Posted on 02/25/2021 10:54:16 AM PST by RoosterRedux
*snip* [just updated info included below. See link below for full article]
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...
The FBI? They have no role here. FAA, DOD, etc.
It was a cruise missile Jim.
Okay. Politics aside - a helluv a pilot.
I just reeled him in again. He keeps biting on the same bait.
Ah...What?
Who ya talking to Andy?
The FBI has less credibility than the aliens.
Best bet so far
Navyvet
“Much higher than general aviation.......”
Per the article: “American Airlines Flight 2292 was en route from Cincinnati to Phoenix on Sunday afternoon when it came into contact with the mysterious object at approximately 37,000 feet over northeastern New Mexico. (snip) In the transmission...the American Airlines pilot reported: “Do you have any targets up here? We just had something go right over the top of us.
Oh. OK
Object could have been that airhead Wray!!!
Fighting a fake alien invasion to support one world government doesn’t sound that appealing, sorry.
Is this another democRAT distraction?
I know you’re being sarcastic, but still, the small element of truth cracks me up!
Lol. I think the statement you are critiquing is one that would be made by an ex-Navy aviator.
Part of me hopes they’re here to kill us all.
Be careful. Their method of death could include sucking your brains out your ear canal.
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