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In reply to the discussion: The Downed Pilot Was A Cover Story To Extract Uranium [View all]EX500rider
(12,640 posts)31. The amount of planes- "150" is not really a red flag to me
Last edited Wed Apr 15, 2026, 07:54 PM - Edit history (1)
The US crewmember was on the ground for 30+ hours?
Planes have a limited amount of fuel/munitions to stay in the area defending/looking for him, and I believe they kept a search up in another area also to throw off the Iranian's.
If even 20 planes were up at once over the area for 30+ hours that would be 100's+ as they rotated back for fuel/munitions every few hours and were replaced with fresh planes.
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And one of the article's anonymous sources on Twitter also claims Oct 7 was a false flag attack by Israel
muriel_volestrangler
Wednesday
#15
Very interesting article, compelling arguments, a few more investigative reporters need to look into this further.
sop
Wednesday
#13
But they were negotiating to hand it over until Trump cancelled negotiations and started bombing with Israel.
ChicagoTeamster
Wednesday
#16
How many soldiers died in this failed mission? They haven't told us the whole story yet...
liberalla
Wednesday
#18
Well, you can read the article which says "no credible evidence has yet emerged to substantiate these allegations"
muriel_volestrangler
Wednesday
#24