I honestly can't believe i'm wasting my time with this, but yes as you have pointed out it is the landing lights that I have seen. I've just asked my housemate (who is an aviation expert) and he says that he is 80% sure the B2 has three landing lights in a triangle.
He also says that whilst landing lights are used for lighting up the ground for takeoff and landing, they are also left on in some occasions when doing low level flying or various other instances which probably account for a lot of people mistaking them for the alien craft type triangles.
Well, there is no doubt the B2's have landing lights attached to their landing gear and if the gear are extended and the lights are on they would have a triangular configuration when viewed from below. So tell your "aviation expert" housemate that he can be 100% sure instead of just guessing.
The frequency with which B2's fly around with their wheels extended is a matter of conjecture; at least I don't know how we would find out. I'm guessing it would be rare, especially considering the B2's unique profile. Drag is not the B2's friend.
It seems like we are both now in agreement the B2 doesn't have "three bright lights" on the ventral area of the aircraft, at least once the landing lights are discounted.
I have seen them myself only on documentaries but I don't have time to go trawling the internet for them just to prove a point, if you want to do it be my guest.
Yes, the ten seconds it took to find the Youtube video was a bit overwhelming. I hope my schedule can recover.
So there we go then, my original point was to say that the B2's and other flying wing type craft look like the black 'alien' triangles, which I don't think is in dispute.
No no no. This is still very much in dispute. As a matter of fact I cannot think of a FT report that I thought was a good candidate for a B2 solution (and B2 is usually my first consideration).
Another problem with this theory is that most FT's are described or rendered in drawings as acute triangles, whereas the B2 presents an obtuse triangle.
What do you mean "other flying wing type craft"?
The lights thing was a side point but in my eyes I am sure that the original statement is correct.
No no no. You were offering that the B2 was the solution for FT's because the B2's have "three bright lights" on their undersurface. After modest scrutiny, it turns out what you were saying was: The B2 is a good solution if it happens to be flying overhead with its gear extended and its landing lights on. That's an entirely different thing.
i'm starting to think you're stalking me on this website because every time i make a post you pop up disputing everything I am saying.
Good to know, thanks.
And where has it got us in this thread?
Its been a waste of both of our times, has railroaded the OP's thread into some petty argument, and has probably made us both look like pricks.
What was the point?
I disagree. You offered the B2 up as solution for Siani's report, and I didn't think that's reasonable (still don't). Especially since your theory seemed to be predicated on a lighting configuration that does not exist. (Well, aside from the landing lights.)
We must remember that Siani also reported a "blinking red light" in the center of the triangle of lights. I still have seen no evidence that the B2 ever displays such a light.
The theory is still a little nonsensical in that many aircraft have landing lights on each landing gear which form a triangular pattern of lights when viewed from beneath. Why do we "pick on" the B2?
Seriously mate, i genuinly don't have anything against you, but trying to attack my posts when all you have done is look at some picture you found on the internet is not helping improve discussions on here.
Attacking your posts? Gosh, I hope these two threads aren't weighing you down too much emotionally.
On a note to the OP though, my housemate says that last he heard, there werent any B2's stationed in the UK. Maybe it was a different type of airplane.... i dont know
Frankly, there just aren't that many of these planes around. (Wikipedia says only 21 were built.) Like I said earlier, the B2 is probably a solution for at least some UFO reports, but I think we will have to look elsewhere for a solution to the FT's.
oh and also, he says he thinks the strobe is on the bottom.... and I can see two planes above my house now at the moment that have strobes on the bottom
He "thinks" there is? Is he more than 80% sure? This is not something we have to guess at, there is a vast amount of aircraft video and other aviation-related documentation available on the internet that we can peruse to get to the truth of this.
All I care about is whether your B2 as a solution for the FT is a valid theory or not; I'm still skeptical. It doesn't seem honest to write off an anomalous report by using a rare aircraft behaving anomalously.