Comments on: YouFOs http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/ The official blog of the Skeptologists Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:24:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lans Ellion http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17603 Lans Ellion Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:45:55 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17603 This video looks to me like an object spinning on a string. When the camera pans back you can see that the object is staying at a constant hight and not moving horizontally. However, it is spinning in precisely the motion you would expect from an object dangling from a string. & as bryce pointed out the colors seem to be standard colors that you see on toys. Just watch when the camera pans back and when the background becomes visible you can clearly see the motion of the object. This video looks to me like an object spinning on a string. When the camera pans back you can see that the object is staying at a constant hight and not moving horizontally. However, it is spinning in precisely the motion you would expect from an object dangling from a string. & as bryce pointed out the colors seem to be standard colors that you see on toys.

Just watch when the camera pans back and when the background becomes visible you can clearly see the motion of the object.

]]> By: dogstardom http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17578 dogstardom Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:09:37 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17578 Saw a UFO once with eight other people. From what I know about thrust and lift it was not moving in any conventional manner. It got about one hundred yards away from us and shot up to the atmosphere and remained there until the dawn broke. I don't personally believe that there were aliens inside of it. But, i do believe that any advanced military technology that we (the public) know exists has probably been, at least, in testing for 25 years or so. Cant tell you what it was. But it sure was not "identified". Saw a UFO once with eight other people. From what I know about thrust and lift it was not moving in any conventional manner. It got about one hundred yards away from us and shot up to the atmosphere and remained there until the dawn broke. I don’t personally believe that there were aliens inside of it. But, i do believe that any advanced military technology that we (the public) know exists has probably been, at least, in testing for 25 years or so.
Cant tell you what it was. But it sure was not “identified”.

]]> By: nycjeff http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17575 nycjeff Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:15:05 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17575 "Keep in mind – no one would be more thrilled than I if we finally had convincing evidence for alien spacecraft visiting the earth." can you quantify and demonstrate that? “Keep in mind – no one would be more thrilled than I if we finally had convincing evidence for alien spacecraft visiting the earth.”

can you quantify and demonstrate that?

]]> By: Machine Elf http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17533 Machine Elf Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:07:12 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17533 There are indeed "serious UFO investigators". You could start with Martin Shough: http://dailygrail.com/Alien-Nation/2009/12/Real-Ufology There are indeed “serious UFO investigators”. You could start with Martin Shough:

http://dailygrail.com/Alien-Nation/2009/12/Real-Ufology

]]> By: james http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17509 james Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:24:16 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17509 "other parts are sent to experts" how old is the friggen camera this guy uses? does he mean to tell us that there is no way for him to copy the footage? yet he has the capability to slice a small chunk off and post it online. “other parts are sent to experts”

how old is the friggen camera this guy uses? does he mean to tell us that there is no way for him to copy the footage? yet he has the capability to slice a small chunk off and post it online.

]]> By: MadScientist http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17502 MadScientist Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:26:54 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17502 I wouldn't count on the absence of other reports as providing any information whatsoever one way or the other. I have seen some great atmospheric effects and yet all the people I ask who were in the same area say they didn't see anything, nor did I hear anything on the radio about anything unusual outside. (Of course I could just be listening to the wrong channel or at the wrong time.) At any rate, we musn't conflate "there's a greater chance that others will see it too" with "others would definitely have seen it too". Of course if there *were* other reports that is a pretty good indication that something happened - the next challenge is to figure out what. Having played a few hoaxes in my younger years, there is always a possibility that the observed phenomenon was simply a public and widely visible hoax - which would be very interesting to me personally because I love reading about the silly pranks that people pull. I wouldn’t count on the absence of other reports as providing any information whatsoever one way or the other. I have seen some great atmospheric effects and yet all the people I ask who were in the same area say they didn’t see anything, nor did I hear anything on the radio about anything unusual outside. (Of course I could just be listening to the wrong channel or at the wrong time.) At any rate, we musn’t conflate “there’s a greater chance that others will see it too” with “others would definitely have seen it too”. Of course if there *were* other reports that is a pretty good indication that something happened – the next challenge is to figure out what. Having played a few hoaxes in my younger years, there is always a possibility that the observed phenomenon was simply a public and widely visible hoax – which would be very interesting to me personally because I love reading about the silly pranks that people pull.

]]> By: disgod http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17493 disgod Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:56:44 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17493 It looks like a toy blimp with some lights on it. It looks like a toy blimp with some lights on it.

]]> By: Dwight http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17491 Dwight Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:50:34 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17491 I have seen many UFOs over the years,at night and during the day, on clear and cloudy days, I don't see space ships or aliens , I just see something in the sky I cant identify. Im sure if I looked into it I could figure it out. (smirk) I have seen many UFOs over the years,at night and during the day, on clear and cloudy days, I don’t see space ships or aliens , I just see something in the sky I cant identify. Im sure if I looked into it I could figure it out. (smirk)

]]> By: Brian M http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17485 Brian M Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:43:25 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17485 I enjoy the "Group UFO" sightings. There was one a few years ago in a major city that was attributed to flares dropped by the military. I wonder if anyone ever did some basic vector analysis. Either way, those are far more interesting then one guy with a 1980's era handycam who doesn't know what a tripod is. I enjoy the “Group UFO” sightings. There was one a few years ago in a major city that was attributed to flares dropped by the military. I wonder if anyone ever did some basic vector analysis. Either way, those are far more interesting then one guy with a 1980′s era handycam who doesn’t know what a tripod is.

]]> By: Angela http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/02/01/youfos/#comment-17484 Angela Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:12:03 +0000 http://skepticblog.org/?p=6296#comment-17484 But red and blue LED's are the cheapest! But red and blue LED’s are the cheapest!

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