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US shoots down 'high-altitude object' over Alaska, White House says
ABC News via Yahoo ^
| February 10th, 2023
| BEN GITTLESON
Posted on 02/10/2023 3:01:31 PM PST by Mariner
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To: Mariner
It crashed somewhere over either open water or ice in the Arctic Ocean just northeast of Deadhorse.
I hope it doesn't rise up and do this:
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:21:19 PM PST
by
Alas Babylon!
(Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: βWho determines what false information is?β )
To: Mariner
Why would you shoot down anything without knowing who/what it was or where it came from?
If it was an alien UFO, now joe may have started an inter galactic war.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:21:27 PM PST
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: canuck_conservative
no civilian aircraft fly at 40,000 feet It's not uncommon. 40,000 is known as Flight Level 400 in pilot jargon.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:23:43 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
To: canuck_conservative
Boeing 767 can fly to 43000 ft. Usually flies around 35000 but 40000 is completely doable.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:26:11 PM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: Mariner
The bastards. They killed Kenny!
They shot down Santa trying out a new sleigh! No Xmas gifts for you!!!
ET can never Phone Home again!
Somewhere off the coast of Alaska, a whale has one whale of a headache, and boy is he pissed off!
To: canuck_conservative
Maybe not Commerical airliners but civil Bus Jets Do...
Gulfstream G550
Service Ceiling: 51000 ft
Max T/O Weight: 91000 Lb
Max Landing Weight: 75300 Lb
Fuel Capacity: 41300 lbs Lb
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:33:33 PM PST
by
Robe
(A nation can survive its fools and even n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The difference is that this thing was “at the whim of the wind,” if that is accurate. Sounds like a mylar balloon.
To: canuck_conservative
Lol. Check out flightaware.com.
I fly at 40,000 - 41,000 just about every flight. Sometimes 430, or 450
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:35:40 PM PST
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: Mariner
Asked if was "balloon-like," the official said, "All I say is that it wasn't 'flying' with any sort of propulsion, so if that is 'balloon-like' well -- we just don't have enough at this point."They have the pilots visual description and gun camera. They know what it is. Did it have "Wag the Dog" painted on the side?
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:37:48 PM PST
by
cpdiii
(CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
To: hillarys cankles
Yes, that seems to be the conventional wisdom.
To: canuck_conservative
Of course they do. Routinely.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:45:20 PM PST
by
Tucker39
("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
To: Mariner
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:45:57 PM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? π)
To: canuck_conservative
Yes, civilian aircraft can generally do 40,000 feet. Service ceilings are usually a bit higher than that (e.g., 43,000 feet), but it obviously depends on the equipment type.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:45:57 PM PST
by
dinodino
( )
To: hillarys cankles
Agreed. Just more spin to make old, adled Brandon look large and in charge.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:49:27 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Mariner
Santa and his reindeer got smoked while maintaining currency?
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:50:43 PM PST
by
Natty Bumppo@frontier.net
(We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
To: Mariner
Biden is too incoherent to βorderβ anything.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:51:41 PM PST
by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump. )
To: Natty Bumppo@frontier.net
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:52:02 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: canuck_conservative
no civilian aircraft fly at 40,000 feetWhen I was an air traffic controller, I issued ATC clearances, for FL 400 and above.
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:52:23 PM PST
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: Mariner
Shot down an oil rig to stop the drilling?
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posted on
02/10/2023 3:52:47 PM PST
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: Mariner
Could be an arial aspirin factory.
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