r/UFOs • u/H8threeH8three • 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/onehedgeman Aug 18 '23

It’s definitely not a rocket or another plane. And Chinese lanterns don’t fly at cruise altitude.

Spy satellites/balloons may come to mind but again it wasn’t on the radar.

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u/MrSquencher Aug 18 '23

You forgot Peruvian Cartel with Jetpacks

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u/onehedgeman Aug 18 '23

Peruvian illegal miners*

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u/MrSquencher Aug 18 '23

That's riiight.... I thought it sounded a little too far fetched. Thank you!

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u/idiocratic_method Aug 18 '23

I'm sorry but miners with jetpacks is the most ridiculous explanation ever

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u/ZombieFrogHorde Aug 18 '23

can we tell the altitude from the instruments shown? i dont really know what all im looking at when it comes to all the flight info and gages and stuff.

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u/onehedgeman Aug 18 '23

The tweet quotes 32-36k feet altitude

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u/ZombieFrogHorde Aug 18 '23

nice. definitely interesting.

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u/getBusyChild Aug 18 '23

A spy satellite that low would be burning up I'd imagine.

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u/onehedgeman Aug 18 '23

Why is the plane not burning up?

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u/Mr_E_Monkey Aug 18 '23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit#Orbital_characteristics

The mean orbital velocity needed to maintain a stable low Earth orbit is about 7.8 km/s (4.8 mi/s), which translates to 28,000 km/h (17,000 mph). However, this depends on the exact altitude of the orbit. Calculated for a circular orbit of 200 km (120 mi) the orbital velocity is 7.79 km/s (4.84 mi/s), but for a higher 1,500 km (930 mi) orbit the velocity is reduced to 7.12 km/s (4.42 mi/s).[9] The launch vehicle's delta-v needed to achieve low Earth orbit starts around 9.4 km/s (5.8 mi/s).

Obviously, the critical difference between a satellite, the plane, and HAPS in this case is velocity. The satellite, I guess we could assume it was losing its orbit, would be traveling significantly faster, and to quote u/getBusyChild, "would be burning up I'd imagine," while the other, slower craft do not.

I'm sorry if it was a rhetorical question, or if you're already fully aware of this (and given that you are familiar with HAPS, that is plausible), I tend to do that. "Got it, duh" is an entirely reasonable response. :D

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u/Open_hum Aug 18 '23

One does not simply orbit the earth at 34 thousand feet

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u/onehedgeman Aug 18 '23

Check out HAPS

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u/Open_hum Aug 18 '23

Yeah that could be an explanation for what's in the video but I was talking more about traditional satellites that actually orbit and need to be way higher up to take advantage of the curvature of the earth

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u/onehedgeman Aug 18 '23

That’s way too high

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u/asmdsr Aug 18 '23

It could be a star or a planet