sshuttari's Top 10 Things I give a F**K About!

[Neverending]

If you are truely a UFO nut, you HAVE to watch Ancient Aliens. If I'm not mistaken, Netflix streams the show. It's, by far, one of the most laughable documentaries about aliens. Plus, it totally belittles many of mankinds biggest accomplishments. Its such a slap in the face.

[sshuttari]

haha wow... I might just have to check it out. Sounds entertaining

[sshuttari]

4. JAL Flight 1628, 1986




On November 16, 1986 a UFO described as being “three times larger than an aircraft carrier” flew alongside Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 for 50 minutes as it flew over northeastern Alaska, with the objects even being intermittently picked up by both civilian and military ground radar. What makes this incident so impressive was the amount of time the object was seen, the credibility and sheer number of witnesses (the crew and all the passengers) and the fact that it was also picked up on radar, instantly rendering it one of the most impressive UFO sightings on record and one that remains inexplicable to this day. What’s even more remarkable is that it is one of the few cases in which the crew of a civilian airliner was willing to discuss the incident in public, making it even more extraordinary.

3. (Tie) Tehran, Iran Incident, 1976



Up until 1976, the complaint had always been that UFOs seemed remarkably resistant to being spotted on radar (though not always) implying that they were more imaginary than extraterrestrial. That all changed when in the predawn hours of September 19, 1976, Iranian jet fighters (this was before the Islamic Revolution when the U.S. and Iran were close allies) were sent to chase after a wildly maneuvering UFO in the skies over Tehran after several radar stations picked the thing up. Even more impressive, the craft effected the jet’s systems directly whenever they drew too close, rendering their electronics equipment inoperable and, in one case, even causing one jet’s weapons system to fail completely as it closed to fire. The incident is regarded as one of the premier UFO encounters ever recorded, not only due to the quality and preponderance of evidence (the craft may have even been picked up by the military satellite DSP-1) but because of the direct impact it had on the instrumentation and radars of several different aircraft involved in the pursuit. Skeptic’s charges that the pilots were simply in hot pursuit of an especially bright planet Jupiter was met more with laughter than anything else.

[bbf2]

Originally Posted by Neverending

If you are truely a UFO nut, you HAVE to watch Ancient Aliens. If I'm not mistaken, Netflix streams the show. It's, by far, one of the most laughable documentaries about aliens. Plus, it totally belittles many of mankinds biggest accomplishments. Its such a slap in the face.

I had never seen Ancient Aliens but I saw the South Park episode making fun of it. Then I got to watch a few episodes of the actual show later on and was surprised to find out that South Park was honestly not exaggerating at all.

[sshuttari]

3. (Tie) Belgium Incident, 1990





In an incident remarkably similar to the Tehran case in 1976, NATO jets were again scrambled on the evening of March 30, 1990 to pursue a series of dark, triangular-shaped UFOs over the Belgian countryside. What was especially impressive about this sighting were the speeds and capabilities of the craft, which appeared capable of making maneuvers that would have killed a human pilot. Also like the Tehran incident, not only were the craft seen by numerous ground witnesses, but they were also picked up by ground controllers and the aircraft’s onboard weapons radars and even photographed, making it hands down the best documented UFO sighting on record.

2. Kenneth Arnold’s Mount Rainier, Washington Sighting, 1947



In what is considered the true start of the modern UFO era, Seattle pilot and businessman Kevin Arnold spotted a number of “undulating” shapes flying over Mount Rainier one afternoon in May, 1947, moving at speeds many times faster that the best aircraft of the day could achieve. Somehow he got the media’s attention after he landed and, upon declaring that the objects seemed to “skip like saucers across a pond”, the term “flying saucer” was born, thus starting a new chapter in the world of aerial phenomena. Skeptics today continue to challenge Arnold’s assessment of the craft’s actual speed and distance or claim they were merely light reflections off his own cockpit window, but it can’t be denied that whatever it was Mr. Arnold saw that day, his curious encounter in the skies over the Pacific Northwest had a greater effect on our culture than even he could have imagined.

[Alien]

Who says things like, "skip like saucers across a pond"? Surely it would be pebbles acress a pond. I've never went down to the lake and skimmed saucers across it, I use flat stones from the bank.

[Ewok Droppings]

I'm going to cast my vote for #1 as the Snoop Dogg sighting at a recent Clippers' game. Many believe the rumors to be false, but in all actuality there is a blurry video of him recently wearing a Clippers' hat. Believe it b**ches!

