Pulled up two old government reports from 2012 and 2023 on the same UFO case

I was digging through the FOIA archives after a podcast episode and I compared a 2012 DIA report about a sighting in Texas to the newer 2023 AARO version. The 2012 one admits the object moved in ways that break known physics but the 2023 one just calls it 'sensor artifact' with no real explanation. Same exact case, same witnesses, same radar data. One was honest about unknowns, the other was written like a cover sheet for a messy desk. How do you trust debunking when the goalposts shift that much between administrations?

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henryt182d ago

Is it just me or does that whole "sensor artifact" thing feel like a cop out? I had a similar thing happen with a MUFON report from back in 2015 where the original analysis mentioned "unexplained energy signatures" and then a 2020 declassified version just waved it off as "instrument noise." Like, you can't seriously tell me all that weird data just disappeared between reports.

thomas_price1d ago

Yeah, the "sensor artifact" thing is just a convenient way to make weird data disappear.

ivan_harris2d ago

Had a similar thing with a Navy report on an incident off the Virginia coast. The original analysis had three possible explanations including unknown craft, then the later version only mentioned birds and weather balloons. You just have to look at who's writing the debunking and what they're trying to protect.