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by netsharc 612 days ago
The archive link https://archive.is/bDYTD has the title "Mystery Drones...". Where does the "UFOs" come, an old title, or OP editorializing?

Sadly "UFO", although maybe factually correct (an object which flies and is unidentifiable), attracts the attention of the loud and uneducated, who believe alien civilizations visit this planet, and confirmation biases themselves into the faith.

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If it's a drone, then it's not unidentified - it's a drone. Do we need make/model and owner to call it identified? Maybe birds should be called UFOs too, unless we can identify the species?
There's a conspiracy among techies growing like ivy: that UFO == aliens, and that the US gov't is in cahoots, or being attacked by them. It's SO weird to see this spread among self-described critical thinkers. Probably why the change.