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Re:U.S. Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs by Izkata on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:02PM (#19750831)
> I don't know about "defying the laws of physics" (since if it could truly defy the laws of the physics that would be whack)

It refers to objects that start and stop moving instantaneously, or make turns at hard right angles, as if they have no inertia.

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Re:U.S. Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs by gdy on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:42PM (#19752324)
Very high acceleration and deceleration don't defy laws of physics.
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Re:U.S. Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs by dx87 on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:00PM (#19752896)
They didn't say very high acceleration, they said instantaneous changes in speed, like the object has no mass.
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Re:U.S. Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs by Dylan16807 on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:12PM (#19754533)
But the context is visual observation, where there's no way to tell the difference between the two.
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Re:U.S. Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs by abakker on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:10PM (#19752036)
ball lightning?
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