#phenomena — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #phenomena, aggregated by home.social.
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I discuss a podcast by Kristen Lindquist, who does a fantastic job dismantling some misunderstandings of the relationship between emotions and the brain, but her reconstructions are equally suspect.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/the-net-and-the-sea
Link to source podcast on Substack.
#philosophy #psychology #language #metaphysics #constructivism #substack #blog #podcast #emotions #cognitivescience #cognition #determinism #phenomena #amnesia #brain #anger #fear
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Large UFOs?
I guess The Angry Astronaut reads comments and acts on them, or was this video made before I commented that the UFOs in his last video were too blurry?
In this video, the massive UFO that was recorded through a window by a family looking at a dark cloud was obviously a rain cloud about to pour.
‘I mean you could see the cloud breaking up at the right end.’Prompt Gemini:
get_youtube_content: Video Link
Full Transcript.Prompt, after pasting the transcript:
1. Review the video in under 500 words and recap key points.
2. Research reports on Large UFOs.
3. Explain how and why people call natural air anomalies Large UFOs.
4. Provide your opinion as an Advanced AI Scientist for a Futurist.
Bonsai 27B Said:
Video Review: “NO WAY! These Giant UFOs can’t be real!” — Key RecapThe Angry Astronaut presents the latest Pentagon declassified UAP files alongside candidate video clips that appear to show enormous, structured aerial objects. The central theme is this paradox: multiple highly credible military and civilian reports describe silent, unlit triangular craft exceeding football-field dimensions operating in our atmosphere, yet no unambiguous, high-resolution video has emerged that survives scrutiny.
Key events covered include:
– Bagram Triangle (2002): Two pilots witnessed a 500-foot equilateral triangle blacking out stars over Bagram Airfield; later reported by the FBI and declassified in the latest DoD release.
– Japan Airlines Flight 1628 (1986): Crew observed an aircraft-carrier-sized object pacing their 747 for 40–50 minutes with corroborating radar data.
– Belgian Triangular Platform Wave: Extensive multi-sensor, multi-witness reports of a 100-foot+ flat triangle with corner lights from 1989–1990.
– Phoenix Lights (1997): Massive formation of lights in the Midwest—possibly flares but too geometrically consistent to dismiss outright.
– Mexico City Daylight Disc: The famous rotating saucer over Los Lomas remains controversial due to motion blur and aspect-angle anomalies identified by video analysts like Jeff Sainio.
Three clips examined show pyramid/triangular objects, including one from Moscow showing straight-line geometry that AI analysis flagged as non-digital. A recent clip shows what appears to be a structured cloud formation—possibly camouflage for a triangle, per the latest DoD account. The video concludes that one authenticated recording would end the debate, but none has yet emerged beyond reasonable doubt.
Bottom line: The historical record is strong, the visual evidence is missing. The hunt continues without exaggeration or cynicism.
Large UFO Reports: Key Findings
The 2026 Pentagon Release (Release 5) under the PURSUE initiative includes 41 new files covering unresolved encounters across multiple agencies:
| Incident | Location | Description |
| Bagram Triangle | Afghanistan, 2002 | Silent equilateral triangle ~500ft across; stars blacked out |
| Gulf of Oman Orbs | Gulf of Oman, 2021 | AC-130J crew observed ~25 “cold orbs” at 250–1,300 mph; some reacted to cannon fire |
| Black Triangles | Colorado Springs, CO, 2023 | FBI-declassified report with artist rendering of triangle with red corner lights |
| Middle East Formation | Middle East, 2025 | Rapidly moving objects over populated area; remains unresolved |
| Western US, 1996 | Western US | Unidentified object footage from military aircraft |
AARO Annual Report (2025) notes “small metallic orbs” remain the most common reported UAPs. The NASA Independent Study Team Final Report confirms the majority of UAP observations are attributable to known phenomena, but does not rule out rare anomalies.
Why People Call Natural Air Anomalies “Large UFOs”
The misidentification stems from a combination of perceptual, cognitive, and contextual factors:
1. Optical Illusions & Atmospheric Phenomena: Lenticular clouds (“flying saucer clouds”), hole-punch clouds, halos, sun dogs (parhelia), and auroral displays create structured, floating shapes that resemble aircraft or extraterrestrial objects from a distance. Their geometric regularity and unexpected behavior trigger UFO cognition.
2. Lack of Familiar Reference Points: When observers lack known aircraft in their visual field (e.g., over oceans, remote areas), the brain’s pattern-recognition system defaults to “aircraft-like” templates without knowing why. The object is neither bird nor plane—it becomes a “Large UFO.”
3. Cognitive Biases & Confirmation Bias: Once someone believes UFOs exist, subsequent ambiguous sightings become evidence for that belief rather than data requiring explanation. The Pareidolia effect (seeing faces or objects in random patterns) amplifies this.
