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Cafe Threads [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-06 9:38:54 PM  
Of course the Pentagon is lying. We all know these are not Chinese drones.

They're streetlights.
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:07:40 PM  

Cafe Threads: Of course the Pentagon is lying. We all know these are not Chinese drones.

They're streetlights.


off to a strong start. all you morans should be happy they are denying it too.

i am not satisfied with this 'explanation'.
 
KRSESQ
2022-11-06 10:10:29 PM  
The simplest explanation is often the correct one.
 
DrunkenIrishOD
2022-11-06 10:13:31 PM  
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We all know it's gas in the atmosphere
 
AstroJesus
2022-11-06 10:16:23 PM  
98% of all UFO witnesses are marijuana-users with cataracts.
 
DanInKansas
2022-11-06 10:17:02 PM  
What, was the obvious tag on vacation?
 
assalon5 [TotalFark]
2022-11-06 10:17:57 PM  

Cafe Threads: Of course the Pentagon is lying. We all know these are not Chinese drones.

They're streetlights.


I have been probed they are real..... they look like well cucumbers..

Damn inquisitive vegans are going destroy society as we know it and it to be the death of us all one day.

Have a burger! Do not give n ... ahhahh   never give innn.....


/a carrot made this post
 
almejita
2022-11-06 10:18:04 PM  
I didn't read the article but, if I were to see something and throw a blanket over it (or shoot it out of the sky or whatever), and it turned out to be someone's drone, am I going to get in trouble?
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:20:00 PM  

AstroJesus: 98% of all UFO witnesses are marijuana-users with cataracts.


does that include hundreds of navy and airforce pilots? how about radar guys, and whole ships of navey personnel?
 
LesserEvil [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-06 10:20:29 PM  

KRSESQ: The simplest explanation is often the correct one.


Except that "Chinese drones" implies a level of technical sophistication we haven't seen anywhere.

The US has some very sophisticated drones, but I don't think they can match the performance and behavior of the ones that have tagged along fleet ships and fighter aircraft the way these things have. Why would the Chinese be able to do this? It feels like this tech is 30~40 years ahead of what the US could field, and the Chinese haven't shown any more prowess than the Russians in terms of air power technology (that is to say, stuck in the 1980s).
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:20:45 PM  
Moment of Contact (2022) | Official Trailer
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some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:22:35 PM  
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interested
 
indylaw [TotalFark]
2022-11-06 10:23:24 PM  
Rather than lie, why not just continue to use the national security excuse? The high speed  thing in that video cited in the article is not an "optical illusion".
 
Cokezeroinacan
2022-11-06 10:23:38 PM  
Why do so many UFO conspiracists also seem to have so much sympathy for fascism?
 
Mad_Radhu
2022-11-06 10:25:48 PM  
Harry Makes Contact with MORE Aliens | Resident Alien (S2 E13) | SYFY
Youtube y005O4BR9L4
 
almejita
2022-11-06 10:26:45 PM  
KRSESQ:

Sorry mang....gotta do it:

Sublime - KRS One
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skinink [OhFark]
2022-11-06 10:27:36 PM  
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Tentacle
2022-11-06 10:27:37 PM  
so they are claiming China is violating US airspace? weird flex but ok
 
stringbad [BareFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-06 10:28:01 PM  

assalon5: Cafe Threads: Of course the Pentagon is lying. We all know these are not Chinese drones.

They're streetlights.

I have been probed they are real..... they look like well cucumbers..

Damn inquisitive vegans are going destroy society as we know it and it to be the death of us all one day.

Have a burger! Do not give n ... ahhahh   never give innn.....


/a carrot made this Weeners they came for the cows ...
 
AstroJesus
2022-11-06 10:29:11 PM  

some_beer_drinker: AstroJesus: 98% of all UFO witnesses are marijuana-users with cataracts.

does that include hundreds of navy and airforce pilots? how about radar guys, and whole ships of navey personnel?


Those are the two percent. The aliens are everywhere.
 
SBinRR [OhFark]
2022-11-06 10:29:20 PM  

some_beer_drinker: AstroJesus: 98% of all UFO witnesses are marijuana-users with cataracts.

does that include hundreds of navy and airforce pilots? how about radar guys, and whole ships of navey personnel?


Those navey personnel: Are they involved in navel operations?
 
Alien Robot
2022-11-06 10:29:47 PM  

some_beer_drinker: AstroJesus: 98% of all UFO witnesses are marijuana-users with cataracts.

does that include hundreds of navy and airforce pilots? how about radar guys, and whole ships of navey personnel?


An entire U.S. Navy ship full of people once started a war because they were firing at themselves as they circled in the dark and thought they were under attack. Another one shot down a civilian airliner full of people because it was "threatening" them by climbing out after takeoff from a civilian airport.
 
