or a "Holy Crap Your Full of SH*T" or "How About a Nice Cup of Shut the F**k Up"
Same to you my friend. So glad to know you've got this whole reality business figured out.
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Have you ever experienced a time anomaly?
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Same to you my friend. So glad to know you've got this whole reality business figured out.
Basically we both freaked out and when we got home, my friend's older brother was at home and we immediately told him what happened. He said the exact same thing you did, about the plane leveling off. I thought that maybe this was possible, but it really didn't seem that way because we kept driving while it was stationary and so we were continually seeing it from a slightly different angle.
I suck at estimations when they get too large, but the plane was maybe 300-500 yards to our left, and the same distance up ahead of us. Between us and the plane was a patch of forest. It was about 150-200 yards up when it froze. It was heading in a flight path parallel to our driving path, but in the opposite direction.
Hopefully that helps a bit in the visualization of this story.
Many thanks, Brandon, appreciate those further details.
I've just thought of another possible scenario - not that my intention is to in any sense "explain away" what you saw. I wonder if, in addition to levelling off as the plane made its approach, it could have encountered a particularly strong wind which might have dramatically decreased its ground speed. Now, if I'm honest, I've both flown and watched many small aircraft make their approach into strong, gusting headwinds and have never seen them appear to slow down or freeze and I suspect any visible effect on a large jet would be even less noticeable so I'm not really throwing this out as a likely explanation but who knows, maybe a combination of levelling off, a changeable wind and your viewing point could have combined to produce a convincing optical illusion? Do you recall if the wind was particularly strong and gusting that night?
Personally I prefer the "time freeze" idea but I'm an old romantic!
I've just thought of another possible scenario - not that my intention is to in any sense "explain away" what you saw. I wonder if, in addition to levelling off as the plane made its approach, it could have encountered a particularly strong wind which might have dramatically decreased its ground speed. Now, if I'm honest, I've both flown and watched many small aircraft make their approach into strong, gusting headwinds and have never seen them appear to slow down or freeze and I suspect any visible effect on a large jet would be even less noticeable so I'm not really throwing this out as a likely explanation but who knows, maybe a combination of levelling off, a changeable wind and your viewing point could have combined to produce a convincing optical illusion? Do you recall if the wind was particularly strong and gusting that night?
Personally I prefer the "time freeze" idea but I'm an old romantic!
I don't remember if there was a wind, but that's certainly a possibility. It was a huge jet, so my thoughts are that if there is any mundane explanation to this situation it is either some sort of weird optical illusion or the plane somehow slowed down to such an extent that it appeared to freeze. But neither of the explanations seem sufficient.
I personally think that things like this probably happen to people all the time, but our minds gloss over the anomalies to give our world the impression of continuity. I probably only remember this incident because someone else was with me, otherwise I would've just assumed that I was making something up in my head.
The boom was a much more significant event, it seemed like the end of the world. So that's why I probably remember that one even though I was alone.
As an example of this, my girlfriend and I had a ufo sighting in a downtown area. I'm very interested in the subject, and she has no interest.
And yet, when I first saw this round object covered in lights, my thoughts were simply, "Wow, that plane has lots of lights" and I went back to driving. I would've completely ignored it had she not said "What the hell is that?"
And I'm actually very interested in ufos! It makes me wonder how many strange things occur that we just gloss over.
Because of the weird circumstances in my life, I'm convinced that humans are compelled (whether they like it or not) to organize the events in their lives in a way that makes the world sensible to them. If something occurs that doesn't make sense, all the mental faculties rally to explain it away and file it under "normal".
Aaron LeClair
Paranormal Maven
Brandon is lying. He is a reptoid sent here from Meier, and wants to eat your babies. Dipped in sour cream and fudge. And stuff. Seriously, run.
Yes, I think you're probably right. The old theory of cognitive dissonance has a lot going for it IMHO.
On a related note, forum readers might find this blog post on the Psychology of the Sceptic interesting.
I dunno, I really bear more of a resemblance to the mantis aliens. I've always suspected that my reptoid parents adopted me.
Aaron LeClair
Paranormal Maven
Yeah, Mantis aliens are cool looking. Well, I've never seen one, only drawings.
I'm surprised at the poll so far. I wouldn't have guessed "yes" would get the most results.
I'm surprised at the poll so far. I wouldn't have guessed "yes" would get the most results.
exo_doc
Foolish Earthling
This might be more missing time technically, but it was anomalous none the less.
