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US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

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Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

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Post by cronix »

dumbaccount123 wrote: post #199
awestley wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like a shiny balloon to me.

Funny, they confirmed it was unmanned but they refuse to confirm whether its a balloon. Bit weird don't you think?

"well, technically we recovered an alien so it was 'unmanned' because there were no men onboard"...some defense department lawyer

Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

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Post by larrywright »

nl wrote: post #201

Related: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-22-shoots-down-new-o... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40638/what-we-know-abo...

Tangentially related, but this site (and its editor, Tyler Rogoway) are my go-to news source for anything military aviation related. Consistently great reporting. He’s worth a follow on Twitter [0] if this sort of thing is of any interest to you.

[0] https://twitter.com/aviation_intel

Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

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Post by kps »

dqpb wrote: post #191

Is there nothing we can send up to take a picture of it? Edit: ffs, Do the downvotes mean "obviously there is" or "obviously there isn't"?

Not a downvoter, but yes, ‘we’ (governments) have airplanes, but that doesn't mean ‘we’ (you and I) get to see the pictures.

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Post by drekipus »

dqpb wrote: post #191

Is there nothing we can send up to take a picture of it? Edit: ffs, Do the downvotes mean "obviously there is" or "obviously there isn't"?

> ffs, Do the downvotes mean "obviously there is" or "obviously there isn't"?

Downvotes on HN are handed out like candy to mean anything. Some people think obviously there is, and so downvote, others will think there isn't and downvote. Others think this is a stupid idea and will downvote. Others might think it's a good idea but disagree with the way you framed to the question

I wouldn't really worry too much about the votes here. They mean nothing.

I predict I will get downvoted on this comment, I don't know what it's meant to signify.

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Post by poly_morphis »

birdymcbird wrote: post #217
rossjudson wrote: post #208

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 :)

Maybe "they" have been here all along.
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