Comments on: Thunder of UFOs, redux http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Thu, 24 May 2012 16:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: collin nelson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14574 collin nelson Tue, 02 May 2006 12:17:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14574 I have lived most of my life near a B-52 and Minuteman air force base; strange noises and/or lights even are no strange thing.(even here in north dakota) It seems that all of these reports have come from places that have very high profile bases(even if most of the puplic does not know what bases are considered "high profile" to the pentagon). If it was military(which it propably was) and was classified aircraft, of coarse no one is gonna talk about it! The end result is scratching heads and a bunch of conspiracy nuts and UFO freaks going off that they have the answer. Hell, with the comet going by(-bye)((haha)) it doesnt surprize me that someone is actually saying that we're gonna get hit(OMG we're doomed!!) Everyone likes to think that "the truth is out there" and yes, we live in changing times but come-on...get real. Somebody knows what it was and just isn't saying. Put your minds at rest, we're not getting invaded or bombarded from outer space. jeeeezzzeee!!! I have lived most of my life near a B-52 and Minuteman air force base; strange noises and/or lights even are no strange thing.(even here in north dakota) It seems that all of these reports have come from places that have very high profile bases(even if most of the puplic does not know what bases are considered “high profile” to the pentagon). If it was military(which it propably was) and was classified aircraft, of coarse no one is gonna talk about it! The end result is scratching heads and a bunch of conspiracy nuts and UFO freaks going off that they have the answer. Hell, with the comet going by(-bye)((haha)) it doesnt surprize me that someone is actually saying that we’re gonna get hit(OMG we’re doomed!!) Everyone likes to think that “the truth is out there” and yes, we live in changing times but come-on…get real. Somebody knows what it was and just isn’t saying. Put your minds at rest, we’re not getting invaded or bombarded from outer space. jeeeezzzeee!!!

]]> By: Bwahahahaaaah http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14575 Bwahahahaaaah Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:26:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14575 About the only conspiracy-flavored notion I give any credence to is the project sometimes called "Aurora." There are those who speculate that the U.S. military operates an airplane/spacecraft that is as advanced for the early 21st century as the SR-71 was for the mid-sixties. Granted, this theory fits into that dubious category of "you can't see it, and that proves it's real," but proponents argue that, given the military's obsession with research and technological superiority, the idea that they would retire a craft like the SR-71 without a replacement seems equally so. All of which is to say, there may well have been something pretty big and VERY fast off the San Diego coast that didn't show up on radar because billions of dollars were spent to make sure it didn't. About the only conspiracy-flavored notion I give any credence to is the project sometimes called “Aurora.” There are those who speculate that the U.S. military operates an airplane/spacecraft that is as advanced for the early 21st century as the SR-71 was for the mid-sixties. Granted, this theory fits into that dubious category of “you can’t see it, and that proves it’s real,” but proponents argue that, given the military’s obsession with research and technological superiority, the idea that they would retire a craft like the SR-71 without a replacement seems equally so. All of which is to say, there may well have been something pretty big and VERY fast off the San Diego coast that didn’t show up on radar because billions of dollars were spent to make sure it didn’t.

]]> By: RAD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14576 RAD Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:58:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14576 I always thoought of UFOs this way. If I could head out through space in search of intelligent life and I found some what would I do? I think I would cruise down in the middle of the night and make some wierd crop circles, kill a few cows, drag a being up with me for experiments and put them back, maybe put on a good light show, or make really loud noises that they maybe never heard before. I thought the human race was twisted but these aliens are obviously worse than we thought. That there is other life out there is sure to be true but that they visit us? I don't think so. I always thoought of UFOs this way. If I could head out through space in search of intelligent life and I found some what would I do? I think I would cruise down in the middle of the night and make some wierd crop circles, kill a few cows, drag a being up with me for experiments and put them back, maybe put on a good light show, or make really loud noises that they maybe never heard before. I thought the human race was twisted but these aliens are obviously worse than we thought. That there is other life out there is sure to be true but that they visit us? I don’t think so.

]]> By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14577 Irishman Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:51:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14577 I think I know what's causing it - punk jerks driving around with their subwoofers turned up extra loud. At least, that's what keeps me awake at night when I'm lying in bed and the walls start the thump and rattle. I think I know what’s causing it – punk jerks driving around with their subwoofers turned up extra loud. At least, that’s what keeps me awake at night when I’m lying in bed and the walls start the thump and rattle.

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14578 Gary Ansorge Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:26:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14578 Ack!!! The sky is falling you fools. Head for the mountains,,,oh, wait, the MOUNTAINS are falling,,,ACK!!! Head for the ocean,,, Gary 7 Ack!!! The sky is falling you fools. Head for the mountains,,,oh, wait, the MOUNTAINS are falling,,,ACK!!!
Head for the ocean,,,

Gary 7

]]> By: P. Edward Murray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14580 P. Edward Murray Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:40:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14580 Just because the military doesn't tell you they've been testing equipment or training doesn't necessarily mean that they haven't...:) Just because the military doesn’t tell you they’ve been testing equipment or training doesn’t necessarily mean that they haven’t…:)

]]> By: Eighthman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14579 Eighthman Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14579 Gosh, I'm sure the military doesn't hold training exercises ANYwhere else on the planet. Gosh, I’m sure the military doesn’t hold training exercises ANYwhere else on the planet.

]]> By: prowler67 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14581 prowler67 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:16:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14581 I have only visites San Diego twice when I was young. But I knew about the training area (the Top Gun school used it all the time when it was a Miramar). There maybe other training sites around the country as well. The Navy prefers the desert or the ocean, I don't know about the other brances though. I have only visites San Diego twice when I was young. But I knew about the training area (the Top Gun school used it all the time when it was a Miramar). There maybe other training sites around the country as well. The Navy prefers the desert or the ocean, I don’t know about the other brances though.

]]> By: Merovingian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14582 Merovingian Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:12:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14582 Well, it's good to know that part of the story is cleared up. Like you said, though, it won't explain for the similar reports elsewhere, like up in my part of the country. :) Well, it’s good to know that part of the story is cleared up. Like you said, though, it won’t explain for the similar reports elsewhere, like up in my part of the country. :)

]]> By: Millimeter Wave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14583 Millimeter Wave Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:07:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/27/thunder-of-ufos-redux/#comment-14583 Whoa. Sonic booms... in <i>San Diego</i>? Gee, I wonder what that could possibly be??? :-) I suppose a certain amount of local knowledge is required, but I'm sort of shocked that anybody who actually lives in San Diego would need more than 10 seconds to think about it... Whoa. Sonic booms… in San Diego? Gee, I wonder what that could possibly be??? :-)

I suppose a certain amount of local knowledge is required, but I’m sort of shocked that anybody who actually lives in San Diego would need more than 10 seconds to think about it…

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