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I deeply resent what you are implying. My reputation on this site is important to me and I would never post a bit of fiction and try to pass it off as real. It happened just as I stated.
originally posted by: LobBazaar
a reply to: MissSmartypants
I then had the presence of mind to think I really need to pay attention to as much detail as I can before it's gone...
but not the presence of mind to tell your husband to bring a camera/phone when shouting for him to come outside? Babyboomer or not, that description of events is riddled with the kind of inconsistencies that instantly pops your post in my fiction section.
That is pretty awesome. To be honest not heard that many reports of them in a circular pattern but seen the same and will never forget how amazing it was. Nice one
originally posted by: Visiting ESB
Great thread, thanks!
7 white globe-looking objects which had formed a circlular pattern
originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
That is pretty awesome. To be honest not heard that many reports of them in a circular pattern but seen the same and will never forget how amazing it was. Nice one
originally posted by: Visiting ESB
Great thread, thanks!
7 white globe-looking objects which had formed a circlular pattern
originally posted by: Visiting ESBIt was amazing, surreal and beautiful to see in the very dark sky with the stars
To be honest I kinda lean towards these being some sort of undiscovered, (at least by the scientific community anyway) natural phenomenon, perhaps even some sort of sentient being.
originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
originally posted by: Visiting ESBIt was amazing, surreal and beautiful to see in the very dark sky with the stars
Oh yeah exactly that and so well described It's like Close Encounters of the Third Kind but even better and more beautiful
So I figured it's sort of my duty to relay the details of my sighting.
It was last year, 2018, at the end of the summer (I don't remember what month)
Oh Lob, Lob, Lob...sigh. I was very careful to describe exactly what I (and for some of the time, my husband) observed on a moment to moment basis as precisely as possible. My observations are just as valid (if not more) as any "high quality" witness. And I can't help but notice that you have made no effort to refute any of the details of my sighting. Instead you harp on the points that I don't remember if it was August or September (I'm retired and more in tune to the changing weather than the calendar month) and why I didn't take a picture ( most people who see these things don't, even in the age of cell phones) and why the lag in reporting it (after reading the UFO reports on NUFORC.com recently I realized how common these obol sightings had become but none of the ones I read were of a sighting as close up as mine which in my opinion made it noteworthy).
originally posted by: LobBazaar
a reply to: MissSmartypants
No offense intended, just an observation that not a single thread of your experience is verifiable except by yourself, and even then the details seem a little to thin on the ground:
So I figured it's sort of my duty to relay the details of my sighting.
It was last year, 2018, at the end of the summer (I don't remember what month)
Claiming to be driven by some kind of truth saying civic duty in one sentence, but explaining that nearly a ear has passed and you can't remember exactly when Having great presence of mind but not taking a picture?
Again, I'm not trying to offend or be mean, but your original post is about as useful to the field of ufology as is a walking stick to a fish.
Is quality control not a thing around here? Are there no standards of empirical evidence to adhere to? Again, not implying that the OP is posting deliberate fiction, but with no testable evidence (video (preferably multiple sources), picture, radar, multiple witness statements (preferably including "high quality" witnesses), material samples etc) it's all a bit pointless, no? Like a group of strangers describing last nights dreams to one another,
There are lots of examples in the forum at the moment, this post is not especially specious, it just seems to me that we should talk about those cases that are most compelling, indeed, we should try to discern which cases are indeed most compelling using logic and evidence based reasoning, because what does any of the other stuff actually mean?
originally posted by: LobBazaar
a reply to: MissSmartypants
No offense intended, just an observation that not a single thread of your experience is verifiable except by yourself, and even then the details seem a little to thin on the ground:
So I figured it's sort of my duty to relay the details of my sighting.
It was last year, 2018, at the end of the summer (I don't remember what month)
Claiming to be driven by some kind of truth saying civic duty in one sentence, but explaining that nearly a ear has passed and you can't remember exactly when Having great presence of mind but not taking a picture?
Again, I'm not trying to offend or be mean, but your original post is about as useful to the field of ufology as is a walking stick to a fish.
