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Unidentified Objects, Balloons, and Spies Oh My!

#21 User is offline   Azath Vitr (D'ivers 

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Posted 12 December 2024 - 12:19 PM

View PostMacros, on 12 December 2024 - 12:00 PM, said:

What did I kiss what did I miss??


My guess is BK posted about the unidentified drones that have been flying over New Jersey, Staten Island, and some suburbs of Philadelphia---and apparently his area of rural Louisiana too.

I kind of want to speculate about it being aliens. They've finally decided that the United States has gone too far by reelecting Trump, and they've been flying around trying to find Mar-a-Lago. Still getting acclimated to Earth's weirdness. Or maybe sweet baby Jesus is cloaking His chosen Champion from their baleful sensors?...

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It's unclear if the drone appearances are connected, because nothing is clear.

[...] The devices — which are reported to be larger than those typically flown by hobbyists — initially prompted concern among government officials because of their proximity to [...] Trump's Bedminster golf course, city infrastructure, and Picatinny Arsenal, a U.S. military research and manufacturing facility.

[...] U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) weighed in with a letter to federal agencies requesting a comprehensive briefing and updates for the public.

"I recognize the need to maintain operational security of ongoing investigations and that this situation requires complex interagency coordination. However, there is a growing sense of uncertainty and urgency across the state," Booker wrote. "Without transparency, I believe that rumors, fear, and misinformation will continue to spread."

[...] "To me, the biggest alarm of the whole thing is someone either knows what it is and is keeping it a secret or it's an indictment of the fact that drones can be a weapon and we obviously can't stop them — we don't even know what they are," Cush said. He paused before one final guess: "I guess another option could be it's kids that will get in some serious trouble."

Drones flying in New Jersey, Pennsylvania prompt questions - Philadelphia Inquirer

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Posted 12 December 2024 - 02:00 PM

@Maccy
Yah, BK posted about the weird drones and so on.
So of course I figured it needed an appropriate soundtrack, and well, you saw the result. :(

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#23 User is offline   Azath Vitr (D'ivers 

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Posted 12 December 2024 - 02:12 PM

View PostTsundoku, on 12 December 2024 - 02:00 PM, said:

@Maccy
Yah, BK posted about the weird drones and so on.
So of course I figured it needed an appropriate soundtrack, and well, you saw the result. :(


There's probably something else going on his life that caused him to overreact.

Like the drones leaving radioactive chemtrails in his beer.

Or something too terrible even for the abysmal horrors of the "What's messing with your groove" thread.
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Posted 12 December 2024 - 02:45 PM

Not gonna lie, it kinda does have me spooked. Like 1) Why are the smaller drones so concentrated in residential areas, especially around recreational hotspots like beaches, parks, and lakes? 2) Why are so many of the bigger ones the approximate size, shape, and light pattern as terrestrial passenger planes? 3) Why are so many of them flying into and out of our nation's airports uncontested?
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Posted 12 December 2024 - 03:45 PM

View Postworry, on 12 December 2024 - 02:45 PM, said:

Not gonna lie, it kinda does have me spooked. Like 1) Why are the smaller drones so concentrated in residential areas, especially around recreational hotspots like beaches, parks, and lakes? 2) Why are so many of the bigger ones the approximate size, shape, and light pattern as terrestrial passenger planes? 3) Why are so many of them flying into and out of our nation's airports uncontested?


The lady in the presser said they are not US military (<----this is deliberate) and no evidence they are foreign.

Remember that when the US created the U-2 spyplanes, they made all the pilots resign from the airforce and become CIA, for plausible deniability reasons to say they aren't "US military".

The question everyone should ask is "If we don't know what they are, then why are we allowing them to continue unmolested?"...and the answer seems obvious, because they ARE U.S. drones, but they are CIA drones and therefore can' be spoken about publicly. It would be really weird for the US to not shoot them down otherwise.
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Posted 12 December 2024 - 04:10 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 12 December 2024 - 03:45 PM, said:


The lady in the presser said they are not US military (<----this is deliberate) and no evidence they are foreign.

Remember that when the US created the U-2 spyplanes, they made all the pilots resign from the airforce and become CIA, for plausible deniability reasons to say they aren't "US military".

The question everyone should ask is "If we don't know what they are, then why are we allowing them to continue unmolested?"...and the answer seems obvious, because they ARE U.S. drones, but they are CIA drones and therefore can' be spoken about publicly. It would be really weird for the US to not shoot them down otherwise.


Look, up in the sky... it's the Deep State!

That really is an interesting theory though. Not sure about the "would be really weird for the US to not shoot them down" part---could just be private citizens flying their drones. And they're flying into airports apparently (is that true?), so they'd have to have some sort of clearance. But then why the lack of explanation from the government?

Huh, well, if we're lucky maybe we really will get a full-blown Deep State coup before Trump takes office!

And then we can use the drones to bring in more undocumented aliens... and ship the Trump fanatics to Siberia (... or maybe drop them off in the northern Canadian wilderness? same difference, right?...).
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Posted 13 December 2024 - 03:35 PM

To the tune of "I'll Be Home for Christmas":



Coup
d'état
for Chris-
muhsss....

[cooo day-tahhhh..]

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It would be pretty funny if there were an episode of the X-Files in which it's revealed (at last!) that the UFOs are actually the FBI and Scully has been behind it all. As part of a plot to break Mulder's brain in a simulation, because he's actually an alien, and she wants to interrogate him (and/or distract him while doing anal probes...).
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Posted 15 December 2024 - 06:38 PM

I'm inclined to believe a combination of QT's theory and this one I saw about them being nuclear detection drones doing sweeps. Would explain the secrecy because 'weird drones' is gonna cause less panic than that would.


But it's also worth remembering that there's something of a minor mass panic going on and a whole lot of the sightings are helicopters, planes and the goodyear blimp:

https://x.com/i_zzzz...213810219331945


https://x.com/maniaU...895855182995926
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Posted 16 December 2024 - 10:08 AM

There is no way that if the USA needed to know what these were that they wouldn’t find out. The he US army may have some red tape stopping it but homeland security, the fbi or your local sheriff could all send their own drones to take a look, shoot them down or just track the control signal.

It’s odd, the lack of answers is more odd but I’m not worried about it.
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Posted 16 December 2024 - 02:28 PM

View Postpolishgenius, on 15 December 2024 - 06:38 PM, said:

I'm inclined to believe a combination of QT's theory


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