Flights averted due to a UFO...

[Jimbuna]

A source with knowledge of the matter, however, told China Daily on Thursday that authorities had learned what the UFO was after an investigation.

But it was not the proper time to publicly disclose the information because there was a military connection, he said, adding that an official explanation is expected to be given on Friday.

It should be interesting to see what mumbo jumbo they will tell the population

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

It should be interesting to see what mumbo jumbo they will tell the population

Theres already scuttlebutt out there that the americans are behind it somehow.

Remember this?

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90...2/7054799.html

[Stealth Hunter]

That is probably one of the very best pictures of a UFO I have ever seen in my entire life. It's as good if not better than the footage captured by MIGs in the Soviet Union scrambled to intercept one.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...5100897567649#

[onelifecrisis]

Looks Mexican to me.

[SteamWake]

Yea I dident want to mention the photo because of course it will be disputed as 'shopped'.

[Platapus]

Things that make you go hmmmm

[Castout]

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Looks Mexican to me.

Aye. Very.




Now we know who supported the Mexican drug cartel

[heartc]

After looking at the video again, the "UFO" is in all probability not a tanker type aircraft but a towed or self propelled target drone, so the F15 part of the video is probably from an air combat exercise.














Case closed.

[Moeceefus]

Seems like China is showing off some new tech in response to the US being more of a presence in the Pacific. It all just seems like posturing is all.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Castout

Aye. Very.

Now we know who supported the Mexican drug cartel

Back in the 1970s Robin Williams did a very funny episode of Mork & Mindy in which Mork hears that illegal aliens are being rounded up.

Need I say more?

[heartc]

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

It's as good if not better than the footage captured by MIGs in the Soviet Union scrambled to intercept one.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...5100897567649#

This story - at least as presented in the video - doesn't hold water. The in-cockpit shots are clearly from the backseat of an F-15D, or maybe an F-15E, and not of any MiG whatsoever. The "cigar" shaped object is probably an airliner, tanker, target drone, or what have you. Also, the MiG-21s taking of in the beginning of the video is a quite familiar scene to me, I've seen it often over the years in different documentaries.
So, while there easily might have been an incident where Soviet MiGs intercepted a UFO, the above video doesn't show any of this at all.

For me, it's a bit ironic that this topic is coming up now, because I recently got into this UFO thing a bit, and a bit more in earnest, out of curiosity. In the last two years or so there have been some good shows that I was now watching on youtube and which are making some good points and / or do have some credible witnesses / material (e.g. Air Force people, or actual radio transmissions of some incidents etc). I'm especially intrigued by the idea of "Ancient Aliens / Astronauts" theories - that Aliens might have been visiting some of the ancient civilizations etc. Them ancient people building walls with 20 ton stones - uhm, did they? Or how could they cut into solid rocks / granite so well and accurate that we would have a hard time to reproduce the same kind of accuracy with today's tools and technics etc.

I've yet to see some definite proof, but I figure, even if it's all a hoax or can be explained, it made for some good entertainment nonetheless.

[onelifecrisis]

Originally Posted by heartc

Them ancient people building walls with 20 ton stones - uhm, did they? Or how could they cut into solid rocks / granite so well and accurate that we would have a hard time to reproduce the same kind of accuracy with today's tools and technics etc.

That's piqued my curiosity. I don't suppose you have links for some of that stuff about cutting up rocks?

[heartc]

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

That's piqued my curiosity. I don't suppose you have links for some of that stuff about cutting up rocks?

Check this link out. It is the first of a 5 (or 4?) part series on "Ancient Aliens", each part cut up in 9 clips or so.

The later parts of the series seem to go more and more out there and get hard to swallow, but especially this first episode ("Ancient Aliens - The Evidence") is quite interesting I think.


Another interesting video was an episode of "UFO Hunters", with radio transmissions of an incident:



Or this one:



Enjoy. If nothing else, it's good fun to watch. Watch out for the Bill guy of UFO hunters though (the one with the sun glasses). He's pretty far out there.

[onelifecrisis]

Thanks!

[Stealth Hunter]

Originally Posted by heartc

The in-cockpit shots are clearly from the backseat of an F-15D, or maybe an F-15E, and not of any MiG whatsoever.

Well it's not an ACES II ejection seat that both the F-15D and F-15E used, as the bodies of the seats bear no resemblance to it, save for the






It looks more to me like a Zvezda K-36D-3-5 LT trainer ejection seat, minus the coverings with the pitot tubes (the things sticking out of the sides) adjusted (they can be anywhere to a 45* angle). For those who don't know anything about them, they have three modes to measure air pressure differences to determine velocity, to select the manner of ejection in the MiG-21's selection system:

• Mode 1: low altitude, low speed - Mode 1 is for ejections at speeds of less than 250 knots and altitudes of less than 15,000 feet. The drogue parachute doesn't deploy in mode 1.
• Mode 2: low altitude, high speed - Mode 2 is for ejections at speeds of more than 250 knots and altitudes of less than 15,000 feet.
• Mode 3: high altitude, any speed - Mode 3 is selected for any ejection at an altitude greater than 15,000 feet.

There's also one outside of the cockpit mounted on the forward fuselage on some models. This pic is of a typical 36D-3-5.

Originally Posted by heartc

The "cigar" shaped object is probably an airliner, tanker, target drone, or what have you.

How was it able to accelerate so quickly, nevermind stay aloft with no visible engines or wings?

Originally Posted by heartc

Also, the MiG-21s taking of in the beginning of the video is a quite familiar scene to me, I've seen it often over the years in different documentaries.

First time I'd seen it.