[sshuttari]

1. Roswell, New Mexico Crash and Recovery, 1947




No single incident did more to put allegedly crashed saucers and little green men into the public consciousness than what took place in July of 1947 some fifty miles north of the New Mexico city of Roswell when an unassuming farmer named Matt Brazell discovered a debris field strewn with tiny metallic strips and wooden sticks near his farm. Having heard about “flying disks” in the papers (the Arnold sighting having made national headlines two months earlier), Matt wondered if he hadn’t stumbled across his very own crashed flying saucer and immediately contacted local military authorities. Curiously, at first they agreed with the farmer’s assessment and declared that a “crashed disk” had been recovered, only to recant hours later and claim the debris was part of a crashed weather balloon all along. That seemed to put an end the story and it was quickly relegated to the dustbin of UFO folklore until the late seventies when the Army Air Force intelligence officer who had been sent to pick the stuff up (which he stuffed into the trunk of his car)—one Jesse Marcel—claimed the material he recovered was extraterrestrial after all, creating a conspiracy theory of epic proportions that refuses to die to this day. So ingrained in the popular culture did the Roswell “crash” eventually become, that even when the Air Force came clean in 1995 by declassifying its up-to-then top secret Mogul project and admitting they had made the whole crash disk part up in an attempt to divert attention from Mogul’s true mission (high altitude balloons carrying long arrays of instruments designed to detect evidence of Soviet atomic blasts in the upper atmosphere), most ufologists refused to accept it. Since then, the story has diverged from its original account of a single debris field into stories of multiple crashes, loads of dead aliens, and charges that the technology recovered from it and a half dozen other crashes since (apparently UFOs crash with some regularity) is behind most of the great technological advances of the last fifty years. It also turned the formerly sleepy little enclave of Roswell into a Mecca for UFO buffs and created a cottage industry that will probably stand longer than the Roman Empire did.

[Neverending]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

[sshuttari]

I figured you'd be the first one to catch it...

[JBond]

Ironic.

[DarthVader 2004]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

8. Phoenix Lights, 1997




Probably one of the more famous recent incidents due to the large number of witnesses involved (including, apparently, the Governor of the state), the citizens of Arizona watched as a series of lights—along with a very large triangular shaped saucer—were seen hovering silently in the skies over their fair state for nearly three hours on the evening of March 13, 1997. Some of the lights were later explained away as flared dropped by A-10 Warthogs on training exercises southwest of the city, though what the big triangular ship might have been remains unexplained (some skeptics have suggested aircraft flying in formation). Whatever they were, however, they did not make a return appearance, leaving the people of Phoenix and the world scratching their collective heads and creating a media-driven phenomenon that remains fiercely debated to this day.

7. Kecksburg, Pennsylvania UFO Crash, 1965




On December 9, 1965, a large, brilliant fireball was seen by thousands in at least six states and Ontario, Canada as it streaked through the night sky, eventually coming down somewhere near the small Pennsylvania town of Kecksburg. Assumed at the time to be an especially large fireball (a meteor of unusual brightness), residents were concerned when the army quickly converged on the area and were seen to haul away some kind of bell shaped craft from the woods, again fueling speculation that the government was up to its old tricks again. Some later speculated it was a crashed Soviet satellite, though this remains hotly disputed by ufologists to this day. However, it should be noted that recovering a Soviet satellite during the height of the Cold War would explain the reason for the heavy-handed army presence and the secrecy; of course, so would a crashed Venusian saucer, so the debate continues.

The Second picture looks more like an acorn then mini me's kick stand.

[sshuttari]

re-doing the list sorry!

[sshuttari]

Top Reasons Why Nolan's Batman Movies Are Great

10. Micheal Caine as Alfred



I really feel for the first time we had an Alfred who was more like a father figure rather then just a Butler. In the BAS of the 90's he was pure Butler. In the Burton movies I felt he was more like a caretaker of the Mansion. Here it seems like he's giving advice and looking out for Bruce's well being. In charge of the Family Legacy and how deeply he cares for the Wayne family, and not just Bruce. He calls out Bruce when he thinks he's being too dangerous or putting his life too much in jeopardy. This is easily the best relationship we've had in the Batman Mythology.

