Whatever. You can word anything, anyway you want, but if you think this has anything to do with my feelings, its bull. I made it clear in my OP what the deal is. I never claim to be a "UFO!, the aliens are here" zealot.
UFO is what I saw. Classic saucer we have seen in pictures a million times. Its the truth, and it was right in front of me. Their is no mistaking it for anything other that what it was. Its amazing how many people think I didn't see what I say I saw, because they think I am claiming to see something that doesn't exist. Well guess what, it does and that is a fact.
You're speaking of flying saucers and UFOs together as the same thing in this thread, so this is why people are reacting the way they are. You say you're a believer in UFOs. The literal meaning of UFO simply means unidentified flying object. All that would mean is that you believe that there are things in the sky you personally can't explain. This is not really a belief.
When I was a kid I used to look up in the sky and see weird red and green lights slowly drifting past. To me that was a UFO (without any alien connotations). In reality, it was just the beacon lights of an airplane flying past in the night. Unidentified Flying Objects will always remain unidentified if you're not willing to identifying it.
You're not merely stating you saw a UFO (which in itself is fine and needs no explanation if you only went that far), you're saying there's no mistaking that you saw a
flying saucer, and that's a fact. This is where people are taking argument with you.
I can't quite tell from the tone of the OP whether you think it had to be one of the two possibilities of either aliens or government, but regardless, I haven't gotten the impression so far that you've been open minded to the possibility of accepting any mundane explanation for it. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, just giving an opinion on how I perceive it thus far.
Don't worry tick, no lens flare explanations from me on this one.
I didn't see what you saw, and I have absolutely no doubt you saw something. If others saw it too, then you're obviously not crazy.
You definitely saw a UFO in the literal context of the word, and nobody can deny that, but with the lens flare thread, you've already established a bias to want to believe in the unexplainable instead of being open minded to the everyday explanations, even when presented with clear evidence, and the human mind itself is not a reliable source, especially after 30 years for an event that caught you off guard and scared you.
Have you ever even tried searching the internet for this incident to see if an explanation ever came up? If it was something witnessed by many people like you said, it most likely got investigated to some degree. Maybe an explanation came up, maybe they never figured it out. Either way, it would back up your story as truth, whether it is to this day an unidentified flying object, or maybe you'll find that your town made a mistake building the rocket factory next to the frisbee factory.
Topic: My Personal UFO Encounter v. I saw a flying saucer, aliens optional! (Read 24176 times)