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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 2 Apr 2013

    Lenticular Clouds could be actual flying saucers masquerading as clouds, but it's unlikely since they're made of water vapor.

    1:58 PM - 2 Apr 2013
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      1. Timothy Connolly CFA‏ @SconsetCapital 2 Apr 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Romulan type cloaking device just makes you THINK they are water vapor!!! ;)

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      2. SCAREmy Meyers‏ @jeremymeyers 2 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson What's to say that aliens don't travel by water vapor?

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      1. Erik‏ @gothlaw 2 Apr 2013
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        @SpaghettiJesus @neiltyson The lack of Time Lord at Columbia makes me suspect his PhD. What's next? Galifrey isn't a real planet?!

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      1. LowAnimal‏ @LowAnimal 2 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Who says water vapor can't be a form of transportation?

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      1. Synthetic Sid‏ @SyntheticSid 4 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson An alien species that could traverse the vastness of space and had the tech to disguise their ships as vapor could do better.

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      1. Ted Wade‏ @Teddywade32 3 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson If they have " cloaking" they could get away with faking it. We have succeeded in cloaking & they will be far superior to us.

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      1. Chele H  ✌️‏ @RubyGloomIRL 2 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson hiding in that water vapor could be microscopic ufos carrying subatomic alien life. It's all about scale, man.

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      1. G. Clifford Williams‏ @thegdot 2 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson maybe flying saucers for an army of Tardigrade?

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      1. (((Mike K)))‏ @DJ_Shecky 2 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Unless the ET's are intelligent water droplets!

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      1. Jeff Richards‏ @jeffrichards 2 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson The “unlikely” that spawned a thousand conspiracy blogs...

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      2. Hobbesian Dystopiadork‏ @philosodork 2 Apr 2013
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        .@neiltyson That's exactly what the aliens *want* you to think...

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      1. Samishii Kihaku‏ @samishii23 11 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Do you test every Lenticular cloud you see? :)

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      1. Rod Williams‏ @toxictowers 5 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson My own theory about "flying saucers" is that they are time machines from the future. Hence no interaction with our civilisation.

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      1. Hooting Softly‏ @HunsV 4 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson LENTICULAR CLOUDS ARE LIKE "DO NOT ENTER" SIGNS FOR PILOTS

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