Talking Aliens with NASA UAP Chair, David Spergel

[@StarTalk]

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[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

ground news invokes "AI" as a catch for investors and ultimately contributes to the AI slop we're seeing ruin the internet.

[@My-Pal-Hal]

WAIT JUST A DOG GONE MINUTE ! ! ! I thought for the sake of being Concise. It was "Anomalous" not Aerial. Because of the trans medium nature of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon like UFO's and USO's. .... maybe check that device in your pockets, mines an android, and NASA says my data is Correct , amateurs 😂

[@My-Pal-Hal]

For a show you say is all about being Correct. Then Diss those Android devices in your pocket. MY ANDROID DEVICE SAYS YOU'RE ALL INCORRECT !!! Because my understanding is it's Anomalous, not Aerial. Because of the trans medium nature of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon. And NASA AGREES WITH ME 😂 .... amateurs

[@carencyclopediachannel]

10 minutes into it and you guys missed two important points. 1. no money for the app is a lame or lack of imagination excuse. Crowdfund it, I bet millions and millions of people would contribute to it, especially if it will be public. 2, No one asked the question, about him at NASA checking the data! What data, the one leaked and public, or all the data that Pentagon stated in the congress hearing that it has and it is classified?

[@StayFractalesque]

stop conflating UFOs with ALIENs you BOTs

[@PoliAstroN]

He literally looks like this emoji 🥸

[@israelSamuel-ur4vq]

You look like this emoji 🤓

[@ramirorenteria7333]

😂

[@bkbland1626]

Emojis are weird, man.

[@steelydrwu]

Invented by French Astrophysicist Francois T EmoJi, suspiciously.

[@Current-Topics]

rofl 🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸

[@LailorGG]

“What do you think about the UAP hearings” “Well those two bodies in Mexico-“ Get out of here, everybody knows the question was about Grusch and Elizondo 😂

[@jjbud3124]

Those whistleblowers they claimed did not exist - and there are others.

[@phongbong]

Startalk gaslights beyond base ten.

[@SlyLix]

@@phongbong so.. you’re here because?

[@torethyen3893]

​@@SlyLixwhat kind of people would inform themselves about opposing pov's?

[@d.b.cooper1]

lol love how the usual skeptic/conspiracy guys are now 100% believing everything that career intelligence guys (self-proclaimed professional liars in social ops) are telling them...who themselves are cleared to discuss said things by the same shady agencies.

[@CALMlikeAB0MB619]

Feel like we've seen Chuck's scientific understanding grow as this channel goes on. Love to see it. Happy holidays gentlemen thank you for doing what you do!

[@posterpuddi]

I was just thinking this the other day! I don't know anything about Chuck's background with science, but it seems that while he's not academic in any particular scientific field, he's clearly becoming more and more fluent and is able to grasp increasingly more complicated concepts.

[@rl594-s8c]

Can you please have David Fravor on and have Neil tell him to his face that what he experienced was a hallucination?

[@subject8332]

Not only did the sun confuse him and his whole squadron, causing them to chase Jupiter, but a particularly nasty glare also led the radar operators to mistake a bird for a metallic object traveling at Mach 10. These servicemen should receive extra training or something, as they are 'seeing' things that I’ve determined from my couch shouldn't be possible.

[@jonathanwallace6667]

@@subject8332 well gee wiz, i guess if they're ever in combat they should just ignore enemy bogies on their radar and any enemy aircraft they visually see will just be hallucinations and if fired upon just ignore their instruments because those missiles aren't real. 😂

[@johnnyfiveo]

"nasa is transparent" tell me you're lying to us without telling us you're lying to us.

[@ronanmcw]

Need to loosen up the tinfoil hat mate.

[@Hlbkomer]

Never.A.Straight.Answer

[@uberjedininja]

"They don't have an agenda"... I mean, literally every company and gathering of people of any size, has an agenda. They're trying to accomplish something, or multiple things, and that thing - or those things - is/are the contents of their agenda. Even conspiracy theorists have an agenda, which is to uncover what truth may be hidden from the general populace by those in positions of power, and to spread their distrust in "the system" to everyone else who is not currently employed or brainwashed by said system.

[@elmanu.gamedev]

Don't listen to this guy, bro. Keep the hat on.

[@ujjwalkalia]

Hahahhah

[@Silvia6]

Merry christmas and happy holidays Neil ❤ and Chuck 🎉

[@Jana-Schöttler]

Have a very merry Christmas 🎄

[@Amsterdam-s4s]

It's a pegan day!

[@alfadog67]

@@Amsterdam-s4s 2 weeks in my neighborhood!

[@David-fr9ve]

Sycophant 🙄

[@penny6484]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@ralpymorris5721]

What a disappointment they just keep laughing instead of going to the hearth of the matter.

