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US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

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Sucks to be an alien right now.

if this alien then bigger danger for human. civilization that travel how many light year to get here possess technology human identify to be magic or God. terrifying to think at least to me :)

Not necessarily: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_(short_stor...

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#223

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reportedly the NC balloon did have explosives to self destruct.

Who is reporting this?

WSJ, linked in another comment on this post, “The craft came outfitted with small explosives to disable the surveillance equipment, an official said, though they weren’t detonated.” https://archive.is/oORem#selection-677.0-677.133

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This is third shoot down we’ve been told about. First was the Chinese balloon, second was the small less maneuverable vehicle off of Alaska, and this third one in Canadian airspace. Feels like some cold conflict we’ve been unaware of is heating up.

I think TikTok is probably the most successful weapon so far, and not because of spying or privacy concerns.

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How much if this is just awareness bias, where the media reports commonplace events that were previously ignored?

Anytime the media gets focused on unimportant things like this, I'm looking to see what the actual news is? Is it the Ohio train thing? Covid treatment stuff? Who knows?

Slow news day?

Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

#228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Lol
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