Some flying objects accelerate 60,000 times faster than gravity

Mysteries
Some flying objects accelerate 60,000 times faster than gravity

When military pilots encounter these mysterious objects, they witness maneuvers that would liquefy a human pilot and tear the wings off any known aircraft.

In 2004, Commander David Fravor watched a white, oblong object the size of a fighter jet hover over the Pacific before vanishing in a literal blink of an eye. Radar data later confirmed the object dropped from 80,000 feet to hover just above the waves in less than a second. To achieve this, the craft endured forces of roughly 60,000g. For perspective, the most elite human pilots lose consciousness at 9g, and a standard F-35 fighter jet would suffer structural failure and disintegrate long before reaching even a fraction of that intensity.

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