So, basically, they're going to use this chassis to make those police drone things in Dark Angel.

/Tin foil hat? Check
//I'll shoot 'em down wherever I see 'em

"GFS" stands for Geoff's Flying Saucer

I'm speechless.

blighted: So, basically, they're going to use this chassis to make those police drone things in Dark Angel.

/Tin foil hat? Check
//I'll shoot 'em down wherever I see 'em

Seriously. It's a slow-motion clay pigeon.

/.00 buckshot will knock the turbine out of alignment.

Those kind of aliens are only good for manual labor.

Those rascally helicopters..what?

No aliens, just secret government testing.

\suck it Moulder

I was more interested in information on how it's going to be able to steer than how the silly little thing looks.

/Disappointed

Bah, want to buy an edit button, too early in the morning. Should have said:

We do have plenty of aliens here, but they're only good for manual labor.

Conan The Trollarian: No aliens, just secret government testing.

\suck it Moulder


how dare you spell Mulder wrong.

fark_say_waaa: Conan The Trollarian: No aliens, just secret government testing.

\suck it Moulder


how dare you spell Mulder wrong.

An alien must have edited it.....

Submitter, bad headline, the article is about a flying saucer some guys built that they are hoping to get funded by the military. It's not about the Defense Department thinking about funding it. The guys wish.

Conan The Trollarian: how dare you spell Mulder wrong.

An alien must have edited it.....

Claro.

We don't need no stink'n flying saucers.

/sorry, bored this morning

Conan The Trollarian: fark_say_waaa: Conan The Trollarian: No aliens, just secret government testing.

\suck it Moulder


how dare you spell Mulder wrong.

An alien must have edited it.....

Aliens on Fark. That explains some things.
/wants a flying saucer named after me

The famous streetlight looked more like a flying saucer. This thing looks like a round pick-up truck topper falling from... a round pick-up truck.

Nice work, subby.

tetheredswimming: Submitter, bad headline, ...

No, that's a great headline. The article is kinda lame, though.

The vehicle looks something like an upside-down bowl with a propeller on top.

So, what, it looks like a beanie propeller hat?

I am psych med free, I asure you.


It is October 1947. We just broke the soundbarrier, barely understood quantum physics, ran everything with analog control and mechanics....

It is October 2007. This article along with 2,000 self-service examples of technology.. scramjets, quantum reactors, wireless internet, teraflop processors, carbon honeycomb fiber, synthetic resins, ramen noodles, GPS transponders, etc, etc.


Point is simple- conspiracy theory aside, since the 40's technology has taken an exponential leap without a source connection outside of economic growth.

To me, stories like this suggest possible reverse engineering. Roswell, or somewhere way weirder, if at all.

/can't toss a frog into boiling water, and such logic

i'm a big fan of the flying saucer

/early
//dallas beer at it's best

Just get Will Smith to fly it. Despite having never seen one before, he flew it pretty damn well.

/ Won't even go into all the other problems with the resolution to that movie.

Fletch F. Fletch: I am psych med free, I asure you.


It is October 1947. We just broke the soundbarrier, barely understood quantum physics, ran everything with analog control and mechanics....

It is October 2007. This article along with 2,000 self-service examples of technology.. scramjets, quantum reactors, wireless internet, teraflop processors, carbon honeycomb fiber, synthetic resins, ramen noodles, GPS transponders, etc, etc.


Point is simple- conspiracy theory aside, since the 40's technology has taken an exponential leap without a source connection outside of economic growth.

To me, stories like this suggest possible reverse engineering. Roswell, or somewhere way weirder, if at all.

/can't toss a frog into boiling water, and such logic

I feel the same way.

What flying saucers?

Still, that thing will look pretty scary with guns and rocket launchers on it.

Canadians had it first!

Actually, a small version of this (maybe one foot across, and considering it's stable and easily maneuvered) loaded with high explosives would be pretty awesome in an urban battleground.

Hmm... Reminds me of these guys:

ultraholland: Actually, a small version of this (maybe one foot across, and considering it's stable and easily maneuvered) loaded with high explosives would be pretty awesome in an urban battleground.

how about one loaded with coke skulking across the border?

how about one that hovers next to me and holds my beer?

there are so many good uses for these things...

