Posted on 08/19/2023 4:18:46 PM PDT by algore
A new drone which flies almost silently without wings or propellers has raised questions about how many supposed UFO sightings might actually be man-made craft.
The Silent Ventus drone, made by Florida-based start-up Undefined Technologies, uses ion propulsion, with electrodes ionizing the air to generate thrust, and flies incredibly quietly.
It can also hover in the air against winds - a feature of many UFO sightings by military personnel.
The hi-tech drones may possibly explain sightings such as the famous 'Tic Tac' drone sighting, where pilots spotted a craft resembling the breath mint performing impossible maneuvers during a training mission with the USS Nimitz off the Southern California coast in 2004. Undefined Technologies' claim that its ion-propelled eVTOL drone generates 150 percent more thrust than rivals.
The company hopes to demonstrate a 15-minute flight with noise levels below 70dB this year - ion drives are widely used in satellites and spacecraft, but less common on Earth.
'The Undefined Technologies' 'silent' drone gives the impression it is flying through the air without visible or audible propulsion,' said drone expert Dr. Shaun Passley, CEO and Founder of Zenadrone.
Passley said that advanced drone technologies such as ion propulsion, 'morphing' drones and drones with ranges of several hundred miles may be behind many UFO sightings.
Some modern drones can perform maneuvers that could easily be mistaken for advanced propulsion systems, said Passley.
Passley said: 'Drones have high-speed and agile flight. Some drones can fly at speeds of up to 200 mph and perform acrobatic maneuvers that defy gravity.
'Modern drones are capable of performing various tasks and functions that can make them appear as UAPs or UFOs to the untrained eye, including drones that are designed to be stealthy and avoid detection by radar, infrared, or visual sensors.
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Interesting
tried to tell ya
The UFOlogists won’t like this.
My understanding is that the tic tac UAP were traveling a lot faster than 200 MPH.
But…who knows.
The TicTac UAP’s the F-18 Hornet pilots encountered were much larger that what’s in the article and they could go underwater.
They were indeed faster and the could go to 80,000 feet in seconds.
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200? That’s cute.
The Tic Tacs fly at hyper-velocities, without generating a contrail or a sonic boom. They perform right angle maneuvers. They were not drones.
“Some drones can fly at speeds of up to 200 mph” -— too slow for some of the UFOs. What explains the objects seen in 1952 over D.C., or the missile installation incidents?
He has the one thing that will guarantee unlimited taxpayer funds to blow through.
I especially like the wrinkled aluminum foil covering the cross members. AND how how rickety the thing was without any carbon fiber.
Not even close. This ion drive thing can’t match the altitude or speeds of the tic tacs.
The speed and acceleration reported many times do not suggest even the most agile and speediest of drones. -m3
“UFOlogists won’t like this.”
I consider myself a bona fide “UFOlogist”—studied this topic for decades—and have no problem with this point of view.
Jacques Vallee, one of the leading experts on the topic, has similar views on the “tic tacs”.
The important stuff lies elsewhere:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t564HRXeS6o
The footage was from almost 20 years ago. If we could get this operational, we would be using it, and selling it.
And look at those ugly little aliens trying to pass as humans. Disgusting!
Hey Rooster—I just completed purchasing the last of the set of the five volume Vallee memoirs “Forbidden Science”.
There are so many interesting little tidbits there.
Vallee gets very frustrated by claims that are difficult to verify—but he keeps trying—for decades.
He is an amazing guy and a true role model for anyone who claims to be a scholar or just seeker of truth.
He has not made the jump I have (concluded that the Secret Space Program is real) but he admits that the .gov coverup of “something” is very real—and that it goes an order of magnitude beyond routine protection of standard military secrets.
One topic—just as an example...
Vallee is very hard on folks who claim that Dulce, NM has a deep underground military base with lots of aliens milling about and human in vats etc etc etc...but he understands that the US Air Force started those rumors to begin with...and admits that there is a lot of verified “weird” stuff happening in the area.
This is a many decades old mystery of just what is going on there...
“The nation that controls Ion Propulsion controls the world!”
They lied to us about viruses and the climate. They certainly aren’t going to tell you anything about novel weapon systems. Trust me, what we see in the sky is from good old earth or natural phenomenon.
There are no alien visitors. Why would there be?
My gut keeps telling me that (as you have said) the government has been hiding their involvement in something unbelievable massive re: this subject...something truly mindblowing.
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