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In reply to the discussion: CNN: Pilots said object shot down interfered with plane's sensors and had no propulsion system [View all]Rural_Progressive
(1,107 posts)30. This gives me a bit of the creeps
The CCP is under a lot of pressure on a lot of fronts both domestically and internationally. This sudden uptick in events using passive technology has the feel of an exploratory expedition. Like they're looking for something they can exploit.
I'm going on 71 this summer and as long as I can remember the world has been perched on a ledge looking down at the abyss in one way or another. I've marveled that we've managed to avoid falling or being pushed off that ledge for this long.
Hope luck holds for the younger folk coming up behind us oldsters, in the last half century we sure have developed ways to f*ck things up totally for them.
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CNN: Pilots said object shot down interfered with plane's sensors and had no propulsion system [View all]
Polybius
Feb 2023
OP
nope - aliens! when they say un-MANNED that could still be aliens right.....?
certainot
Feb 2023
#26
If it is aliens I hope it's Klattu and Gort. That will bring everything to a halt....
usaf-vet
Feb 2023
#33
I'm thinking North Korea. China can't be liking this kind of thing... bad for business
WheelWalker
Feb 2023
#9
China probably thought they either wouldn't caught or Biden wouldn't go public.
Irish_Dem
Feb 2023
#18
Could be something not seen before, or looks different from different angles.
Irish_Dem
Feb 2023
#19
Well, it sounds like they shot down one of what pilots describe as a "tic-tac."
colorado_ufo
Feb 2023
#38