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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sorry I meant almost all the videos are from the US.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same reason soup is only eaten in Italy.

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] nrezcm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean that's only on a technicality because you can only call it soup if it's made in the Soupini region. It's the same damn thing everywhere else.

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ufo sightings happen all over the world, but since that's a fringe science at best or outright scam at worst, you don't find any references in international mass media.

Once you search domestically in the respective language of a country, you'll get your share of results.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For example:

https://www.dw.com/en/ufos-and-aliens-in-germany/a-58077707

However at least of the German UFO clubs seem to be perfectly reasonable:

In Germany, there seems to be an endless list of hobby clubs and nonprofit associations. The Association for UFO Research (GEP) is one of them. Their databank includes 140,000 entries, and 95% of them can be explained. Aside from satellites, strangely shaped balloons is one common answer, as well as weather phenomena and insects that zoom across photos. The remaining 5% "perhaps also have natural causes, which we just can't explain yet," Hans-Werner Peiniger, GEP's head, told DW. Members of Germany's UFO clubs — there are at least three — are not blind alien believers, Leipzig-based Fleischer said. They are rational, engineer types who use limited resources to analyze what curious sky watchers send them. The result, however, can be a great deal of information about what is happening above us. The really interesting cases "are a matter for the military," Fleischer said. "They control the skies and have instruments and radar."

[–] Skua@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Of course we have a UFO sighting club. It keeps detailed and well-organised records and 95% of sightings have perfectly ordinary explanations."

That's some peak Germany right there. Amazing.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meh. To achieve peak Germany you need to sprinkle in some homeopathy and naturism.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Someones knows how to German.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

More interesting question is how the hell in a world with 4k phone cameras we still only get blurry vhs tape quality videos.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

This premise is also false. Go on youtube to see high definition video of UFOs.

There are tons of sightings, and yes they went up with the advent of phones.

[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What do you mean? Because it's a valid explanation. It's near impossible to fake a perfectly clear and high res, well focused image or video without showing artifacts of image manipulation. I do agree that a lot of those are taken in by amateurs on questionable gear, but I've yet to see a compelling video that cannot be debunked. And in the case of the navy or whatever army branch supposed sightings, I think those leave us with two options since they are so secretive on the subject ; it's purposefully deceptive or it's fabricated by third parties without consent. I want to believe but nothing ever comes out of those sightings so it's very hard to be impartial.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does '"take your rock" suppose to mean then?

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah and I'm again asking to explain it because to me it sounded like you asked me to take my meds.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You took my joke serious and than tried to explain your point. I used an old expression to point it out: Thank you Captain Obvious. Have this rock.

[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never heard this expression in my life

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You must be rather new to internet then.

[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya it's only been 20 years.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Captain obvious was definitely a 2000 meme so strange you never encountered it. Or maybe you are pulling my leg now - what is even real anymore?

[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm honestly not. I've heard the captain obvious part sporadically, but never seen "have a rock".

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Then there are only two possibilities: I spend too much time online, or you spend not enough.

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

The perfectly marbled fat on American thighs gives you all such an exquisite flavour.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

Won't they ?

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because us is the capital of earth.

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

🇺🇲 HELL YEAH AMERICA ROCKS 🇺🇲

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

HELL YEAH 🦅🦅

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[–] pantyhosewimp 4 points 1 year ago

Because in France they are called Objectè de Aeiouronauté Nonidentifequě.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because it's God's chosen country, duh?!

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Or because we're the biggest threat to the planet.

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[–] mr_pip@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

its the american dream!

[–] OleoSaccharum@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Read Mirage Men. It's on Library Genesis / Anna's Archive or whatever new version of that is around