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Meteorite Ch.7 Sunrise
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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 314722" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>Personally, I have always hated the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), as it presupposes far too much, when many such observations/instances turn out not to be 'flying' and/or not to be 'objects'. eg. dirt on a lens; internal reflections in a lens; lights; optical illusions; mirages, etc, etc.</p><p></p><p>'UFO' has long outlived any relevance it may once have had and become a useless catch-all term, irrevocably synonymous with 'aliens' in the public mind. And don't get me started on the seemingly endless succession of airplane vapour trails mistakenly branded as UFO sightings... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> Too many people who should have gone to Specsavers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 314722, member: 4012"] Personally, I have always hated the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), as it presupposes far too much, when many such observations/instances turn out not to be 'flying' and/or not to be 'objects'. eg. dirt on a lens; internal reflections in a lens; lights; optical illusions; mirages, etc, etc. 'UFO' has long outlived any relevance it may once have had and become a useless catch-all term, irrevocably synonymous with 'aliens' in the public mind. And don't get me started on the seemingly endless succession of airplane vapour trails mistakenly branded as UFO sightings... :o Too many people who should have gone to Specsavers! [/QUOTE]
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