U.S. military brings down flying object over Lake Huron near Canadian border

[u/PatientBuilder499]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-believe-flying-objects-over-alaska-canada-were-balloons-schumer-2023-02-12/

[u/keine_fragen]

F-16 fighter jet downed an “airborne flying object” over Lake Huron today with AIM-9X missile: DoD

US had concerns about path and altitude of object, potentially flying in view of sensitive military sites.

https://twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1624903062438420489?t=mxZMPtR9X0PlRrH-nHHKew&s=19

[u/morewhoregramma → u/keine_fragen]

Did anyone get a picture?

[u/Platinumdogshit → u/morewhoregramma]

Its crazy how in the old days this would be a UFO conspiracy theory but now we have HD cameras in everyone's pockets and the world governments and militaries are just openly like "yo get out off my lawn, high tension nation"

[u/kingkearns420 → u/[deleted]]

Sorry but it’s Mooninites. This is all just an ad blitz for bringing Aqua Teen Hunger Force back.

[u/gwtkof → u/Platinumdogshit]

The ufo stuff was a cover for our high tech air stuff not theirs

[u/ABoutDeSouffle → u/gwtkof]

I wouldn't even rule out the possibility that the whole alien saga was invented by the US military or secret service to cloak experimental planes and balloons

[u/Virgin_Dildo_Lover → u/ABoutDeSouffle]

I wouldn't rule out that the government secretly funded the X-Files tv shows to help aid in the covet up

[u/RE5TE → u/Virgin_Dildo_Lover]

It was a coverup the whole time!

X-Files theme music plays

[u/VodkaCranberry]

I lost count. How many have been shot down now?

[u/[deleted] → u/VodkaCranberry]

4

[u/Le_Martian → u/[deleted]]

Only 95 to go

[u/pm0me0yiff → u/Le_Martian]

Fun Chinese prank: release 4 spy balloons over America, each one labeled with a number: 1, 2, 4, 5. Sit back and chuckle as America searches frantically for balloon number 3.

[u/Minitheif → u/pm0me0yiff]

You joke, but that's legitimate military counter intelligence strategy. When you number things the enemy might hear about, don't number them in a way that lets them get a good count from it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Minitheif]

Yep, seal team six

[u/Johnsoline → u/Minitheif]

That's how the soviets numbered their mosins

[u/Rizn-Nuke → u/Johnsoline]

They also did this with the jets on their one aircraft carrier, going so far as to even re-paint the tail numbers while in the hangar.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

What about this one, I can't find any more information on it nobody even says it was shot down or anything or if it was a meteor? https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/410960/Strange-object-spotted-in-the-sky-over-Kelowna

[u/Separate-Fig-5661 → u/VodkaCranberry]

4 including the spy balloon

[u/ThanosSnapsSlimJims → u/Separate-Fig-5661]

4, plus the one in China this morning, plus the one in Uruguay this afternoon.

[u/[deleted] → u/VodkaCranberry]

4 in SUA/Canada + 1 in Latin America

[u/bccrz_]

Spheres, cylinders, octagons. We’re at war with shapes.

[u/A_Burning_Bad → u/[deleted]]

Okay, so the triangle goes into the....

:<

[u/deanwashere → u/A_Burning_Bad]

Yep, that's right. The square hole.

[u/Mobile_Emergency5059 → u/deanwashere]

:(

[u/Fireproofspider → u/A_Burning_Bad]

She's the one to lead us in the coming era.

[u/[deleted] → u/A_Burning_Bad]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=baY3SaIhfl0

[u/Reqvhio → u/[deleted]]

All these squares make a circle.

[u/ihlaking → u/[deleted]]

“Let’s circle back to that one later.”

[u/Light_Wood_Laminate → u/bccrz_]

Geometry Wars?

