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A U-2 Spy Plane is Flying Over Northern California Pretending to be the Starship Enterprise
Popular Mechanics ^ | January 30, 2019 | Kyle Mizokami

Posted on 01/31/2019 7:24:33 AM PST by C19fan

One of the U.S. Air Force’s secretive planes is pretending to be a vessel from the far, far future—the 23rd Century in fact. A U-2 spy plane took off from Northern California today broadcasting the aviation code NCC-1701A, which, as all Star Trek fans know, is the designation for the USS Enterprise.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: california; ncc1701a; scifi; spy; starshipenterprise; startrek; u2; usaf; ussenterprise
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It is the Stasrship Enterprise; see TOS Season 1 Episode 19 "Tomorrow Is Yesterday".
1 posted on 01/31/2019 7:24:33 AM PST by C19fan
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Why is an Air Force spy plane flying over northern California?


2 posted on 01/31/2019 7:26:52 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: C19fan

Behold, it is real.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9mzthxcxyg


3 posted on 01/31/2019 7:27:22 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Fido969

Returning to Beale AFB?


4 posted on 01/31/2019 7:28:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: C19fan

:)


5 posted on 01/31/2019 7:28:57 AM PST by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Fido969

O
I’d understand if it were flying over San Francisco. :)


6 posted on 01/31/2019 7:30:53 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: C19fan

Spying on whales?


7 posted on 01/31/2019 7:33:07 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Fido969

Searching for a nuclear wessel.


8 posted on 01/31/2019 7:35:10 AM PST by real saxophonist
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The Air Force does operate the U2’s for NOAA.


9 posted on 01/31/2019 7:36:18 AM PST by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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Technically it was the Enterprise refit...

And that one blew up.


10 posted on 01/31/2019 7:37:30 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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No, it’s Colonel Shaun Geoffrey Christopher, training for his mission to Saturn next year.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Shaun_Geoffrey_Christopher


11 posted on 01/31/2019 7:38:07 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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Searching for transparent aluminum


12 posted on 01/31/2019 7:41:14 AM PST by shotgun
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I’d understand if it were flying over San Francisco. :)

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Spying on territory hostile to the United States.


13 posted on 01/31/2019 7:45:30 AM PST by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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The real enterprise
14 posted on 01/31/2019 7:47:19 AM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: BenLurkin

9th SRW

rwood


15 posted on 01/31/2019 7:47:37 AM PST by Redwood71
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Never wanted a drone till now. I want that!


16 posted on 01/31/2019 8:00:13 AM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Fido969

taking photos of grow farms and the rednecks who bitterly cling to their guns and bibles.

Or maybe the Obama air force command is contracted by the Red Chinese to survey an invasion route, and selling them their data at a bargain price.

That’s why the NCC-1701A cover. A joke is no joke, only camouflage. Just like Obama’s post electoral flight over new York that scrambled interceptors ( We show dem uppity crackahs? at a cost of a million or so.)


17 posted on 01/31/2019 8:09:44 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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Are you sure it’s not the Starship Enterprise pretending to be a U2 spy plane?


18 posted on 01/31/2019 8:14:46 AM PST by DannyTN
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Why is an Air Force spy plane flying over northern California?

To keep track of enemies.

19 posted on 01/31/2019 8:15:53 AM PST by DannyTN
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Actually, the original Enterprise’s registry was NCC- 1701. No “ A”.


20 posted on 01/31/2019 8:17:13 AM PST by IronJack
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