In 1988, I was stationed at Fort Detrick in Maryland, and I was living in an apartment off post. I had to show up for formation and PT at 5:45 sharp every morning, and I had been in the Army for 4 years already, so I was used to this.
One cold morning in February, I got up at 5am, got dressed, and left my place at 5:20 for a normal 10 minute drive to my company.
I know it was 5:20 when I left, I saw the clock in my kitchen and looked at my watch.
I remember nothing unusual about the drive.
When I pulled into the parking lot, my company was well into exercises...and I thought "What the Hell?"
I looked at my watch and it said 6:08!!!!
I got into trouble for being late because I had no idea what had happened to those 50 minutes, and of course my first sergeant thought I was just goofing.
There is no way it took me 50 minutes to drive less than 5 miles. I later checked my alarm clock, it was fine and never did anything funny after that.
What the hell happened to those 50 freakin minutes? I drove my buddies crazy talking about it so I just shut up, but never forgot it.
Nothing like that has happened before or since.
In 1988, I was stationed at Fort Detrick in Maryland, and I was living in an apartment off post. I had to show up for formation and PT at 5:45 sharp every morning, and I had been in the Army for 4 years already, so I was used to this.
One cold morning in February, I got up at 5am, got dressed, and left my place at 5:20 for a normal 10 minute drive to my company.
I know it was 5:20 when I left, I saw the clock in my kitchen and looked at my watch.
I remember nothing unusual about the drive.
When I pulled into the parking lot, my company was well into exercises...and I thought "What the Hell?"
I looked at my watch and it said 6:08!!!!
I got into trouble for being late because I had no idea what had happened to those 50 minutes, and of course my first sergeant thought I was just goofing.
There is no way it took me 50 minutes to drive less than 5 miles. I later checked my alarm clock, it was fine and never did anything funny after that.
What the hell happened to those 50 freakin minutes? I drove my buddies crazy talking about it so I just shut up, but never forgot it.
Nothing like that has happened before or since.
i just floated the idea that time was simply a distance that we already measure and travel, like space ,past my wife. and she agrees the very idea that we could travel in time as easily as we do in space , is simply sci fi... beyond belief and that if i had made the same case for going to the moon 100 years ago.... the resulting disbelief would be the same......
if i said i could build a machine that can travel across time no one would believe me. but if 100 years ago i said i could build a machine that would travel from here to the moon and back, the result would be the same. NOT possible.
what if time is like a lake, un aided you can naturally float across it, but with the right technology you can explore the bottom, or float halfway between the bottom and the "surface", and even above.............
if i said i could build a machine that can travel across time no one would believe me. but if 100 years ago i said i could build a machine that would travel from here to the moon and back, the result would be the same. NOT possible.
what if time is like a lake, un aided you can naturally float across it, but with the right technology you can explore the bottom, or float halfway between the bottom and the "surface", and even above.............
skunkape
Paranormal Maven
Happens to me too. I also seem to have a very accurate ability to tell time without a clock. It's like some portion of my brain has it's own pocket-watch. I can, more often than not, tell the time within 10 minutes without a time-piece. I've only ever owned 3 watches in my life and they all broke the first day.
Wow, that's cool!
Same here, every watch I've owned has stopped, literally.
I now use only my cell phone as a watch or the comp since I'm ALWAYS on one, lol.
skunkape
Paranormal Maven
My grandma, who's dead now, claimed she had one that started running backwards!
methshin
Japans Underground Robot Army
I chose maybe.
My friend and I were standing out front of a cabin for scouts camp having a smoke. We both saw a younger kid enter the cabin next to ours, which was about 40' away and in a somewhat well lit area considering it was night time.
About 5 minutes later we saw the same kid enter the cabin again, but both of us didn't see him leave the cabin, which only had one door. We were in charge of looking over the campground to make sure kids weren't stirring shit, so we would've noticed, or so one would think.
My friend and I were standing out front of a cabin for scouts camp having a smoke. We both saw a younger kid enter the cabin next to ours, which was about 40' away and in a somewhat well lit area considering it was night time.
About 5 minutes later we saw the same kid enter the cabin again, but both of us didn't see him leave the cabin, which only had one door. We were in charge of looking over the campground to make sure kids weren't stirring shit, so we would've noticed, or so one would think.
Schuyler
Misanthrope
I did that to my geometry teacher in junior high school. Crawled out the window and knocked on the door to be let in--again. I wonder if she thought she was having a paranormal experience.
She caught me on the spit wads, though.
