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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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4. Not as much as you think

Sun Mar 24, 2024, 05:07 PM

Mar 24

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You'd be surprised how many times pilots mistake Venus for aircraft.

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Pilots are not "trained observers" [View all] edhopper Mar 24 OP

Carter saw Venus edhopper Mar 24 #3

Not as much as you think edhopper Mar 24 #4

It is extremely difficult to judge speed and distance and even altitude... -misanthroptimist May 4 #14

but it sound so convincing... BootinUp Mar 24 #5

It has truthiness edhopper Mar 24 #6

I hear Hanger 18 edhopper Mar 24 #8

One fellow said he asked a guard at RPAFB where the . . . John1956PA Mar 24 #10

I am sure they hear that every day. nt doc03 Mar 25 #12

Unidentified means what it says. Chainfire Mar 24 #9

Pilots can misidentify things as well. Archae Mar 24 #11

So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 29 #13