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Air Base Reveals 'UFO' That Caused Panic Along DC Highways
myfoxdc.com ^ | July 31`,2012

Posted on 07/31/2012 9:39:38 AM PDT by Hojczyk

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Remember the ‘UFO' that motorists spotted along D.C. highways back in June?

The saucer-shaped object caused a stir in the area prompting many to call 911 and to post photos on Twitter.

We later learned the mysterious object was an experimental, unmanned aircraft called an X-47B.

The aircraft was delivered to the Patuxent Naval Air Station for testing and on Tuesday FOX 5 got its first close-up look at the drone.

According to Northrop Grumman, the saucer-like shape of the aircraft is a deliberate effort to make it harder to detect.

Remotely-piloted aircraft like the X-47B can be used for surveillance or can carry weapons.


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: ufo; x47b
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To: null and void

Exactly!


21 posted on 07/31/2012 10:01:59 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Remove all Democrats from the Republican party, and we won't have much Left, just a lot of Right.)
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To: DoughtyOne
I don’t want them flying missions with our citizens as their main target.

Agree.

22 posted on 07/31/2012 10:03:23 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

..and there’s hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut.


23 posted on 07/31/2012 10:04:38 AM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: ArrogantBustard
Where do you want its operators to train on it and test equipment for it?

I vote for Tehran.

24 posted on 07/31/2012 10:05:17 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (As long a hundred of us remain alive we will never on any condition be brought under Obama's rule.)
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To: Da Bilge Troll
Big light in sky scares minority groups in Sector R.

And there is hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut.

25 posted on 07/31/2012 10:05:51 AM PDT by bkepley
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To: C210N

Aw jeez, ya beat me to it.

Well, shoes for industry, bucko.


26 posted on 07/31/2012 10:06:19 AM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: cuban leaf

I think we’re all Bozos on this thread.


27 posted on 07/31/2012 10:06:19 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: C210N

Aw jeez, ya beat me to it.

Well, shoes for industry, bucko.


28 posted on 07/31/2012 10:06:48 AM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: CrazyIvan

Go ahead, squeeze the wheeze. Many people like to.


29 posted on 07/31/2012 10:13:40 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: DoughtyOne; ArrogantBustard
“They can train all they want. I don’t want them flying missions with our citizens as their main target.”

That's a tough one. If I get to pick the targets then maybe.

30 posted on 07/31/2012 10:13:57 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
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To: cuban leaf

I’m sooooooo tired, I haven’t slept in weeks

We can’t hear in here Nick. w...What?


31 posted on 07/31/2012 10:18:34 AM PDT by Mr. K ("The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum [of good]")
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To: UCANSEE2

Post du jour. Thanks for the smiles. :-)


32 posted on 07/31/2012 10:19:13 AM PDT by SueRae (See it? Hell, I can TASTE November from my house!)
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To: CrazyIvan

“when you put on the nose, it SHOWS!”


33 posted on 07/31/2012 10:19:58 AM PDT by Mr. K ("The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum [of good]")
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To: UCANSEE2

SWIPED!


34 posted on 07/31/2012 10:19:58 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are now officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet)
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To: HereInTheHeartland; DoughtyOne
They could certainly deploy along our southern border ... heavily.

But those targets aren't our citizens ...

35 posted on 07/31/2012 10:21:31 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Thanks ArrogantBustard. Take care...


36 posted on 07/31/2012 10:21:42 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Remove all Democrats from the Republican party, and we won't have much Left, just a lot of Right.)
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To: cuban leaf

“Why does the porridge bird lay his eggs in the air?”

“Wise ass the poor boy lazy-legs in the ire?”


37 posted on 07/31/2012 10:21:42 AM PDT by Mr. K ("The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum [of good]")
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To: HereInTheHeartland; ArrogantBustard

Yeah, I hear ya, but then you get a guy like Clinton or Obama and he ruins the whole thing. ;^)


38 posted on 07/31/2012 10:23:38 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Remove all Democrats from the Republican party, and we won't have much Left, just a lot of Right.)
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To: Mr. K

Read me, Dr Memory?


39 posted on 07/31/2012 10:26:07 AM PDT by C210N ("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
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To: C210N

The President’s name IS Shicklegrubber.


40 posted on 07/31/2012 10:27:01 AM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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