Iczer
2022-11-06 10:30:12 PM  
Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:30:56 PM  

Cokezeroinacan: Why do so many UFO conspiracists also seem to have so much sympathy for fascism?


wtf are you talking about? that is ridiculous
 
ParallelUniverseParking [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-06 10:31:07 PM  
Streetlights are made in China.
 
yahyahyah [TotalFark]
2022-11-06 10:31:46 PM  
JFC
From Subby's and the article's headline: "...most UFOs are 'Chinese drones'..."

From TFA text: "...most alleged UAP encounters could not be conclusively explained."

The truth may be out there, but whatever it is most people won't be able to discern it.
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:32:55 PM  

Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?


hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.
 
Alien Robot
2022-11-06 10:35:29 PM  

Tentacle: so they are claiming China is violating US airspace? weird flex but ok


Scenario one: people are stupid and misinterpret common events. Congress: yawn.
Scenario two: those are Chinese military drones. Congress: Here, take the money, take all the money, so you can keep us safe from those sneaky Chinese military drones.
 
almejita
2022-11-06 10:35:31 PM  

some_beer_drinker: Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?

hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.


Dude...anything we're seeing is homemade.  The distances are just too great.
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:36:27 PM  

SBinRR: some_beer_drinker: AstroJesus: 98% of all UFO witnesses are marijuana-users with cataracts.

does that include hundreds of navy and airforce pilots? how about radar guys, and whole ships of navey personnel?

Those navey personnel: Are they involved in navel operations?


proof reading is not strong with me. forgive my typo
 
haknudsen
2022-11-06 10:39:17 PM  

some_beer_drinker: Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?

hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.


literally NO ONE, no matter how professional, can tell how far away a pinpoint light is, or how fast it is going.
 
cyberspacedout
2022-11-06 10:39:32 PM  
Once again, people, the U stands for 'unidentified'. One you try to identify it, it's just an FO.
 
Godscrack
2022-11-06 10:40:04 PM  
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Chinese drones are the new weather balloons.
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:41:41 PM  

haknudsen: some_beer_drinker: Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?

hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.

literally NO ONE, no matter how professional, can tell how far away a pinpoint light is, or how fast it is going.


radar guys can. so can pilots with onboard sensors.

Joe Rogan Experience #1361 - Cmdr. David Fravor & Jeremy Corbell
Youtube Eco2s3-0zsQ


everyone should know about this. especially you ignorant farkers. go on, tell me commander fravor is full of shiat. and this is just one incident.
 
MaudlinMutantMollusk [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-11-06 10:41:47 PM  
OooEEEooo
 
HighZoolander
2022-11-06 10:42:24 PM  

some_beer_drinker: Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?

hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.


The alien fleets have already invaded. Stay in your basement. Your government will rescue you when it's your turn to be probed ... *** carrier lost***
 
backhand.slap.of.reason
2022-11-06 10:43:35 PM  
If what I saw being tailed by two jets near the Wellton Hills in Arizona a decade and a half ago was a Chinese drone, we should all learn how to hand sew ladies' undergarments so they have a reason to keep up around.  Robots will take all the other jobs.
 
almejita
2022-11-06 10:44:30 PM  

cyberspacedout: Once again, people, the U stands for 'unidentified'. One you try to identify it, it's just an FO.


FO:NV rocked!


Seriously, loved that game.
 
chewd [TotalFark]
2022-11-06 10:46:06 PM  

cyberspacedout: Once again, people, the U stands for 'unidentified'. One you try to identify it, it's just an FO.


I flew in a UFO once... and then ATC reminded me to turn on my transponder.
Woops!!
 
Excelsior
2022-11-06 10:50:26 PM  

almejita: I didn't read the article but, if I were to see something and throw a blanket over it (or shoot it out of the sky or whatever), and it turned out to be someone's drone, am I going to get in trouble?


Depends.
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almejita
2022-11-06 10:54:42 PM  

some_beer_drinker: haknudsen: some_beer_drinker: Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?

hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.

literally NO ONE, no matter how professional, can tell how far away a pinpoint light is, or how fast it is going.

radar guys can. so can pilots with onboard sensors.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eco2s3-0zsQ]

everyone should know about this. especially you ignorant farkers. go on, tell me commander fravor is full of shiat. and this is just one incident.


Dude...OK...look, people make mistakes.  You can't believe anyone 100 percent of the time, if you get my drift.  If you told me you saw, and were %100 sure you saw bigfoot...I would have to think you were mistaken or were delusional...because there's no such thing as bigfoot.  The same goes for beings from another planet.  It's just not possible.  For aliens, the distances are too great; for bigfoot there are no fossils.  These are things that can't be overcome, no matter if people make mistakes in identifying them.  They are just not possible.
 
some_beer_drinker
2022-11-06 10:58:30 PM  

almejita: some_beer_drinker: haknudsen: some_beer_drinker: Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?

hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.

literally NO ONE, no matter how professional, can tell how far away a pinpoint light is, or how fast it is going.

radar guys can. so can pilots with onboard sensors.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eco2s3-0zsQ]

everyone should know about this. especially you ignorant farkers. go on, tell me commander fravor is full of shiat. and this is just one incident.

