Talk:Unidentified flying object

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Suggestion[edit]

As the 'release of official US documents' will be later today perhaps a temporary measure of protection of this page for a short while. Anna Livia (talk) 17:38, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

February 2023 Balloons[edit]

Some mention of these should be made - and a mention should be retained whenever and however resolved. — Unsigned, by: Anna Livia / talk / contribs

UFO bingo[edit]

As it combines UFOs and the Vatican will mention this. 'Slightly doubtful (could probably develop the story with the reptilians and the Jesuits). Anna Livia (talk) 13:18, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Water water everywhere[edit]

From my usual source of implausible stories [1]. Anna Livia (talk) 18:01, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Devil in the detail[edit]

Can this be added in some form? Anna Livia (talk) 10:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

What required to finally spot UFO's[edit]

Maybe we should add suggestion, about what technology would finally allow to get concrete evidence of existence of aliens.

First suggestion, is if, in future, human mind's workings would be re-engineered to have strength and certainty of steel. It would never garble data, never create false memories, never forget anything, download memories and knowledge from other brains - it would work like extremely advanced computer, more reliable and certain than modern cameras. And preferably, all humans would be members of one Hive mind via technological methods (wires, WI-FI, etc). As such, suddenly, anecdotal evidence and personal testimonies would stop being useless - and therefore one day, extraterrestrials would be spotted by post-human citizen who was prepared to film them. --Nevpad (talk) 09:37, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

We have spotted many Unidentified Flying Objects. By definition, they are things in the air which we have not yet identified.
Intelligent "aliens" (from other planets) are a different question - but I am not convinced by your suggestions.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 10:25, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Such suggestion is not entirely useless. Once human mind would have strengh and certainty of steel, there would be a lot less false positives. I.E. people would only report about aliens when there actually were aliens. As such, the actual serious cases of alien research/encounters wouldn't be drowned in endless tide of fakes and drunken tall tales - making serious research easier. --Nevpad (talk) 11:35, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Astronomers involved in SETI search for technosignatures all the time. If we ever detect aliens, we'll know from one of them. Antares (talk) 10:28, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Good idea. In such case - what new technology would allow SETI to finally detect intelligent aliens, and when it would happen? --Nevpad (talk) 11:43, 10 June 2025 (UTC)