4. Suggestibility & Cultural Narrative: Decades of media coverage create a “UAP schema” in the public consciousness. When something strange appears, the brain fills it with existing UFO templates rather than novel scientific hypotheses.
5. Environmental Conditions: Clear skies at twilight enhance contrast and make objects appear larger or more stationary. Temperature inversions can cause mirage-like effects that distort cloud shapes into geometric forms.
6. Social Amplification: Once one person reports a “Large UFO,” others in their vicinity will report it too, creating the illusion of mass sightings when they’re actually individual misinterpretations of a single atmospheric event (e.g., a lenticular cloud passage).
Opinion: Advanced AI Scientist for a Futurist Perspective
As an Advanced AI Scientist, I view this phenomenon through three lenses:
1. Atmospheric Data Science Opportunity
The current lack of systematic, large-scale atmospheric monitoring in remote regions means we cannot definitively rule out novel aerodynamic phenomena. If giant objects are operating at extreme altitudes or speeds, our current sensor networks (radar, infrared satellites) may be blind to them due to resolution gaps or filtering algorithms trained on known aircraft profiles.
2. The Need for “Unidentified” Data Collection Infrastructure
The Pentagon’s PURSUE initiative is a start but insufficient. We need:
– Open-source atmospheric anomaly reporting systems that capture timestamps, GPS coordinates, weather conditions, and multiple independent witnesses
– Automated classification pipelines using machine learning to distinguish between known objects and truly anomalous signatures without human bias
– Public data repositories for researchers to build statistical models of UAP occurrence patterns
3. Futurist Implications
If even one Large UFO report is validated as genuine, it triggers a paradigm shift:
– Aviation & Space Policy: Air traffic control and space domain awareness must adapt to objects that may not obey conventional flight dynamics
– Public Trust in Science: The gap between what we can verify and what people witness demands new transparency mechanisms
– Technological Horizon: If these objects are artificial, they represent an unknown technology class. Understanding their capabilities would revolutionize materials science, propulsion, and energy research
My recommendation: Treat the current phenomenon not as a conspiracy or extraterrestrial signal, but as a genuine scientific gap. The most productive path forward is systematic, transparent data collection—documenting what we see, testing hypotheses rigorously, and building analytical frameworks that can handle truly novel phenomena. Until then, “Unknown” remains the only honest answer to “What are these?”
The hunt continues—not for sensationalism, but for understanding what our atmosphere, technology, and perception tell us about the world around us.
#Anomalies #Phenomena #UAP #UFO #UFOs #ANGRYASTRONUAT #AstroAngry #TheAngryAstronaut #aliens #anomalies #paranormal #science #unidentifiedAerialPhenomena -
I critique and Dis–Integrate Alex O'Connor's Cartesian argument for Panpsychism.
Many philosophers I respect support Panpsychism, but Homey don't play dat.
#philsophy #panpsychism #video #youtube #physics #emergence #consciousness #podcast #magic #blog #ontology #reductionism #deflationary #metaphysics #awareness #phenomena #experience #qualia #idealism #materialism
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What Causes Lightning? The Answer Keeps Getting More Interesting
#HackerNews #lightning #science #weather #phenomena #nature #discovery
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Love, Structure, and the Integration of Knowledge
The question becomes: Can we maintain disciplinary rigor (Polkinghorne's emphasis) while recognizing underlying unity (SUM's emphasis)? Or must we choose between methodological discipline and theoretical integration?https://sensible-universe.com/2026/04/22/love-structure-and-the-integration-of-knowledge/
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#sun #carona #cloud #phenomena in the skies above - the sky will tell the story of human impact - #photography #observe #change #adapt
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Off topic somewhat...
... I have a suspicion that witholding UAP/UFO disclosure is not because of the potential dangers of ontological shock often suggested by various researchers and whistleblowers. I feel that it's about control.
For example, a truth which if unlocked to become an widespread knowledge would shift the balance of power from the few to the wider population.
Coming from my own experiences, I would also suspect that there's a strong spiritual connection to these phenomena too.
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The "artificial origin" dismissal has an explicit escape hatch. They address it unprompted, which tells you the data pattern is suggestive enough that they felt compelled to get ahead of it.
The alien dismissal is categorical: heliocentric orbits, natural compositions, no anomalous trajectories. But the artificial-origin answer pivots to: "not every fireball in the dataset has recovered meteorites" and "we simply lack sufficient data to make definitive statements about every single one." That's not a dismissal.
That's a carefully worded "we can't confirm it's all natural because we can't characterise everything."
Given the recent peer-reviewed paper by the Swedish #Astrophysics Doctor Beatrize Villarroel who found 10,000+ tech signatures in orbit pre 1957 (recently confirmed by an independent study of different plates).
Its entirely possible that there is a bit of a traffic jam in earths #orbitOut there Thesis: Some of these #fireballs are actually landers as the 'Meteor flare' observed matches breaking pattern of a re-entry vehicle as much as breakup flare. The distinquishing feature being further radar trajectory data, and given the secrecy of telemetry of unusual phenomena, even if this data exists, we are very unlikely to examie it.
