The classic culprit for UFO sightings is a group of clouds moving in front of Venus. Now there are rocket trails and Starlink trains, too.
The sky is psychedelic: why so many people see strange lights in the sky
Your brain evolved to see deep meaning in the sky. And UFOs.
Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter
A forthcoming investigational report from an office of the Pentagon has found no evidence of aliens, only allegations circulated repeatedly by UFO claim advocates
Scareship Venus
The planet Venus normally sticks close to the Sun and so can only be seen very shortly after sunset, to the west (or before sunrise, to the east, when it is a morning star). But every 584 days, when it reaches maximum elongation in its orbit, it is far enough from the Sun in apparent [...]
Mass hysteria was the inevitable outcome of the UFO craze
Dancing in Strasbourg, vol. 3675
As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion
Steven Spielberg's new film “Disclosure Day” explores extraterrestrial life and its impact on religion. UFOs, now also called UAPs, are gaining mainstream attention.
The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises
I don't know what's making it."
The US Navy Once Fired 300 Rounds At An Aircraft, Then Realized It Was Venus
They were aiming about 82 million kilometers too low.
JD Vance says aliens are ‘demons’ and details obsession with UFOs
Vice-president promises ‘to get to the bottom of’ reports of US government files about unidentified flying objects
The Anthropic Hive Mind
As you’ve probably noticed, something is happening over at Anthropic. They are a spaceship that is beginning to take off.
The Anthropic Hive Mind
As you’ve probably noticed, something is happening over at Anthropic. They are a spaceship that is beginning to take off.
Imagining the Voyager 1 probe's journey through space when humanity no longer exists
More photos at www.flickr.com/elentir
The UFO craze was created by government nepotism and incompetent journalism
Blame Harry Reid, Skinwalker Ranch, "dino-beavers," and The New York Times
Predictive processing frameworks for perception can explain recent drone sightings in the United States
We draw on the predictive processing theory of perception to explain why healthy, intelligent, honest, and psychologically normal people might easily misperceive lights in the sky as threatening or extraordinary objects, especially in the context of WEIRD (western, educated, industrial, rich, and democratic) societies. We argue that the uniquely sparse properties of skyborne and celestial stimuli make it difficult for an observer to update prior beliefs, which can be easily fit to observed lights. Moreover, we hypothesize that humans have likely evolved to perceive the sky and its perceived contents as deeply meaningful. Finally, we briefly discuss the possible role of generalized distrust in scientific institutions and ultimately argue for the importance of astronomy education for producing a society with prior beliefs that support veridical perception.
How Does A Blind Model See The Earth? — LessWrong
Sometimes I'm saddened remembering that we've viewed the Earth from space. We can see it all with certainty: there's no northwest passage to search f…
Nebulae in The Northern Cross 🌌 I took this picture using a camera and telescope to show the intense nebulae surrounding the bright star 'Sadr' at the center of the constellation Cygnus. #astrophotography