[@rattlecat5968]

Exactly my thoughts. A lot of fluff wasting our time.

[@kafka27]

weak podcast.

[@Solitario9475]

As people full of themselves do. There are geniuses and then there are these people. People who let the fame and compliments of their “greatness” go to their head. They’re the typical ‘laugh at everyone I don’t believe’ sort. Honestly if aliens visited they’d be so advanced that they could simply spy on us through another dimension. We have absolutely nothing to pick up on that so it really does not matter if there’s no data, they could be watching you right now and you’d never know no matter how much equipment you have.

[@sevenflashowls]

Hearth? Heart?

[@porterde08]

because its a joke if you think aliens are here.

[@RobertClark-k6p]

I do love your show. And I know that it seems like a lot of people are maybe not being truthful. Have you been out to any of the areas and seen for yourself ? My feeling is if you see it for yourself then you can give a better option.

[@phycling]

I love the way Chuck can take this information and distill it down to such simple language and put it into a single statement. He does hang out with some very smart folks and I think the title of comedian under sells him enormously. Keep up the good work.

[@ibeeliot]

Chuck periodically looking astounded and bewildered to the camera every now and then is us. 😅

[@MrWizardGG]

Merry Christmas Neil & Chuck

[@TheWillvoss]

You shouldn't ignore things you don't understand. @neil. So damned true. Thanks for finally hearing out and expert.

[@rhesreeves5339]

I love that Chuck's voice goes up 3 octaves when hearing about the deepest bass note ever. The wavelength as long as the universe.🤯

[@officialwildcardadventures]

I am so grateful for this podcast Merry Christmas Neil, Chuck and viewers. 🙌

[@theresamcpherson7352]

Thank you Dr.Neil, Lord Nice and Dr.David Spergel. Happy Holidays to All!

[@cl4udioiturra]

Dr.Neil, thanks so much for this awesome Christmas gift............

[@Iblametryss2]

I’ve been waiting for a episode W neillll for so long lets goooo and u got chuck nice in here too 🔥🔥

[@samalex9965]

He avoided replying to questions about the UAP hearings and if the UAP show capabilities beyond our current technology….!!

[@mr.voidroy6869]

Because its a loaded question. You got to prove it isnt our senses misunderstanding what ur seeing first. He explains this.

[@wallyw4965]

Nasa did a non classified review...thats as worthless as a broken toilet...everyone laughed at bill Nelson when he already admitted to the fact nasa did not have access to the classified uap data, which is 99% of it for the cases we actually care about...and this guy just confirmed it 5 seconds in...didn't have a clearance...these fools are modern day hynek and swamp gas...and hynek had a breakdown after lying so much when he found out even he was being played the whole time...regretted what he did ...same thing will happen with tyson in several years...when people try to engage with tyson about specifics from fravors case for example, he doesnt even know the first detail about it...just insults fravor by saying he misidentified something...when fravor and his wing woman with 2 weapons officers, and another plane flown by Chad underwood literally chased the thing with eyes on confirming all the multiple sensor data...tyson doesn't know any of it...hes modern day bluebook

[@jarinthemood2000]

The reason why "it shows capabilities beyond our current technology" it's because the data f*ck*ng sucks! He explained this. yet it went in one ear out the other.

[@Placebo6]

Why you assume its beyond our technology? Maybe we don't yet know what military can do?

[@austinpatterson7500]

It's the, "I never saw anything classified and don't have clearance" that really convinced me.

[@CaptainTrips]

Sounds like you cracked the caze. Well done!

[@GeoRust1]

If they’re finding so much evidence, why don’t regular people ever find or disclose evidence since they wouldn’t need clearance to do so

[@joekey8464]

@@GeoRust1 nothing to disclose.

[@Souljourney22]

That's what's happening right now clearly a uninformed citizen.​@@GeoRust1

[@Storygospel533]

@@GeoRust1 That has both happened often, and has been covered by media outlets in some instances. What do you mean, "why don't people..." ?

[@wowzee898]

Happy Holidays to the StarTalk team and all the people who enjoy these episodes.

[@PG-uv7rm]

loved the dark matter and energy casual chat 😊The beauty of sience is not knowing how stuff works, but making educated (philosophical) guesses about it and keep the wondering alive

[@richkroberts]

Very enjoyable. Great show Neil and Chuck.

[@Lucas-s4h2e]

It is easier to mock these phenomena, rather than go after them and study them scientifically.

[@universeisundernoobligatio3283]

Did you not play the KZbin ? Thats all they talked about.

