https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/blog-post-embedded--tablet-1_5x/public/2022/08/jja_0133_comp.1055.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 02:55 (one year ago) link
#BREAKING US says no indication that three downed aerial objects were Chinese or spying pic.twitter.com/M7GA0O5epr— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 14, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 15:41 (one year ago) link
https://cdn.bargainballoons.com/products/Betallic-Balloons/Everyday-2015-Balloons/Large-Balloons/35022-29-inches-Foil-Shape-Party-Alien-balloons.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
Late to this but I very much hope the appropriate people are thinking of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_(band)
― serif don't like it (rock the typeface) (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 15:46 (one year ago) link
NORAD followed Holtzman shield rules
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link
the messaging around this is bizarre, it doesn't seem like there is even an angle they're trying to propagate. basically think it's various entities trying to do some ass-covering and tripping over each other
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
Authorities in China are preparing to shoot down an unidentified flying object currently over Shandong Province, according to Chinese state media. And while it’s not immediately clear who the flying object might belong to, every country is now looking to the skies with more skepticism, ever since the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon a little over a week ago.
Lol. Suuuuure, China.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 15:13 (one year ago) link
The three shot down after the Chinese one are likely hobbyists' balloons.
https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf
― nickn, Thursday, 16 February 2023 23:26 (one year ago) link
What, can aliens not have hobbies?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 February 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
The amount of people, if you can call them that, who are desperate for a conspiracy or aliens is, as they say, too damn high.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 16 February 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
A nearby ham radio club has been making these for over a year. Here's how:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDDezwZ8QM
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 16 February 2023 23:50 (one year ago) link
https://spyballoonsim.hornetsnestguild.com/
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 08:35 (one year ago) link