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Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by 5thWorldIsNow
HAHAHA!
The F-35 has anti-grav? Pull the other one, mate. How can you expect anyone to take you seriously posting garbage like that?
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by Chadwickus
I was aware of "retrograde motion", or at least the fact it was an optical illusion, at the age of around 9 or 10 when my father explained it to me when I raised the same question as the poster here, namely "Dad, that plane isn't moving!".
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by 5thWorldIsNow
It doesn't, really. No more than a Eurofighter or an F-22 to be honest.
It's not classified "above top secret" either, otherwise you wouldn't even know it exists. As it stands, much of the technology behind it is understood.
As for your claims of anti-gravity being used on it, how do you explain the great big, noisy, dirty jet engine in there? What about the huge turbo fan behind the cockpit used to generate the downforce needed for it to hover? What about a recent USN report that the decks of their Aircraft Carriers need reworking to cope with the sustained high temps of the jet blast?
Methinks your talking out of the proverbial....
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by Matteroni
Then I assume your also familiar with the illusion that you get when you are moving and an object is some distance from you too? I live near Heathrow and see plenty of planes every day and when I have been on the train or in a car, alot will appear to be motionless when at a distance, moving in a certain direction etc, but they only appear motionless in relation to you.
How far was the aircraft from you? I highly doubt you were only 100-200ft away as claimed, it has to have been further. A large airliner that close to the ground is cause for alarm if not landing. They are not fighter jets and are not that agile.
You state you were in a car, did you stop and get out and still see it "hovering"? If you didn't, then nothing you say is going to convince me that you saw a "hovering" air liner, as you were in motion yourself and this is an understood and easily explainable optical phenonemon.
Did you get any pictures by the way? Video would be awesome if you did.
There are hundreds of thousands if not millions of people having experiences that defy explanation.
Originally posted by BO XIAN
reply to post by Nventual
Fascinating how many folks seem to not have read the bloke's post but offer glib non-sequitur responses.
Personally,
when he said he pulled the car over and stopped . . .
My PhD allowed me to understand that
he pulled the car over and stopped.
My 50,000 word vocabulary was up to understanding that sentence.
I guess mileage may vary.
Sigh.
And no, my girlfriend didn't stop the vehicle although I wish she did. She slowed down to about 20-25 mph and we both watched it for quite a while because we were all in such disbelief.