[@vonNeumannProbed]

In order to study them scientifically you need evidence. Right now the only evidence is blurry video and pictures, eyewitness testimony, and a lot of weird stories. It's hard to really make heads or tails out of any of it. There's hardly any scientific evidence that stands up to any sort of rigor, that's why it's not studied. There's anomalous stuff, sure, but until you can get firm data on it there's nothing to study.

[@jonathanwallace6667]

Why don't Neil invite the actual pilots flying those jets who saw these things with their own eyes. Bet that won't happen.

[@T1000-s4j]

Did you understand the unreliability of eye witness testimony as discussed in this interview? Scientists work with data and unbiased information/data, not eye witness testimony. For instance, two people can witness the same event at the same time and have completely different interpretations of what they've seen, and then each of their versions will change slightly over time. For anyone claiming to witness a UFO they would need to provide evidence and data to back it up. Everyone should require the same, not just scientists.

[@sircrush3530]

Of course not. He's always the smartest person in the room, he has no need for eyewitnesses. He already knows what they couldn't possibly.

[@alexyoung6418]

Because they already said eye witness testimony is just not very reliable. If you have watched the part from 24:45, then you're not following the logic in the reasoning.

[@sircrush3530]

@alexyoung6418 Oh I follow the logic. I just prefer the logic of trained eyes.

[@tkermi]

There are good descriptions here on YT too explaining these particular sightings really well. Makes it feel so obvious that I can only imagine these officials intentionally making them sound unidentified. There are actually difficult to explain videos too.

[@theunluckycharm9637]

Chuck has improved

[@francescomarano4320]

startalk on christmas eve....thank you!

[@MrRandomPlays_1987]

29:50 - I once saw such ball of light crashing onto my balcony's floor, it was so crazy, saw it like a meter away from me from within my house, it was a stormy weather type of day and it was raining I think, thank god I did not go outside else I don't wanna think what could happen, it even left a black burn marks on the floor outside, it was gigantic in size, about almost one meter long diameter and it was all full of lightnings inside that made it white/blue in color or something, it was like 15 - 20 years ago maybe so I don't recall exactly but yeah most of it I can recall and it was so crazy.

[@Cesard.verdugak]

Will never get tired of listening to this podcast

[@caseykellogg707]

How many times did they mention a distinction between plasma orbs and drones? Videos are showing 2 things: 1) drones with FAA lights and visible body's and drone sounds that are most likely US made 2) plasmic orbs. No wings. No engines. No FAA lights. Just bizzare, intelligently moving balls of light across the planet Tens of thousands seen globally.

[@nothingsimpostleble1593]

Project bluebeam

[@GeoRust1]

A small drone looks like an orb. All you see if a ball of light once you reach a certain altitude

[@caseykellogg707]

@GeoRust1 Tens of thousands of ORBS, not drones, traveling above 50,000 feet sometimes, undetectable by any means with sonar, no heat signature, no engines visible, no structure, completely silent, seemingly absorbing one another at times without collision, emerging from the ocean, disappearing or dematerializing at will. If you think there are practical explanations for this global phenomenon in it's totality ,you are wrong. Perhaps you are seeing the whole thing from the media's lens. You need to look at the hours stacking up of video coming from the global community and conclude it's far beyond possible for this to be explained by drones

[@rhudson3290]

@@GeoRust1 How does that explain the Foo Fighters back in WW1?

[@GeoRust1]

@@rhudson3290 It doesn’t have to, something else probably explains those. But what I said is one explanation, specifically regarding the sudden increase in orb sightings

[@horstcs]

I love neil degrasse tyson!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@mugnimodi2358]

The acronym UAP stood for "unidentified aerial phenomenon" until December 2022, when the Pentagon updated its terminology to "unidentified anomalous phenomenon:::ACCORDING TO:CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY

[@dadyjoe9721]

now is drone

[@FARTSALOTist]

It’s always ufo

[@Hlbkomer]

This Spergel guy is a joke.

[@uberjedininja]

Yes because there are anomalous phenomena occurring in aerial and underwater settings. Used to be distinguished as UFO/USO to differentiate between flying or submerged objects, but since they changed the terminology from UFO to UAP, it only made sense to alter it slightly to include the other facet(s) of phenomena we can't currently explain.

[@RickySupriyadi]

and they push it into plasmaaaa plasmaaaaa phenomenon

[@jerzykiler4386]

0:58 I think it has evolved to „Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon” instead of „aerial” as these objects seem to be trans-something (sorry I am not a native speaker, but the something stands for - it can both move in the air and under the water).

[@TheOJDrinker]

There isn't an english word (that I know of) for something that travels in both air and water.

[@TheSwegBucket]

Most likely because it's unexplainable in terms of natural phenomenons. This doesn't mean it's aliens or even drones though. It could be just phenomenoms we don't fully understand that take place on earth.

