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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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CoorieInByTheFire · 12/02/2023 23:22

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.

Weve been missing things the size of a car? I don’t think so.

I doubt it’s aliens, and even if it was they wouldn’t tell us because there would be mass hysteria. It’s probably just China mucking about. Or North Korea finally launched something successfully.

The only thing that concerns me is germ warfare, and I think they’re too high up for that.

whatanoddthingtoask · 12/02/2023 23:23

Are there any images of any of them ?

JaneJeffer · 12/02/2023 23:23

Like the rapture @TheSpottedZebra?

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rosesarentalwaysred125 · 12/02/2023 23:24

what was the pentagon press conference about?

CandyLeBonBon · 12/02/2023 23:24

Nena predicted it back in the 80s. No one believed her... neun und neunzig luftballons...

MadamLeota · 12/02/2023 23:26

I’ve got a friend who’s high ranking in the army and he says they’ve all been put on standby for something big happening tomorrow.

Just thought I’d get that in before someone else does 😂

BalloonInvestigator · 12/02/2023 23:27

JaneJeffer · 12/02/2023 23:19

Hmm @BalloonInvestigator how's the investigation going?

Well, they get shot down before we can make enquiries tbh.

TheSpottedZebra · 12/02/2023 23:27

JaneJeffer · 12/02/2023 23:23

Like the rapture @TheSpottedZebra?

Oh, i meant aliens going home but maybe it IS the rapture.

But isn't that where the righteous ascend (naked) into heaven? Are the balloons naked?

For some reason the naked aspect is always stressed in stories of The Rapture.

DaisyDoo09 · 12/02/2023 23:27

I’ve read on twitter it’s a distraction from something. Doesn’t say what though .

CoorieInByTheFire · 12/02/2023 23:28

rosesarentalwaysred125 · 12/02/2023 23:24

what was the pentagon press conference about?

It’s not until 7.15pm ET, it’s 6.28pm ET right now so another 3/4 of an hour.

GlitteryFarts · 12/02/2023 23:28

rosesarentalwaysred125 · 12/02/2023 23:24

what was the pentagon press conference about?

It's been postponed until 7.15 (Washington time)

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 23:30

Would we even know if some floated over the U.K.?

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 12/02/2023 23:33

I follow MrMBB333 on YouTube who runs a website in the USA where people send in videos of strange weather phenomena, lights and objects seen in the sky from allover the world. Anyway, he’s been following the latest events here:

Mind you, after watching it all you’re still left completely baffled. 😕

Embelline · 12/02/2023 23:40

This is making me feel increasingly uneasy.

EmmaEmerald · 12/02/2023 23:40

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.

Oh no...that happened to me with a helium balloon. 😢

Thesystemonlydreamsintotaldarkness · 12/02/2023 23:41

MadamLeota · 12/02/2023 23:26

I’ve got a friend who’s high ranking in the army and he says they’ve all been put on standby for something big happening tomorrow.

Just thought I’d get that in before someone else does 😂

i have a friend of a friend who’s dad is in the nasa who said that there will be something happening with the moon tomorrow.

Rinoachicken · 12/02/2023 23:41

So the Pentagon have described the lates one as ‘octagonal’

pigsinoodies · 12/02/2023 23:45

I'm sure I've said this before but does nobody remember the TV series 'V' in the 80s where they dealt with an alien invasion by spreading a virus around the world using dust spread by hot air balloons?

Just mentioning it again.

soboredtonight · 12/02/2023 23:46

pigsinoodies · 12/02/2023 23:45

I'm sure I've said this before but does nobody remember the TV series 'V' in the 80s where they dealt with an alien invasion by spreading a virus around the world using dust spread by hot air balloons?

Just mentioning it again.

I used to be terrified of v as a kid.

MadamLeota · 12/02/2023 23:46

Thesystemonlydreamsintotaldarkness · 12/02/2023 23:41

i have a friend of a friend who’s dad is in the nasa who said that there will be something happening with the moon tomorrow.

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They are announcing what we all knew, the NASA landings were fake, the moon is cheese, the earth is flat and the royals are lizards.

JaneJeffer · 12/02/2023 23:47

pigsinoodies · 12/02/2023 23:45

I'm sure I've said this before but does nobody remember the TV series 'V' in the 80s where they dealt with an alien invasion by spreading a virus around the world using dust spread by hot air balloons?

Just mentioning it again.

I wasn't allowed to watch

Teaandtoast3 · 12/02/2023 23:47

Thanks @BigMandsTattooPortfolio I’m none the wiser either but it was interesting

BalloonInvestigator · 12/02/2023 23:47

i have a friend of a friend who’s dad is in the nasa who said that there will be something happening with the moon tomorrow.

Aha! clearly the ghost of David Niven is involved. He gave a clue via the title of his autobiography.........

pigsinoodies · 12/02/2023 23:48

soboredtonight · 12/02/2023 23:46

I used to be terrified of v as a kid.

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It was quite exceptional for it's time. It was on really late though - I used to go into work knackered. How did you watch it as a kid?

TheSpottedZebra · 12/02/2023 23:49

BalloonInvestigator · 12/02/2023 23:47

i have a friend of a friend who’s dad is in the nasa who said that there will be something happening with the moon tomorrow.

Aha! clearly the ghost of David Niven is involved. He gave a clue via the title of his autobiography.........

The Moon's a balloon! Shock

Top investigating there.