Since we all know what this is actually commenting on, I'll answer that directly. The noise on the UFO topic has reached a massed hysteria pitch. When that happens, the overall signal to noise ratio of internet sourced sightings goes from "very poor" to "nearly invisible." I blame a lot of that on the recent congressional hearings bringing stories to the public's front of mind.<p>But. And I think its a very very important but, these sightings of phenomena go back decades, and just because the public at large is not a reliable reporter, does mean there are not many, many kernels of truth of an unexplained, repeated phenomena.<p>And otherwise you can always, always be skeptical, but at what point does skepticism stretch into denial?<p>IR cameras recording rocket impacts aren't mass hysteria. 2011
<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1gsdwl6/full_10_minute_video_showing_glowing_multicolored/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1gsdwl6/full_10_minut...</a><p>^ maybe those are targeting drones and the rocket missed. but then why are they dripping?<p>2 days ago:
<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/InterdimensionalNHI/comments/1hfkcg6/uap_ejecting_something_before_exploding_video_by/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/InterdimensionalNHI/comments/1hfkcg...</a><p>^ maybe those are targeting flares, and thats why they're dripping, but if they're flares why does the second one seem to fly away when the first is struck?<p>meanwhile 7 days ago
<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hcfaqw/glowing_orb_flies_by_miami_balcony_a_few_hours_ago/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1hcfaqw/glowing_orb_f...</a><p>^ maybe thats just a commercial drone modified to be super bright. But why fly it there, as a hoax? (so, so many orb videos to repeat this logic with, you get the idea.)<p>If you're interested in finding more, you need to get very used to seeing lots of balloons, planes, commercial drones, planets, stars, satellites, flares, skydivers, lens flare, insects and birds and there's common examples of all of them. The ones we should be interested in are usually uniformly luminous, follow non linear flight paths, exhibit extraordinary acceleration (for which you need size to estimate distance which is tough with only one camera), and/or exhibit extraordinary altitude. Whether they're controlled by a non-human intelligence or some government, they do exist and are super interesting to watch. You're just gonna have to wade through an absolute mountain of bullshit.