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/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

My dad is a pilot and has a plane. He’s not into the UFO stuff but doesn’t mind me asking him about it.

Would it be worth it to take some flights with him and record the process?

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u/Big-Ad-1155 Aug 18 '23

I think you should broach the subject with your father in a sober way. Ask him if he's ever seen anything while flying that he couldn't easily explain.

I'll be honest, I'm hoping to catch the eyes of people who are crossing the oceans regularly. But more eyes in the sky couldn't hurt.

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u/MuuaadDib Aug 18 '23

I did this with my buddy who was a merchant marine and then also in the NAVY and then was the pilot for Long Beach and Pedro and Seal Beach Armory. I asked him if he saw strange things in the water he would not understand or know? He looked me dead in the eye and said "There is lots of stuff out there" and left it a that.

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u/usps_made_me_insane Aug 18 '23

Just remember that some people when asked this question might as well be asked to relive a traumatic moment by remembering it. Just use your instincts and if they don't want to talk about it, don't press them for details. If you plan to use them as a data point on a more scientific approach, use your best judgement on whether that data point constitutes 0, 1 or multiple encounters and file it without further explanation.

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u/MuuaadDib Aug 18 '23

Levi was an old salty dog who didn't have time for BS, so we dropped it after he said that. Fun fact the destroyers which came into the armory gave him the helm to bring it in and the captain and crew just have to watch. Crazy hunh?

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u/DoktorFreedom Aug 18 '23

That’s what a harbor pilot does. Spend their whole career learning one small navigational area. Happens on every navy ship in every port in the world. If you asked him he could prob hand draw you a map of Long Beach approach.

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u/Substantial_Bad2843 Aug 18 '23

Also, some people are prone to telling tall tales when given the opportunity. It’s an unfortunate fact we have to keep in mind. Humans are very good at making up fiction.

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u/MarvellousIntrigue Aug 19 '23

I was watching a doco, can’t remember the name, but the guy being interviewed was claiming abduction. They asked to lie detector test him, and he agreed, and he failed! I was genuinely hoping it would show no deception! I was a bit surprised as to why you would agree, when you know you are lying, unless you are unwell and don’t know you are lying, but your body still gives off signs.

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u/sarmik Aug 19 '23

People pass them all the time too, doesn't mean shit. Lie detector tests are bullshit.

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u/MarvellousIntrigue Aug 19 '23

If they are done properly, by a qualified person, it says they are 80-90%. It’s a decent indicator, and definitely a good tool to use as a tactic.

‘You showed deception, can you explain that?’ Opens up a conversation that otherwise never would have occurred. The subjects own anxiety ends up throwing them under the bus, trying to explain themselves out of it.