FBI Confirms Report of ‘Long, Cylindrical’ UFO ‘Moving Really Fast’ Over New Mexico (update)

Popular Mechanics ^ | Andrew Daniels

[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.

[Songcraft]

You came to Mars, so we returned the favor.

[Fightin Whitey]

Their method of death could include sucking your brains out your ear canal.

Any word on the Chinee anal swabs yet?

[hellinahandcart]

At least the ringing in my ears would stop.

[dragnet2]

See, no matter what happens there is always a positive side.☺

[nevergore]

I read it, the ceiling for most commercial aviation is 42,000 feet though most commercial aircraft are certified to 45,000 feet.....

At 37K feet, the pilots would have easily seen another craft 7-8K feet over them since up there, it is severe clear weather..........

[Georgia Girl 2]

I don’t want to say its a cruise missile but.....😏

[A Navy Vet]

Like I said, bad apples and washouts.