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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

-misanthroptimist

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14. It is extremely difficult to judge speed and distance and even altitude...

Reply to yourout (Reply #2)

Sat May 4, 2024, 11:05 AM

May 2024

...with the human eye. It's virtually impossible to do at night, no matter how well trained one is. I have all the respect in the world for pilots, but they are no better than anyone else when it comes to observing and especially interpreting unusual phenomena.

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Pilots are not "trained observers" [View all] edhopper Mar 2024 OP

Yes but if a pilot is flying a plane every day and a UFO happens to cross his doc03 Mar 2024 #1

Carter saw Venus edhopper Mar 2024 #3

Because of their training I would think they're good judges of speed and distance. yourout Mar 2024 #2

Not as much as you think edhopper Mar 2024 #4

It is extremely difficult to judge speed and distance and even altitude... -misanthroptimist May 2024 #14

but it sound so convincing... BootinUp Mar 2024 #5

It has truthiness edhopper Mar 2024 #6

I was at Wright Patterson AF museum a few years ago and was shown the doc03 Mar 2024 #7

I hear Hanger 18 edhopper Mar 2024 #8

One fellow said he asked a guard at RPAFB where the . . . John1956PA Mar 2024 #10

I am sure they hear that every day. nt doc03 Mar 2024 #12

Unidentified means what it says. Chainfire Mar 2024 #9

Pilots can misidentify things as well. Archae Mar 2024 #11

So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #13