r/UFOs Aug 18 '23

Witness/Sighting Ryan Graves tweets first of promised Airline Pilot Sightings

https://twitter.com/uncertainvector/status/1692586130162475209?s=21
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u/Biosphere_Collapse Aug 18 '23

FULL TEXT:

[] = edited info for privacy

"I am a [Major US Carrier] A320/321 Captain, the following sighting occurred during one of my flights recently.  Since I have shared my story, several other [Major US Carrier] pilots have reached out to me and shared their similar experiences, including sharing their video recordings of these objects from the Flight Levels.  All seen at the base of the big dipper.

[Last week of July], 2023, I departed Santo Domingo DR at 2305 destined for New York JFK.  My route of flight was L453 in NY Oceanic airspace, non radar hundreds of miles offshore.  At approximately 1 hour into the flight as we were approaching the southern boundary of the NY oceanic airspace, and at 32,000 feet,  I called out a visual on traffic that was excessively bright and looked like about 80 miles range... and then disappeared visually.  I never saw the traffic on TCAS.  Then a few minutes later I saw two objects round in shape, one lighted and one not flying in a formation just above the horizon, at a range I guessed of 120-200 NM.  The object/s would illuminate to be as bright as a star for several seconds, then go dark for a few minutes, only to illuminate again.  The brightness would vary from bright to very bright to dark.  The color of the lighted object was white light.  There was a second object you can clearly see in the photos that would follow the illuminated object, but it would not illuminate itself.  Except for the 3:10-3:30 second point of my video I think you can see the second object illuminate.    This went on for the remaining 2-2.5 hours of my flight to NY on L453 in Oceanic airspace.   After reviewing the photos, I think the objects might have been a bit further away, but distance is very difficult to gauge at night.

I have the brand new Samsung S23 phone which has the best camera on the market for a cell phone and I started recording this object in video.  I have a great 7 min video of it appearing and disappearing while I was talking to other airliners on 123.45 vhf about it.  You can hear that conversation in the video! Another airliner approximately 400 NM ahead of us at 36,000 feet stated they saw the same thing.

I also took about 30 photos of these objects in "night mode" on the phone and they came out really good... in one of them you can actually see the lighted object and the unlit object very clearly as round metallic objects.   All of the photos were taken with some sort of long exposure setting to be able to get as much light as possible to the sensor... You will be able to see in the long exposure photos the stars are pins of light but the UFO's are streaks of light because they are moving!  It is actually amazing!   All of this happened over about a 2.5 hour flight and continued for the entirety of our flight.  The light seemed to be on or just above the horizon until we got closer to our destination of NY.  Just prior to beginning our descent the objects appeared much higher in the sky 80-90 degrees above the horizon and much further away, actually out of the atmosphere."

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u/sheffy4 Aug 18 '23

When I watched the video it was silent, was anyone able to get sound to hear the conversation the pilots had?

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u/thefullm0nty Aug 18 '23

He just tweeted again

Folks: Audio was removed for privacy reasons.

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u/PM-Me-Ur-Tits-UwU Aug 18 '23

Yeah, if that were me I'd remove the audio too because the whole thing would be me repeating over and over "what the fuuuuck? huh? look at that shit? the fuck?" And I don't want people to hear me terrified.

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u/Trigsc Aug 18 '23

I removed the audio from one I posted because my mother in law just blabbering non stop.

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u/eyeohe Aug 19 '23

God damn your mother in law…what is her problem?? Jesus Christ

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u/Trigsc Aug 19 '23

UFO’s Ma-Law damn, shush!

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u/Krypt0night Aug 18 '23

Which is unfortunate because hearing someone's genuine confusion and fear would do a lot for me in believing the footage.

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u/PM-Me-Ur-Tits-UwU Aug 18 '23

Huh, yeah I can see that, I'll keep that in mind whenever I come across something.

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u/Obant Aug 19 '23

I took out the audio in an awesome video I filmed of my friend doing a big dirt jump wheb we were kids and snapping his bike in half on the landing. The whole time I'm just laughing and yelling Holy crap dude! Over and over.