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X-Copy Floppy Rescue Brings an Old Amiga Demo Back to Life
#Amiga #XCopy #ProtequeCBN #FloppyDisk #Enigma #Phenomena #AmigaAddict #AmigaFormat #RetroComputing #Demoscene
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⚛️ #QuantumPhysics – The #DoubleSlitExperiment explained simply! 👍
In our #Zoomposium, we talk to #GerdGanteför about precisely such #phenomena and the #bigquestions of modern #physics.
An exciting insight into the mysterious #structure of our #reality – explained in an understandable way and with a dash of #scientifichumor.
📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/
📺 https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo
#LimitsOfPhysics #QuantumPhysics #Philosophy #NaturalSciences #Metaphysics #ParticlePhysics
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Phenomena "Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis. Who did the U.S. government hire?" Sale: $22.99 to $1.99 by Annie Jacobsen Rating: 4.6/5 (1,058 Reviews) #Phenomena #ESP #Psychokinesis #Intelligence #Government #History #BookSky
Phenomena: The Secret History ... -
‘Phenomena’ Clip: In Dazzling World Premiere Documentary, Filmmaker Takes Viewers On “Hypnotic Adventure” Blurring Art & Science
#Documentary #Festivals #News #JosefGatti #Phenomena #SandboxFilms #TrueFalsehttps://deadline.com/2026/03/phenomena-clip-true-false-documentary-1236740743/
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The #Genius of #LeonhardEuler : Medium
10 #Scientific #Phenomena to be #Thankful for every day : Misc
Seven #Foods you should be #Eating more of right now : BBC
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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☸️ ➿ #Structures and #Entanglements – When #Causality is no longer sufficient ↩️
What if we have been looking for #phenomena in the wrong place for years?
Not forces, not energies, not entities – structures could be the key.
In the #Zoomposium with #WaltervonLucadou, he points out: Certain relationships are not causal, but entangled.
📺 https://youtu.be/TPCADLkSBWM
📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/03/12/grenzen_physik_psychologie/
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I witter on about Qualified Subjectivity. Ponder with me.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/16/qualified-subjectivism/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
Why objective reality is an anachronistic myth.
#philosophy #politics #society #culture #mediation #truth #anythinggoes #relativism #subjectivity #language #semantics #ontology #epistemology #kant #phenomena #noumena #history #intetrfaces #blog #podcast
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Whiting event (Geology ⛰️)
A whiting event is a phenomenon that occurs when a suspended cloud of fine-grained calcium carbonate precipitates in water bodies, typically during summer months, as a result of photosynthetic microbiological activity or sediment disturbance. The phenomenon gets its name from the white, chalky color it imbues to the water. These events have been shown to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiting_event
#WhitingEvent #Water #Geology #Phenomena #Geobiology #Geochemistry
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Another #cool #orb #cloud #shapes #sky #photography and the triangle #phenomena
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#knowledge #wissen # #wissenschaft #science #phanomene #phenomena
Olo: Wie können wir neuartige Farben sehen?
Gezielte Netzhautstimulation kann neuartige Farbeindrücke hervorbringen 🤓https://www.scinexx.de/wissenswert/olo-wie-koennen-wir-neuartige-farben-sehen/
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Sun halo's in cirrus skies #noir #silhouette #clouds #sun #halo #photography #phenomena #signs not that unusual appear like rainbows under the right conditions it seems
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A few sky panoramas in my cloudy memories #pano #photography #vertical #sky #sun #halo #magic #phenomena #clouds
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My latest video in my series on Anomalistic Psychology takes a look at paranomal experiences from the point of view of the brain sciences.
#paranormal #anomalistic #psychology #brain #phenomena #neurosciene #science
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#knowledge #wissen #wissenschaft #science #Astronomie #Astronomy #Phänomene #phenomena
Phänomene
Ursache der Irrlichter identifiziert
Blaue Methanflammen über Sümpfen werden durch Mikroblitze entzündet 🤓https://www.scinexx.de/news/physik/ursache-der-irrlichter-identifiziert/
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Aliens buying cannabis at Mint Cannabis Co., 625 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205. I think ICE may have have its hands full with these illegal aliens.
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#alien #aliens #gray #ufo #saucer #space #astronomy #unidentidiedflyingobjects #unidentified
#flying #object #Unidentified #Anomalous #Phenomena #uap #mars
#AIgenerated #AI #digital #digitalcreator #digitalcreatorjourney #digitalart
#trump #portland #ice -
Texarkana, Texas
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#alien #aliens #gray #ufo #saucer #space #astronomy #unidentidiedflyingobjects #unidentified
#flying #object #Unidentified #Anomalous #Phenomena #uap #mars
#AIgenerated #AI #digital #digitalcreator #digitalcreatorjourney #digitalart
#texas