Have any of you ever seen a UFO? And, if so, do you think it was man-made, extraterrestrial, biological, angelic, or what?
The first UFO that i saw was of the black triangle type. It was cruising low and slow above my house one day. I was surprised at how at how silent it was. And it was low enough, that i could actually see details on the bottom side of it. Now, i have always imagined that any species with technology advanced enough to travel to different galaxies, would also have a more advanced system of aesthetics than we do on Earth. But this Black Triangle was about as attractive to look at as the underside of an automobile. It was so disappointing to realize that this "UFO" was made by the same Earth-bound nit-wits who gave us SUVs, and McMansions, and those clunky white athletic shoes that old men seem to love so much. I didn't bother to take a picture. Even the color of the thing was bad- the ugliest shade of black you could imagine. If they are going to fly triangles over my house, why can't they be pink?
The second UFO i saw was a wingless, cigar-shaped, silvery gold metallic thing. It was flying very high, on a clear blue day. As it traveled in a straight line, it would flicker in and out of visibility, as if some little alien kid was playing with the Cloaking Control Panel, while the parents yell "knock it off, already" from the front seat.
Of the two, the second "UFO" definitely seemed more advanced, more likely to be extraterrestrial in origin.
@jeanne-mayell thanks for sharing that link. And i agree that the subject can be scoffable. But the "U" in UFO simply means "unidentified'', and doesn't speak to the origin of the flying object. I am an agnostic when it comes to aliens- i don't know whether they exist or not. But i did see those objects that i described. One time i was with some friends out on a large open meadow. We saw a large, dark, balloon shaped object slowly fall to the ground. We ran down the hill to reach it- and it turned out to be an actual weather balloon. The thing is, it didn't look anything like a flying saucer, lol.
@unk-p. Okay first of all, our posts just crossed in the mail, and I apologize that I had deleted mine so yours doesn't seem to be replying to anything, but I promise people, that UnkP was replying to my post that I deleted because I posted it before reading his and when I later read his, I realized mine was a non sequitur, so I deleted it.
Quick aside: When I saw your new topic on UFO's, I wanted to respond to that subject right then and there, especially because you, UnkP, had started it. But I had to make dinner, and act like a normal human wife I haven't been for two weeks while the site was crashing. So instead of being glued to the computer or yelling at GoDaddy.com, I had to pretend to be normal, make Sunday dinner, and watch Masterpiece.
So I did that, and now I have read your post that I had replied to, and I see that mine was a total non sequitur.
So now, replying to your observation of two UFO's that you've seen, the only UFO I've ever seen was a thing hovering eerily in the sky, a man of war jelly fish with dangling streamers and a light. I was kid and the whole neighborhood of kids came running out shouting and leaping up and down about it. But later we found out, like yours, that it was a weather balloon.
But if the objects you saw, were really from aliens, then here's the thing about them looking like the underside of a car. Wouldn't you think that by the time the thing got the trillion miles it had to get to fly by you, that all the pink doo-dads and sparkles and flashing lights, would have faded away or fallen off by the time it got here?
Or perhaps the aliens who sent it actually think it looks really fancy and impressive, but they miscalculated human tastes? Or more likely, they are hoping we won't notice it at all. They thought that it is so bland that we pizzazz-loving humans won't even see it there or if we do, we won't really think we saw anything.
Okay, but seriously, I'm sure it looks pretty basic because only something very simply and basic that resembles a rock, or a meteor, could make it this far.
People in this community have made RTF Night predictions that we are going to have contact with aliens in the early 2020's.
Then a few weeks ago, I noticed this story in The Washington Post: in which the most skeptical in our society, the leadership of the U.S. military, are now publicly announcing sitings of UFO's of the Close Encounters Kind.
Excerpt from WAPO: Recently the former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe began talking about UFOs on Fox News. And made a whole bunch of claims about what the U.S. intelligence community knew about UAPs, including that a Pentagon report would soon be released revealing even more information. According to the New York Post’s Tamar Lapin and Jackie Salo:
“There are a lot more sightings than have been made public,” he told host Maria Bartiromo. “Some of those have been declassified.”
“And when we talk about sightings,” Ratcliffe continued, “we are talking about objects that have been seen by Navy or Air Force pilots, or have been picked up by satellite imagery that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain.”
“Movements that are hard to replicate that we don’t have the technology for. Or traveling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom.”
@jeanne-mayell wow! this thread is getting stranger by the minute. Could it be.....Aliens?!? just kidding, i love your post. I actually had to go and do some ho-hum-human type activities, myself, just after i posted, so no worries.
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@unk-p and everyone, I'm just so happy that the forum works again. I want to post and post while I can.
The only thing I have to offer in this thread is an account from when I was 9 or 10. I remember all those Time/Warner books about unexplained phenomena were always in the commercials of shows I'd watch so I was always freaked out by aliens and alien encounters.
We vacationed each year to a small cabin we had on Lake Michigan. As we spent more and more summers there, my mom started horseback riding and rented stalls for our horses at a local farmers she was friends with. We finishing up one evening in the dark of the barn and I had the greatest feeling I was being watched - all I could see in my head were the drawings of the aliens with the big heads and almond eyes that were all over those commercials. I was freaked but the animals weren't so I imagine it was my imagination.
But on the way home, while we were driving those dark country roads, in the direction of Lake Michigan my mom and I both saw three very bright lights fade in over the lake - spaced maybe 1/4 mile apart. They then faded out and reappeared further. They faded out again and didn't come back. Neither of us have any explanation to this day of what they were (I do remember not sleeping a wink that night) but I'll also admit the phenomena was more likely man made than anything else. I was, after all, a young, impressionable youth.
Ok. I've told this before. About 1966, on a Sunday night, we were returning to college. It was cloudy, no stars or moon. Outside of Sapulpa, Oklahoma we made a right turn north, and right in front of us was a big bright star. Can't tell how high or far away, but three red lights dropped out of the big star one at a time. They each fell a ways, and then stopped. When they quit falling they each turned white and flew across the sky.
Some of my family come from Georgia. My Great grand parents farmed on the Chickamauga Battle field. My Great grand Mother with others were out is the field picking cotton. (I don't know if this is an UFO or a supernatural event) Suddenly they heard a terrible noise up in the sky. It flew over them, going from one horizon to the other. My great Grandmother said it sounded like running horses, dragging chains. People thought the world was ending, falling to the ground, crying.
ok, i almost forgot this one- i was traveling across country, and decided to stop in a New Mexican restaurant, to have a snack and some coffee. After eating, i decided to walk around a little. I had never really been to New Mexico before, so i was just looking at the plants, and rocks, and sky. I thought to myself "wouldn't it be funny if i saw an alien?"
A small white shape floated by me on the wind. I assumed it was just one of those omnipresent white plastic grocery bags that you see all over the world. But it got snagged on the prongs of a metal fence, just a few yards away from me. And then i noticed that something odd was dangling from it. I removed it from the fence, and saw that it was not a grocery bag at all- it was a tiny white parachute, with a tiny little alien attached. She was green. And made of plastic. The words, printed on the parachute, read
VISIT THE ALIEN MUSEUM AND GIFT SHOP