Mile-size UFO spotted by two pilots over England

[Frank N. O.]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/27/mystery_object/
Ok as we all know (at least this group) then UFO simply means unidentified flying object and not alien extraterrestial technology, but a 1 mile aircraft? That's wild, even for an airship!  Interesting that a non-moving object is ignored by ATC radar, but what about before and after? Seriously though, a lot of sightings have been light etc. that people have mistaken as something solid but I don't know any further details about where it was seen to see if there was any other news. Btw, 1 mile object, also reminds me of the flying bases in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

Btw, while on the subject of extra-terrestial life then I also just heard they've finally found an earth-like planet (size, temperature, day/night-rhythm etc. suitable for life to evolve) so we're one step further to see if there might be life elsehwere. So far the new planet is just known as Earth Version-2. Earth 2 anyone? When they first said that they'd found a earth-like planet and described it then I kind-of expected to hear it referred as a Class M planet

Frank

[Baradium]

Frank, I think that "earth like planet" is only "earth like" in that it has oxygen.  I want to say it's twice as close to its sun as we are and has some extremely hot temperatures.

Unless we're talking about different ones.   

[TheSoccerMom]

Pretty cool story Frank!  Hmmmm...  makes you wonder!!!   

[Baradium]

Pretty cool story Frank!  Hmmmm...  makes you wonder!!!   

Don't forget the one that was spotted at Chicago O'Hare by multiple airline personel last year!

I remember an article talking about how they are really upset becuase the FAA said "it wasn't on radar, so it didn't exist" and that was the extent of the investigation.

[FlyboyGil]

Here's the story on that planet.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/25/habitable.planet.ap/index.html

[Baradium]

Sounds like all they know so far is that there's a planet there and everything else is a guess. 

[airtac]

Frank, I think that "earth like planet" is only "earth like" in that it has oxygen.  I want to say it's twice as close to its sun as we are and has some extremely hot temperatures.

Unless we're talking about different ones.   

Read the article again---it's "sun" is a red dwarf and the mean temps are 71 to 134 degrees F

[Baradium]

I did, and now I'm wondering if I was reading an article about another planet....


I do notice in that article there are a lot of "ifs" for that temperature range to be correct.   

[airtac]

Yeah, I too wonder about a scientific "fact" whose evidence arrived here after something like 22,000 years (or whatever--I don't remember) at the speed of light which to me is like explaining to me what beans taste like because they detected a fart in Antactica

[undatc]

Just remember, when I was a boy, Pluto was a planet.  Those were the days.......

[airtac]

Son, when I was a boy, Pluto was a comic strip dog!

[Fabo]

Goys, when I wasnt even a boy, Pluto was a Black-and-white TV

[Thunder Eagle]

This thread reminds me of the joke in this classic clip (around the 1 minute mark):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VwzZw2ag0d8

[undatc]

At times like these, I am reminded of a great movie.....

[airtac]

Close Encounters...........................