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Re:An investigation of the Pentagon's UFO program by nine_k on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:06PM (#22352823)
If some radio and optical trickery may lead an observer to believe that the device moves in impossible ways, it's valuable.

Remember that we have strategic bombers with a radio signature of a trash can, or whatever. This is seen as normal, and has been publicized for decades. Same with Russian supersonic fighter jets that can stop in the air for a moment.

If we (or "they") have a drone with a visual signature of an inertia-less device (under certain angles, doing a special manoeuvre, etc), this does not mean they are actually inerta-less, but that they can fool the aiming systems.

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Re:An investigation of the Pentagon's UFO program by ColanR on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:56PM (#22353072)
> If some radio and optical trickery may lead an observer to believe that the device moves in impossible ways, it's valuable.

Pretty sure this was ruled out by the multiple methods of observation used.

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Re:An investigation of the Pentagon's UFO program by tgflynn on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:14PM (#22353140)
I don't think so. It's at least conceivable that an induced plasma phenomenon could be visible to radar, IR and the human eye.
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