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  My money is heavily on optical illusions or natural causes.  Aliens is not on the table.  Ultra secret testing is also highly unlikely. The simplest and most boring explanation is usually the correct one.
context: Reading through this news article, pulled the following out:
  "I've met with scientists, some of the top people in the world, that tell me that we have extraterrestrial craft in our airspace on a regular basis,” Burchett added."
  What scientists? >
  
  This part bothers me:
  
  NASA has selected 16 individuals to participate in its independent study team on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena are categorized as UAPs.
  
  The word, phenomena, is the plural of *phenomenon. so why add the ‘s’ for the plural?  It is a UAP. They are UAP. It’s still UAP, either way!  
  Grrr.  I expect more from NASA. >
  
  Hey NASA scientists do math, not do English. >
  
  Why use big word when math do? >
  
  i yearn for the days when republicans were just "ha ha" crazy >
  
  I wouldn’t rule out anything. If you have experienced naval aviators making some of the observations. Not only are the qualified to fly a jet, many have degrees in physics and engineering. If they can’t explain something, I’m inclined to listen to what they have to say. 
  It could be new tech that the world hasn’t seen yet. Imagine the stealth bomber being seen for the first time. A big triangle gliding across the sky and it also has a tiny radar signature. Back in the 70s, that could be interpreted as a UFO. 
  If it extraterrestrials, there is next to nothing we can actually do about it. Just by reaching our planet from another star their technology is hundreds of years ahead of ours. Defending against that level of technology would be like trying to defend against the US military with muskets and cannonballs. >
  
  If they're smart enough to figure out a way to make FTL travel feasible, they're smart enough to already have overcome any shortages that would motivate aggressive expansion. Considering the amounts of energy needed, by comparison there is absolutely nothing Earth would offer, and thus there's no reason whatsoever to invade, and basically only curiosity left to drive exploration. 
  Unless, of course, they're here to mate with us and are somewhat confused about what's the correct hole to probe. That's more like a "burn all xeno scum" situation, alright. Or not at all, tastes differ. Anyway, what's up with Americans and their fears of alien invasions? Why is that the first thing that comes to mind? Must be some weird projections going on. Well, as demonstrated above, rest assured that any aliens coming to visit are very unlikely to be ressource-hungry land grabbers driven by their unsustainable economy. >
  
  Obviously you weren't in America when independence day the movie dropped. The hit film with aliens and will Smith. Every American left that movie feeling more American and ready to fight aliens.
  I'm halfway joking, but we have/make a lot of alien movies. >
  
  To me it seems more like you're making the same movie over and over again. >
  
  They are very similar. I don't watch a ton of alien movies personally, but people literally clapped and cheered during independence day at my random movie theater. I've never seen that happen again. Americans love to feel like they can kick anyone's ass, including aliens. >
  
  Some of these sightings have multiple sources: radar, visuals and radar by pilots, and in many cases simultaneous sighting by individuals on the ground. >
  
  “Believes,” “thinks,” “says,” yada yada yada.  This has been going on for decades, and not a single goddamned shred of physical evidence, not a single unambiguous photograph, and not a single known non-terrestrial craft, from anywhere, at any time, in any country, anywhere on the entire planet.  
  I ate this shit up when I was young, but I am officially sick to death of hearing speculation and wishful thinking.  
  ETs are right there with the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and Bat Boy. >
  
  Intelligent swamp gas and time travelers.