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Object shot out of sky above Israeli nuclear plant, military says
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Posted on 12/17/2010 2:56:31 AM PST by traumer
Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified flying object over the Dimona nuclear plant in the Negev Desert Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The object appeared in a designated no-fly zone, the air force was scrambled and the object was shot down, the IDF said.
The object could have been a party balloon, the IDF said, but forces have not yet found the debris to determine what it was.
There have been unconfirmed media reports that it was a motor-driven object. The air force reacted according to procedure when the object was spotted, the IDF said.
The Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz reported that last October "IDF warplanes intercepted an Israeli ultralight aircraft that accidentally flew into the area and forced it to land at an airstrip in southern Israel."
It also reported that "an Israeli surface-to-air missile downed a crippled Israeli fighter-bomber that strayed into the restricted zone" during the Six Day War in 1967. The craft's pilot was killed.
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:56:34 AM PST
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traumer
To: traumer
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:57:05 AM PST
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traumer
To: traumer
Aladan on magic carpet ride
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posted on
12/17/2010 2:59:40 AM PST
by
SF_Redux
(the scarier part about all these Marxists is, that a few of them can breed .. with the opposite sex)
To: traumer
Just swamp gas.
Nothing to see here, move along.
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:04:45 AM PST
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Hugin
("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
To: SF_Redux
I suspect we won’t hear much more on this......
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:06:44 AM PST
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traumer
To: traumer
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:07:04 AM PST
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South40
(If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. ~Thomas Paine)
To: Hugin
............ crickets .............
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:07:27 AM PST
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traumer
To: traumer
I wonder if a retaliatory UFO will appear in the sky over Tehran?
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posted on
12/17/2010 3:10:25 AM PST
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Allegra
(I painted fuchsia stripes on my elbows.)
To: Allegra
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12/17/2010 3:12:43 AM PST
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traumer
To: traumer
Given the extensive history of UFOs hovering around and over nuclear plants and missile sites, it doesn’t seem smart to me to be shooting down something they do not recognize. The other party may get really mad and dangerous on a scale that no one can envision. They are always just weather balloons.
To: traumer
The object could have been a party balloon, the IDF said Good practice for them anyway.
To: South40
Why would N379P carry her? I thought it was used for extraordinary rendition.
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posted on
12/17/2010 4:17:56 AM PST
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seemoAR
To: seemoAR
Why would N379P carry her? I thought it was used for extraordinary rendition.You answered your own question.
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posted on
12/17/2010 4:24:50 AM PST
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South40
(Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: traumer
An Hamas drone, built by Iran?
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12/17/2010 4:31:45 AM PST
by
Doulos1
(Bitter Clinger Forever!)
To: traumer
Fat, mutant flying radioactive turkey. Tasty when fried with surface-air artillery.
To: traumer
Hast du etwas zeit für mich dann singe ich ein lied fuer dich...
To: traumer
Incoherent and non sequitur. Typical CNN “reporting”.
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12/17/2010 5:35:34 AM PST
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Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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posted on
12/17/2010 5:48:00 AM PST
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SJackson
(In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
To: traumer
In a few years, everyone’s going to have stealthy drones. Better get used to the idea.
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posted on
12/17/2010 6:10:02 AM PST
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Elwood P. Doud
(America, you voted for a negro socialist with an Islamic name - so why act surprised?)
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12/17/2010 7:05:46 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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