60 Minutes, Navy pilots describe encounters with UFOs: BUSTED!
What it is
Thunderf00t critiques a 60 Minutes segment in which Navy pilots describe UFO encounters, arguing the footage has mundane explanations and has been debunked.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Used by skeptics in UFO threads as a debunking of the Navy pilot videos.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“At least watch this 60 Minutes short piece about this phenomenon with interviews with real Navy pilots”
Interviews with Navy pilots about UAP encounters.
oldgradstudent, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)”
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Topics: ufo, uap, navy pilots, debunking, skepticism
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