On July 9th, 2016,
NASA’s International Space Station’s live video feed was abruptly cut after a
UFO moving across the screen came to halt.
What could have been explained as a meteor or comet was instantly hailed
as an alien spacecraft because of the unnatural movement, and many conspiracy
theorists believe the video feed cut to be the result of a government attempt
to cover up knowledge of a UFO. As the
object steadily moves from top to bottom, it comes to an abrupt stop before it
leaves the screen.
With
minimal investigation, however, one can tell that the whole image was clearly
frozen due to a glitch, and does not actually show the object stopping. The heavily pixilated video is clearly live
until the object stops, at which point the pixels in the whole screen stop
moving as well – not just the object itself.
While I
applaud those keeping a close eye on NASA’s feed hoping to find evidence of
very possible extraterrestrial life, this is a result of the Heuristic example
of “confirmation bias” highlighted in lecture one. Confirmation bias is the result of one’s
desire to find evidence that may not exist and rejecting anything that may
discredit what they are trying to find.
In this case, the viewer has overlooked the very obvious and plausible
reason for the feed cut and stationary UFO because he wants the opposite to be
true. While extraterrestrial life has
certainly not been ruled out, it is important to approach the issue with an
open and unbiased mind based on scientific fact.
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Ryan, I saw this on the news the other day and I found it very strange how it cut off right after but they explained it could of been a "lost signal". I definitely agree with you when it comes to the unbiased mind based on scientific fact. I feel like most people believe their is more life outside of Earth, but do not want to look into it. I think people are scared to see what else could be out there other than the human race here on Earth. I believe their is life out there other than us on Earth and it would be incredible to finally meet them somewhere down the line.
ReplyDeleteI think this is really interesting! Maybe there really was a lost signal, but than again this would not be the first case where people and investigators claim to have seen strange UFO sightings caught on video. However, with all the new technological advances that they put into space there is a possibility that maybe this could be a sighting of some type of satellite producing what seems to be a light. I also do believe that we are not the only living species in this entire universe considering the size of it.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting stuff to say the least. If UFO's and extra terrestrial life really do exist, it makes you wonder why our government would want to keep that news from the public. That brings into question Area 51 and other UFO sightings and crop circles. Stuff like this is very fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI think it's amazing how crazy some people get when someone mentions UFO's or extraterrestrial life, especially when the government gets involved. Everyone thinks that the government is trying to hide evidence that there is life beyond our planet, when in truth no one actually knows. Although I am almost positive that Aliens in exist to some degree, I don't believe there would be a reason to hide their existence from us.
ReplyDeleteI always find these things very interesting. While it could have been a lost signal or a glitch in the system, it also could have been some form of interference from a spacecraft. The truth is, only the people there who saw it with their own eyes will every really know what happened.
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