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Weather Phenomena

Weather Phenomena. Mistaken as UFOs The Truth Revealed. Jesse Ferrell / AccuWeather.com August 15, 2014. Lenticular Clouds (1). Google/Public Domain. Lenticular Clouds (2). Google/PR NewsFoto. Lenticular Clouds (3). Google/Getty Images. Mothership Clouds. Google/Valentina Abinanti.

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Weather Phenomena

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  1. Weather Phenomena Mistaken as UFOs The Truth Revealed Jesse Ferrell / AccuWeather.com August 15, 2014

  2. Lenticular Clouds (1) Google/Public Domain

  3. Lenticular Clouds (2) Google/PR NewsFoto

  4. Lenticular Clouds (3) Google/Getty Images

  5. Mothership Clouds Google/Valentina Abinanti

  6. Hole-Punch Clouds (1) Google/Keptelensig.Hu

  7. Hole-Punch Clouds (2) YouTube/@thaitvnews

  8. Rocket Trails Google/vietgiaitri.com

  9. Lightning (Sprites & Jets) Google/NOAA

  10. Ball Lightning Google/US Air Force Academy

  11. St. Elmos Fire Google/Fly For Fun

  12. Lens Reflections (1) Google Maps / Google Earth

  13. Lens Reflections (2) Google / Mike Wu

  14. Atmospheric Optics AccuWeather.com / JWWalter

  15. Weather Balloons Google/Kay Brooks

  16. Quadcopters & Chinese Lanterns Flickr/Ars Electronica

  17. NASA Earth-Like Planets Study • 100,000,000,000 • Earth-like planets in the Milky Way Galaxy • 20,000,000,000,000,000 • Earth-like planets in the Universe • Life is likely out there, but there’s no concrete evidence YET.

  18. Occam’s Razor • “A principle of economy, or succinctness used in problem-solving” • “Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected. Other, more complicated solutions may ultimately prove correct, but—in the absence of certainty—the fewer assumptions that are made, the better.” • Which is more likely: • A known flying object was mistaken for a UFO? • OR • - An extraterrestrial life-form has made a long journey to appear in our skies but leave no evidence?

  19. There are 70,000 UFO reports per year • Wild Estimate: 30,000 of them are probably atmospheric phenomena • Let’s say another 30,000 are known aircraft • Let’s assume another 9,999 are camera reflections • What if there is • JUST 1 • THAT CAN’T BE EXPLAINED?

  20. Thank You • Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather Meteorologist • http://WeatherMatrix.AccuWeather.com • http://Facebook.com/WeatherMatrix

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