mysterious aircraft, ufO?

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/03/29/mystery-aircraft-spotted-flying-over-texas-raises-speculation/

Talk about weird. Everybody thoughts?

Yes it's a ufo. It's a flying object that has yet to be identified. Is it alien? No it is not.

Doubt an alein spaceship be using fossil fuel. And if they attempted to hide from us I doubt they would be flying around in the day-daytime in a clear blue sky. Those kind of aliens would be pretty dumb.

@ferrari2001: simply because one or two people can't identify it, doesn't make it a UFO...

I look at stars all the time, and notice the occasional airplane lights. Usually joking with friends about how "None of us can identify it, thus it's a UFO".

A couple hicks in Texas can't identify a plane that's several thousand feet in the air, surprising? Not really.

UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. It's an object, it's flying and it's yet to be identified. Therefore logic dictates that it is a UFO. When someone identifies it, it will cease being a UFO and will then be whatever object that it has been identified with. The Air force coined the phrase UFO to describe any story or "evidence" put forward by individuals of some object that they could not identify. This meets those requirements to be considered a UFO.

@vl4d_l3nin: yeah who goes to faux news for science?

And how is conspiracy nonsense about UFOs "science"?

@magicalclick:

UFO= unidentified flying object.

Someone somewhere, built it. It might be classified, Idk. The point is, simply because you, or I, are unable to say what exactly it is, doesn't mean it's some alien craft.

I can't point out an airplane several thousand feet up, and be all "ahh that's the 4:30 flight from x to y, 747s are amazing planes" it's just a flying object with flashing lights.

"Zomg UFO", not really.

@ferrari2001: Identified by whom exactly? To what degree of detail?

"Its a plane" alright, we've figured it out, it's identified.

Or do we need to know if it's "flight 457532 from Dallas to Denver"

Does everyone have to be able to identify it to that degree? Or do the flight tower controllers who're sworn to secrecy regarding classified planes count?

UFO does not stand for alien aircraft. It is simply an Air Force classification for stories that people put forward of flying objects that they cannot identify. These objects can later be identified with their correct designation. UFO has nothing to do with aliens. We only seem to think that if something is classified as UFO then it's automatically alien.

@ferrari2001: the air force isn't calling this a UFO though...

Its a few random dudes who don't work around planes, and occasionaly they watch planes at a nearby airport, saw a plane they couldn't identify.

So if a few guys can't identify a plane, it's a UFO?

It's obvious it's aliens, they probably want the oil from texas to fuel their craft.

I don't work with planes, so when I go to an airport, I can't tell you the make and model of all the planes there.

So many UFOs

No because you could easily identify those aircrafts using information at your disposal if you so choose. In this circumstance even using knowledge readily available to the public this aircraft cannot be identified. They mentioned it could be a B2 but it doesn't seem to fly like a B2 meaning there is a good possibility it is something else. Only using the specific flight records and radar information could one identify this specific aircraft. In this circumstance those records are not available and this the aircraft cannot currently be identified so it is rightfully given the name UFO.

@ferrari2001: So what your saying is that it can be identified, but these people don't have the time or the resources.

Gotta get Mulder and Scully on the case.

It's obvious this is obama covering up more stuff like the malaysian plane research.

The B2 bomber was once classified as an UFO because the American public did not have access to data that would give them the ability to identify the craft. In this case as well the general public cannot really obtain the data to identify the craft. It's not that the people don't have the time it's that the government does not make public the data that would identify that specific aircraft (radar data, flight records etc). Do people know what plane it is? Sure, but the general public has no way of knowing, so by USA air force standards it is a UFO.

That's the not true. The B2 bomber was public from day one.

In the age of DLSR cameras with 120x digital zoom and 40+ Megapixel capture optics... you think we'd never see grainy "UFO" pics anymore.

Yea that's why it's development took place as part of the black project and was funded under a secret code name until the aircraft was officially released to the public. It was definitely public from day one.

You expect them to buy DLSR cameras?

They need to spend their $$$ reinforcing their tin-foil hats, and surrounding their houses in Faraday cages to prevent any electromagnetic radiation from entering their houses.

Yawn.

If anything it's just another military aircraft, probably out for testing..

Join the military and you'll see a whole slew of things that the civiltards think are UFOs.

if it's making condensation trails I highly doubt it's an advanced alien aircraft capable of traveling countless light years.

lolwut

It's probably a secret US military aircraft.

Stop feeding nibroc

Aliens? Goverment? Nazis? Angels? Demons?

DSLR's do not have digital zoom, and there is no DSLR over 40 megapixels. Do your research.

I have a frigging phone with a 41MP Carl Zeiss lens (Nokia Lumia 1020) that captures simultaneous 34MP and 5 MP images. My sister owns a now 5 year-old Canon longshot (?) with 120x digital zoom.

There is no reason left to have grainy pictures of these UFO's.

can take crystal clear pictures of most planets with an iphone through a telescope....cant take a single photo of a ufo

So can you identify it genius? Or are you as stupid as a "couple of hicks" in Texas?

fox news is my go to source for all things aliens and bigfoots and ghosties and goblins and religion.

fair and balanced.

Looks like something I saw in Kandahar once.