[@MrEmteth]

They call it either “trans-medium” or “all domain” to encompass movements from space, atmosphere, water, different dimensions etc.

[@jerzykiler4386]

@ yeah, trans-medium is the word I was looking for. Thank you!

[@BEFOREMYTIME85]

So much fun. I will introduce this to my eleven year old. He has such a deep understanding of all types of subjects. His 11 yr old lens is so introspective.

[@the-MikeSpencer-show]

Holly hair paint!!! Geeez Yall gota stop 😂💀

[@ThegamingsquadLOve-kg1yq]

Am I the only one who thinks it's better to use extraterrestrial being than aliens? Because aliens feels too much like a pop culture reference.

[@subject8332]

Both will age like milk when pretty soon people realize they were here way way way before us.

[@QuickSticks8771]

Both alien and extra terrestrial suggest something foreign and non local Extra perceptual seems more accurate

[@ThegamingsquadLOve-kg1yq]

I do agree, and since you seem to know a lot about the subject(just a curious gal), do you think the sort of obsession humans, and the pop culture, have on extra perceptual beings is too much? Because personally, I feel it's been overused and overdone and maybe it's time to start focusing more on fixing the human impacts on the planet.

[@Nathan333K]

I love the language they speak, in order for a person to appreciate this type of videos and information, they have to be thirsty for knowledge 😅

[@Silvia6]

Most sightings can be related to poorly understood natural phenomena.

[@subject8332]

Tell that to the people involved in the USS Nimitz incident.

[@BrianHickmanMilitaryBrat]

You mean like 'swamp gas' in the middle of North Dakota or Nevada? Get out of here with that 'natural phenomena BS. People are not as dumb as you and they all want to make them out to be.

[@Anomaly_Files18]

Definitely not the tic tac UFO case.

[@Placebo6]

More and more chuck surprises me. Not to say i had assumed he ain't smart, but he keeps punching knowledge with the best punchers. Respect.

[@jadnagomes7137]

Thank you Neil and Chuck for sharing so much knowledge with the public ❤

[@Winsane]

Those eyebrows are out of this world and I love them

[@fathersoftorque73]

It's the choice of mustache style that has me wondering why

[@matthewsfamily900]

And why do we assume visible light for aliens is in the same range of electromagnetic radiation as it is for us anyway?

[@skelapus]

When are you going to talk to Steven Greer? Thanks. You rock

[@RickySupriyadi]

he won't and never will

[@Souljourney22]

His career is in jeopardy if he does.

[@XBLHAX]

whoever your audio guys is….give them a raise!

[@androgynous_ape]

I love it when a scientist says "Dr. Spock." That man is living in logic. Shout out to Chuck as well! Thanks for reminding everyone that we can have faith and science!❤❤❤

[@MStreppelhoff]

"Three people can keep a secret... if two of them are dead..."... Thats so funny :D

[@dandan9603]

and very true

[@robGwaldo]

Chuck holding it together during a gas joke opportunity is crazy

[@geoffreyrhine8210]

The reason the aliens are in a locked box, is that they want to maintain Schrodinger's uncertainty. 😉

[@ccdj35]

30:45 ok this is definitely not a natural phenomenon because I saw that lightning looking orb in my room in 2010. No windows were open and concrete walls+ceiling. I woke up and lied like 15 minutes in the bed. A female friend was studying for the exam and I woke up early to study at 6am because we had a little argument last night and couldn't focus studying. I was yawning and turning in the bed and she was seated at the foot of the bed and that light orb was hovering above her head. As soon as I saw it started to raise slowly. It was the size of a big orange and glowing like a lamp but rather different light and wasn't disturbing my eyes. It was half transparent and the bottom part had thread like object with a whiter glow. In 6-7 seconds it passed through the ceiling like a ghost and disappeared. No windows were open at that time and she didn't even notice that object. I didn't tell this to her because I didn't want to scare her or think that I am crazy. Don't tell me this thing wasn't intelligent.

[@Kadajpwns1337]

Consider the fact that military sensory data including video evidence is not enough to definitively confirm a UAP. So nice story bro.

[@fuzzymonkey777]

47:20 'Atoms make up 4 or 5 percent of the universe...' 'Dark matter, there's 5 times as much of it.' 5 times 5 is 25 percent plus 5 percent that is atoms makes 30 percent. Did he get those numbers right? What is the other 70 percent?

[@burnamaleik]

Saying nasa doesn’t have an agenda 😂 I’d hope that was sarcasm

[@Jcs57]

Especially since every time they make a budget request they document their agenda.

