Unidentified Moving Objects in Next Generation Time Domain Surveys
  Existing and future wide-field photometric surveys will produce a time-lapse
movie of the sky that will revolutionize our census of variable and moving
astronomical and atmospheric phenomena. As with any revolution in scientific
measurement capability, this new species of data will also present us with
results that are sure to surprise and confound our understanding of the cosmos.
While we cannot predict the unknown yields of such endeavors, it is a
beneficial exercise to explore certain parameter spaces using reasonable
assumptions for rates and observability. To this end I present a simple
parameterized model of the detectability of unidentified flying objects (UFOs)
with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). I also demonstrate that the
LSST is well suited to place the first systematic constraints on the rate of
UFO and extraterrestrial visits to our world.
