Anyone interested in Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and how they work?

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This discussion centers on the interest in Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and the technological implications surrounding them. Participants express a desire to explore the mechanics behind UAPs, particularly in light of recent Pentagon disclosures confirming the authenticity of certain sightings. The conversation highlights the importance of understanding optical illusions and hardware artifacts in analyzing UAP imagery. Despite the forum's restrictions on UFO discussions, there is a call for technical exploration of these phenomena.

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  • Understanding of optical illusions and their impact on perception
  • Familiarity with aerospace technology and advancements
  • Knowledge of UAP terminology and recent governmental disclosures
  • Basic principles of image analysis and hardware limitations
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  • Research the Pentagon's official reports on UAPs and their implications
  • Study optical illusion techniques and their relevance to UAP imagery
  • Explore advancements in aerospace technology related to UAPs
  • Investigate the physics of light and perception in image recording
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Aerospace enthusiasts, researchers in optical science, and individuals interested in the intersection of technology and unexplained phenomena will benefit from this discussion.

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Just wondering if anyone here finds these video/picture leaks about UAP's (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) interesting and inspiring enough to try and figure out how they work? Pretty big game changer of technology and would be fun to discuss. I'm hoping at least someone agrees.
 
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First PF discourages discussion of UFO's in general. However, if you want to discuss how these images are explained via optical illusions or some artifact of the hardware recording the image then that would be okay.

So many times, we work with partial knowledge of what we see but upon further investigation find there are hidden facts that help to explain what we don't understand. In many ways, this is like magic tricks, we don't understand the illsuion until someone tells us how it worked.
 
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jedishrfu said:
First PF discourages discussion of UFO's in general. However, if you want to discuss how these images are explained via optical illusions or some artifact of the hardware recording the image then that would be okay.

So many times, we work with partial knowledge of what we see but upon further investigation find there are hidden facts that help to explain what we don't understand. In many ways, this is like magic tricks, we don't understand the illsuion until someone tells us how it worked.
Well, it's not to say every sighting is legit, but obviously some are. I hesitate to even converse with someone so closed minded. Where is your sense of interest in cutting edge Aerospace? And if you don't have any, then why the heck are you even here?
 
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Tom.G said:
Although it is closed, you might find this thread interesting reading:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/flying-triangles.554198/
Okay- thanks. I'll read through some of it. I guess where I'm coming from though is that I think the cat's out of the bag. Even the Pentagon now has officially declared that at least some of these are real and unexplained, and have released videos of several examples. I think the next step is to discuss how they work, and so that's what this thread is for. Since this is a technical forum in general.
 
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Okay- thanks. I'll read through some of it. I guess where I'm coming from though is that I think the cat's out of the bag. Even the Pentagon now has officially declared that at least some of these are real and unexplained, and have released videos of several examples. I think the next step is to discuss how they work, and so that's what this thread is for. Since this is a technical forum in general.
Nope, we don't do that at PF.

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