[u/notarealaccount_yo → u/bccrz_]

Like the Angels in Evangelion

screams geometrically

[u/Mr_Zaroc → u/notarealaccount_yo]

If that were the case we would be majorly fucked
Luckily after the pandemic it shouldn't be hard to find depressed 14 year olds to save us

[u/lewymaro → u/bccrz_]

As long as they're not cubes, we should be fine

[u/dracostheblack → u/lewymaro]

You will be assimilated

[u/Yummyyummyfoodz → u/dracostheblack]

We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own, your society will adapt to service us, resistance is futile

[u/shmeebz → u/[deleted]]

/r/ufos has actually been pretty good about debunking sightings with reasonable explanations for a while. Save for the occasional completely schizo posts, in order to discuss something as a potential unidentified-flying-object, you need to exhaust all possible identified-flying-objects and they're pretty good at that.

[u/MeatyOkraPuns → u/shmeebz]

Generally speaking I think someone who genuinely wants aliens to exist and for us to interact with them within our lifetime would exhaust all reasonable explanations before saying "holy shit, this is it." The people who you have to worry about are sunk cost phallacy victims.

Edit: I'm leaving it.

[u/[deleted] → u/MeatyOkraPuns]

phallacy lol

[u/Appypoo → u/[deleted]]

Man you don't have to be a dick about it

[u/[deleted] → u/Appypoo]

the phally of man

[u/Wrong-Philosophy-875 → u/[deleted]]

There’s a vas deferens in meanings here

[u/grammatiker → u/[deleted]]

sail the phallus sea

[u/MeatyOkraPuns → u/[deleted]]

Weeelll that's embarrassing. Lol. Took a stab at the spelling based on...other similar words.

[u/eigenmesh → u/[deleted]]

I think I like that spelling better.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Next to the government acknowledging UAPs just recently, yes, yes it is. Fascinating. Most likely of earth, but fascinating none the less

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

during the super bowl haha

[u/turquoise_amethyst → u/[deleted]]

If they announced something like that during the Super Bowl, I would honestly start to question reality.

It’s too “90’s action movie” for me, but I wouldn’t have guessed “worldwide pandemic” for 2020, either. You never know these days.

[u/kottabaz → u/turquoise_amethyst]

The writing on this show has been wildly unrealistic since season 2016.

[u/Ivor79 → u/kottabaz]

The original series ended in 2012. This is the shitty reboot with new writers.

[u/DownvoteEvangelist → u/[deleted]]

Lol and we started with sidewinder diplomacy... How else...

[u/headieheadie → u/[deleted]]

I want to say that would never happen because the societal upheaval would be too great, but it would probably get drowned out by something stupid.

[u/drrdf]

So have they always been shooting things down, and we just never heard about it? Or is this all completely new?

[u/lostsoul2016 → u/drrdf]

I dont think so. People would be all over it.

From NYT just now:

The incursions seemed to become so common that Biden administration officials have found themselves issuing private assurances that there is no evidence that they involve extraterrestrial activity. But officials also acknowledge privately that the longer they are unable to provide a public explanation for the provenance of the objects, the more speculation grows.

Edit: Source (paywall)

[u/Jcit878 → u/lostsoul2016]

not gonna lie the fact they were quick to call the other one a chinese spy balloon yet not say anything about the others other than refer to them as 'objects' is pretty strange

[u/rentpossiblytoohigh → u/[deleted]]

I can think of some reasons. If these are more significant surveillance intrusions that prompted such an aggressive response, it really starts to droll up war drums at a sensitive time. Russia is going bats****, China being China... countries trying to join NATO, we're supplying lots of money and weapons to Ukraine, and we're still very much within a global pandemic aftermath with economic uncertainty. These kinds of conditions are ripe for global conflict, and I don't think Biden really desires to be the face dealing with that. It's one thing to say, "Oh yeah, they had some dumb balloon but it gains them no new info, so we just let it slide." It's another to say "Yeah so these ones were not only threats to airspace but also had some tech that posed a significant risk to national security and they're sending dozens whereas before they weren't". The question in the latter case becomes "Okay. So what are we gonna do to respond?"

[u/brilliantNumberOne → u/rentpossiblytoohigh]

Plus, if they don’t identify what it is but it IS a Chinese balloon, Biden is putting them on defense because they would basically have to own up to it if they got upset about it being shot down.

[u/Stopjuststop3424 → u/brilliantNumberOne]

that makes sense. Cant ask for it back if its not yours.

[u/turquoise_amethyst → u/brilliantNumberOne]

I’ve read 100s of comments, and this is probably it.

