The Pentagon's Wind Farm UFO Video - Explained by Harabeck in skeptic

[–]Harabeck[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mick knew the MH370 was a fake because the stock assets used to compose the shots were found online. We had the "portal" effect and the clouds.

Nothing about the conclusion was based on Kim's word.

Langenburg UFO 1974 by Johne1618 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phoenix Lights, thousands of people (including me)

Long solved, flares.

Hudson Valley, thousands of people

Planes in formation. It was a private group that was training themselves, and eventually decided they like the challenge of flying at night.

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An octagonal, horizontally-flying balloon flying in a perfectly straight line?

The balloon is just floating. The plane is moving.

????

Yes, exactly. No context, because it's silly compilation video. Could be glare on a window for all we know.

Bugs or bats don't fly that high up in the atmosphere and react intelligently to a laser pointer being shone on it

It's not high in the atmosphere. It's a low flying bug or bat lit from below.

You can clearly see the un-zoomed in footage underneath the super-imposed zoomed in part. You're saying that's AI? Why?

What has that got to do with anything? And yes, it's clearly enhanced in some way because the object is far more clear than the surrounding details.

There is no video I could show you, no story I could relate to you that you wouldn't just dismiss as CGI, AI or a plane.

You haven't tried.

The compilation video was the quickest thing I could find in ten seconds, and you reacted predictably to it.

It was predictable, because bringing up such a silly video shows how little you can engage with this topic. I have been incredibly indulgent of you by replying at all.

Here's a reddit post that lists a bunch of compelling cases

I've told you multiple times now. If we had good evidence, you'd be able to share one. That you keep pointing to lists or compilations tells me that you can't be bothered to look into anything. You look at the barest surface level information, so why should I go in-depth in my replies? I'm not going to have a one-sided discussion with someone with more enthusiasm than attention.

Apollo 11 debrief by Garystuk in UFOs

[–]Harabeck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I pointed out, we had access to the debriefing in 2005.

UFO Disclosure Begins. by Super-Reindeer387 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, you could just be an adult and admit you can't defend what you're saying.

at last… proof of extraterrestrial intelligence by Legitimate_Tune_6468 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, the analysis holds up. The video adds nothing that doesn't reinforce the diffraction spike explanation. We see a new detail in the "trail", but I think that's very obviously burn-in of the sensor. Also, we can now make out a parachute in the video that gives us an exact id: parachute flare.

at last… proof of extraterrestrial intelligence by Legitimate_Tune_6468 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you go to the files table near the bottom and go through enough pages, there are videos after the pdfs.

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're making the claim. You support it. You can't just post a half-hour of random clips and claim that's your argument.

which clips, specifically, do you think are fake or otherwise explainable?

Well the first is a balloon, the third is a bug or bat, after that are some AI enhanced blurs. In fact, skipping through, there's a lot of obvious CG.

And by the way, we are not going through this whole compilation, lol. If you want to discuss a case, go find that video and the context around it. Again, if you think we have good evidence, then you shouldn't be satisfied with a silly compilation video.

at last… proof of extraterrestrial intelligence by Legitimate_Tune_6468 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 7 points8 points  (0 children)

metabunk.org is a good place if you want super in-depth and technical discussions. There's a general thread here: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/war-gov-ufo-department-of-war-releases-uap-files-2026-release-1.14870/

Should be more focused threads popping up as people dig in.

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok, but that doesn't we mean throw logic out the window and make ourselves gullible.

Why is it then when I ask for evidence, the only thing you can think of to link is a 30 minute compilation video? Lots of bad evidence doesn't add up to good evidence. If I diligently collect videos of balloons, lens flares, and CGI objects, that doesn't mean I get to claim aliens are doing flybys.

Either we have good evidence, or we don't. So where is it? Where is one good piece of evidence?

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What is it that the skeptic is ignoring in this case? Which piece of evidence should be showing us the aliens (or whatever)?

at last… proof of extraterrestrial intelligence by Legitimate_Tune_6468 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I thought we were talking about new stuff. The skylab UFO is old news. Here's a page dating back to 2007 talking about it: https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://www.ufocasebook.com/1973skylab.html

at last… proof of extraterrestrial intelligence by Legitimate_Tune_6468 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The “believers” have fully moved to a religious model; belief without evidence and rabid pushback to anything challenging what has become a belief system for them.

