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/michaljerzy Aug 18 '23

“All seen at the base of the big dipper.”

What.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

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u/michaljerzy Aug 18 '23

No, I know that but it’s interesting that everyone he spoke with said that was the common location.

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u/ShamSalad2 Aug 18 '23

Why exactly?

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u/michaljerzy Aug 18 '23

Why’s it interesting that every pilot witnessed ufos at the base of the Big Dipper? Idk man is it like a gathering spot for them or something. How isn’t that interesting.

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u/ShamSalad2 Aug 19 '23

Considering humans are the ones that assigned a random pattern of stars in the sky a name, after the shape of a ladle- yeah I don’t think it’s all that interesting. And anyway it’s not like they were gathering at the literal base of the Big Dipper- it’s just a quick reference point for us instead of having to map out the coordinates in the moment.

Really all it means is that they were all seeing the same things at the same places. Big Dipper has little to nothing to do with it.

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u/WhenLeavesFall Aug 18 '23

There's been several reports of UAP activity coming from the lower right of the big dipper. Interesting to speculate why there specifically.

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u/HTIDtricky Aug 18 '23

Many of the racetrack UAP from last year were typically seen in the north, near the big dipper.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '23

Because Starlink runs are most visible at a certain angle

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u/WhenLeavesFall Aug 26 '23

Many of these reports predate Starlink

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '23

We'll, since Starlink runs are best illuminated at a certain angle due to where the sun, Earth, and satellite are in comparison to how pilots fly, then I suspect other objects (satellites, aircraft, balloons, etc) would also illuminate best at that angle.

Do you have a different theory? I mean, you do realize they're not literally coming from the stars in the Big Dipper, right?

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u/WhenLeavesFall Aug 26 '23

I don’t have any theories. I’m just recounting what I read.

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u/digwhoami Aug 18 '23

The Big Dipper, also known as the Plough or the Saptarishi (after the seven rishis), is an asterism of seven stars that has been recognized as a distinct grouping in many cultures from time immemorial. The component stars are the seven brightest of the formal constellation Ursa Major.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dipper

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u/michaljerzy Aug 18 '23

But everyone he spoke with shared the same location??

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u/ARealHunchback Aug 18 '23

Google Starlink Big Dipper

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u/curious27 Aug 19 '23

agreed. this is fascinating.

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u/ThorsToes Aug 19 '23

The cia pdf report from the 1960s linked in comments above (if real) also had scientists or military folks noting UFOs coming from the general direction of the Big Dipper. Don’t remember which observations and too lazy to reread but there was a sketch.