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Originally posted by atsbeliever What a joke.
Originally posted by Bunch
I know disinformation when I see it.
Originally posted by RFBurns
Use a very popular medium,Word it up with some fancy theories by some unknown but reputable phd and your set to slam and bam the gullable into believing an elephant can hang by holding a daisy by its trunk off a cliff.
Originally posted by Djarums
I have seen red sprites during a particularly strong August T-storm in upstate NY probably around 12-15 years ago.
While it was unbelievably fascinating to watch, and very beautiful, I don't think it matched what most people state they have seen when discussing UFOs.
The lights I saw during the storm were like red balls that would appear intermittently and were pretty clearly part of the weather system. They didn't "fly around" or move but rather flashed in and out.
I don't think they're a valid explanation for the phenomena people see in the sky at all. They are their own phenomenon,yes, but quite different from what people report at UFO sightings.
Apples and oranges imo.
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Originally posted by Bunch
I will call it disinformation when scientist try to explain things that professional train pilots has witness first hand, they are trying to say that this "dumb" pilots dont know "sprites" from objects that behave out of the ordinary.
The cause or function of the flashes remains murky, but Price suggested that they could explain some of the UFO reports which have cropped up over the years.
Originally posted by Bunch
To use this as an explanation for UFO's still doesnt account for the hundreds and hundreds of sightings that have occured whenever thunderstorms conditions dont play a role.
Originally posted by RFBurns
Its just Yadalahoohoo's attempt to rekindle old outdated swamp gas and Venus theories. The sprite theory is nothing new and just as old.
Originally posted by Jizmak
some ufo sightings might fit into this category and we might have found an explanation for those few. All the while we are ignoring the many other circumstances that these objects are seen under.
Originally posted by Bunch
But I still would take the account of a well trained pilot over any studies about sprites any day of the week.