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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by crubier on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:45AM (#34679033)
What a poor debunk of the debunk. I had respect for David Fravor but listening an ex F/A-18 pilot say confidently "There is 0% chance that I'm wrong" and keeping using argument from authority convinced me that he's just wrong.
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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by ikrenji on Monday February 06, 2023 @09:44PM (#34687979)
well he literally saw the object with his own eyes. do we have a debunk for fravors mark 1 eyeball sensor?
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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by crubier on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:37AM (#34691422)
Maybe listen to the videos?

Do you think human vision is something that is absolutely 100% foolproof?

Why are there thousands of known optical illusions examples? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_optical_illusions

Have you heard of spatial disorientation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_disorientation

Do you think the human eye stereo baseline is large enough to determine the depth of objects more than 15m away?

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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by ikrenji on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:09PM (#34700500)
so any reported anomaly should be discarded as an optical illusion?
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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by crubier on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @06:14AM (#34706635)
Not any no. But the 2 cases that he is describing definitely sound like the perfect description of an optical illusion / situational awareness tunneling effect.
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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by Sightline on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:50AM (#34736111)
Make a bokeh in the shape of a tic-tac.
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Re:As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anom... by Sightline on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:49AM (#34736108)
So his F-18 radar was lying. His eyes were lying. His wingman's eyes were lying. And the ship 30 miles away that picked it up on radar was also lying.

Interesting conclusion.

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