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Doesn't mean UFO's are real, just that these unidentified flying objects have been recorded.

But then, is this a disclosure that UFO/aliens are real?

This must mean aliens are real, and the Storm Area 51 meme was started by the government. They can't tell the public that aliens exist because there is an ancient contract. But, if the public were to storm Area 51 and discover it for themselves - the government can't take the fall when the angry aliens come back asking why the secret got out. They've released this information in an attempt to reignite interest in storming Area 51.

I wish I was crazy enough to believe my own theories. Or crazy enough to stay off HN making alien theories when my database is on fire.

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  must mean aliens
I haven't seen a single thing that couldn't be explained by technology humans already master.

The phenomena were unconventional guided plasma objects, and certainly didn't have any living things riding onboard. No pilots or passengers. Definitely remote control only from some undiscovered platform or satellite control.

But it's really obvious that someone was using electrified plasma to taunt pilots in an exercise.

Since the object advertised its presence and then further provoked pilots by anticipating their ad-hoc CAP points, I suspect it was Americans experimenting on Americans.

If it wasn't a U.S. experiment, it was China or Russia screwing around, considering the level of tecnology.

Any prototype aircraft that is too fast to get good video of and does not have a recognized transponder will be a UFO. That just means some contractor is building great things and doing publicity stunts, perhaps for funding?
I seriously doubt a contractor would be pulling "publicity stunts" involving the military. If they were caught, they'd be in prison for a very long time. Violating military airspace is beyond illegal.
Perhaps the military gave them permission and these are publicity stunts for darpa investors.
The Navy and DOD held meetings with and briefed congressional members and Trump over the issue. There is no way they would have lied to congress and the executive branch for a "publicity stunt".
Or it could be military R&D itself, using people in its own chain-of-command (who aren't in the right security compartment to be aware of the project's existence) as an unknowing QA group for determining whether e.g. the device is stealthy enough, or can fake an emissions signature well-enough, or etc., to fool these people.

As any such flaw would be fatal to the project, it's fine if the "QA group" publishes records of what they see—as whatever those vulnerabilities are, R&D will need to get rid of them before the project can be greenlit for operationalization.

In est, it'd be sort of an adversarial development system. If anyone would come up with something like that, it'd be a military strategist.