Is quality control not a thing around here? Are there no standards of empirical evidence to adhere to? Again, not implying that the OP is posting deliberate fiction, but with no testable evidence (video (preferably multiple sources), picture, radar, multiple witness statements (preferably including "high quality" witnesses), material samples etc) it's all a bit pointless, no? Like a group of strangers describing last nights dreams to one another,
There are lots of examples in the forum at the moment, this post is not especially specious, it just seems to me that we should talk about those cases that are most compelling, indeed, we should try to discern which cases are indeed most compelling using logic and evidence based reasoning, because what does any of the other stuff actually mean?
originally posted by: MissSmartypants
hquotOh Lob, Lob, Lob...sigh. I was very careful to describe exactly what I (and for some of the time, my husband) observed on a moment to moment basis as precisely as possible. My observations are just as valid (if not more) as any "high quality" witness. And I can't help but notice that you have made no effort to refute any of the details of my sighting. Instead you harp on the points that I don't remember if it was August or September (I'm retired and more in tune to the changing weather than the calendar month) and why I didn't take a picture ( most people who see these things don't, even in the age of cell phones) and why the lag in reporting it (after reading the UFO reports on NUFORC.com recently I realized how common these obol sightings had become but none of the ones I read were of a sighting as close up as mine which in my opinion made it noteworthy).
originally posted by: LobBazaar
a reply to: MissSmartypants
No offense intended, just an observation that not a single thread of your experience is verifiable except by yourself, and even then the details seem a little to thin on the ground:
So I figured it's sort of my duty to relay the details of my sighting.
It was last year, 2018, at the end of the summer (I don't remember what month)
Claiming to be driven by some kind of truth saying civic duty in one sentence, but explaining that nearly a ear has passed and you can't remember exactly when Having great presence of mind but not taking a picture?
Again, I'm not trying to offend or be mean, but your original post is about as useful to the field of ufology as is a walking stick to a fish.
Is quality control not a thing around here? Are there no standards of empirical evidence to adhere to? Again, not implying that the OP is posting deliberate fiction, but with no testable evidence (video (preferably multiple sources), picture, radar, multiple witness statements (preferably including "high quality" witnesses), material samples etc) it's all a bit pointless, no? Like a group of strangers describing last nights dreams to one another,
There are lots of examples in the forum at the moment, this post is not especially specious, it just seems to me that we should talk about those cases that are most compelling, indeed, we should try to discern which cases are indeed most compelling using logic and evidence based reasoning, because what does any of the other stuff actually mean?
So Lob, all of your contentious rhetoric boils down to either you flat out think I'm lying or that I'm delusional and none of my previous threads or posts (which is the only thing you would have to base this opinion of me on) give you any reason to have formed this belief.
You are merely being contrary for contrary's sake.
Well put and thank you.
There are some segments of humanity that will never admit that we are in our infancy when it comes to our understanding of our universe.
Only the statement wasn't referring to those who believe the earth is flat...it was referring specifically to remarks made by a previous poster asserting that I fabricated the account of my sighting. Visiting ESB made the statement coming to my defense... hence the thank you.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: MissSmartypants
Well put and thank you.
That's a facile answer to this statement:
There are some segments of humanity that will never admit that we are in our infancy when it comes to our understanding of our universe.
There are, after all, some segments of humanity who insist the world is flat. Fortunately, not many pay much attention to them.
Unfortunately, there are some segments of humanity who ignore the fact that there is a difference between believing something and accepting something based on actual evidence. Science vs belief. Science never makes the claim of a simple answer. Science never says we are close to understanding everything.
how can I falsify anything in the OP
Do you really just believe everything you read on here? How do you account for liars, hallucinations, mistakes of perception etc. This shouldn't be a faith based endeavour, it's not a religion.
originally posted by: MissSmartypants
We're baby boomers. We don't run around the house with our cell phones in our hands.
Please just consider keeping a camera with you when you go skywatching, in case you see another UFO
There is every possibility that orbs of all colour types are actually condensed motherships maybe a mile wide that shrink down to what we see close up in our skies to make themselves less noticeable and sort of blend in with the surroundings.