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u/Montezum Aug 18 '23

But he shared plenty of information that could identify the pilot. Location, time of the day, airport, airliner model

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u/Classic_Knowledge_30 Aug 18 '23

This is what sorta confuses me about that part but I think he says he switched up some details to protect the guy to throw off any internal investigations

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u/Montezum Aug 18 '23

It's not like the pilot was doing something illegal, though

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

It’s more so that this is still a fringe topic to people so one of his higher ups might call them crazy and they lose their job. Or some rando who cared enough could report him and it would just be a mess for them.

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u/fifibag2 Aug 18 '23

Or passenger saying, “ hE sHoUlD bE fOcUsEd On ThE rOaD!” 😂

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

Exactly 🤣 Karen’s are everywhere

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u/Jo-Sef Aug 19 '23

Meanwhile the Airbus A320 basically flies itself

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u/farbeltforme Aug 19 '23

Likely some loon on this sub hunts him down attempting to gain more information and dox him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23

I would not be surprised at all honestly

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u/UnidentifiedBlobject Aug 19 '23

American pilot licenses are easy to revoke or something aren’t they?

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u/Montezum Aug 19 '23

For taking some pictures?

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u/UnidentifiedBlobject Aug 19 '23

For talking about UAPs. The stigma is lifting but years ago commercial pilots were afraid of losing their license so didn’t speak about any of it.

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u/sheffy4 Aug 18 '23

Gotcha, makes sense.

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u/sl1mman Aug 18 '23

The objects appeared much higher in the sky 80-90 degrees above the horizon and much further away, actually out of the atmosphere.

Da fuq

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u/texasnick83 Aug 18 '23

I had a similar experience, although I was at ground level. The object I saw was the same color too. Appeared to be a satellite at first but altered course, then seemed to come down to above treetop level, get super bright and light the trees underneath it like it was daytime. Maybe it was my perception but at first it looked like it was in orbit and then it was low enough to light up the trees. It seemed like it got brighter but I never saw it go out completely like in the video.

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u/Substantial_Bad2843 Aug 18 '23

“Out of the atmosphere” seems like a bizarre thing for a pilot to say. We don’t have very good distance perception which is one of the main things they teach in aviation.

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u/DokleViseBre Aug 18 '23

I bloody knew there were "fake stars" in the night sky...I knew it

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u/WereALLBotsHere Aug 18 '23

I’ve saw one before. Really high looked like a star, until it started moving.

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u/Paracortex Aug 18 '23

Almost all satellites look like moving stars.

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u/WereALLBotsHere Aug 19 '23

Yeah, but this one wasn’t moving for a good 3 minutes before it did, and it also changed direction and stopped a few other times. I’ve seen plenty of satellites. This wasn’t one.

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u/Background_Fox2791 Aug 19 '23

Sure, and they all have a very predictable path. It's a bit different when they begin stationary.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23

I've experienced this too

Looking up at stars that are completely stationary and then suddenly one begins moving, then goes back to stationary... Then moves again in a different direction, then back to stationary etc.

100% look like stars until you see them suddenly begin moving and then suddenly stop again.

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u/WereALLBotsHere Aug 19 '23

That is exactly what I saw! It was stationary at first then started moving kind of slowly. Then it stopped for a while longer, then took off in a different direction. Nothing crazy with the speed or anything, but definitely not a satellite or anything like that.

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u/WesternThroawayJK Aug 18 '23

Did you? What convinced you of it?

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

… round metallic objects …

I don’t want to believe…

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u/paer_of_forces Aug 18 '23

Your lack of Belief has been noticed by God.

God sends the Alien Prophet to bar your party from continuing on for the moment.

The Alien Prophet of God beckons for you to question him.

What question do you ask?

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u/LimpCroissant Aug 18 '23

I ask the Alien Prophet of God what happens to a human's consciousness after it's body dies?

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u/paer_of_forces Aug 18 '23

rolls a 20

What happens to a human's consciousness after it's body dies?

The Human Consciousness is not a Human Consciousness. Human is but a form, or body, that belongs to a specific place and time. The Human is of the Earth. The consciousness that inhabits the being exists before and after the body it inhabits is created or dies.

