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Mystery Potato Hovering Over Colorado Is Reported in Latest U.F.O. Files
https://www.nytimes.com ^ | June 13, 2026 | Danny Hakim

Posted on 06/17/2026 7:41:34 PM PDT by Beowulf9

The giant potato was sighted at 9:35 a.m. hovering over Cheyenne Mountain.

The year was 2022. It was mid-February, about 50 degrees. The sky was blue. The flying spud, or what looked like one, was sighted by an Army intelligence officer and four members of his unit from Fort Carson in Colorado, according to documents that were among a new tranche of U.F.O. files released by the Trump administration on Friday.

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


TOPICS: UFO's
KEYWORDS: armypranks; artistsconception; colorado; pentagon; uap; ufo

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1 posted on 06/17/2026 7:41:34 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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Definitely a racist potato


2 posted on 06/17/2026 7:44:50 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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3 posted on 06/17/2026 7:45:55 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Beowulf9

What’s that printed on it? Looks like a Tylenol.


4 posted on 06/17/2026 7:46:02 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Beowulf9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_(tuber)

Doug, also known as Dug,[1] is a tuber in the Cucurbitaceae family that was grown by Colin and Donna Craig-Brown near Hamilton in New Zealand.[2] Weighing roughly 7.9 kg (17½ lb), it was thought to be the largest potato on record for a period after its discovery, topping the 5 kg (11 lb) record holder at the time. However, genetic testing revealed that Doug is not, in fact, a potato.


5 posted on 06/17/2026 7:46:09 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Beowulf9

This is a case for the Brady Bunch.


6 posted on 06/17/2026 7:46:48 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/mystery-potato-hovering-over-colorado-is-reported-in-latest-ufo-files

“The witnesses describe the object as roughly the size of a large jet and resembling an angular, non-symmetrical potato made of uneven panels,” according to the documents. Whatever it was, it “was completely stationary about 300-500 feet above” the mountains but “slowly appeared to change shape” and “had a slightly translucent, shimmering white appearance, with defined edges and a milky shimmer that reflected sunlight.”

Then, it disappeared.


7 posted on 06/17/2026 7:47:58 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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A couple of years later, during an interview at the FBI’s field office in New York, one of the witnesses described what they saw to a special agent and a forensic sketch artist, who created a picture of what looked like a potato floating over the mountains.


8 posted on 06/17/2026 7:49:19 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Beowulf9

I don’t see a shadow. It looks photoshopped, but I’m no expert.


9 posted on 06/17/2026 7:50:04 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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What happens if it crashes?

Mashed potato.


10 posted on 06/17/2026 7:52:27 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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That’s an artist rendering, and NOT to scale given the witnesses say the potato was the size of a large aircraft.


11 posted on 06/17/2026 7:52:43 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: telescope115

I noticed that as well. Lighting doesn’t come from the same direction as the rest of the picture..........


12 posted on 06/17/2026 7:53:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Beowulf9

It looks like a photo collage. A simple arts and crafts project people used to make using glossy photos from magazines and rubber cement. Good luck finding any reasonably priced magazines now, glossy or otherwise.

I say it looks like a Curling Stone from Canada, but without the carrying handle.


13 posted on 06/17/2026 7:54:38 PM PDT by lee martell
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LOL

SMART PATROL - DEVO

14 posted on 06/17/2026 7:57:18 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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Ozh Xh

15 posted on 06/17/2026 7:59:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Beowulf9

Looks like one of those modern artists of the mid-20th Century.


16 posted on 06/17/2026 8:01:06 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: Beowulf9

Joe Biden took a flying leap at the Moon.

Staying consistent with the rest of his life, he missed the mark by a lot.


17 posted on 06/17/2026 8:02:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party - like the love child of La Cosa Nostra and Al Qaeda )
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To: Beowulf9

Lenticular clouds.

Can take very some very interesting shapes.
Hover over mountain ridges.

Sorry to spoil the excitement. ☹️


18 posted on 06/17/2026 8:02:35 PM PDT by sjmjax
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*Artists Interpretation*

Per link

19 posted on 06/17/2026 8:07:18 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Beowulf9

Dummies! It’s spelled “Potatoe”


20 posted on 06/17/2026 8:07:21 PM PDT by Az Joe (Pope Marx I)
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