Tinley Park UFO Sighting. Saw this on UFO hunters premier tonight on the History Channel. An interesting UFO case which is still searching for an answer. Has lots of good footage from many witnesses of a triangular shape with three lights on each end...with a size roughly about 1500 feet in length +/- 100-200ft in the sky. Even had a helicopter fly by it at one point. Aliens? Maybe. Weatherballoons, definitly not. Perhaps a secret government aircraft. You decide!
The weather balloon item you throw out is what's known in the business as a red herring. Just sayin'. Also, that link--ewww--those guys are not what I'd call "level-headed."
The timing of these events (happened multiple times, twice on Halloween) is highly suspect. The size calculations are interesting...but something that size would have been picked up by radar if it ever got higher than the specified elevation, seeing as this thing was in the airspace shared by O'Hare and Midway airports. They don't take unidentified "things" of that size lightly, as they'd make for a severe collision hazard.
So...aliens? Since we have no aliens to compare against, nope. Might as well be a pink unicorn.
Secret military aircraft? Not that close to the busiest airport in the USA.
Hoax? Seems awfully likely. There is definitely precedent for this.
Natural phenomena? Possibly, but if so, it's something not previously identified.
Don't take the numbers that the UFO hunters special came up with as truth. Photographic analysis is often skewed to prove a point. I'd love to see an in-depth analysis done by a skeptical group, as I'm sure there are all sorts of "interesting" evidence that mucks up this wonderful "aliens are here" evidence.
Geoff said about 11 hours later
It would be one heck of a Hoax. They attempted to build a ridid "craft" of PVC pipe tied to weather balloons and hang three flares off of it. Needless to say, that couldn't get off the ground with the three weather balloons they had (and a 15ft rigid structure vs 1500ft). They instead had to string the three balloons together and attach a flare to each one to get it off the ground.
Nothing like it and it was less windy that day too (12mph for the test vs 30mph in 2004). I would love to hear an explanation of what it could be since yes, radar didn't pick it up, but clearly something was recorded and seen by hundreds of people. It is way too big to be anything commercial or military (as it dwarfed the helicopter that passed by it). Assuming it was a craft of some sort.
Doubtful it was alien though because no cows were reported stolen.
GJ said about 13 hours later
Sounds like these guys would make poor Mythbusters. I know I'd come up with a better attempt than that, for crying out loud.
And, as I've explained to you in my IMs, but you have yet to understand, the size of this thing is not easily measured and is quite likely nowhere near as big as the pictures and video appear to suggest. I'd like to see some real scientist-types take a hack at this--say, like, the MYTHBUSTERS!
Marc said about 14 hours later
I'm starting to question the Mythbusters. A lot of their episodes have been about getting trashed and seeing how well they function while fairly intoxicated. I'd be more likely to label them as alcoholics than scientists. :)
Geoff said about 14 hours later
yup it would be cool to know. I don't think it is an alien craft, but it doesn't mean they aren't behind it in some way. I mean common, they run our government!
GJ said about 14 hours later
So long as they're not blowing stuff up intoxicated, they're doing fine. They'd done some great science stuff this year--and the finding regarding the blind drivers was eye-opening, pardon the pun.
Marc said about 17 hours later
I started watching the blind driver episode on my DVR, paused it to watch later, came back and the entire episode was gone. But that's an entire blog topic on its own. But I agree, so far so good this season.
I think the Big Brother one is my favorite. Some of those I didn't recognize, which I guess is good. :)
GJ said about 4 hours later
Heroes was hilarious, too! And BSG.
GJ said about 8 hours later
Oh, and the one for Lost was priceless.
Very good read posted by Steve on October 23, 2008 @ 8:48PM
It's not too long, and I highly recommend you all read it. And don't be put off by the first couple paragraphs about a racer - it's not about racing at all.
This is what the leaders of Christianity, and every other religion that seem to obsess with the matters of sex, should take to heart. Sex is something animals do to reproduce...and lest we forget, we ARE animals. Love is something that is uniquely human, at least as far as we know, because love as we recognize requires choice and thought, dedication and humility, a lot of patience and a splash of irrationality. Sex can play into love, but love is not defined by it.
The most beautiful definition of God: that God is Love. Truly, we do not understand why we fall in love, and why we maintain it in the face of the worst of circumstances. God isn't in the Bible--God is the love we have for each other. See, we atheists can be pretty darn spiritual, too. :)
Just a short note from the parental units...Eric and Gina have a new tax deduction that goes by the name of Madison Reese Baumbach, weighing in at 6lbs 12oz, and measuring all of 18.5" The healthy new one was dropped off by the stork around 7:01:26pm (but we're unclear on timezones). Everyone is doing well! Please send Eric and Gina your congratulations!
Pretty darn close to Ashlyn! She was 6lbs, 12oz as well. Came in about an hour later a little after 8pm. She was a bit longer though i think. Congrats to Gina and Eric! We expect some pictures soon!
Steve said about 22 hours later
I'm going to try to stop by and see the new baby this weekend, if they are home, and will take pics! Congrats as well Eric, Gina, Kyle, and Katie!
Marc said 1 day later
Congrats Eric, Gina, Kyle, and Katie, I look forward to the pictures as well!
