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F-16 Shoots Down “Octagonal Object” over Lake Huron
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y agoFTA: "They don't know what country they are coming from. When asked about aliens, said they just won't rule anything out at this point."
- bradhe 4y agoAre we certain they’re not from OUR country?
- literalAardvark 4y agoI suspect even Santa Claus would need to file a flight plan.
- elkos 4y agoOctagonal like a radar reflector? You actually are expected to install this for experimental high attitude balloons over here (you can make your setup in a way that it won't actually go very far away).
- type0 4y agoYeah, sounds like corner reflector, Russia has been using those in Ukraine lately https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-is-launching-balloons-with-corner-reflectors-into-ukraine/ https://eurasiantimes.com/russia-is-launching-balloons-with-...
- hulitu 4y ago> F-16 Shoots Down “Octagonal Object” over Lake Huron This is how an alien invasion starts.
- euroderf 4y agoHopefully Godzilla can come riding to the rescue if need be.
- dx034 4y agoI guess after not acting on the first one, they really want to show now that they can control their airspace. I think this will happen for a few weeks and then they'll go back to normal.. At least let's hope so, the alternatives are frightening..
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- RalfWausE 4y agoWeird... if you combine this multiple shootdowns with things like the meteorite over france, the object near China and so on you would get a nice plot for a Stargate episode...
- hardware2win 4y agoIs there a pic of that object?
- Daniel_sk 4y agoThere is an unconfirmed blurry video on Twitter - I can't find it now. It looked like some sort of rotating plastic trash bag :-).
- hgsgm 4y agoAkso known as a balloon?
- Daniel_sk 4y agoIt had an irregular structure (Air Force described it as octagonal) and also balloon does not usually spin - especially not if they have a payload attached.
- shapefrog 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHxi-HSgNPc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHxi-HSgNPc - Is it this plastic bag?
- krolden 4y agoOfftopic, but will politicians ever stop using twitter for their public comments on official state business? Shouldn't the government have their own website/platform for such messages?
- hgsgm 4y agoThe official public statement is here: https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/ The tweet is a politician campaigning, so it uses their personal account and plays it up pretending to be an official source.
- vlod 4y agoThey told us: - Roswell was a weather balloon - The yeti was a weather balloon - The lockness monster was a weather balloon I don't know why they're building the suspense up. We all all know they will after all said and done, say it was a weather balloon. Like a crappy clickbait article on the internet, I'm expecting a big nothing-burger.