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‘Doomsday Plane’ spotted at LAX sparking panic online
NY Post ^ | 1/09/26 | Zain Khan

Posted on 01/10/2026 3:14:40 AM PST by Libloather

The mysterious “flying Pentagon” was spotted in Los Angeles, igniting a flurry of social media speculation and conspiracy theories about serious trouble ahead.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was aboard the aircraft, commonly known as the “Doomsday Plane” when it touched down at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday night.

Hegseth is currently traveling on his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour, which aims to spotlight the U.S. defense industrial base and boost military recruiting, the Department of Defense confirmed to the Post.

Also aboard the plane was right-wing internet personality Laura Loomer. Posting on social media, Loomer said Hegseth called enlistees at the Los Angeles Military Entrance Processing Station “real elites and one percenters” for committing their lives to “God and Country.”

“Is it any wonder why U.S. military recruitment is soaring?” Loomer wrote, crediting Hegseth.

One user on X even referred to Hegseth as “badass.”

“This is essentially a nuclear-proof, airborne command unit,” one user on X wrote. The account, @ConcernedCitizen, which has more than one million followers, added: “Probably not a good sign.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: doomsday; dooom; hegseth; lax; loomer; ohthehumanity; online; panic; runforyourlives

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1 posted on 01/10/2026 3:14:40 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Loomer, Eegad. I had hoped she was pushed away.
Ugh


2 posted on 01/10/2026 3:58:25 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Libloather

When I saw the word Doomsday Machine I thought of Dick Dasterly amd Mutley.


3 posted on 01/10/2026 4:05:33 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: Libloather

Everyone start pancaking. This is series.


4 posted on 01/10/2026 4:06:52 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: AppyPappy
It's the Great Los Angeles Air Raid all over again! LOL

In all seriousness, the fear of attack on LA may have been the motivation for the Japanese internment camps.

https://www.militarymuseum.org/BattleofLA.html

5 posted on 01/10/2026 4:11:57 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Libloather

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4


6 posted on 01/10/2026 4:14:00 AM PST by Fresh Wind (I voted for Trump the Fighter, not a wussified wimp!)
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To: Tell It Right

I’m reading the New Yorkers from Nov 1941-Mar 1942. NYC also thought it would be bombed.


7 posted on 01/10/2026 4:22:23 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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>> Everyone start pancaking. This is series.

LOL! I know, right? How often do you SEE an on-time passenger jet airplane these days??!?


8 posted on 01/10/2026 4:27:05 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: All

Should I run to the shower?

Let me know.

The water is likely cold since it is super early in the morning where I’m at.


9 posted on 01/10/2026 4:29:30 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: AppyPappy

Father was stationed in NYC during WWII and I was born on an army base in the harbor. Mother described driving thru the blacked-out city at night to get to the ferry and having to peer at the traffic lights with tiny X’s cut into black tape to navigate the streets.

When they were stationed at a seaside city in New Jersey, she said they could stand on the beach and watch tankers hit by Japanese submarines on fire. The fuel from the ships would cover the beach and water and it was always a job to clean off my older brother if he went into the water.

I was raised in Chicago, which she said was hardly aware of there being a war on, as no blackouts, etc.


10 posted on 01/10/2026 4:58:47 AM PST by mairdie
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To: Tell It Right

Don’t worry, Capt. “Wild Bill” Kelso is on patrol over LA and will deal with any enemy incursions.


11 posted on 01/10/2026 5:02:46 AM PST by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: Libloather

12 posted on 01/10/2026 5:11:52 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: Libloather
"@ConcernedCitizen, which has more than one million followers, added: “Probably not a good sign.”"

Yeah, sure. Everything is a sign of something. /s
13 posted on 01/10/2026 5:13:22 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: Libloather

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Omg! It’s the Doomsday Plane! We’re all gonna die! In LA this is normal behavior.


14 posted on 01/10/2026 5:19:49 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: Libloather

It used to be stationed at March AFB when Reagan was at his ranch. There were rumors that people’s garage doors were randomly opening or closing as scrambled messages were sent out across different radio frequencies. I have absolutely no idea if such a thing could be true.


15 posted on 01/10/2026 5:22:01 AM PST by Dr. Zzyzx
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To: Libloather

I heard it was there to pick up Newsome and dump him into the Pacific. 🤪

I am not worried about this. Loomer is a nutcase.


16 posted on 01/10/2026 5:36:53 AM PST by dforest
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To: Libloather

People are idiots.

This is the plane he (Sec Def) flies in all the time.

Calling it “The Doomsday” plane is something out of a comic book.


17 posted on 01/10/2026 5:39:37 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: mairdie

NYC resisted the blackout as “bad for business” but the city lights would silhouette ships for U-boats. It was a huge battle to get them off.


18 posted on 01/10/2026 5:42:42 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Libloather

I saw this posted yesterday and thought Pete was out in LA-LA land..? 🤔

https://youtu.be/DtVxHL8sFEs?si=DJm1fRCL80Q1o4kl


19 posted on 01/10/2026 5:48:56 AM PST by Nekman (The Dems are SocialistCommunistUtopianMarxists...SCUM for short...it FITS!)
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To: BlueLancer

Great episode...


20 posted on 01/10/2026 5:58:26 AM PST by W. (Biden is destroying America's economy!)
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