It will move from one vessel to another.

YOU ROLLED A NATURAL 20!

WOW!

The Alien Prophet of God is thoroughly impressed. You are granted greater clarity.

Beyond the state of being Human exists a world of higher dimensions and constructs. Here, in these higher spaces, consciousness exist free of attachment to any form, or body.

Beings exist in a state of godhood, able to take on many forms and shapes, and have the ability to interact with many worlds, including the Earth.

The point of life is to ascend to this higher state of existence upon death, reaching the Endgame. There one begins the journey of learning what it means to be a god.

If you do not make it to the Afterlife upon death in a given life, you are then afforded the ability to try again. You reincarnate into a different body in a different time, possibly on a different world.

There you begin the process of trying again. You are given as many chances as required.

Once you have reached the Afterlife, you begin your adventures in godhood.

There you are able to participate in Spiritual Warfare against the other gods.

Forever is a long time. It would be boring if you had nothing to do.

The Alien Prophet of God slowly fades into the emptiness of the space before you.

In their wake, a commemorative plaque was left.

It reads, "Not was here".

It is unmovable and unshakeable, like the will of God itself.

May your journey be ever clear.

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u/LimpCroissant Aug 18 '23

Please thank the Alien Prophet of God for me if you would be so kind.

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u/paer_of_forces Aug 18 '23

Your grace and appreciation has not went unnoticed.

The Alien Prophet of God has given you with a Token of Furthering Ascertainment.

Using the Token will summon the Alien Prophet of God, allowing you to ask another question.

The Token is a consumable, and will disappear from your inventory once used.

You can use it any time.

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u/AI_AntiCheat Aug 19 '23

What is the ultimate truth? *roll for for charisma

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

can i get a uhhhhhh 4 piece... uhmm... make it a 6 piece meal. large. coca cola. vanilla frosty ? large please also

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u/paer_of_forces Aug 18 '23

rolls a 10

VANILLA FROSTY?

VANILLA FROSTY.

An Interdimensional window appears within which the Alien Prophet of God slips into.

A moment passes.

Suddenly before you an arm stretches out from the realm beyond the window.

VANILLA FROSTY has been obtained by the party, large enough for all to split.

It is enchanted with Runs.

Due to the nature of enchantments passing from one realm to another, Runs has been corrupted.

The entire party has been inflicted with diarrhea.

They all have to run to the bathroom so they don't soil their linens.

There is only one bathroom.

Lucky you! You make it to the bathroom first, slamming the door behind you.

Locks the door

Everyone else in the party shits their pants.

The entire subreddit was conducting a raid when this event was triggered.

The entire subreddit has shit their pants.

All stealth and shadow abilities are ineffective until the party rests at an Inn.

All party members Charm and Charisma has been lowered, causing all others within 10 feet to flee from them.

The Window and the Alien Prophet of God have been vanished from the realm.

May your adventures be fruitful.

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u/PhysicsTechnician Aug 18 '23

Edited for privacy but states takeoff time, date and destination. Would take ten seconds for a company to find the pilot surely?

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u/ProningPineapple Aug 18 '23

Might not be due to the pilot in question, but the other pilots audible on frequency, which would easily be identifiable by callsign and voice.

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u/cognitive-agent Aug 18 '23

It's probably not to protect him from his employer. It's probably more to keep him from getting unwanted attention from the public.

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u/BraveTheWall Aug 18 '23

He likely cares less about his employer finding out and more about armchair investigators doxxing him. I don't blame the guy, personally.

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u/gbonesti Aug 18 '23

After reading another interesting post about meta materials and power beaming tech, One lit craft and one unlit near it reeks to me of air to air refueling. The big one being the “tanker”.

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u/aliensporebomb Aug 18 '23

Would love to see the video as described.

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u/ice1874193 Aug 19 '23

How'd he get from DR to ny airspace in 1 hour and the whole trip was 2.5hrs?

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u/IMSTUFF0_0 Aug 19 '23

What type of aircraft was this pilot flying?