David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters send people here for a detailed first-hand account from the pilot, and some say it changed their view on the sightings.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Lex Fridman

Topic

ufo sightings

Format

podcast

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

8

HN mentions in dataset

16

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• You should check the interviews (there are several, including a 60 minutes) with the pilot David Fravor (1). There are two pilots and two wizards that saw the same with their own eyes (even I have only see the other pilot confirming it). That's an …

• Lex did one [1] with the same pilot that saw the ufo (commander fravor). I went from "no friggin way do they exist" to "shit... it actually sounds plausible". [1] [VIDEO]

• I guess somebody had to cherry pick that line from the 3+ hour long interview, because it makes a good click-bait headline. But there's a lot more to the interview with Fravor than that. I still have over an hour of it left to watch, …