Death Star?
Big basketball?
Noooo it’s just the Ampulomet
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UFOs are called UAPs nowadays
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Thanks, I didnt know that.
Never even heard that term.
So just another name for the exact same thing?
I’m too old and uninterested to keep up with nonsense like that but happy to learn something.
Interesting, since it was a really big thing in 2023
Until it got gutted and pushed back.
Btw. UAP stands for Unidentified Aerial (or Anomalous) Phenomenon.
It’s fascinating if it’s all just some weird hoax.
It’s all imagination of the simple humans brain until one lands on the roof of my penthouse.
Obviously, it’s not imagination, we just don’t know what it is. Just like the US Rear Admiral said in that video I’ve just shared.
So they change flying to aerial? And add phenomena instead of objects interesting but I think I will stick to UFO since it a classic
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UFO simply states “we don’t know what it is but it flies”
UAP sounds more like “little green aliens spotted”
Well, classic “UFO people” hated the change from UFO to UAP.
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It’s iconic so I’m completely not surprised.
It actually has about as much weight as changing from Twitter to X.
So it’s not like it matters much
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Technically yes.
But there is also an emotional layer. Ppl get attached to things.
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That’s why nobody is using the new terms. And it’s used only in official stuff.
The only consequence is that people who are not sufficiently engaged in these topics have no idea what to think about terms like UAP or X when they accidentally come across them.
Even though at the mention of terms such UFO or Twitter, literally everyone has at least some idea of what is being discussed/mentioned.
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This is rather not an emotional layer, but a mess. When you come across two identical terms, at least in my case, you don’t understand a damn thing: “Why? And what is right? And why are there two of them? Who came up with this idea to make new name for old thing?”.
For the older and wiser on these forums, there is a term that is used to disparage this type of phenomenon - “re-inventing the wheel”
Its very common in Govt / Corporate circles, moreso these days than in the more meritocratically minded past, where ppl desparately want to be recognised for “inventing something new” or “improving on something” without actually doing so. So its easier to invent new words to whitewash over old meanings and create new narratives.
That’s how they justified the appearance of a new abbreviation.