Post by Mystic Wanderer on Mar 26, 2015 17:54:35 GMT -6
With the amount of drones we have in our skies today it is becoming increasingly difficult to identify what is seen and called a UFO by the witness, to not have a more common explanation.
There are only 5 to 10% of sightings that are true "unknowns".
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aka ‘drones’, are invading our skies and they, no doubt, will be seen as UFOs to many uneducated eyes.
These UAVs will also be used to fabricate a UFO hoax by pranksters. There have already been a couple of incidents where this has happened.
So, to help the public learn how to identify what is, or is not, a truly Unidentified Flying Object, there are some things to look for before calling MUFON.
One important point to consider is, if a UFO sighting lasts more than half an hour, chances are it’s NOT a drone.
mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/03/ufos-uavs-not-so-fast/
An example of a REAL UFO is shown in the video below. Even though it could still be "one of ours", the fact that it remained in the air for over two hours rules out it being a drone.
Until we find a better explanation for this sighting, it is classified as a UFO.
So, consider these important factors before coming to a conclusion about what it is you are seeing in our skies:
UAVs are going to be all over our skies very soon.
Some have the potential to be misidentified for true UFOs (especially if the sighting lasts only a couple of minutes).
Because of this, we need to inform ourselves with the current and future capabilities of these machines, in order to better filter out good sightings.
At present, commercial UAVs have very limited flight time capacity. This factor is important to remember if in a potential sighting the UFO remains in the air for long periods of time.
At the end of the day, to say “I don’t know, therefore drones” is just as simplistic –and LAZY– as “I don’t know, therefore aliens.”
Read more from the source article:
mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/03/ufos-uavs-not-so-fast/
There are only 5 to 10% of sightings that are true "unknowns".
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aka ‘drones’, are invading our skies and they, no doubt, will be seen as UFOs to many uneducated eyes.
These UAVs will also be used to fabricate a UFO hoax by pranksters. There have already been a couple of incidents where this has happened.
So, to help the public learn how to identify what is, or is not, a truly Unidentified Flying Object, there are some things to look for before calling MUFON.
One important point to consider is, if a UFO sighting lasts more than half an hour, chances are it’s NOT a drone.
mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/03/ufos-uavs-not-so-fast/
For starters, we need to be aware of the fact that the flight time and distance range of most rotor-based aerial vehicles –i.e. quadcopters, hexacopters, octocopters and so forth– is extremely limited. These limitations are the result of 2 main factors: The Batteries powering them and the radio link between them and the controls by which an operator maneuvers the drone. More batteries amounts to more added weight which wouldn’t really solve the problem, not to mention that it would also limit the drone’s potential payload they can carry.
An example of a REAL UFO is shown in the video below. Even though it could still be "one of ours", the fact that it remained in the air for over two hours rules out it being a drone.
Until we find a better explanation for this sighting, it is classified as a UFO.
Lockheed Martin, as we all know, it’s one of the biggest government’s air-space contractors, and it’s also the company who developed the triangular-shaped RQ-170 Sentinel: A drone equipped with stealth technology. Which forces us to entertain a theory brought up by both skeptics and a few ‘true believers’ alike: That secret black-budget UAV programs are being mistaken for UFOs. These theories began to gain a lot of traction after the irruption of drones in the battlefield, and people like Norio Hayakawa have suggested that the ‘saucers’ Bob Lazar and his friends were observing over the night sky of Area 51, were in fact earlier prototypes of modern drones.
So, consider these important factors before coming to a conclusion about what it is you are seeing in our skies:
UAVs are going to be all over our skies very soon.
Some have the potential to be misidentified for true UFOs (especially if the sighting lasts only a couple of minutes).
Because of this, we need to inform ourselves with the current and future capabilities of these machines, in order to better filter out good sightings.
At present, commercial UAVs have very limited flight time capacity. This factor is important to remember if in a potential sighting the UFO remains in the air for long periods of time.
At the end of the day, to say “I don’t know, therefore drones” is just as simplistic –and LAZY– as “I don’t know, therefore aliens.”
Read more from the source article:
mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/03/ufos-uavs-not-so-fast/
