- cross-posted to:
- science@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- science@lemmy.ml
This renewed interest in UFOs – excuse me, “UAPs” – is honestly pretty fascinating.
It’s clear that a nontrivial amount of UFO reports over the years have been “real” in the sense that there was really something there to be seen, but I’d figure most do have a completely mundane explanation – anything from prototype aircraft to weather balloons (har har.) Then there’s a few that seem to completely defy explanation, which is the fascinating part. Lately there’s been more official clips released, so it seems like it’s not quite as taboo of a subject and likely to kill your career as a pilot or whatever as it has been.
There’s definitely a chance that many sightings are just foreign (as in non-US in this context) technology, but I have some doubts about whether anybody could just secretly produce technology that seems to defy physics as we understand it today. Naturally it’s possible that some military lab in eg. China broke physics, just a bit unlikely.
I don’t think you need to break physics. A combo of unlikely events + high density energy sources + modern flight technology can give rise to things that might seem to ‘break’ physics as we encounter in day to day life normally.