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It is funny to think that any object you see flying but can't identify is a UFO.
If that a barely visible Boeing 747-400 or a 747-800? Can't tell? It's a UFO!
Everything’s a UFO if you’re bad enough at identifying things
*if your eyes are bad enough.
The problem is more often in interpretation of what has been observed.
Well, "UFO" is "Unidentified Flying Object". If a pig in a red wingsuit flies over your house and you don't identify it as a pig, it is an UFO, technically.
AND conversely, if you identify a flying saucer as being a T4400 from the planet Zorglub, then it is not a UFO
And THAT'S what alen flight trackers and extraplanetary spacecraft catalogues are good for!
What if you misidentify everything as Superman?
The you have lots of MIFOs flying around.