A thought on UFOs
Apr. 1st, 2008 07:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spoofmasterIt really bothers me when someone says "UFOs don't exist," or, even worse, "I don't believe in UFOs." It's not because I'm some saucer nut, or because I've seen one myself. It's because I think that such statements display an astounding lack of understanding of how to use the English language on the part of the speaker.
Let me explain.
A UFO is, by very clear definition (as in it's what the letters actually stand for), an Unidentified Flying Object. Not a flying saucer, not a secret government aircraft--something that is flying and that is not identified.
Now, say you see a speck in the sky, flying along, minding its own business, and you watch it a while. Chances are it's a bird or a plane (or Superman!), but let's say it's high enough that you can't distinguish anything about it beyond the fact that it exists and it's flying.
HOLY CRAP, YOU'VE SEEN A UFO!!
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Let me explain.
A UFO is, by very clear definition (as in it's what the letters actually stand for), an Unidentified Flying Object. Not a flying saucer, not a secret government aircraft--something that is flying and that is not identified.
Now, say you see a speck in the sky, flying along, minding its own business, and you watch it a while. Chances are it's a bird or a plane (or Superman!), but let's say it's high enough that you can't distinguish anything about it beyond the fact that it exists and it's flying.
HOLY CRAP, YOU'VE SEEN A UFO!!
left public for the glorious benefit of the unwashed masses
