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Chile's Goverment Announces Unexplainable 'UFO' Footage (yahoo.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the mysterious-fly-by dept.

An anonymous reader quotes Yahoo News:The report from an alleged UFO sighting by the Chilean military over two years ago has just been declassified, leaving experts completely stumped. The Chilean government agency which investigates UFOs, the CEFAA, reports that a naval helicopter was carrying out a routine daylight coastal patrol in November 2014 when the camera operator noticed an unidentified flying object ahead...flying horizontally and at a steady speed similar to that of the helicopter. The mysterious object could be seen with the naked eye but couldn't be detected with the helicopter's radar, ground radar stations or air traffic controllers. Authorities ruled out that it was an aircraft as no craft had been authorized to fly in the area.
In 2014 the CIA admitted their tests of a high-altitude U-2 reconnaissance aircraft between 1954 and 1972 coincided with a spike in UFO reports. Could this be another new military aircraft that's getting its first tests?

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  1. No, it's definitely a UFO by honestmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Could this be another new military aircraft that's getting its first tests?" Obviously, it's a UFO. No other possible explanation is possible. At last, proof of aliens! Wow! To think, we're alive at such a time.

    --
    Everything you know is wrong, Just forget the words and sing along.
    1. Re:No, it's definitely a UFO by Dutchmaan · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...by the looks of the footage it was definitely of the "silent but deadly" variety....

    2. Re:No, it's definitely a UFO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Authorities ruled out that it was an aircraft as no craft had been authorized to fly in the area.

      Other authorities were mystified about burglaries reported in various cities as no burglars had been authorized to burgle in the areas.

  2. There's a simple explanation... by demonlapin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew a former US Army helicopter pilot. He had great stories about stuff they did. One example: find a car driving down a lonely rural road at night. Approach it with lights off. Settle in at low altitude and fifty yards behind it. Turn on the several-million-candlepower search light, then immediately bank to one side. Turn the light off. Run away. Watch the local papers for UFO sighting reports.

    1. Re: There's a simple explanation... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Taxpayer here! I'm ok with this expenditure.

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