[@penny6484]

Merry Christmas Y'all 🎄

[@ImNoDoctorYet]

This is internet after all so FU and Merry Christmas🖕🏾

[@Truthseeker1285]

These guys saying why would they light up like a plane. Probably the same reason a soldier uses camo; to blend in with surroundings🤯. Considering how smart these guys are they can sure be fairly ignorant of really basic logic.

[@fan4rmmars239]

Here's my take on their reasoning: I think most planes (if not all) in the sky are tracked by towers. So, if something that was not registered for flight enters the aerial space they would know immediately it's either rogue plane or UFO (mimicking)

[@GeoRust1]

How does a light blend in with an object’s surrounding of darkness? No lights = can’t be seen. Lights = can be seen. Did you even think about what you just wrote?

[@artex98]

@@GeoRust1 The point here is: "It has blinking lights, therefore it is just another airplane" vs "It has no lights - very suspicious". Do you see the point now?

[@GeoRust1]

@ I’ve always seen the point. My point is that no lights = not seen. Lights = seen. How can something be suspicious if it isn’t noticed? A dark object will not be seen in the night sky, it’s pretty much that simple. Adding lights as ‘camouflage’ is counterintuitive, considering the entities would never be observed if this ‘camouflage’ was never implemented. Textbook circular reasoning.

[@TeodorDenae]

Great analysis, thank you! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@skelapus]

We would love to see you and Steven Greer talk to each other. That would be great interview he is the Aficionado on these drones and well-known to be. What do you think about an interview with him we would all like to see that I think I don't know if I really can't speak for everybody but the people paying attention all this he's coming forward on the as the aficionado very publicly

[@WookiRahh]

hahahahha good luck with that this tyrant (NDT) wouldnt do a legit interview without motives you got to be kidding me right hahaha

[@nubnsista]

Why doesn’t Neil go to New Jersey to check out the drones?

[@FatJesusLive]

The drone occurance only happen one day. It's not a Disney attraction. 😂

[@WookiRahh]

because hes a fraud... its very well known now that neil is a fraud...

[@ttdttd4211]

​@@WookiRahhyee.. he sold his soul

[@TONY...GTB6]

@@nubnsista How do you know he hasn't? If he did would you believe his thoughts on what people are seeing? I don't know about you but most of them would choose to believe the "more exciting" theories

[@TONY...GTB6]

@@WookiRahh 😂

[@TheDoctorFlay]

Nice one, so NASA UAP Chair, David Spergel admits he couldn't be bothered to watch all of the UAP hearings. That's just the sort of attention to detail we come to expect.

[@anderslarsen4412]

What's the point when there's ZERO evidence? Millions of people carrying cameras put there looking at the sky - yet there is nothing that can't be explained with normal phenomenon.

[@Fragrantbeard]

You don't think he had access to the information from other channels? You don't think he can read transcripts or notes prepared by underlings?

[@ohiocitydave]

It’s called delegating.

[@Jcs57]

Also when asked to name other people on the committee he could not so he just started naming their fields of research, sounds like a tight cohesive group.🙄

[@PavanMS87]

Dark Matter = Unidentified Astronomical Phenomena. The GOAT of UAPs , Neil ❤😊

[@dbiancucci1]

For the database of the telescope is it possible to scan through the pictures and determine by the data if a star is dimming and becoming brighter could it determine whether the thing that is moving in front of it is a solid object or gas I understand the concept of how you would file this down i'm not exactly sure how to say this sentence right I know what I'm saying I just can't convey it right I feel like

[@NEBULABURNA]

He’s definitely holding back info on the tic tac. Those pilots were flying top of the line aircraft’s. They had all the data they needed not to mention their own eyes

[@eco_logic]

they have no time they explained that.. they on a mission from a to b all timed.

[@williamrunner6718]

There are great explanations of all of those videos, that all do not include anything anomalous.

[@collinsmcrae]

He's not holding back a damned thing, and no they didn't have all the data needed. You are just misinformed. And their own eyeballs and interpretations are not reliable evidence in this particular discussion. Compelling evidence, maybe, but not good evidence.

[@NEBULABURNA]

@ I’m not arguing with ai

[@williamrunner6718]

@@NEBULABURNA I don't know if that is a compliment or an insult?

[@bipolarminddroppings]

It's always nice when the aliens install FAA compliant lights, you have to respect the local laws of the planet you're visiting.

[@Hlbkomer]

Mimicry

[@CaptainTrips]

Wow! You really cracked the case. Let's ignore it as well as everything related WITHOUT the FAA lights and move on with our comfortable lives..

[@bluerabbit1236]

Yeah, because there's a zero chance that a species that intelligent would never ever try to camouflage themselves by looking similar to what's in the sky, wouldn't they? Your iq is jaw dropping 😂

[@raymondsweeney5410]

Because they are the man made ones to misdirect you from the real ones , and the orbs above them 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂👀👀 c'mon now, wake up ,or go back to the field with the rest of the sheep bro ?