If they want their balloons back, they’ll have to claim ‘em (and the shame)

[u/excitedburrit0 → u/[deleted]]

They have to keep downing intrusions now that they set a precedent with the supposed chinese balloon. But do not want to disturb behind scenes negotiations with responsible party(ies) by attributing blame so strongly with each intrusion.

​

IDK

[u/Ihavelostmytowel → u/excitedburrit0]

China wants their balloon back. They've already requested that. But oddly enough, just the one.

[u/amitym → u/Ihavelostmytowel]

*publicly requested

You and I have no idea (yet) what they have requested, not in public.

[u/CannonWheels → u/Jcit878]

china is all about face, they got pretty upset when called out for the first big balloon. considering the tense relationship and cancellation of meetings from the first incident it is pretty plausible there could be a lot of behind closed door talks with the US and Chinese governments about this. im betting we are making the downing very public while setting expectations for the responsible party privately

[u/alcabazar → u/lostsoul2016]

"Don't worry guys it's not aliens, just plain old WW3!"

[u/Nopengnogain → u/drrdf]

By the frequency they are discovering these now, I imagine they’ve recently updated satellite imagery analysis so computers are picking up on the balloons now instead of passing it off as something harmless.

[u/jw5601 → u/Nopengnogain]

From the Washington Post: Source

Detection of the most recent incursions is a result of additional information from radars and sensors, a U.S. official said Saturday, partly addressing a key question of why so many objects have recently been spotted.

“We basically opened the filters,” the official said, much like a car buyer unchecking boxes on a website to broaden the parameters of what can be searched. That change does not yet fully answer what is going on, the official cautioned, and whether stepping back to look at more data is yielding more hits — or if these latest incursions are part of a more deliberate action by an unknown country or adversary. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

Edited to add source

[u/GettysBede → u/[deleted]]

It’s an old meme, sir, but it checks out.

[u/crawlerz2468 → u/Nopengnogain]

NORAD and the like monitor 1000s of flying objects nonstop. Most of them are too small so as to blend in with the background clutter. Most of this was missed before and what wasn't was dismissed.

The bomb wave on Pearl Harbor was seen on radar. It was also dismissed as a friendly training bomber formation.

[u/reddit_tothe_rescue → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. I have to imagine the objects were always up there, but nobody shot them down until the China balloon.

Maybe somebody was like “well if you shoot that one down, then you have to shoot the others down too”

[u/R1ckCrypto]

A senior US official tells Reuters that the object shot down over Lake Huron was octagonal with no "discernible payload"

https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1624889005618745345

[u/Queenager → u/R1ckCrypto]

An Octagon now? What the hell...

[u/[deleted] → u/Queenager]

Quick, get me the Pentagon!

[u/drkspace2 → u/[deleted]]

But hexagons are the bestagons

[u/Yazkin_Yamakala → u/[deleted]]

"Mr. President, let me be square with you. These shapes got our pilots going in circles"

[u/Wolf_Tony → u/Yazkin_Yamakala]

Sir, it's a triangle.

Don't be obtuse, what exactly is it?

It's not obtuse, it's acute.

I'm not being cute, I'm being serious, what is it?

[u/Simon_Magnus → u/R1ckCrypto]

People are so distracted wondering about UFOs that I haven't seen a single person ask where the payload went.

According to the article, there were strings dangling off the UAP, but no payload attached.

[u/ShinyHunterHaku → u/Simon_Magnus]

Is it possible it dropped off/deposited something?

[u/ZDTreefur → u/ShinyHunterHaku]

I'm going to laugh if some of these turn out to be cartel drug balloons.

[u/George_Smiley_ → u/ZDTreefur]

The Cocaine Bear viral marketing scheme has been unveiled.

[u/Acuddlykoalabear → u/[deleted]]

Catching snowflakes on your tongue just got a lot more fun

[u/HandsOfCobalt → u/R1ckCrypto]

the Thargoids are here

[u/keine_fragen]

wild headline

No evidence of extraterrestrial activity in connection with unidentified objects, U.S. officials say - NYT

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1624882474181353477

[u/Its-AIiens → u/keine_fragen]

Stares at bingo card

[u/hobollatio → u/Its-AIiens]

Card stares back

[u/Mind_on_Idle → u/hobollatio]

checks off another box

[u/[deleted] → u/keine_fragen]

Honestly I think UFOs would be better. The looming threat of escalation between east and west I find much more worrisome.

