US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada
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#202I think China erred by sending such a large balloon that was visible to the naked eye, causing the American public to demand it be shot down. There's no hard rule about where national airspace ends and space begins.. a lot of times they fly too high for planes to reach, and under certain circumstances balloons are allowed through national airspace.. so if the balloon isn't causing a problem (like being a hazard to ai…
The second object has not been called a balloon by US Air Command. Most interesting are some reports of pilots saying the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes. [1] Interfering with F-22 sensors? If they sent an airborne jamming platform over US space it's serious. On a more positive note, now that private observers report the skies over the Artic, Northern Canada and Alaska border, have a constant pre…
Pilots always claim sensor interference- it covers any mistakes they may have made.
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#203The US Government shooting down an Unidentified Flying Object sounds like the start of a science fiction film. If there were ever a bad time and place for actual aliens to come visit...
The first tic-tac they shoot at is going to kick their ass. No offense America but my money is on our alien overlords to win.
Let's say we're at war with Alpha Centaury. They'll get news of the downing of their flying cylinder in 2027 and will retaliate in 2032. If they can't send much more than a few small ships the logistic is pretty bad for them. Even if they are loaded with nukes, it's not much damage on the planetary scale. If they can send one thousand, it's a different matter.
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#205Is there a plausible explanation as to why the US government has not announced objects 2 & 3 are balloons, if they are balloons? They call them "objects", yet must know what they are. They wouldn't randomly missile unknowns. If it's for reasons of secrecy, why announce it at all? The second one was in the middle of nowhere, it could easily have been ignored, or dismissed as a military exercise if anyone had made a fu…
There’s also a 4th over Montana right now.
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#206"Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes" "Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet." https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/unidentified-object-... "It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.…
Is it just me or does this sound unremarkable? If we take one question mark from each event, we can construct a very spooky narrative. But none of the question marks, on their own, seem all that peculiar.
HN vibe when ET life is finally acknowledged by government: “ is it just me or does this sound unremarkable? I mean think about it the universe is so big. We’ve always welcomed open minded scientific inquiry on this forum, I don’t think any of us ever seriously doubted we’d eventually find ET life. Why is this on front page? Let’s get back to bickering over the latest shiny tech fad.” Hehe
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#207Used to be that everything was explained away as "probably just a weather balloon".
Now, when asked specifically if it was a balloon, the govt is like "Welllll...I can say it used no method of propulsion known to science, so if that's balloon-like..."
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#208Sucks to be an alien right now.
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#209Reuters sacrificed common sense for sensationalism, these are drones/balloons, not alien space craft, and everyone knows it.
Clickbait!
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#210This is a bit embarassing, but that was actually my balloon. Sorry guys