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Well since foo fighters [1] were spotted during the Second World War and I doubt the US patented designs for the F117 stealth bomber several decades before it w
by nprateem 7y ago
Well since foo fighters [1] were spotted during the Second World War and I doubt the US patented designs for the F117 stealth bomber several decades before it was revealed, I'd put this in the class of psyops. If they don't know what's flying those things or what they are, better to blame the Chinese instead of little green/grey men and get people all concerned.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter
- bhaak 7y agoI'm having a hard time parsing the last sentence. Is it "blame Chinese and (not aliens) and get people concerned (to be aware/do something" or "blame Chinese and (not alien and not get people concerned)"?
- nprateem 7y agoThe latter. I mean just make everyone think it's the Chinese so they won't worry about it. "Oh it's just the Chinese and we're developing our own version" is much less scary than "It's something that acts with total impunity in our airspace and we haven't got a clue what it is, how it works or where it's from". It must have been pretty obvious to the Navy this story would have been picked up by the media and widely circulated.