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Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by eightysixfour »

jimbob45 wrote: post #19
mshake2 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it's a big distraction from other, non-balloon important world events that we should be focusing on, of which there are many. These balloons taking over the news cycle for days on end eats into peoples precious attention spans. Suddenly balloons are the hottest thing to focus on right now though.

https://newsasfacts.com/ Even my most unbiased source of news can’t come up with much distraction-worthy news outside of a small kerfuffle in the Philippines.

The train in Ohio seems moderately distraction worthy.

Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by ksherlock »

labster wrote: post #23
kneebonian wrote: post #6

Anyone else feel like we aren't getting the whole story here?

What evidence do we have that these balloons are of terrestrial origin, other than Occam’s razor? It could be Venusians, who have experience building lighter than aircraft for their floating cities. Other than how wildly improbable it is, the alien theory still makes more sense than the CCP thinking balloon espionage is a pretty neat idea.

There's no released info on the second or third but China acknowledged ownership of the first balloon (as an errant weather balloon) and complained when it was destroyed. Remains of the balloon were recovered and the Chinese companies that built the balloon were identified. None of that behavior is consistent with a Venusian origin.

Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by morpheos137 »

thorawayz wrote: post #13

Interesting flight patterns over the Dakotas/MN border, not like we have anything near Grand Forks that anyone would care about....... Seriously, why are there a few dozen "UofND" planes flying about right now? https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ab6866

A large number of ICBM sites are in northern and western ND.

Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by [deleted] »

ggm wrote: post #16
topspin wrote: post #12

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> jumping with both feet to conclusions What conclusions? I'd actually like to see some conclusions. So far all we have is 'objects'.

"Reported" objects. On a complex radar system which has filters in the process of being re-tuned, because of concern things have been missed but now, there are more false positives: radar is complicated and weather, dust, floating metallised party balloons, insects, migrating birds can generate signals.

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Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by tdehnel »

jliptzin wrote: post #20
kneebonian wrote: post #6

Anyone else feel like we aren't getting the whole story here?

I don’t understand what’s so interesting about a spy balloon anyway. Doesn’t China already have satellites in orbit able to take high resolution pictures anywhere in the country anyway?

Let’s say you had a rival, and they had a spy balloon floating above your house. No big deal?

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Post by Rury »

tdehnel wrote: post #35
jliptzin wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t understand what’s so interesting about a spy balloon anyway. Doesn’t China already have satellites in orbit able to take high resolution pictures anywhere in the country anyway?

Let’s say you had a rival, and they had a spy balloon floating above your house. No big deal?

A balloon 60k+ feet above my house? Yes no big deal. Not like they will see anything better than they could from the public road, or what's on google maps.

Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by zoklet-enjoyer »

hindsightbias wrote: post #14
thorawayz wrote: post #13

Interesting flight patterns over the Dakotas/MN border, not like we have anything near Grand Forks that anyone would care about....... Seriously, why are there a few dozen "UofND" planes flying about right now? https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ab6866

Couldn’t possibly be the UND Flight School program.

UND has over 120 aircraft and the weather was beautiful today. Good day for flying, I imagine.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Odegard_School_of_Ae....

Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by yowzadave »

topspin wrote: post #12
thrill wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I feel like we are jumping with both feet to conclusions rather than gathering data and then evaluating.

> jumping with both feet to conclusions What conclusions? I'd actually like to see some conclusions. So far all we have is 'objects'.

The conclusion that this is even worthy of the attention of everyday citizens, and not a routine case of floating trash?

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Post by westhom »

topspin wrote: post #12
thrill wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I feel like we are jumping with both feet to conclusions rather than gathering data and then evaluating.

> jumping with both feet to conclusions What conclusions? I'd actually like to see some conclusions. So far all we have is 'objects'.

WSJ is reporting the Alaska object was metallic balloon with suspended payload.

Re: U.S. Representative Comments on New “Object” over Montana

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Post by austhrow743 »

jimbob45 wrote: post #24
Rebelgecko wrote: post #22

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Is this your site? It looks neat

I wish lol. Someone smarter than me posted it here and I’ve been using it ever since.

FYI it's just an alternative frontend to a current events page wikipedia has:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events

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