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(The Week UK)   Not news: UFO spotted. News: UFO spotted by pilot. Fark: Pilot says he ducked to avoid incoming UFO   ( theweek.co.uk) divider line
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Mad-n-FL
2014-01-06 09:28:50 AM  
I knew there was a better reason the series "Seven Days" was taken off the air; sounds like the backstep sphere.
 
Fano
2014-01-06 09:30:34 AM  
ufo as in "i ducked because something was coming at me, and i dont know what it was?"
 
make me some tea [TotalFark]
2014-01-06 09:34:27 AM  
Bolide?
 
AverageAmericanGuy [TotalFark]
2014-01-06 09:35:33 AM  
Weather balloon.
 
Laobaojun
2014-01-06 09:36:49 AM  
"The aircraft was cruising at 34,000ft, around 20 miles west of Heathrow Airport, over the Berkshire countryside,

Damn.  That is one heck of a streetlight.
 
Revek
2014-01-06 09:37:29 AM  
Its a drone.... or a streetlight.
 
neversubmit
2014-01-06 09:42:36 AM  
more of the same

Canada's ex-defense minister: Aliens would give us more tech if we'd stop wars

In case you feel you might have met one in your home town, some are tall ("Nordic blondes"), some are short ("Short Grays"), and some look like aliens in cartoons.
At this point, you'll be worried about whether these aliens are mean-spirited. Hellyer said that only one or two species might be threatening. He didn't mention whether they spoke Klingon.

LOL
 
GungFu
2014-01-06 09:45:25 AM  
FTFA: AVIATION authorities have been left baffled after a UFO in the shape of a rugby ball


 
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Oh nooooeees! Alien attack.
 
jpo2269
2014-01-06 09:53:15 AM  
Why is only one of the pilots reporting the sighting?
 
memebot_of_doom
2014-01-06 09:54:41 AM  
One of these got away?

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dryknife
2014-01-06 09:55:06 AM  
Goodyear?
 
chozo13
2014-01-06 09:55:31 AM  
I guess a football could be mistaken for a rugby ball.

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Russ1642
2014-01-06 09:55:53 AM  
This is surprisingly common.
 
bearded clamorer [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2014-01-06 09:56:35 AM  

jpo2269: Why is only one of the pilots reporting the sighting?


The other one wanted to hang on to his career?
 
SmokinTrees
2014-01-06 10:01:42 AM  
All planes need dashcams to catch these sightings.
 
Tillmaster
2014-01-06 10:02:38 AM  

GungFu: FTFA: AVIATION authorities have been left baffled after a UFO in the shape of a rugby ball


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Oh nooooeees! Alien attack.


A blimp? Not at 34,000 feet.
Weather balloon? Maybe.
Probably one of those mylar jobbies.
 
miscreant
2014-01-06 10:05:33 AM  

jpo2269: Why is only one of the pilots reporting the sighting?


The other guy was probably like "Yeah, you should take this to the news media! I'll totally back you up. I definitely saw it too!"

Step 2: Silence
Step 3: Pilot gets let go, co-pilot is now pilot!
Step 4: Profit!
 
mutterfark [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2014-01-06 10:11:34 AM  

jpo2269: Why is only one of the pilots reporting the sighting?


He had the fish?
 
exboyracer
2014-01-06 10:16:59 AM  
Years ago I had a fighter cross my path, I was the pilot in a C150.  I ducked at that speed the fighter was a memory, rather than actually seeing it.  Yes I puckered - don't know if he saw me.  I was vfr at 5000 feet. It was near Griffiths air force base in upstate New York. Those things make a lot of noise up close like that.
 
PunkTiger
2014-01-06 10:26:14 AM  
Honey, they're in EVERYBODY'S eggs.
 
CleanAndPure
2014-01-06 10:26:35 AM  

dryknife: Goodyear?