[@bhabbott]

@@bluerabbit1236 Occam's razor - aircraft mistaken as UFOs by people who don't usually look up, or 'aliens' mimicking them?

[@ProdigalSonMatt]

Howie Mandel is one smart guy.

[@rhesreeves5339]

It almost looks like those old fake mustache/glasses/big nose things.. in a good way tho.

[@CiabattaDom]

David Spergel looks like he's fresh off the Pen Griffey Jr 😂

[@itstrue9039]

3:49 Chuck just got a new fan and my respect ✊🏾🙏🏾

[@tyamada21]

Flashing lights certainly make sense if the aliens have deliberately designed the drones to look like they are manmade to confuse us.

[@rodgod82]

the mental gymnastic " they attached christmas lights on their ship to troll us bro trust me "

[@Yes-gp1bt]

@@rodgod82It would be a smart move for camouflage from hyper intelligent beings, but what do you know?

[@playedout148]

My guess is that if anything comes of these most recent drone sightings, it will be funding/laws for a network of govt drones to allow more surveillance of the populace and control of civilian drones.

[@djmvp4345]

i like how he said as a military pilot your job isnt to identify an unidentified object, but isnt that how you protect this country? To know if the object is a threat or not?

[@TheOJDrinker]

It's more their job to assume it's a threat regardless. They are trained in fighting things, not understanding how they work.

[@Jcs57]

We know just ask the dead people they’ve shot out of the sky. One minute you’re on holiday next minute your misidentified airliner is plummeting to earth.

[@tomreg7737]

@@TheOJDrinker they are well trained in avionic and in theorie about the technical solutions letting them fly. They no the performance of cutting edge technology in the air under multiple different weather and/or mission conditions . only after full control of that part....they are able to fight. so, fighting is the last thing they do.

[@timnaomi346]

That uncle is talking 💩

[@tims8603]

I saw something that looked like what people call ball lightning. I was sitting in the living room and it was raining outside. There was some thunder and lightning. Something, like a bright light, went past me from my left side and went into the kitchen. I wasn't alone, other people saw it too.

[@FloridaJordann]

Most likely a lense flare

[@tims8603]

@@FloridaJordann From what? The drapes were closed. No one had anything with a lens. This was in the mid 1960s.

[@syngonsmythe38]

And how much did you drink before you observered this phenomenon? 😊

[@jjmichael888]

@@tims8603I believe you because a similar incident happened to me several years ago. My sister and I were sitting at the kitchen table in front of a large window with blinds. We heard a loud noise like thunder then a lightning strike hung between the two of us. She saw a white light and I saw blue. As quickly as it appeared it disappeared. We checked to see if anything was damaged. We were fine and it was as if it never happened. I have often wondered how did lightning get into the house and not damage anything. I was shocked when Neil described the incident on the airplane. Could this be a combination of a miracle and new physics? I don’t follow this podcast but happened to watch it today. Go figure?

[@tims8603]

@@syngonsmythe38 I was something like 9 or so.

[@Dghost24]

Hi Dr. Tyson, I have a question. Earth is rotating around the sun, but the sun is also moving in our galaxy, in fact, our galaxy is also moving in the solar system. How is it that all these planets and stars are moving around, and we still keep seeing the same stars/planets filled sky for ages and ages at the same spot since mankind looked up in the skies? Happy holidays&a healthy 2025!

[@TewoG.selassie]

I don't know why the so-called intelligence is trying to undermine God absolute power and acknowledgment compared with their minutes acknowledgment of the universe? I respect what they help us to know beyond what our nowadays capabilities are, but they should admit that there is someone who made it all these let happened! I enjoyed your conversation as well! Thanks 😊 🎉🎉🎉

[@normanwolfe7639]

God??? WTF. Ferries and pixie dust. Let’s deal in reality, evidence and science please!!

[@brentduganiero1631]

NASA needs data.. “let’s make an app!”… scrap plans to build an app that a 14 year old kid could write because of budget concerns and then totally ignores the fact that they could just set up a free email address for people the send pics to.

[@trihardmccree2074]

3:09 he knows he is told not to talk about it

[@dandan9603]

sure🤣

[@NathanBolton-jw5xh]

First comments on ufo's and flashing light. These guys have no idea and laugh. Nasa isn't transparent! As soon as the first lie was told, i switched off. 4:30 was all i needed to know that this was like listening to sewer.

[@bpendztv]

Thanks for saving me the time. Science and data are coming and these yesteryear scientists will wish they didn't get left behind.

[@arda..]

