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Stunned by UFOs, ‘exasperated’ fighter pilots get little help from Pentagon
The Hill ^ | MARIK VON RENNENKAMPFF

Posted on 07/06/2022 9:46:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

In April 2014, four naval aviators narrowly escaped disaster. Just as they entered highly controlled airspace for a training exercise, their two F/A-18F fighter jets nearly collided with an unidentified flying object (UFO). To the frustration of dozens of their fellow aviators, such a near-catastrophe was inevitable.

For months before and after the incident, aircrews flying in “exclusive use” training areas off the U.S. East Coast frequently observed unknown objects exhibiting highly anomalous flight characteristics.

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For fighter pilots armed with an array of advanced sensors, the confusion and bewilderment reflected in the reports is striking.

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According to Graves, “We’d go on a flight in the morning, they’d be out there. You go on a flight in the evening, they’re out there. … They were pretty much always there when we went out there.”

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“We’re way out there — in some cases hundreds of miles out to sea — and yet there’s air traffic operating, and they’re operating in ways that are befuddling our aviators,” Graves said.

If the mysterious objects were drones, Graves speculated, “either [they] have some source of energy that allows them to stay airborne for very long periods of time or there is some massive operation involving hundreds, if not thousands, of [drones] and boats and they are constantly launching and landing and somehow we haven’t seen that.”

Moreover, training ranges typically begin 10 or more miles offshore, which, according to Graves, “is a significant barrier for drones.” “Even if they were submarine-launched, we would see them descending to the ocean at some point. We’d see something. Even if they just blew up, we’d see something,” he said.

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TOPICS: UFO's
KEYWORDS: fringe; ohsomysteriouso; ufo; ufos
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1 posted on 07/06/2022 9:46:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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These pilots need to understand that the Pentagon has bigger issues to deal with...like rainbow flags, racial justice/equity, and gender reassignment surgeries for the troops.

Sheesh.

2 posted on 07/06/2022 9:49:42 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Yep.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4076327/posts


3 posted on 07/06/2022 9:51:28 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Can’t collide with an optical illusion.


4 posted on 07/06/2022 9:51:31 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: RoosterRedux

What would he have the Pentagon do, fire all missiles?

Our best weapons probably couldn’t scratch their paint


5 posted on 07/06/2022 9:56:37 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Are vegetarian real vegetarian burgers or just fake meat?)
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To: Bonemaker
Can’t collide with an optical illusion.

If you’re trying to go down that road, then you’re not informed on the subject.

6 posted on 07/06/2022 9:57:32 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I believe these objects are real and a small, obscure group within our government know exactly what they are.


7 posted on 07/06/2022 10:01:23 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: RoosterRedux

If these things truly are alien life forms who have travelled across the galaxy to putz around in Earth’s atmosphere - then their technology is so incredibly advanced, these pilots never have to worry about colliding with one.


8 posted on 07/06/2022 10:01:30 AM PDT by PGR88 (<i>)
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I wonder why UFOs only f... around with Navy pilots?


9 posted on 07/06/2022 10:03:25 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: Hot Tabasco

It should be remembered that when the atomic bomb was built during WW-II, that program was so secretive that even many of the participants were in the dark about what they were working on.


10 posted on 07/06/2022 10:06:24 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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Nor are the encounters unique to the Navy. While he has not spoken with them directly, Graves is aware of “a number of [Air Force] F-22 crews that are experiencing similar issues.”


11 posted on 07/06/2022 10:08:52 AM PDT by GaltMeister (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.)
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To: cll

The next Top Gun sequel: Maverick vs Mars


12 posted on 07/06/2022 10:08:54 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I believe Bob Lazar


13 posted on 07/06/2022 10:11:37 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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Not that I don’t believe them. There must be something to it. But I flew Army for 16 years, and routinely through the Bermuda Triangle, and never did I see anything weird. Must be that my airplane was a boring old turbo-prop job...


14 posted on 07/06/2022 10:12:35 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: cll

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Files-Russia-Philip-Mantle/dp/1907126031

UFOs like playing games with the Russian military as well.


15 posted on 07/06/2022 10:14:32 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Hot Tabasco
It should be remembered that when the atomic bomb was built during WW-II, that program was so secretive that even many of the participants were in the dark about what they were working on.

Scientific American figured out something was 'happening' when they got a bunch of subscriptions from a small obscure town in Tennessee (in the early 40's) called Oak Ridge. They kept the secret secret.

16 posted on 07/06/2022 10:16:12 AM PDT by GOPJ (MAGA POWER - - President Trump's endorsement record is 144-10)
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To: Mr. K
I believe Bob Lazar
So do I, along with many others who have come forth.
17 posted on 07/06/2022 10:17:58 AM PDT by dainbramaged (What did the cook say when the rat fell into the chowder? "Better luck next time.")
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To: cll

And why do they hang out in the airspace that the government reserves for training and test flights?

Gee, that’s a real stumper. /s


18 posted on 07/06/2022 10:21:40 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: RoosterRedux

If you eliminate the “alien” possibility, it is pretty clear that these are man made and probably ours.

Other countries would have used them by now—at least Russia. And China would have been selling them.

The part that should piss people off is the energy source (which must be clean and compact) and the anti-grav tech that would revolutionize transportation.

But the concept that we have to have a tactical Trump card drives these people. And it’s a shame.


19 posted on 07/06/2022 10:23:00 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Hot Tabasco

Drone tech is very interesting. Imagine an extremely lightweight and agile, pilotless aircraft made only to go incredibly fast and not give a radar signature. Not built to carry any weapons, little if any landing gear, fuel capacity of one hour. Modern cameras that are tiny and weigh almost nothing. Tiny bright led lights. The gadget is surely built already.


20 posted on 07/06/2022 10:25:06 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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