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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Quasimodo predicted all this

[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Still haven't seen any compelling videos of this, only witness testimony, despite it supposedly happening for weeks now all over the state. While I'm certainly open to the idea of some shady or weird shit going on, I'm inclined to believe that this is just a mass psychogenic event and people are misjudging the size and distance of planes, satellites, and perhaps the occasional small hobbyist drone.

If something shady was going on, the drones wouldn't have lights and would be flying too high to be seen or heard.

To my knowledge, there have been no daytime sightings, which further suggests mistaken identity.

[–] GaryLeChat@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know someone who was insistent that a Dash-8 propeller plane was actually a drone. By a commercial airport.

Not hard to believe your theory when taking that into account.

[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in several local astronomy groups on FB. When we had the comet in the sky a couple of months ago, there were literally dozens of posts a day with pictures of airplane contrails at dusk asking if it was the comet. It actually shocked me how unobservant some people are - you've lived several decades just a few miles from three major international airports and you've never taken notice of what a plane looks like at dawn or dusk?

I have less than zero faith in witness testimony.

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

you're probably right. Weird stuff, only thing I cam do is sit-back-and-enjoy

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

When the LA Blackout happened thousands of people called 911 because they were afraid when they saw the milky way unobstructed by light pollution

People, Americans especially, can and will believe anything in the right conditions

[–] Yodan@lemm.ee 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I saw this posted in the UFO subreddit earlier when the photos of that glowing plane thing showed up. Newest NJ submissions are also saying one looks like a plane flying sideways on its wings though, like left/right instead of front to back. Very similar to this, maybe it's our tech and we're testing international responses or flexing as a show of force? Either it's all scary and unknown and we're getting invaded (alien or china/russia) or it's ours and we know it, hence the "not a threat" stuff we keep being told is real. Unknown until proven but it's interesting either way I guess.

https://www.nasa.gov/general/silent-and-efficient-supersonic-bi-directional-flying-wing/

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

photos of that glowing plane thing showed up

link or LIB

[–] Yodan@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Calling someone a lib for not linking source is a Chapo thing. Back in the days if there was a Twitter screenshot which didn't have a source, commenters would call the OP a lib for not providing a link. So people started posting with "link so I'm not a lib (URL)"

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sorry I didn't notice the ".ee" in your handle. Thank you @CloutAtlas@hexbear.net for explaining.

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[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

i hope the aliens blow up America

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Weeb ass airplane design looks like shuriken

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

whatever man shits boring who cares

[–] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

tbf this is data from a US-based English-speaking organization, not a list of global reports http://nuforc.org/ https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ddda71d5211f47e782b12f3f8d06246e

[–] CutieBootieTootie@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

We got aliens before GTA 6

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

FFS THIS is the "Alien War" conspiracies were on about?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

lol probably

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

My bad I was flying my gyrocopter at night again

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

have been recently sighted along the Raritan River, the FBI said.

Inb4 it's a bunch of Rutgers engineering students

[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Large adult drons

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this the same stuff that was going on over RAF airbases last week?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

could be as simple as the UK goings-on making people more likely to think the weird thing in the sky is suspicious, though Fauxxx "News" guests are claiming the FBI people investigating the US sightings are getting buzzed by the same thing at home

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[–] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

US military not vaigly showing new tech to try and ward of Russia because of their inter ballistic missiles? If I'm right, would be a shitty show of "power" because I doubt the us has the industry to build enough of these for war

[–] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

USA please bankrupt yourself on building useless wunderwaffen that crash as soon as the pilot thinks about how nice it is to be on the ground

timmy-pray

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

very plausible

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[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Large drone my ass, it's probably Milhouse.