The UFO Sightings Don't Impress This Physicist
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
For one thing, first-person accounts, which are notoriously inaccurate to begin with, don’t provide enough information for an empirical investigation. Scientists can’t accurately gauge distances or velocity from a pilot’s testimony: “It looked close” or “It was moving really fast” is too vague. What a scientist needs are precise measurements from multiple viewpoints provided by devices that register various wavelengths (visual, infrared, radar). That kind of data might tell us if an object’s motion required engines or materials that we Earthlings don’t possess.
I wish these "devices can be faulty," (knowing that people actually looked at the object in loco) "people can be bad first-person accounts" memes actually died once and for all in this particular case. It feels like people don't actually go out and do their due diligence. I feel people either aren't listening or paying attention. I'm okay with being skeptical - and I am one! - but lets be reasonable here. Lets listen to what people said, what the devices actually read, what the footage actually shows and what the story actually tells. Lets not just dismiss for the sake of it. Sometimes saying "hey I don't know what that is" is probably the most reasonable conclusion.
And no I'm not saying it's aliens, I'm just saying we don't know what those are. However, I do, like most people, know what those aren't.
I recommend watching:
The Nimitz Encounters (2019)
Joe Rogan Experience #1361 - Cmdr. David Fravor & Jeremy Corbell (2019)
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering (2020)
Navy pilots recall “unsettling” 2004 UAP sighting (two weeks ago)
There's certainly more out there, this isn't an exhaustive list.
Considering the fastest known human aircraft currently holds speeds ~7000 mph this is either insanely advanced technology, equipment malfunction, or aliens.