Conversation I had one time. "Hey look its a UFO!'' me-"Interesting" "Its got to be aliens" me-"Is it a UFO or is it aliens?" "Its a UFO, its aliens!" me-"you should look up what ufo stands for."
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)I was about to run inside and tell everyone to come outside and watch this unbelievable flying saucer right overhead, but I decided to wait, and watch it a bit longer. Then I really "saw" it for the first time. It was a large military transport plane making a banked turn. The near wing was pointed right straight at me, and was effectively invisible (it was night). It was an astounding optical illusion, and I had briefly been quite certain that I was watching an other-worldly craft of some kind that was hovering motionless above me.
If I had run inside to call people when I first saw it, by the time I got back outside it would have been gone, and to this day I'd probably believe that I had seen a genuine flying saucer. I'm glad I stuck around to double check my observation before flying off half-cocked, otherwise I might have become a "true believer".
I must admit, however, for those brief few seconds it was a lot of fun to believe in it.