Air Base Reveals 'UFO' That Caused Panic Along DC Highways

myfoxdc.com ^ | July 31`,2012

[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.

[null and void]

For once, I believe them...

[Da Bilge Troll]

Big light in sky scares minority groups in Sector R.

[DoughtyOne]

Nice looking aircraft. I don’t want it flying missions over U. S. soil.

[ArrogantBustard]

Where do you want its operators to train on it and test equipment for it?

[C210N]

I suppose next you might say that there is hamburger all over the highway in.... Mystic CT?

[cuban leaf]

Just looked at the pictures. It’s not saucer shaped.

[null and void]

By the time they’re done, you’ll hardly know the place...

[cuban leaf]

He’s no fun. He fell right over.

[Mr. K]

Nick Danger- third Eye

[cuban leaf]

And tubs of slaw! Sorry, only one tub per family.

[cuban leaf]

ERSATZ BROTHERS COFFEE. The real one!

[null and void]

Just looked at the pictures. It’s not saucer shaped.

That depends entirely on your point of view...

[ryan71]

Simply indicative of how uninformed 90% of our citizens are. This thing has been flying and in the news for several years. Hell, it’s being trailered down the highway. No secrets, here.

[cuban leaf]

Two flying saucers just landed on my plate.

[DBrow]

Looks a lot like the B2 Spirit. I can see the “saucer shape” in profile.

[UCANSEE2]

Just looked at the pictures. It’s not saucer shaped.

Actually, it's weather-balloon shaped.

[DoughtyOne]

They can train all they want. I don’t want them flying missions with our citizens as their main target.

You’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

[cuban leaf]

Good catch!
It looks exactly like a weather balloon.

[cuban leaf]

You haven’t lost hour delicate sense of humor, have you Nancy?

Wh, what?

[DoughtyOne]

Exactly!

[ArrogantBustard]

I don’t want them flying missions with our citizens as their main target.

Agree.

[Erasmus]

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

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Where do you want its operators to train on it and test equipment for it?

I vote for Tehran.

[bkepley]

Big light in sky scares minority groups in Sector R.

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

[Erasmus]

Aw jeez, ya beat me to it.

Well, shoes for industry, bucko.

[CrazyIvan]

I think we’re all Bozos on this thread.

[Erasmus]

Aw jeez, ya beat me to it.

Well, shoes for industry, bucko.

[cuban leaf]

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

[HereInTheHeartland]

“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.

[Mr. K]

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

We can’t hear in here Nick. w...What?

[SueRae]

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

[Mr. K]

“when you put on the nose, it SHOWS!”

[Old Sarge]

SWIPED!

[ArrogantBustard]

They could certainly deploy along our southern border ... heavily.

But those targets aren't our citizens ...

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks ArrogantBustard. Take care...

[Mr. K]

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

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

[DoughtyOne]

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

[C210N]

Read me, Dr Memory?

[Da Bilge Troll]

The President’s name IS Shicklegrubber.

[Da Bilge Troll]

We’re bringing the war BACK HOME!

[Durus]

Beserkers maybe...but there is a little Bozo is all of us.

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t have a problem with that either. I’ve actually supported putting troops on our border with Mexico. This would merely be a spotter service. However, if they spotted cartel members with heavy weapons and drugs, I would support hostile action.

[Da Bilge Troll]

From the postman
to the milkman
white with foam!

[Strategerist]

Nice looking aircraft. I don’t want it flying missions over U. S. soil.

Embarassing how many people have been suckered into the MSM-generated "drone" paranoia.

The US military has been testing, training on, and practicing with manned military aircraft in the US for 100 years. I don't understand why it's suddenly a cause for mass panic when they are unmanned.

[cuban leaf]

Where are you from, boy?

Nairobi, Ma’am. Isn’t everybody?

[ArrogantBustard]

I’ve actually supported putting troops on our border with Mexico.

If we're going to do that, we need to give them the tools necessary to be effective (including, as you say, UAS for spotting). At various times we have had coastal artillery, anti-aircraft guns in cities, anti-aircraft missiles around infrastructure ... as long as the militarization is aimed at protecting against foreign invaders, it's well within the limits of what fed.gov should be doing.

[cuban leaf]

Hey man! He broke the president!

[DoughtyOne]

For me it’s the same as having F-15s roaming around the country looking for trouble. If there is a verifiable threat, then of course they should be up there. Otherwise no.

Training is one thing. Doing work for the EPA or some other government agency over our interior, no.

There’s also the issue of privacy. The government shouldn’t be flying over our citizen’s property spying on them.

If there is a court order due to reasoned concern about a physical threat, then of course there is valid reason to use drones. On general principle though, I do not approve of these drones being able to fly anywhere they want any time they want.

The government has reasonable areas they declare off limits.

My property under normal circumstances is reasonably off limits to them.

[Strategerist]

Also the infrastructure that supports, assesses, and analyzes experimental aircraft is in the US; it’s much cheaper to test this aircraft at Pax River than fly it and everyone involved to Timbuctu or the South Pole or wherever the drone-phobics think it is acceptable to operate unmanned aircraft.