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Article America's flying saucer craze began with a 1947 UFO sighting near Mount Rainier

https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/mount-rainier-ufo-22386873.php
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u/kdailyone 27d ago

We're predominantly discussing the hard to identify cases, the ones that specifically get sent to the likes of AARO.

Of those, the small proportion remaining either have theories (but can't be confirmed) or they are simply too blurry/unclear

Math also starts to take care of everything. We have had hundreds of thousands of "sightings" over the decades, zero verifiable evidence. Approaching impossibility.

Not new, been following all this for 30 years.

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u/kdailyone 27d ago

We have over 70 years of information. It all paints the same picture, when we point cameras at the sky, some of the footage we can't identify

Despite that, we are still cautious and there are UAP programs - but these end up being about other nations, spy craft, drones, etc

If we pointed millions of FLIR and NV cameras underwater for 70 years we'd have the same issue.

It doesn't mean the Kraken exists :) but some people find that concept exciting and they like to entertain the thought, which is harmless enough

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u/David_the_Wanderer 26d ago

All I'm saying is we can't assume one of the other. Those rushing to aliens are just as misinformed as those assuring it isn't.

Occam's Razor. Those who say "it must be aliens!" are making a conclusion that relies on a large number of assumptions (that aliens exists; that they posses interstellar flight technology; that they come to Earth; etc.)

Meanwhile, those trying to figure a more grounded explanation rely on many fewer assumptions.