{"id":5943,"date":"2021-10-19T22:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5943"},"modified":"2021-10-19T07:26:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:26:08","slug":"episode-653-about-that-ufo-i-saw-the-other-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2021\/10\/19\/episode-653-about-that-ufo-i-saw-the-other-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 653: About that UFO I saw the other day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.guff.com\/site_2\/media\/33000\/32619\/items\/d09f593ce3803e8d17f1bf5e.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1xR\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7250\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5943-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep653_211020.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep653_211020.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep653_211020.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep653_211020.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep653_211020.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzbJPBnGgs4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Feedback<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QOTW: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/photos\/a.10151218397851671\/10158027651256671\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was your favorite childhood candy?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>On This Day In History for October 20, 2021<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the 293rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 72 days remaining in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was on this date in 1961, that The Soviet Union performed the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 20, 1973, The Sydney Opera House was opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also today in 2003, The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structure known to humanity, was discovered by students at Princeton University.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral, Christopher Wren, born on this date in 1632.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer was born on that same date in 1950.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also turning 63 today is American-Danish actor and producer Viggo Mortensen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also born on that same date in 1964,\u00a0 American politician and lawyer, 49th Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American computer scientist and engineer, founded Slackware, Patrick Volkerding, born on this date in 1966.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listener Birthdays<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 &#8211; Mike from near Des Moines, Iowa<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21 &#8211; Daniel Ebdrup Jensen (D. Ebdrup)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21 &#8211; Justin Diehl (nulloperations)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22 &#8211; Zach &#8211; zml2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22 &#8211; Cassandra Therrien (Canada)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 &#8211; Mad Marv &#8211; spelled &#8220;K &#8211; Y &#8211; L &#8211; E&#8221; but pronounced &#8220;Marv&#8221;. Hope that helps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 &#8211; HMNSHLD<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 &#8211; BritOnTour (Jason)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 &#8211; Scott (Minneapolis)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for October\u00a0 20, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birthday Calendar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> link.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>News<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-last-minute-nuke-to-shatter-an-incoming-asteroid-coul-1847863278\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuking an Incoming Asteroid Could Actually Work, Study Suggests<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/communicate-with-lucid-dreamers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How scientists learned to enter people&#8217;s dreams &#8211; BBC Science Focus Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/legal\/canon-sued-for-disabling-scanner-when-printers-run-out-of-ink\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. 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