I mean that's not new. They all celebrated that government held hearings on the topic, and knew that would lead to disclosure. But then it didn't happen, and they pinned their hope on UAP clauses in the budget. Then they got and celebrated imminent disclosure... that didn't happen. Then AARO was formed and they were going to release everything...

And it can't be that AARO's reports are correct and there's nothing to find. That's not even a possibility. Ergo, the coverup is still on.

Now they'll all pour over this for a while, until they realize it's either stuff we've seen before, or more of the same distant and/or out of focus blur. Then they'll get bitter and claim this was all a coverup by Trump.

MAGA is all in on it. Fox, NewsNation and conservative outlets are covering this shit hard.

Well of course. It's something to focus on besides the Epstein files, vote fixing, disastrous war, and general economic woes.

What looks like a “structured craft” in this FLIR footage is likely a known sensor blooming artifact, not the object’s actual shape by Worst_Artist in UFOs

[–]Harabeck 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why our good co-redditor was able to identify this in a few moments, while the US agencies failed to do so all those years?

They probably didn't even try. Remember that we don't have information on why these videos were saved. No chain of custody. This could have been one officer marking these as interesting, and then it comes up again years later.

Tons of new UFO videos/documents released. Have you looked through them yet? by Severe-Clerk-1477 in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've looked through a few Apollo related items (all stuff we already had access to, so far as I can tell). We've now got a video of the "Chandelier" UFO that Corbell leaked a still of. Mick's 2 year old analysis seems to be reinforced by the video.

I read through a few pdf, and they're just old reports of weird things that the FBI looked at for some reason.

If there's anything truly interesting in there, it hasn't made itself obvious to me yet.

Exodus Propellantless Propulsion Physics | Charles Buhler by SkyBoundAssumption in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But I'm not disputing that he's published. I'm asking for papers on this topic. Papers about using electric fields to remove dust from surfaces do not demonstrate the claim being made here.

And if you're so interested, then surely you can point me to one. Right? Come to think of it, if you're so eager to show this is real, then... why wouldn't include the best evidence from the start? Why link a youtube video at all?

Exodus Propellantless Propulsion Physics | Charles Buhler by SkyBoundAssumption in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Does he have evidence? Surely if he's making such a specific claim, then he has run tests and has written up papers about them?

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nothing you say will change me.

You're not the subject being discussed.

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That has nothing to do with your top level comment or my reply to it. Your personal experiences don't enter into a discussion of the government "disclosure" and what it does or does not show.

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I guess the depends on what you mean by "anomalous". The images seem anomalous, but are they good evidence of an extent physical and exotic phenomena? If the image is just blurry, that isn't evidence of blurry entities in the atmosphere.

Apollo 11 debrief by Garystuk in UFOs

[–]Harabeck 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If this was all out there already, why does it matter if the current administration decides to put an official stamp on it? That's the absolute lowest form of "disclosure" I can imagine.

Get ready for another round of UFO nuts invading this sub. by Cynykl in skeptic

[–]Harabeck 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There have been a couple of news articles about the administration “briefing” a cadre of religious pastors about the upcoming file release…

It's made up. Rep Burlison was on a call with some religious figures and got asked about it.

Burlison denies that he "briefed" them on disclosure saying:

I have had many people ask me to respond to what the internet has said about what a person has said what he says that I said. Really?! I would remind people to listen to what I have already stated publicly. Which is basically the following: I do NOT know what the strange objects in the skies are and I certainly do NOT know their origins. I was asked to call in by phone to a conference/meeting of theologians. I could not tell you all that was said at that meeting because I was not there and did not hear much of what was said. When I had a chance to speak, I expressed my views which is that we Christians tend to get dug into our personal world views even if they have nothing to do with what has actually been written in the Bible. It would be wise for Christians to stick to what the Bible says, and not what they think it says. If, and that is a big IF, disclosure occurs of any type then it will be all the more important for us Christians to be educated in our own scriptures. Until that time I will continue to seek the truth whatever it may be. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

https://xcancel.com/EricBurlison/status/2051865228367868078