@@bpendztv people have told me so much stuff to come and Im still waiting, believe me scientists are the most eager to find extraterrestials

[@williamrunner6718]

Stay in your echochamber filled with a bunch of people who don't have a clue and who feed off each other's ignorance and conspiratorial thinking.

[@dancooper8551]

Took an online course from David a few years ago. Highly recommend.

[@jbreezy3146]

10:36 A UAP zooms onto the scene, hovering over Chuck Nice's head like it's about to burrow in and claim his hair as its new spaceship landing pad!

[@syngonsmythe38]

Reports of UFO's are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks at these UFO images, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones.

[@EricRPetz]

OK Rumsfeld :)

[@vallab19]

Why they keep complete silence about the recent US congressional hearing on "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena" or UAP?

[@Souljourney22]

We call them frauds.

[@deadbilly667]

Who is keeping it quiet? It's all there, just like every other hearing. Go look at it

[@joekey8464]

There was nothing, all talk, like what happen to Grusch.

[@Souljourney22]

@@joekey8464 so why isn't he locked up for lying to Congress under oath?

[@james-faulkner]

If they were completely quiet there would not be discussions and useless hearings about it. That would be by definition.

[@KatharineOsborne]

So Spergal’s recommendation of a data collecting app is not that hard to build. You can get directional data from the EXIF data taken by most phones these days. Including the time and location data, you can then exclude sightings of commercial airplanes, and things like Venus and Jupiter. NASA could develop something in like a couple of weeks.

[@jeffreysokal7264]

Excellent show, one of the best yet - Thanks!

[@Khashenzo]

wow im here way too early 😂

[@dandan9603]

he is just an astrophysicist, writer , director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History, harvard graduate,and won a few science awards, but I guess this isnot enough, I will go with some conspiracy theories because I think I know something

[@leah.internet]

How many whistleblowers have there been now? Seems a bit foolish to dismiss their claims, but time will be the ultimate judge.

[@vonNeumannProbed]

@@leah.internet and how many of those whistleblowers have given any sort of verifiable evidence and not just stories? I'll wait.

[@bulldozer_cards55]

This is a polarizing issue. However, to say the pilots who locked onto the go fast and tic tac DIDNT know the distance is truly absurd.

[@anderslarsen4412]

Nah... estimating distance, speed, size, etc. is notoriously difficult (especially is it's a bird or other non-plane object).

[@bulldozer_cards55]

@anderslarsen4412 with an advanced Navy jet? I am not a pilot, but that's how they shoot stuff out the sky, you would have to know distance and size to make a shot.

[@RalloR]

​@@bulldozer_cards55also people get accurate distances with rangefinders that's like 100 year old technology and the fighter jet doesn't have something similar?

[@Blizofoz45]

Fighter pilots are trained observers. Identifying aircraft is critical. And NO, you would NOT put random objects in the sky during a training exercise that could cause a midair collision. So many dumb takes in this video.

[@glhfggwp6232]

@@anderslarsen4412US fighter jet are equipped with the highest end of the equipment. There’s no doubt their fighter jet’s radar can detect object from afar and give accurate information on their speed and distance.

[@HABBY23]

Best episode!

[@usedusermoser]

That moustache 🥸 is 👽 alien!

[@sidhawkins7685]

🤣🤣🤣

[@baluk05]

These are the last guys we need hear anything regarding UAP....they are trying to dismiss it.They will never acknowledge the data from the pilots.

[@activatewindows]

They’re not saying this technology doesn’t exist, they’re saying it isn’t aliens. And it isn’t. But stick to listening the random KZbinrs that confirm your bias and not actual scientists.

[@aaronbarrett5061]

Eye witness accounts are not sufficient data points

[@starvingbymidnight]

So true...

[@BoboTheChimpTTV]

or you’re just mad that reality isn’t matching your delusions. people think “scientist” get paid by the government to lie. buddy we barely get paid. let alone by uncle sam. reality is often disappointing. aliens exist for sure but not in the sense of little creatures visiting earth in ships. maybe the mission to the moons of jupiter will find evidence of life but we won’t see extraterrestrials ever.

[@JohnSmith-ps7wp]

As much as you would like to believe everything a witness says is true, the DATA says witnesses are notoriously unreliable. Scientists aren't trying to dismiss anything. The simple fact that no one can produce any evidence of intelligent life from another planet causes the issue to dismiss itself.

[@adityaagrawal1562]

Merry christmas to all 🎉🎉🎄🎄🎁🎁

[@stylepartner5123]

Word from the UK MERRY CHRISTMAS. Is this Stanley Tucci?