Dude...OK...look, people make mistakes.  You can't believe anyone 100 percent of the time, if you get my drift.  If you told me you saw, and were %100 sure you saw bigfoot...I would have to think you were mistaken or were delusional...because there's no such thing as bigfoot.  The same goes for beings from another planet.  It's just not possible.  For aliens, the distances are too great; for bigfoot there are no fossils.  These are things that can't be overcome, no matter if people make mistakes in identifying them.  They are just not possible.


just watch the thing. then tell me that. tip of the iceberg.
 
deadsanta
2022-11-06 11:01:21 PM  
almejita:
Dude...OK...look, people make mistakes.  You can't believe anyone 100 percent of the time, if you get my drift.  If you told me you saw, and were %100 sure you saw bigfoot...I would have to think you were mistaken or were delusional...because there's no such thing as bigfoot.  The same goes for beings from another planet.  It's just not possible.  For aliens, the distances are too great; for bigfoot there are no fossils.  These are things that can't be overcome, no matter if people make mistakes in identifying them.  They are just not possible.

Exactly this.  We aren't getting alien visitors, because our part of the galaxy is currently dead, the odds of us being visited by something half a million years old is just as close to impossible as can be.  It's more likely we missed a giant cave full of dinosaurs than aliens are farking doing flybys of our planet right now.  Did they ever visit, over the hundreds of millions of years life has been here?  Maybe.  But it's looking like intelligent life is rare, or very fleeting, like comes and goes over thousands of years, like a flash in the night.  We might be the first spacefaring race in our part of the galaxy, as unlikely as it seems, we should seriously consider that possibility.
 
Abox
2022-11-06 11:03:51 PM  
Why was the TV show called UFO when they knew exactly what the alien spaceships were
 
KRSESQ
2022-11-06 11:05:20 PM  

some_beer_drinker: almejita: some_beer_drinker: haknudsen: some_beer_drinker: Iczer: Wait, you're telling me that in an era when remote controlled drones with lights that aren't easy to hear from a distance just may be mistaken for UFOs by idiots...?

hundreds of miles out at sea? by professionals?  and why are fleets of them dropping out of orbit, and descending to sea level in seconds....not drones. at least, not made by humans.

literally NO ONE, no matter how professional, can tell how far away a pinpoint light is, or how fast it is going.

radar guys can. so can pilots with onboard sensors.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eco2s3-0zsQ]

everyone should know about this. especially you ignorant farkers. go on, tell me commander fravor is full of shiat. and this is just one incident.

Dude...OK...look, people make mistakes.  You can't believe anyone 100 percent of the time, if you get my drift.  If you told me you saw, and were %100 sure you saw bigfoot...I would have to think you were mistaken or were delusional...because there's no such thing as bigfoot.  The same goes for beings from another planet.  It's just not possible.  For aliens, the distances are too great; for bigfoot there are no fossils.  These are things that can't be overcome, no matter if people make mistakes in identifying them.  They are just not possible.

just watch the thing. then tell me that. tip of the iceberg.


You lost your cred when you linked to a Rogan video.
 
Kalyco Jack
2022-11-06 11:05:44 PM  
Something something fifteen minutes later you're a streetlight again.
 
Parthenogenetic
2022-11-06 11:06:38 PM  
OK... but how did China reverse-engineer the streetlight xenotechnology incorporated into their drones, hmmmm?

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NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!
2022-11-06 11:06:56 PM  

KRSESQ: The simplest explanation is often the correct one.


Swamp gas from Uranus sounds pretty simple.
 
Parthenogenetic
2022-11-06 11:08:41 PM  

MaudlinMutantMollusk: OooEEEooo


That's the start of the Doctor Who intro, so...
 
NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!
2022-11-06 11:10:07 PM  

LesserEvil: KRSESQ: The simplest explanation is often the correct one.

Except that "Chinese drones" implies a level of technical sophistication we haven't seen anywhere.

The US has some very sophisticated drones, but I don't think they can match the performance and behavior of the ones that have tagged along fleet ships and fighter aircraft the way these things have. Why would the Chinese be able to do this? It feels like this tech is 30~40 years ahead of what the US could field, and the Chinese haven't shown any more prowess than the Russians in terms of air power technology (that is to say, stuck in the 1980s).


The world didn't know the Stealthhawk existed until we lost one snagging Osama. Pretty sure the F111 was kept under wraps until long after it was operational. I'm confident military tech exists decades ahead of what we expect.
 
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