Posted on 02/25/2021 10:54:16 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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As The War Zone points out, New Mexico is indeed home to White Sands Missile Range, the sprawling stretch of desert where the U.S. military has long tested everything from nuclear weapons to V-2 rockets. The site is actually the birthplace of America’s space program, and today is home not just to a space capsule landing field, but the latest in weapons tech, too, from lasers to electromagnetic railguns.
But White Sands is approximately 400 miles away from the site of Sunday encounter’s west of Clayton, New Mexico, and it’s unlikely a weapon like a cruise missile could have “gone off the reservation” during a test, The War Zone’s Tyler Rogoway observes.
Scott Stearns, the chief of public affairs at White Sands, told Fox News the missile range wasn’t testing anything on Sunday. “We have no idea what it could have been or if anything similar has been sighted in that area before.”
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In a Reddit thread about the incident on r/UFOs, user Can_Not_Double_Dutch, who purports to be an airline pilot, provides information that raises additional questions about the “very weird” encounter:
Airline pilot here: Between 28,000'-40,000' (FL280-FL400) aircraft are in RVSM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum) airspace, which means crossing traffic can be + or - 1,000' from you. This airspace is highly controlled. And if another aircraft is transmitting on their Transponder code then you can see that aircraft on your TCAS (Traffic Collision system). For ATC controllers and pilots not to be able to see this UFO on any of their systems is very weird. And pilots never want to be the one to say UFO on radio.Even if authorized to fly through military airspace the ATC controllers would say military airspace is cold. If missiles are being tested then a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) would be issued and airspace closed off.
So I would say something was up there and passing by airlines.
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Canned North Koreans.
I’m not vouching for this, but it seems to be on topic.
I would not put that past Biden or the Chinese. One of the stages of a communist takeover is the “creation of a state of confusion.”
Just inserting the mandatory picture.
Don't we have a Space agency now to handle such things? Or the Air Force? I wouldn't trust the FBI to handle a jaywalking and why are they involved anyway?
Unlike FBI agents who are totally reliable and credible with unquestionable competence at doin tehri jobs.
A lot of them are ex-Navy pilots so totally unreliable drunkards and skirt chasers.
Yeah, about that same time, before the Apollo program goal to walk on the moon was announced, NASA's director and chief scientist (Wernher) was captured on film explaining why current rocket technology would not be able to lift astronauts for a mission to the moon.
Of course, some nameless, unknown bright boy (or girl) not long after made a massive technological discovery that convinced WvB that going to the moon was actually possible (--NOT!), even though Wernher already was intimately involved with the Saturn 5 booster (then still on the drawing boards) that somehow ultimately lifted all the Apollo modules to Low Earth Orbit. (And we have yet to learn that bright boy or girl's name or see their Malibu mansion.)
Barry knew full well NASA's real mission was to launder money to friends of the Deep State, thus saw to cutting in his Muslim friends in on some of the moolah.
Pringles Can?
Really dangerous stunt to try around here. Too many people set their sarcasm meters to self-stune
If they agree to take “Rachel” Levine with them to their world, I agree to their rule over us.
Sorry, did get it was sarcasm.
I’m a fan of deadpan humor. Revealing it’s sarcasm no worky.☺
NASA used to get chit done. Had a buncha peeps who knew stuff and could execute same.
If I had the tech readily at hand I’d post a video frame pic of a 747 carrying a shuttle over the Golden Gate on its way to LA that I “lucked” [luck is largely prep and positioning] into taking one day.
Not buying that generalization. Navy pilots are the best of our now PC Navy, unless you're talking about transport craft pilots. Our fighter pilots are some of the best in the world. They take that training and discipline into civilian world when they resign. Please don't send me URLs about pilot washouts and the very few bad apples. I know they exist.
Much higher than general aviation.......
“Scully” is apparently a total anti-Trumper.
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