UFOs and all the related crap

UFOs explained

I have always been a science fiction fan so most people would expect me to be a believer in UFOs as extraterrestrial in origin. Wrong. I present here the answer to UFOs (at least a far as modern science can explain).

Ninety percent of reported UFOs are simple miss-identifications of man-made objects. Of the remaining ten percent, half are optical anomalies caused by temperature inversions in the atmosphere. What people are seeing are distorted reflections of terrestrial objects or lights. This explains the apparent ability of these "objects" to perform physically impossible maneuvers. It is like a laser dot on a wall - you can move from side to side instantly with no effort. Also, when viewing a reflection you can move slightly away from the line of the reflection and the object will seem to disappear.

The remaining five percent of sightings are natural phenomena that modern science does not have the understanding needed to explain. These will be explained in about 25 years when physics gets beyond the self-imposed limits that currently hold us back.

Now, we can all quit worrying about silly stuff and focus on surviving the 12/21/2012 catastrophe. (check back later for more)

W.