[JonPreston]

Swamp gas? A belly full of bad beef? Equipment malfunction? Or was it really moon men???

[fso301]

[RoosterRedux]

Before the usual points are made about the vast distance between stars and jokes about extraterrestrials;-), let me mention that the takeaways from this article are that:

1. The majority of the Super Hornet squadrons equipped with AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array at the time (off of Virginia) were encountering these craft AND so were the new E-2D Hawkeyes (with their AN/APY-9 radar suite).

2. "Notices To Airman (NOTAMs) were posted regarding the dangers potentially posed by unknown aerial vehicles flying in the same military operating areas that aircraft from NAS Oceana frequented for training. This action was taken by the base's command leadership as they couldn't figure out how else to address the bizarre issue and its perceived threat to their aircrews' safety."

   "Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) requests have been filed for copies of these NOTAMs, as well as documents regarding how the decision to file the NOTAMs was made at the command level."

3. "[A]dditional visual encounters occurred beyond the one near miss with the Super Hornet and the 'cube inside and orb' object. Our source tells us that there were many more, and yes, they all resulted in the exact same description of the object."

4. "Congress is taking a high-interest in the subject as of late, with multiple hearings being held with key lawmakers and the military's top witnesses."

[RoosterRedux]

Hat tip to Freeper PIF for bringing my attention to this article.

[Gen.Blather]

Okay, CLUE, it’s happening in restricted training space. Aliens didn’t fly all this way to use US Navy restricted training space.

When I was on a project in the eighties that created numerous UFO sightings nobody, and I mean, nobody responded. No instructions were given to sighting pilots. When they reported they were met with deafening silence. No, Uncle Sam does not share information, even with his own pilots.

Nothing to see here. Move on.

[DNME]

I’m surprised at how we are now casually accepting these encounters after years — decades — of ridicule and denial.

What changed? Not long ago, nobody would dare mention a UFO encounter for fear of being tagged as crazy. Now the squids are discussing these encounters over cocktails at the O-Club.

I’ve got a theory that aliens really HAVE visited us, and in fact they have bases and settlements here on Earth. Once the novelty of UFO Acceptance has worn off, I expect to see some big news about some rather short people.

[Vermont Lt]

At this point if they had ill intent, something would have happened.

Methinks they are some kind of aircraft that the US has been developing for decades. The anal probe stuff was just a feint.

[mosaicwolf]

When they get into a dog fight and exchange fire I will believe it.

[CincyRichieRich]

Give me back my space modulator! You are making me very angry!

[Little Ray]

Soooo.... With all the sensors on naval aircraft, do we have anything better than blurry photos?

[Gamecock]

Men are obsessed with cleavage. It doesn’t matter how many times we’ve seen these things. Every time these objects are presented to us, we have to look. We cannot not look. To men, cleavage is like the nearest thing to a nearby UFO landing. That’s what it is.

[Magnum44]

Must be a slow news day for the media. An awful lot of focus on this UFO crap. Kind of like the focus on Nancy Reagan’s astrology...

[Pride in the USA]

ping for fun

[Georgia Girl 2]

Trump said he talked to one of those navy pilots and he’s sceptical.

[minnesota_bound]

Too much drinking in the cockpit : )

[iontheball]

The unanswered question is why now is it such a big deal after all the years of ridicule and name shaming. Where is the apology from the DS for dumbing down common sense after all these years. Just what in hell is driving this? Is it a DS diversion? Is it to convince us that we really need the DS now more than ever to defend us, protect us from the bogeyalien?

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[McGruff]