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Ok - what are these flying objects the US keeps shooting down

379 replies

fissty · 11/02/2023 22:12

First the ballon

Then a mysterious object the size of a car

now another BBC alert they are tracking another “ufo” across Canada…..

Chinese?

Aliens?

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Thesystemonlydreamsintotaldarkness · 12/02/2023 22:47

It all feels like the beginning of a sci fi film. I loved war of the worlds!!

ValerieDoonican · 12/02/2023 22:53

EmmaEmerald · 12/02/2023 21:51

If that's real...wow.

So, also watch "Signs" if you haven't already, love that film!

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So impressed they have leaves on the trees in Alaska in February 😂

Thesystemonlydreamsintotaldarkness · 12/02/2023 22:53

Seriously though. The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one

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YourLocalTERF · 12/02/2023 22:53

Has China said they're behind them, or is it just speculation?

Winnet · 12/02/2023 22:55

Thesystemonlydreamsintotaldarkness · 12/02/2023 22:47

It all feels like the beginning of a sci fi film. I loved war of the worlds!!

Fair enough . . . . but if you knew your world and everything you thought you knew was about to be turned on it's head, would you feel as giddy?

Steakandquinoa · 12/02/2023 22:56

Valeriedoonican love your name! My mum was a big fan of his.

EmmaEmerald · 12/02/2023 22:57

ValerieDoonican · 12/02/2023 22:53

So impressed they have leaves on the trees in Alaska in February 😂

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They have a lot of evergreens don't they?

I nearly left MN this week
I would have seen this on Twitter but it's nice to chat about it on here.

ValerieDoonican · 12/02/2023 22:59

Steakandquinoa · 12/02/2023 22:56

Valeriedoonican love your name! My mum was a big fan of his.

😊😊I remember him on the telly from when I was little. He wore a cardigan and always finished his shows with a croony number sung from a rocking chair - at least, that's how I remember it!!

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 22:59

How utterly bizarre! I’d love to see one float over the U.K. 😂 just to see what they are talking about!

TokyoBouncyBall · 12/02/2023 23:00

apparently they have recently fine tuned the radar, so it now sees much smaller things…

which is an explanation, but may mean they have been coming over for years.

Thesystemonlydreamsintotaldarkness · 12/02/2023 23:00

Winnet · 12/02/2023 22:55

Fair enough . . . . but if you knew your world and everything you thought you knew was about to be turned on it's head, would you feel as giddy?

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Oh come on. It’s really unlikely to be aliens

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 23:01

Even if it was aliens why do we always assume they would be hostile?

ValerieDoonican · 12/02/2023 23:03

Any civilization intelligent enough for intergalactic travel would surely know better than to come to this benighted shit-hole wouldn't it? Unless if course they are on a mission to cleanse the planet of Hom Sap....

listsandbudgets · 12/02/2023 23:04

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 23:01

Even if it was aliens why do we always assume they would be hostile?

Well if they were to begin with they probably aren't now! They've not exactly been welcomed withopen arms have they?

Let's hope we've not inadvertently started off a war of the world's scenario

listsandbudgets · 12/02/2023 23:05

I mean they probably ARE now

Lolliesareonme · 12/02/2023 23:08

It’s ok.

Cornwall have sent up a welcoming present.

Ok - what are these flying objects the US keeps shooting down
Bunnyfuller · 12/02/2023 23:10

@listsandbudgets my thoughts exactly…if they were aliens, we’ve already buggered it. Or released some unknown virus by shooting them down. Actually, it could’ve done that anyway. Balloons are so last millennium in terms or military surveillance, there must be a point to them,

shooting them down is a perfect vector for a virus needing aerolising….

just putting it out there. Ex RAF Intel 👀👀😈

JaneJeffer · 12/02/2023 23:14

It's just a load of balloons that a little alien let go of on the deck of their spacecraft and now is crying their little alien eyes out as they watch them drift towards earth.

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 23:17

I thought they said the first one was a balloon but the subsequent ones don’t resemble that one? All the TV stations are saying unidentified flying objects 😂

BalloonInvestigator · 12/02/2023 23:18

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 23:01

Even if it was aliens why do we always assume they would be hostile?

They will be now!

JaneJeffer · 12/02/2023 23:19

Hmm @BalloonInvestigator how's the investigation going?

whatanoddthingtoask · 12/02/2023 23:20

BalloonInvestigator · 12/02/2023 23:18

They will be now!

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Yes exactly ! Why didn’t they just track and monitor them ? Would have given loads more info potentially and now they are scrabbling round for wreckage

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 23:21

Has anyone actually got any decent footage?

TheSpottedZebra · 12/02/2023 23:22

ValerieDoonican · 12/02/2023 23:03

Any civilization intelligent enough for intergalactic travel would surely know better than to come to this benighted shit-hole wouldn't it? Unless if course they are on a mission to cleanse the planet of Hom Sap....

... or we're seeing them fleeing?

JaneJeffer · 12/02/2023 23:22

So if the aliens are intelligent - heading for Earth suggests otherwise - they will have sent these things on ahead to see what reception they get first and whether they need to arrive all guns blazing.