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Posted on 05/20/2025 3:10:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
A UFO that struck and damaged a US fighter jet is just one of a swarm of mystery objects buzzing around Air Force training ranges in Arizona, according to multiple reports.
One of the unidentified flying objects hit the clear bubble “canopy” over the head of a pilot in a $63 million F-16 Viper jet in January 2023, damaging it and temporarily grounding the plane, according to Federal Aviation Administration documents first reported by the War Zone.
The military jet was struck midair by “an orange-white UAS,” or “uncrewed aerial system,” the FAA documents said. The term refers to drones.
Three more UAS encounters were flagged a day later [...]
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The government filed 757 such reports between May 2023 and June 2024 — 708 of which took place in the air — with only 49 marked “Case closed” in the latest report issued by [AARO].
The small unidentified objects spotted in Arizona are known to fly in groups of up to eight and are sometimes characterized as drones, according to the War Zone, which noted the incidents took place at high altitudes in or near military air combat training sites since January 2020.
Drones and other flying objects such as the Chinese spy balloon in 2023 are “clearly being passed through multiple U.S. military reporting streams,” the outlet added.
Some US officials, including Ron Vitiello, a senior adviser for US Customs and Border Protection, hypothesize that the mysterious flying objects could be drones used by foreign cartels for spying or smuggling drugs.
The cartel has used the technology — which is difficult to track — to move up to 10 kilograms of drugs at a time, NewsNation reported.
Vitiello told “NewsNation Prime” earlier this month that “unlimited funding” from cartels could explain the impressive “cutting-edge” technology never seen before.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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Unidentified drone over military base ping
Alien woman driver perhaps?
Swamp gas
China.
“Orange-white”? Are we back to late 50’s SAC livery?
China operating out of Mexico.
“ high altitudes”
How high is high?
Thanks.
Cartels?
Electronic Counter Measures against drones are being updgraded continuously in Ukraine, though what the maxmium range and spectrum of ECM would be, I don’t know. I would assume they are also being deployed domestically, at least around military sites.
Yep. Cartels using drones both to smuggle small amounts of drugs over the border and to scout for law enforcement, helping ground traffickers avoid capture.
I would assume they are also being deployed domestically, at least around military sites.
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Its illegal to deploy ECM measures on US soil even around military bases for the same reason its illegal to shoot them down.
our domestic military bases are constrained by legal restrictions, peacetime rules of engagement, and bureaucratic caution ... and an overwhelming dose of stupidity.
orange and white used to be USAF colors for drone/target planes, easy to spot.
My first thought.
What dumbass cartel leader would choose ‘hi-vis’ for smuggling after investing “unlimited resources”?
Smacks of clickbait.
maybe it was one if ours fir testing, with a newbie dirt pilot that got disoriented and crossed controls?
Shoot. Them. Down.
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