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[-] aGamerFarFarAway@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago

I mean, who among us ISN'T obsessed with UFOs.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 week ago

It is funny to think that any object you see flying but can't identify is a UFO.

If that a barely visible Boeing 747-400 or a 747-800? Can't tell? It's a UFO!

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

Everything’s a UFO if you’re bad enough at identifying things

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 week ago

*if your eyes are bad enough.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

The problem is more often in interpretation of what has been observed.

[-] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

Well, "UFO" is "Unidentified Flying Object". If a pig in a red wingsuit flies over your house and you don't identify it as a pig, it is an UFO, technically.

[-] logi@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

AND conversely, if you identify a flying saucer as being a T4400 from the planet Zorglub, then it is not a UFO

[-] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

And THAT'S what alen flight trackers and extraplanetary spacecraft catalogues are good for!

[-] zerofk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

What if you misidentify everything as Superman?

[-] logi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Then you have lots of MIFOs flying around.

this post was submitted on 19 May 2026
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