# Ever wonder why Air Force pilots can't see UFOs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916 "2017-12-20T05:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/1 "2017-12-20T05:11:11Z")
Since we’re apparently headed to _UFO month_, I’d like to point out something important. I noticed in the recent UFO footage that it was NAVAL AVIATORS who were chasing the UFO. Poor UFO didn’t have a chance. Do you know why Air Force pilots never see UFOs? Well, of course, they can’t catch them, but if they happen to see one, they assume anything that flies like that, with that level of skill, has to be a NAVAL AVIATOR. Thereafter, they spend the rest of the afternoon trying to figure out how those NAVAL AVIATORS drew that penis in the sky over Washington. Show an Air Force pilot a UFO and he’ll misidentify it as a Fokker. “What the hell is that fokker.” he’ll ask. Show a NAVAL AVIATOR a UFO and he’ll put in an application to fly the damn thing. So, take my word for it. If UFOs are real, NAVAL AVIATORS will be lining up to fly them. Air Force pilots will be sitting by the phone waiting for Southwestern to call. I bet we have some Air Force pilots here. They’ll verify this. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/2 "2017-12-20T21:33:31Z")
Maybe it’s because the AIR FORCE doesn’t employ idiot pilots who think UFOs are a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/3 "2017-12-20T23:29:03Z")
**The Village People** never had a song about the AIR FORCE. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/4 "2017-12-21T00:10:10Z")
Next your gonna tell me the Marines are part of the Navy. Geesh, it’s like they write their paychecks or something! (I know) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/5 "2017-12-21T00:13:01Z")
I am certain there are eyewitness accounts of Air Force pilots seeing something in the sky that they or anyone else couldn’t quite explain. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/6 "2017-12-21T00:22:25Z")
Ever see a dog or cat chasing a laser pointer beam on the wall? Remember that the next time you see a fuzzy spot of light in the sky, moving at impossible speeds and defying gravity. The “UFO” may just be a spot of light; a reflection; or an illusion. Physical objects can’t move like that, but light spots can, and human beans are very easy to fool, especially “experts.” Show me a pilot with an imagination, and I’ll show you a UFO fanatic. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/7 "2017-12-21T01:06:42Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Ever see a dog or cat chasing a laser pointer beam on the wall? Remember that the next time you see a fuzzy spot of light in the sky, moving at impossible speeds and defying gravity. The “UFO” may just be a spot of light; a reflection; or an illusion. Physical objects can’t move like that, but light spots can, and human beans are very easy to fool, especially “experts.” Show me a pilot with an imagination, and I’ll show you a UFO fanatic. I like Human beans. They have such cute little faces on them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/8 "2017-12-21T01:39:53Z")
If you as a pilot call in saying you’ve seen a UFO, no big deal. If you say you saw a flying saucer you darn well better have proof. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/9 "2017-12-21T22:36:59Z")
> [@Nightfall1](#): > > If you as a pilot call in saying you’ve seen a UFO, no big deal. If you say you saw a flying saucer you darn well better have proof. Not to mention the flying cup and the whole darn tea service too. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/10 "2017-12-21T22:44:04Z")
I’m not sure, but I’m kinda getting the impression that the OP thinks one branch of the military has better pilots than the other one. ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/11 "2017-12-21T22:58:12Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I like Human beans. > They have such cute little faces on them. 🙂 Are Human beans for vegan cannibals? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/12 "2017-12-21T23:12:12Z")
[At least one did](http://www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/db_articles/e0205417977bf88b13f1507060efb736ceb93704.png). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/13 "2017-12-21T23:34:08Z")
> [@I.Dunno](#): > > Are Human beans for vegan cannibals? That’s what they tell themselves, but I think they’re in denial. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/14 "2017-12-21T23:36:45Z")
> [@I.Dunno](#): > > Are Human beans for vegan cannibals? Do Mexican cannibals eat humanudo on Sunday mornings? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-wonder-why-air-force-pilots-cant-see-ufos/804916/15 "2017-12-22T16:20:11Z")
Taken at face value that seems like a rather ignorant and hostile thread for this forum. I suppose I could choose to read some humor in there someplace if I squint hard enough. Or, more likely, the whole thing is an over-the-top deliberately planned to be total BS joke post from the git-go. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Total BS.