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We Know Almost Nothing About This Secret US Government Airline

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Re: We Know Almost Nothing About This Secret US Government Airline

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Post by johannsg »

Overtonwindow wrote: post #2

The article is a bit lacking. This particular "airline" has been around a very long time. It was tracked a lot back in the day with regards to Area 51.

Yes, and the last paragraph pretty much sums it up (spoiler alert) — It's likely that JANET is simply how government employees commute to their top secret jobs every day.

Re: We Know Almost Nothing About This Secret US Government Airline

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Post by SirFatty »

Overtonwindow wrote: post #2

The article is a bit lacking. This particular "airline" has been around a very long time. It was tracked a lot back in the day with regards to Area 51.

Exactly, I thought this was the airline that flew people directly to area 51. Not sure what this has to do with Popular Mechanics!

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Post by mikestew »

mnw21cam wrote: post #3

Another web site that claims I have an ad blocker, and won't let me see the article. I don't have an ad blocker, so I can't switch it off for you, and even if I could, I wouldn't.

Oddly, I’m running an ad blocker on mobile Safari, and not a peep about it from the site. That’s okay, you didn’t miss much, the article is so thin that I considered flagging it.

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Post by cialowicz »

This is pretty click-baity. The planes are obviously used as commuting shuttles so government employees can live somewhat normal lives while still working in far-off research facilities.

    > It's likely that JANET is simply how government employees commute to their top secret jobs every day.
    > But it's sure fun to imagine what else could be going on.
What else could be going on?

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Post by zodPod »

cialowicz wrote: post #7

This is pretty click-baity. The planes are obviously used as commuting shuttles so government employees can live somewhat normal lives while still working in far-off research facilities. > It's likely that JANET is simply how government employees commute to their top secret jobs every day. > But it's sure fun to imagine what else could be going on. What else could be going on?

It could be some sort of party bus that is used to get people to every $0.25 taco stand around the US. You join at the beginning of the year and every day you go to a different taco stand. JANET could stand for Jaunt Amazingly to Nibble Effectively on Tacos.

No, you're right. The article is absolutely clickbaity and provides no real service.

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Post by zodPod »

mnw21cam wrote: post #3

Another web site that claims I have an ad blocker, and won't let me see the article. I don't have an ad blocker, so I can't switch it off for you, and even if I could, I wouldn't.

I'm with the other guy I run like 5 different ad blockers plus have my headers file configured to block most ads and this site didn't say anything. It's strange that someone who doesn't even have one could've gotten flagged. It's almost like these stupid sites that try to block people who use blockers should just stfu if they're programmed so poorly they get false positives.

I'm with the other guy as well, you didn't miss anything. The article is garbage. It basically says "Woah! There's a plane that flies around and no one knows what it does or where it goes! It's probably nothing but it's fun (and gets clicks to our website) to make up conspiracies! Weird, huh?!"

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