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NullTuples

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22. I have to believe that at this point they're tracking these via satellite since launch?

Sun Feb 12, 2023, 09:46 PM

Feb 2023

And for all we know, there have been flybys and AWACs gathering data as soon as they get anywhere near North America. It's not like they're supersonic, even in the jet stream.

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" an 'octagonal structure' with nothing visible aboard or attached such as sensors or cameras " [View all] speak easy Feb 2023 OP

If nothing else, .... 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #1

Decoy to study our response? chowder66 Feb 2023 #2

Maybe you answered my question. triron Feb 2023 #5

Checking out our defense system. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #7

Yeah I expect something like that EX500rider Feb 2023 #20

I have to believe that at this point they're tracking these via satellite since launch? NullTuples Feb 2023 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Feb 2023 #33

My thoughts also... kentuck Feb 2023 #27

Ukraine shot one down today too FreeState Feb 2023 #31

Weird since wind currents are west to east generally. panader0 Feb 2023 #41

Jet streams go all sorts of directions edisdead Feb 2023 #49

It could be launched from the Kaliningrad Oblast enclave. Justice matters. Feb 2023 #51

Maybe their goal StoolPigeon Feb 2023 #29

Seems a bit reckless to me. If it's alien they may get upset. triron Feb 2023 #3

Doubtful its aliens DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2023 #12

The balloon is camouflage, like an alien duck blind... NullTuples Feb 2023 #23

Must have been a gazebo sarisataka Feb 2023 #4

It's too late Cadfael Feb 2023 #19

Costco CEO: "We can't beat Jeff Bezos if our aerial gazebo deliveries keep getting shot down!" NullTuples Feb 2023 #25

LOL panader0 Feb 2023 #42

So what do we do when they launch 100 at once? Chainfire Feb 2023 #6

Classic sci-fi scenario: Which one is really the bad guy? NullTuples Feb 2023 #26

Wide dispersal fragmentation missles. BidenRocks Feb 2023 #38

99 is the magic number... hunter Feb 2023 #39

giant stop sign? Takket Feb 2023 #8

Could be a prank. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2023 #9

Hmm, one cylindrical and now one octagonal. Disaffected Feb 2023 #10

next up ... speak easy Feb 2023 #13

LOL SE DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #37

Aliens can shapeshift, don't you know? Brother Buzz Feb 2023 #14

Ahh, a plausible explanation alright. Disaffected Feb 2023 #15

My Magic 8 Ball is anxiously waiting for the icosahedron Brother Buzz Feb 2023 #16

I want Mobius Strip! panader0 Feb 2023 #44

And, maybe better still, there is the Klein bottle: Disaffected Feb 2023 #50

You caused me to dig up a 22 year old bookmark... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #52

I thought it was spherical. 2naSalit Feb 2023 #30

This is getting weird. triron Feb 2023 #11

I think that the big balloon got them to change their radar frequency. rgbecker Feb 2023 #17

Have no fear...SHADO is on top of it. edbermac Feb 2023 #18

Oh, that show was such cheesy fun to watch back in the day! Loved it. nt crickets Feb 2023 #32

Wanda Ventham (Benedict Cumberbatch's mother) was in that show. progressoid Feb 2023 #36

I used to work for them. hunter Feb 2023 #43

the plan is to bankrupt us CloudWatcher Feb 2023 #21

Humm... SilasSouleII Feb 2023 #35

Sounds like tubes....yeah..... for enriching uranium...... jaxexpat Feb 2023 #24

Come on folks Traildogbob Feb 2023 #28

Not ruling out some kid's science project or Elon Musk. Sneederbunk Feb 2023 #34

That's my thought. Some kid sending these things... TreasonousBastard Feb 2023 #40

When I was in college, we made a "UFO" out of a dry cleaning bag and some candles Poiuyt Feb 2023 #46

It was over 10 years ago when the NY Times sent a... TreasonousBastard Feb 2023 #47

No pictures? Xoan Feb 2023 #45

Did the object have "It's A Boy!" printed on it? Midnight Writer Feb 2023 #48