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Because at least the 2nd object wasn’t, it was described as a cylinder about the size of a car which is where all the UFO tic-tac victory mark memes came from.

krapp 4y ago
> Because at least the 2nd object wasn’t, it was described as a cylinder about the size of a car Source?
- stevenhuang 4y ago
  > One official told ABC News that the object was “cylindrical and silver-ish gray” and gave the “balloon-like” appearance of floating without “any sort of propulsion” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-mystery-flying-object-us-chinese-balloon https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-myste...
- 00deadbeef 4y ago
  https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-shoots-high-altitude-object-alaska-white-house/story?id=97040022 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-shoots-high-altitude-obje... > It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.S. official said. https://news.sky.com/story/us-shoots-down-unknown-object-flying-in-airspace-near-alaska-12807818 https://news.sky.com/story/us-shoots-down-unknown-object-fly... > The object, shot down on the order of President Joe Biden, was flying at a high altitude of about 40,000ft and was the size of a small car, the White House said.
  - krapp 4y ago
    Ok. To be fair, all of that could still describe a balloon. Per the ABC news article: "It did not appear to have maneuverability capability, he said. "It was virtually at the whim of the wind."
    - golem14 4y ago
      Sounds like a zeppelin
    - andrewflnr 4y ago
      Yeah, I know it's possible to create a blimp that size, since I've seen smaller ones as toys.
dtx1 4y ago
Yeah, source please, i have not read anything about this and that would be HIGHLY interesting.
- dumbaccount123 4y ago
  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-mystery-flying-object-us-chinese-balloon https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-myste...
thorawayz 4y ago
I recall there being myths of third Reich cigar UFOs. Maybe Blue Beam is in effect.

krapp 4y ago

> Because at least the 2nd object wasn’t, it was described as a cylinder about the size of a car Source?

stevenhuang 4y ago
> One official told ABC News that the object was “cylindrical and silver-ish gray” and gave the “balloon-like” appearance of floating without “any sort of propulsion” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-mystery-flying-object-us-chinese-balloon https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-myste...
00deadbeef 4y ago
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-shoots-high-altitude-object-alaska-white-house/story?id=97040022 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-shoots-high-altitude-obje... > It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.S. official said. https://news.sky.com/story/us-shoots-down-unknown-object-flying-in-airspace-near-alaska-12807818 https://news.sky.com/story/us-shoots-down-unknown-object-fly... > The object, shot down on the order of President Joe Biden, was flying at a high altitude of about 40,000ft and was the size of a small car, the White House said.
- krapp 4y ago
  Ok. To be fair, all of that could still describe a balloon. Per the ABC news article: "It did not appear to have maneuverability capability, he said. "It was virtually at the whim of the wind."
  - golem14 4y ago
    Sounds like a zeppelin
  - andrewflnr 4y ago
    Yeah, I know it's possible to create a blimp that size, since I've seen smaller ones as toys.

dtx1 4y ago

Yeah, source please, i have not read anything about this and that would be HIGHLY interesting.

dumbaccount123 4y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-mystery-flying-object-us-chinese-balloon https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-myste...

thorawayz 4y ago

I recall there being myths of third Reich cigar UFOs. Maybe Blue Beam is in effect.