# Is this real? UFO thread revisited. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 17, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706 "2017-12-17T13:22:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/1 "2017-12-17T13:22:19Z")
This looks very real to me. Can anyone explain it? This is a sincere request. The video is the one called Gimbal. [https://www.google.com/search?q=ufo+gimbal&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=svni&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn87Gg8JDYAhXFZCYKHR7LD5EQ\_AUIEigC&biw=601&bih=962](https://www.google.com/search?q=ufo+gimbal&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=svni&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn87Gg8JDYAhXFZCYKHR7LD5EQ_AUIEigC&biw=601&bih=962) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/2 "2017-12-17T13:27:49Z")
I clicked the link. Something about UFOs. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/3 "2017-12-17T13:28:22Z")
Both pilots identify it as a drone. They say further that there are a large number of them in the area. So it’s real. A real drone. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/4 "2017-12-17T14:03:44Z")
A UFO is a flying object that has not been identified. It doesn’t mean an alien spacecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/5 "2017-12-17T15:01:16Z")
Does the video look like a drone anybody had in 2004, much less now? What about the rest of the account? ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/6 "2017-12-17T15:02:24Z")
What about the flight characteristics? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/7 "2017-12-17T15:11:38Z")
We may find alien life some day, but we sure as fuck won’t find it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/8 "2017-12-17T15:13:01Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > What about the flight characteristics? What about them? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/9 "2017-12-17T15:16:28Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > We may find alien life some day, but we sure as fuck won’t find it on YouTube. I’m not even sure we’ll ever find _intelligent_ life on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/10 "2017-12-17T15:18:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > A UFO is a flying object that has not been identified. It doesn’t mean an alien spacecraft. Did you watch the videos? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/11 "2017-12-17T15:34:11Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Did you watch the videos? How about you describe to everyone what you think you saw and then we can have a chat about that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/12 "2017-12-17T15:35:54Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > This looks very real to me. Can anyone explain it? This is a sincere request. The video is the one called Gimbal. > > [ufo gimbal - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=ufo+gimbal&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=svni&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn87Gg8JDYAhXFZCYKHR7LD5EQ_AUIEigC&biw=601&bih=962) 1. What does this link supposedly show? 2. What is your stand on this…debate? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/13 "2017-12-17T15:36:58Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Did you watch the videos? Can you tell us what they supposed show, first? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-real-ufo-thread-revisited/804706/14 "2017-12-17T15:37:34Z")
Enough. Stan, I like to think we have standards. Perhaps a questionable assumption, but there I stand. Opening another thread with only a link, essentially, after I’d told you such wasn’t allowed does not endear you to me. Don’t do it again or sanctions will occur.