Creepy Green Light
Don't mistake lack of talent for genius
So I am skeptical at Kenneth Arnold's claim of what the UFO's looked like that he saw. Something is off and doesn't make sense (I posted something about this on another thread a few days ago);
He said the objects either flew right in front of Mt. Ranier or on top of. He's said that Mt. Ranier was about 23 to 28 miles away from him. He also estimates (which I believe is wrong) that the objects were going 1,200 mph. I want to know how he saw detail, shape & structure of these UFO's. Just today while driving around (it was a perfectly clear fall day with no clouds in my area) and I saw several jets inbound to Newark, Laguardia & JFK traffic. My estimate is they were around 20,000 feet which is about 3 3/4 miles high. I wear contacts but my vision is corrected to 20/20. All I could make out was a white dash mark (-) cruising along while descending. If someone said "Ill give you a million dollars - just describe to me the make, model, shape, markings, etc. of that aircraft accurately." - I'd have no idea. Again, it just looked like a white dash mark about 1/8" of the width of my pinky finger nail. Now it gets more absurd if instead of the object going about 300-400 mph have it going 1,200 mph. It makes no sense & is laughable. All the aircraft I saw, I couldn't make out structure or detail. Couldn't tell you if it was a delta wing, swept wing, wingless, tailless, airline logo markings, etc.
Yesterday (same weather) I saw a jet coming right at me except at higher altitude. High enough to create a vapor trail. I couldn't even barely see the object. It almost looked like a vapor trail being created by nothing. I barely saw a teeny tiny almost naked to the eye speck. I again said to myself "this object is maybe 6 miles high - try and identify features & structures of the craft." Not a chance. And keep in mind I am on the ground - pretty much still. Now imagine bouncing around the mountain air in a tiny single engine aircraft trying to (all at the same time) observe the UFO's, keep an eye on other traffic, watch for obstacles like mountains, trees, power lines, radio towers, etc.
Either I'm missing something or Arnold couldn't have been able to report & draw detailed objects at a distance of 23 to 28 miles and them going "1,200 mph". Maybe I'm misinterpreting the information on how far he was from the objects? If someone can correct me - please do. Thanks
PS - it'd be like trying to make out the detail & structure of this jet;
He said the objects either flew right in front of Mt. Ranier or on top of. He's said that Mt. Ranier was about 23 to 28 miles away from him. He also estimates (which I believe is wrong) that the objects were going 1,200 mph. I want to know how he saw detail, shape & structure of these UFO's. Just today while driving around (it was a perfectly clear fall day with no clouds in my area) and I saw several jets inbound to Newark, Laguardia & JFK traffic. My estimate is they were around 20,000 feet which is about 3 3/4 miles high. I wear contacts but my vision is corrected to 20/20. All I could make out was a white dash mark (-) cruising along while descending. If someone said "Ill give you a million dollars - just describe to me the make, model, shape, markings, etc. of that aircraft accurately." - I'd have no idea. Again, it just looked like a white dash mark about 1/8" of the width of my pinky finger nail. Now it gets more absurd if instead of the object going about 300-400 mph have it going 1,200 mph. It makes no sense & is laughable. All the aircraft I saw, I couldn't make out structure or detail. Couldn't tell you if it was a delta wing, swept wing, wingless, tailless, airline logo markings, etc.
Yesterday (same weather) I saw a jet coming right at me except at higher altitude. High enough to create a vapor trail. I couldn't even barely see the object. It almost looked like a vapor trail being created by nothing. I barely saw a teeny tiny almost naked to the eye speck. I again said to myself "this object is maybe 6 miles high - try and identify features & structures of the craft." Not a chance. And keep in mind I am on the ground - pretty much still. Now imagine bouncing around the mountain air in a tiny single engine aircraft trying to (all at the same time) observe the UFO's, keep an eye on other traffic, watch for obstacles like mountains, trees, power lines, radio towers, etc.
Either I'm missing something or Arnold couldn't have been able to report & draw detailed objects at a distance of 23 to 28 miles and them going "1,200 mph". Maybe I'm misinterpreting the information on how far he was from the objects? If someone can correct me - please do. Thanks
PS - it'd be like trying to make out the detail & structure of this jet;
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