a source for that? I’d like to learn more. His book “Skunkworks” was absolutely fascinating.
In my 15 years of flying I’ve only seen one thing that was unexplainable and very strange. Interestingly, I was over the north NV desert at the time. I was flying a CRJ 700 at F380, and we saw an object WAY above us with a very bright strobe. It pulsed every 11 seconds, and didn’t move for the 15-20 mins we observed it. Finally it dimmed and went out. I’ve never heard a valid explanation for that one.
In my 15 years of flying I’ve only seen one thing that was unexplainable and very strange. Interestingly, I was over the north NV desert at the time. I was flying a CRJ 700 at F380, and we saw an object WAY above us with a very bright strobe. It pulsed every 11 seconds, and didn’t move for the 15-20 mins we observed it. Finally it dimmed and went out. I’ve never heard a valid explanation for that one.
I apologize for the thread abduction... :-)
10-26-2019, 07:56 AM
#108
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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy
Sounds like sunlight flashing off a satellite or space trash.
Originally Posted by wrxpilot
And not moving for 10-15 mins (~100 nm)? I’ve seen a lot of satellites, iridium flares, and the space station. Without exception, all of those objects moved rather significantly and were out of view within a minute. This stayed absolutely stationary, which is what we both thought was so strange.
Originally Posted by Flyinguy
A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit, is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 kilometres above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation.
10-26-2019, 09:38 AM
#110
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Originally Posted by Joebob21
Every single passenger two seconds after I warn them to watch their head on the way in... *hits head* “you should really tell people to watch their head”.
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