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UFOs? Airborne objects? What we know about 4 recent shootdowns
NPR ^ | 02/16/2023 | BILL CHAPPELL

Posted on 02/14/2023 7:51:56 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: House Atreides

Dudley do-right is on the case!


21 posted on 02/14/2023 8:31:46 AM PST by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: pepsionice
..probably shooting images

After getting the coordinates off Google Earth....

22 posted on 02/14/2023 8:36:15 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: SC DOC

If you’re the government, money is free.


23 posted on 02/14/2023 9:00:59 AM PST by bigbob
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To: 9422WMR

Yep, and the F-22’s thrust-vectoring capabilities could’ve saved the taxpayers a lot of money.


24 posted on 02/14/2023 9:03:22 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Brilliant!


25 posted on 02/14/2023 9:09:09 AM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: 9422WMR

Or suck it into an engine and crash the expensive fighter and kill the expensive pilot.


26 posted on 02/14/2023 9:24:12 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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27 posted on 02/14/2023 9:44:07 AM PST by Rinnwald
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To: pepsionice

The surveillance blimps were to be simply tethered, high altitude radar platforms along the border, mostly to look for small planes flying in drugs or worse, terrorists.

Not maneuverable in any operational sense.


28 posted on 02/14/2023 9:50:28 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: Jeff Chandler

That’s sure to be good for a laugh! Don’t forget the building up Pennsylvania Avenue, 1600 or so!


29 posted on 02/14/2023 9:53:27 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: BenLurkin

Did not the Chinese complain we shot the first one down?


30 posted on 02/14/2023 10:13:00 AM PST by Nifty
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