# Strange aerial phenomenon **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014 "2000-01-09T03:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014/21 "2000-01-10T17:19:00Z")
JimB, stall speed can be very fast or very slow, depending on the plane. Did you really mean “no miles per hour”? I think it is probably several hundred miles per hour. Nickrz, are you going to tell us what you mean by “very slow”, or what that cut down on your opportunities to tout your real estate career? * * * That which does not kill me just makes me really irritable ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014/22 "2000-01-10T17:28:00Z")
Of course it’s a UFO - unidentified flying object. If it was identified, he wouldn’t have asked the question. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014/23 "2000-01-10T17:36:00Z")
Now that someone has finally got **Satan** ’s UFO reference, can I throw out another WAG? Might it have been an A-10? I used to see those spooky MF’s all the time growing up in Maryland. Never saw one with a searchlight, but they seem to cover ground as slowly as they please, and you can’t really hear them until they’re right on top of you. ## Made me glad I wasn’t a tank driver for whoever the bad guy of the week was. I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014/24 "2000-01-10T19:40:00Z")
Thank you, Irishman. I almpost exploded there… * * * Yer pal, Satan _ **First Place** Most Popular Poster of the 20th Century Competition As overseen by Coldfire_ ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014/25 "2000-01-11T03:22:00Z")
**Satan** , Surprising how long it can be for a minor, but correct, point to sink in, eh? **manny** , A-10 was one of my first thoughts, but not being familiar enough with them, I left it out. We had Navy blimps when I was a kid. You could talk them up big time. ---
**Author:** ![Kaje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f04885/32.png) [@Kaje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaje)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014/26 "2000-01-11T04:18:00Z")
why do you assume that because nobody posted on the subject that we didn’t understand satan’s UFO point? just that little woe to report * * * The only thing a nonconformist hates more than a conformist is another nonconformist who does not conform to the prevailing standards of nonconformity. ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014/27 "2000-01-11T08:46:00Z")
Maybe some kind of (experimental) hovercraft? Ray [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-aerial-phenomenon/6014.md?page=1)