Fletch F. Fletch: You fail at being smart. I'm not normally one to just insult someone like that, observing the exponential growth of technology in the last century, and saying "OMG... maybe it wuz ALIENZZ" is seriously stupid. Yeah, even saying it's a possibility is pretty retarded.

Have you noticed the exponential development of (wait for it) EVERYTHING at one point or another? Why not put the aliens landing around 1800, and make them responsible for the industrial revolution, and the incredible advancements in medicine that started taking place? Why not put them in the 1650's, and make them responsible for advanced mathematics? Hell, why not just say that aliens taught the Inca and Egyptians all of their amazing architecture and construction skills?

People figure out something new, and it takes off exponentially. That's how it works. It's not aliens, really.

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boothboy007: Just get Will Smith to fly it. Despite having never seen one before, he flew it pretty damn well.

/ Won't even go into all the other problems with the resolution to that movie.


Don't worry - within a couple hours, Jeff Goldblum will create and implement software that interacts with alien technology to assist Will Smith, all while possibly still drunk or at the very least, extremely hung over.

/great movie when you're 16 and watching it in a crowded summer theater with your girlfriend who's doing certain things her father wouldn't approve of, especially while he's sitting a few rows away
//awful movie when you're a married adult with fully-developed logic processing capabilities and it's on TBS for the 400th time this month and you're forced to watch it because nothing else is on any of the 500 channels you pay $90/month for
///run-on sentences and shiatty 90s movies FTW?

tetheredswimming: Submitter, bad headline, the article is about a flying saucer some guys built that they are hoping to get funded by the military. It's not about the Defense Department thinking about funding it. The guys wish.

FTFA:
The U.S. Department of Defense has its eye on the saucer and earlier this year awarded GFS with a contract to demonstrate that the craft could hover and maneuver. In fact, the flying saucer did both, flying in winds of more than 10 mph.

This past September, the U.K. Ministry of Defense selected GFS as one of six teams to compete in the Grand Challenge Program, a competition next July for autonomous vehicles. The saucer will be equipped with cameras and infrared technology to find hidden threats along a designated course.


Epic Fail Next time RTFA...

/Been waiting to use this one...

FeBolas: Fletch F. Fletch: You fail at being smart. I'm not normally one to just insult someone like that, observing the exponential growth of technology in the last century, and saying "OMG... maybe it wuz ALIENZZ" is seriously stupid. Yeah, even saying it's a possibility is pretty retarded.

Have you noticed the exponential development of (wait for it) EVERYTHING at one point or another? Why not put the aliens landing around 1800, and make them responsible for the industrial revolution, and the incredible advancements in medicine that started taking place? Why not put them in the 1650's, and make them responsible for advanced mathematics? Hell, why not just say that aliens taught the Inca and Egyptians all of their amazing architecture and construction skills?

People figure out something new, and it takes off exponentially. That's how it works. It's not aliens, really.

you expecting intelligence from fletch?
one loses intelligence merely by reading his posts.

FeBolas People figure out something new, and it takes off exponentially. That's how it works. It's not aliens, really.

That's the standard response aliens give to throw us off their scent.
/I'll be watching you

An RPG will drop that like a rancid coconut.

I came here for the " I want to believe" poster and was not disappointed thanks Drizzle

no were not


/works for the dept of defense
//wish i could tell ya some of the cool shiat we are workin on though

Back in the mid-90s, the DarkStar UAV looked like a flying saucer with wings.

Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar [designation-systems.net]

ianfer: you expecting intelligence from fletch?
one loses intelligence merely by reading his posts.

Still upset about the Chuck Yeager thread I see...

Unfortunately, there is nothing terribly new in this. As pblancher has pointed out,these things have been attempted for some time. Look how long it has taken to develop a tilt-rotor aircraft. That goes back to the fifties too.

I know a guy who can do it:

can it be used to drop care packages on Mongolia? cause i just spent $37 to send $35 of food and cd's to my girlfriend.

nice to see a little "Tesla Tech" is finally slipping into semi-public access....

Fletch F. Fletch: Point is simple- conspiracy theory aside, since the 40's technology has taken an exponential leap without a source connection outside of economic growth.

To me, stories like this suggest possible reverse engineering.

Somebody finally got around deciphering all those notes in German?