ASD And the Paronormal. DO you believe UFO'S are real ? Serious Question.

What do you make of this then?

www.youtube.com/watch

Oh my days! That white triangle about 5:50 into the video looks exactly the same as what I saw. I can't believe it. Is that video for real or faked? The only difference is that mine didn't shift sideways at high speed. It just kept rising into a clear blue sky until it slowly faded away. It looked almost as if it was camouflaging itself to the surrounding sky; either that or it was very very high and passing upwards into the edge of space, but neither of those ideas seem credible to me. Then again, not much about what I saw seems credible to be honest.

Thanks for posting that clip I Sperg. Brought it all back so vividly.

Before I answer your question, I'd like to ask did watching the video remind you of anything that you had forgotten about your experience?

We simply do not know whether that video is real or faked, unfortunately at this time.

I am working hard on a system of critical thinking that will allow anyone to measure and quantify the "veracity" of a given piece of information. There are fundamentals about the difference between reality and imagination (Used in this case as a polite word for "lies") that can be leveraged to make such an "apparatus".

Effectively, I believe that the correct algorithm used in conjunction with an internet connected A.I. will allow us to determine reality from myth with a great degree of reliability (previously unattainable, with reliability and speed) I know it can be done, but the explanation would fill a page.

I'll take P.M.'s if anyone wants to help...

We got to the point of ruining several tubes of deuterium in a row, and in two separate (and slightly different) iterations of the same experiment run by different people in different places.. 

By "ruining", I mean changing the ionisation spectrum from it's normal deuterium blue/purple to a dirty green.

Our guy has a self running power producing version in concept too.

The only advantage doing such things confers is a sense of achievement.

You actually get paid the big bucks for NOT inventing stuff...

NAS86592 said:

No professional or scientific journal will give him a look in but that in itself does not necessarily dismiss his breakthrough.

It is probably the sheer number of other people (scientists and amateurs) who have claimed to have created cold fusion yet whenever they are assessed by people using proper scientific method, the phenomenon could not be demonstrated.

I guess the scientific community have suffered so many frauds and clueless amateurs who could not reporoduce their claims that they gave up in frustration until someone can demonstrate it in a reproducable way.

There is a Chinese guy on Quora who claims a breakthrough in-- I think with nuclear cold fusion. No professional or scientific journal will give him a look in but that in itself does not necessarily dismiss his breakthrough.

To be honest the experience was so unusual that I have remembered every bit of it clearly since it happened, so no, seeing the video didn't jog any forgotten memories. The whole thing lasted no more than about 30 seconds from first seeing this vivid white triangle in a completely clear blue sky to the point where it faded away completely. One thing I will say, on viewing the video for a second time I think I'd say that the object I saw was not quite as bright and shiny. It was very stark and obvious (initially) against the blue background but not in a glowing way. More like how you would see a high flying commercial airliner, except obviously the wrong shape entirely. I would be perfectly willing to recall my sighting in a polygraph test, and would definitely pass as telling the truth as opposed to telling a blatant lie. As for imagination, no way. It was there for sure, whatever it was. We do have a few air bases nearby, and if someone told me it was the RAF or USAF testing a new piece of military tech then I could accept that if shown an example. I'm not looking for confirmation that it was an alien craft, I'd just love to know what it really was.

Wise.

I wish I was. I could use the money for my own private science project...

The one thing that is GREAT about amateur science is that it is actually DOABLE, and you do get to discover stuff for real, if you are any good.

The downside is that no one will believe or collaborate with you when you do get interesting results. and if you get REALLY interesting results, like I've had with some "fringe" experiments and observations, you can end up doubting your own sanity.

I like to take long breaks and immerse myself in mundanity to stop myself from getting "lost in the woods" so to speak.

I wish I was. I could use the money for my own private science project...

The one thing that is GREAT about amateur science is that it is actually DOABLE, and you do get to discover stuff for real, if you are any good.

The downside is that no one will believe or collaborate with you when you do get interesting results. and if you get REALLY interesting results, like I've had with some "fringe" experiments and observations, you can end up doubting your own sanity.

I like to take long breaks and immerse myself in mundanity to stop myself from getting "lost in the woods" so to speak.

We got to the point of ruining several tubes of deuterium in a row, and in two separate (and slightly different) iterations of the same experiment run by different people in different places.. 

By "ruining", I mean changing the ionisation spectrum from it's normal deuterium blue/purple to a dirty green.

Our guy has a self running power producing version in concept too.

The only advantage doing such things confers is a sense of achievement.

You actually get paid the big bucks for NOT inventing stuff...

NAS86592 said:

No professional or scientific journal will give him a look in but that in itself does not necessarily dismiss his breakthrough.

It is probably the sheer number of other people (scientists and amateurs) who have claimed to have created cold fusion yet whenever they are assessed by people using proper scientific method, the phenomenon could not be demonstrated.

I guess the scientific community have suffered so many frauds and clueless amateurs who could not reporoduce their claims that they gave up in frustration until someone can demonstrate it in a reproducable way.

There is a Chinese guy on Quora who claims a breakthrough in-- I think with nuclear cold fusion. No professional or scientific journal will give him a look in but that in itself does not necessarily dismiss his breakthrough.

Wise.