[@TimeNow9]

Waited for so Loooong 🫣Phew😅 Finally 🥹...Drone thing from My ❤ Astrophysist 🎉

[@arianebagabe]

Wow! Watch 37:58 You’re going to space to learn or visit dark matter; while you’re there, a certain sound or signal is given to let entities know that you’re there! That’s amazing to me!

[@russellsreflection]

Never mind UAP's, many of us have seen the beings themselves in daylight at close quarters, more than people realise.

[@normanwolfe7639]

Ok. But need evidence. Not anecdotal experiences.

[@russellsreflection]

@@normanwolfe7639 No. YOU need evidence, I dont, I have seen the beings themselves up close in daylight while drinking tea on my roof terrace. And yes I did attempt to take a video with a £1200 camcorder. They apparently do not like being filmed. There are many of us, but you go ahead and be sceptical, despite also, such things as the Senate hearings and the released airforce videos, where it is CLEAR that the craft exhibit capabilities no military currently has.

[@russellsreflection]

@@normanwolfe7639 If I tell you that I have had many girlfriends, you are likely to give me the benefit of the doubt. It is only your mindset and mainstream world view that stops you also entertaining that I have seen NHI. I have.

[@billadams8932]

Dr. Spock was a pediatrician who wrote a best selling book on baby and child care in 1946. the guy you’re talking about is simply Spock.

[@ShawnStradamus520]

Or Mr. Spock to you, sir!🖖

[@joshharraway3173]

OMG. This is one of ny biggest pet peeves. I hate when people call him Dr. Spock instead of Mr. Spock.

[@OfficialFA]

On that last part, it's more like science is in the grip or at the mercy of these funding organisations... limited by their interests & what they're willing to fund

[@TonyB-l1b]

Me and my freind saw a flying saucer for about 15 seconds on november 23 2022 around 2 pm, broad daylight. It did not move an inch it was scary idle and it was above a lowes on Chapman hyw Knoxville TN... it never moved but it definitely left reality instantly. It blinked out of existence. Now being in Tennessee wouldn't you assume that some Chinese aircraft or some aliens were observing a lowes instead of oak ridge or any of the many military bases in Tennessee? Nobody beleives me and if my freind didnt see it too i would not believe it either.

[@Hlbkomer]

I believe you!

[@scottbreseke716]

There was a famous incident where a UFO hovered above the Chicago airport (in 2006) for a few minutes and was seen by many airport personel and other people. And pics were taken.

[@RickySupriyadi]

but smart people such these 3 podcastster are too smart and too high with their position to believe, so... this why we all divided by politics around and around rather than solving it.

[@bhabbott]

@@RickySupriyadi Sad but true - smart and dumb people tend to be divided by politics. The fatal flaw in democracy.

[@TonyB-l1b]

Yeah it was weird man these ones you see videos of aren't anything like what we saw.

[@tonyg3753]

About the computer simulations that simulate the evolution of stars and solar systems, galaxies, etc. The computer model will only work with ALL the variables programmed by a team of humans with that scientific data to get a proper simulation. How can we be so sure we are inputting EVERY variable? I'm not convinced we are including them all as we cant even account for the presence of dark matter. ( dark matter is just one example of a variable that we just don't know). Please educate me on how this can be a precise simulation without all the data available to simulate an accurate outcome of the simulation?

[@JJs_playground]

50:13 isn't dark matter possibly WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles)?

[@MASTROS_CORNER]

Before drones existed, the UFOs in Close Encounters of the Third Kind strikingly resembled them. As for the lights on their crafts, we can’t assume to understand their logic. Remember, the film, released in 1977, was inspired by real reported cases.

[@RAVPower-]

24:25 But a "terrorist" from the Afghan mountains was able to do that without getting noticed by the US military?

[@artex98]

1. none of them were from Afghanistan and 2. the planes flew within the US no into the US

[@lukehornbeck]

5 mins in and Neil has already interrupted the guest 72 times lol

[@tommygreer9921]

Hi Neal great content fascinating topic enjoy you star talk cheers

[@mitsukami]

When the aliens show up, get ready for Neil's endless podcasts interviewing aliens...

[@Perplexer1]

Neil is wrong. "A" no longer stands for "aerial" phenomena, since they're not necessarily aerial (some are underwater or transmedium). So "A" now stands for "anomalous" phenomena to cover those as well.

[@theindubitable]

Yes, correct. Bottom line is, these people are a part of the cover up.

[@subject8332]

That was actually the most correct thing he said in the whole episode.

[@Yes-gp1bt]

Congrats, you’re a genius. Pat yourself on the back and tell your mom you’re done living in her basement.

[@subject8332]

@@Yes-gp1bt The names are an absolutely crucial distinction. Neil is basically instructing people to look for a submarine in the sky. Do you have a particular vested interest in spreading misinformation, or are you simply a narcissist who felt called out?