The Navy Says Those UFO Videos Are Real

[arcboii92]

This must mean aliens are real, and the Storm Area 51 meme was started by the government. They can't tell the public that aliens exist because there is an ancient contract. But, if the public were to storm Area 51 and discover it for themselves - the government can't take the fall when the angry aliens come back asking why the secret got out. They've released this information in an attempt to reignite interest in storming Area 51.

I wish I was crazy enough to believe my own theories. Or crazy enough to stay off HN making alien theories when my database is on fire.

[LinuxBender]

Any prototype aircraft that is too fast to get good video of and does not have a recognized transponder will be a UFO. That just means some contractor is building great things and doing publicity stunts, perhaps for funding?

[derefr]

Or it could be military R&D itself, using people in its own chain-of-command (who aren't in the right security compartment to be aware of the project's existence) as an unknowing QA group for determining whether e.g. the device is stealthy enough, or can fake an emissions signature well-enough, or etc., to fool these people.

As any such flaw would be fatal to the project, it's fine if the "QA group" publishes records of what they see—as whatever those vulnerabilities are, R&D will need to get rid of them before the project can be greenlit for operationalization.

In est, it'd be sort of an adversarial development system. If anyone would come up with something like that, it'd be a military strategist.

[weare138]

I seriously doubt a contractor would be pulling "publicity stunts" involving the military. If they were caught, they'd be in prison for a very long time. Violating military airspace is beyond illegal.

[a11yguy]

Doesn't mean UFO's are real, just that these unidentified flying objects have been recorded.

But then, is this a disclosure that UFO/aliens are real?