Not bad... but only 6 days in.
 
sbchamp
2014-01-06 10:41:59 AM  

exboyracer: Years ago I had a fighter cross my path, I was the pilot in a C150.  I ducked at that speed the fighter was a memory, rather than actually seeing it.  Yes I puckered - don't know if he saw me.  I was vfr at 5000 feet. It was near Griffiths air force base in upstate New York. Those things make a lot of noise up close like that.


Griffiss
Sure you were
 
Ghastly [TotalFark]
2014-01-06 10:50:07 AM  

neversubmit: more of the same

Canada's ex-defense minister: Aliens would give us more tech if we'd stop wars

In case you feel you might have met one in your home town, some are tall ("Nordic blondes"), some are short ("Short Grays"), and some look like aliens in cartoons.
At this point, you'll be worried about whether these aliens are mean-spirited. Hellyer said that only one or two species might be threatening. He didn't mention whether they spoke Klingon.

LOL


FTFA: The reason for this, he said, was that man was stupid enough to invent the atomic bomb. Aliens are frightened that we're going to use it again (and again) and that this will affect the whole balance of the cosmos.

Yeah.... no.

Us wiping ourselves out of existence is not going to matter to the universe one bit. Our entire planet, solar system, stellar cluster, and even galaxy could vanish into thin air and the universe would not even notice. We're just that small.
 
Sybarite
2014-01-06 10:50:57 AM  
Cue Also Sprach Zarathustra!

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exboyracer
2014-01-06 11:03:19 AM  

sbchamp: exboyracer: Years ago I had a fighter cross my path, I was the pilot in a C150.  I ducked at that speed the fighter was a memory, rather than actually seeing it.  Yes I puckered - don't know if he saw me.  I was vfr at 5000 feet. It was near Griffiths air force base in upstate New York. Those things make a lot of noise up close like that.

Griffiss
Sure you were


Early 80s out of Rochester NY - my plane.  1969 c150 commuter.  Based out of Rochester International. Do you want the tail number it is owned now by an attorney in Rochester it is green and white with a brown interior.  So I am old and can't remember how to spell the name of a defunct air force base.  I used to actually fly into that base I sold them the explosion resistant doors for the cruise launch missile hanger.

So if it wasn't a fighter it must have been a UFO
 
Deep Contact [BareFark]
2014-01-06 11:20:41 AM  
He should of went to red alert and raised shields.
 
grumpfuff
2014-01-06 11:23:09 AM  
FTFA: "The incident was investigated by the UK Airprox Board, which studies "near misses" involving aircraft in British airspace. "

Meh. I think Mr. Carlin has something to say about that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuCN6CD8j_s
 
FDR Jones
2014-01-06 11:25:58 AM  

sbchamp: exboyracer: Years ago I had a fighter cross my path, I was the pilot in a C150.  I ducked at that speed the fighter was a memory, rather than actually seeing it.  Yes I puckered - don't know if he saw me.  I was vfr at 5000 feet. It was near Griffiths air force base in upstate New York. Those things make a lot of noise up close like that.

Griffiss
Sure you were


huh, no shiat. never seen the name in writing before and always thought it was Griffiths as well.
 
FDR Jones
2014-01-06 11:28:07 AM  
I was slightly bemused at the idea of an airport being both regional and international.

/europe is small
 
trappedspirit
2014-01-06 11:46:16 AM  
UNLIKELY tag is because every flying object is identified?
 
snocone [TotalFark]
2014-01-06 12:15:26 PM  
Best part of TFA: "For further concise, balanced comment and analysis ,,,, try ,,,"
Now, that is Media Gold right there.
 
traylor
2014-01-06 03:02:47 PM  
My guess, the pilot was high?
 
vbob
2014-01-06 04:24:02 PM  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ahst8TMww

- Ben Rich, Lockheed Skunkworks
 
ReverendJynxed
2014-01-06 06:48:04 PM  
Are schizophrenics allowed to be pilots or are they generally discriminated against?
 
avanti
2014-01-07 02:08:54 AM  
Have you read the comments? Holy Cow! Forget the UFO.
 
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