[Brock Landers]

To go back to the previous subject real quick, I saw a UFO about four years ago. It was about 2:00 in the morning and I was just about to go to bed -- note: yes, I was completely and totally sober -- when I looked over the roof of my house and saw what looked like a flying triangle, a couple of lights that would change intensity seemingly at random, doing a bobbing-and-weaving motion and, of course, just floating before picking up speed. I at first thought it was a satellite, but then I thought better of it because satellites are easy to spot because of their arc. I grabbed my two roommates out of the house and had them look at it through the binoculars I found in the hallway closet. We all agreed that "it's not a weather balloon, it's a floating pyramid that moves like a jet but can suddenly stop and start and just hang where it wants. It's a pyramid that can move like a Harrier jet." Plus: I don't know of any weather balloons that can travel across miles of sky in a matter of seconds.

And that's my crazy goddamn story.

In fact, it looked a lot like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_triangle_(UFO)

My guess is that I witnessed the SR91 Aurora. I highly doubt it was "omg aliens," because we live in a big universe after all. Our galaxy has billions of stars in it, and our galaxy is surrounded by galaxies that also contain billions of stars, so the chances of alien spacecraft coming here is already incredibly slim, not to mention that all matter in the universe -- from planets to galaxies to something as simple as dust -- was born at the exact same moment, so who knows how far each civilization peppered throughout the universe were able to reach. I'm sure there's other worlds and other civilizations up there (there's too much real estate for there not to be), but if they've been here then surely they've discovered how to travel at light-speed. Why come all this way just to turn around or stay quiet?

[JBond]

Originally Posted by Brock Landers

not to mention that all matter in the universe -- from planets to galaxies to something as simple as dust -- was born at the exact same moment, so who knows how far each civilization peppered throughout the universe were able to reach.

Well, not quite. The universe has been around for so long, solar systems, suns, and even galaxies have died and been born.

[Brock Landers]

Originally Posted by JBond

Well, not quite. The universe has been around for so long, solar systems, suns, and even galaxies have died and been born.

I'm aware, but it's safe to assume that a civilization that has the capability of visiting Earth hasn't had that type of cataclysm yet. If their home planet is in the Goldilocks zone, then they need at least a billion of years (probably more) of stability from their home star, right? And even then, when galaxies "die" or are "born," the matter that went in to forming them wasn't created new or destroyed completely. It's a bit more like rearranging the mix of materials than creating something brand new out of thin air, since matter is recycled more than anything.

NOTE: I haven't taken Physics (or Cosmology, for that matter) in years, so I'm probably wrong.

[Neverending]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

Top Reasons Why Nolan's Batman Movies Are Great

Thank you for educating the members of ComingSoon-dot-net. The sister site of SuperHeroHype.

[PG Cooper]

Great first choice, but I can't agree with this:

Originally Posted by sshuttari

the BAS of the 90's he was pure Butler.

[Brock Landers]

He better not say the score for Nolan's is better than the others. Elfman's is still the best.

[JBond]

Originally Posted by Brock Landers

I'm aware, but it's safe to assume that a civilization that has the capability of visiting Earth hasn't had that type of cataclysm yet. If their home planet is in the Goldilocks zone, then they need at least a billion of years (probably more) of stability from their home star, right? And even then, when galaxies "die" or are "born," the matter that went in to forming them wasn't created new or destroyed completely. It's a bit more like rearranging the mix of materials than creating something brand new out of thin air, since matter is recycled more than anything.

NOTE: I haven't taken Physics (or Cosmology, for that matter) in years, so I'm probably wrong.

No, what you said is valid. I guess now I'm just not sure what your original argument was.

The Drake equation states that:



where:

N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible;

and

R* = the average rate of star formation per year in our galaxy
fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets
ne = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets
fℓ = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point
fi = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life
fc = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space
L = the length of time for which such civilizations release detectable signals into space

[Brock Landers]

Originally Posted by JBond

No, what you said is valid. I guess now I'm just not sure what your original argument was.

Do you really think I even know what my argument was?

[JBond]

It was either that alien contact is likely, that alien contact isn't likely, or that alien contact would involve odd conversations consisting mostly of pop culture and the consistency of waffles.

[Brock Landers]

Originally Posted by JBond

It was either that alien contact is likely, that alien contact isn't likely, or that alien contact would involve odd conversations consisting mostly of pop culture and the consistency of waffles.

What do you think the chances are that the aliens come here demanding more episodes of Single Female Lawyer, hoping that we'd get the reference and then smoke a bowl with them and not, you know, immediately launch nuclear weapons at their ships?

[JBond]

"So wait-wait...Dallas is back, but it's not the same Dallas? Explain."