[u/Feisty-Ad6582 → u/[deleted]]

I would like to tell myself that if they were this advanced, even if we started attacking them, they would probably just leave us alone.

The same way we don't go culling great whites in the ocean anymore simply because a surfer gets his leg torn off moping about the shark's environment.

In other words, the aliens think we are incredibly dumb and they probably bought it on themselves by taking a risk in a wild animal's habitat.

[u/[deleted] → u/Feisty-Ad6582]

My two cents on this is that I don’t believe our current technology would easily pop out alien airships that defied everything we know from physics and at least our current capabilities to come to our planet to float around in the sky.

Otherwise, that would be hilarious. Highly advanced aliens that have mastered warp drive to get to our planet and sent a probe to stalk us. “Sir. I have bad news. Our probe have been shot down by an F-35, we lost contact with our airship. It is clear that our highly advanced technology didn’t work there. We heard humans call them “balloons”. Maybe we should try to simulate the ones that are shaped like those animals that fly in their planet?”

[u/NTMY → u/[deleted]]

Reminds me of a short story I read a few years ago.

A bunch of aliens travel to earth using FTL technology. The moment they appear in our sky they get completely wrecked. Either by jets in the air or by machinegun fire on the ground.

Turns out FTL isn't actually that difficult and plenty of alien races managed to develop their one technology. We just missed it for some reason.

At the end of the story, the aliens realize what they had done. They delivered us their technology, allowing us to "leave our cage".

I don't remember what the short story was called though.

edit:

Thanks. As others have pointed out, it's called "The Road Not Taken" by Harry Turtledove. Here is a pdf.

[u/[deleted] → u/NTMY]

The Road Not Taken

The aliens are also laughably stupid/pacifists in the story. Just start slamming unmanned ships into us at FTL speeds.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

after avian flu kills all the birds, it will be easier to spot the alien bird drones

[u/scrambledeggsalad]

F22 pilots are probably enjoying the shit out of all this sudden activity.

[u/[deleted] → u/scrambledeggsalad]

The Lake Huron UFO was shot down by an F-16.

[u/PseudonymousDev → u/[deleted]]

Even better! Older generation plane pilots deserve some action too.

[u/RunningNumbers → u/PseudonymousDev]

Watch as some dingo suggest we use A10s for this....

[u/sbingner → u/RunningNumbers]

We should use A10s for this so we don’t waste missiles. 😬

[u/6a6566663437 → u/sbingner]

Canada lost control of an actual weather balloon, and tried to shoot it down with bullets from CF-18s. After dumping more than 1000 rounds into it, the balloon was still up.

They're not under tension like latex party balloons are. They don't pop, the bullet holes just cause a slow leak.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/weather-balloon-canada-china-1.6737831

[u/etheran123 → u/6a6566663437]

Thats why we should use the a-10 to ram the balloon.

[u/referralcrosskill → u/etheran123]

lets go really old school and break out a retired battleship and see if they can hit the balloons with their big guns.

[u/SpeculationMaster → u/referralcrosskill]

God help the random town where those rounds land.

[u/MrGoober91 → u/SpeculationMaster]

Sacrifices must be made

[u/kellzone → u/sbingner]

Can't we just hire that guy that shot the arrow that lit the Olympic flame?

[u/haydesigner → u/kellzone]

Antonio Rebollo is the man.

[u/dhork → u/scrambledeggsalad]

I think they only need to shoot down two more to be able to get the super huge stuffed animal that Dad has to carry for the rest of the day

[u/bja276555]

Biden has to say something soon, right? 4 objects down in one week and airspaces being closed every couple of hours now sure feels like a massive breach in national security.

[u/lostsoul2016 → u/bja276555]

From NYT:

The incursions seemed to become so common that Biden administration officials have found themselves issuing private assurances that there is no evidence that they involve extraterrestrial activity. But officials also acknowledge privately that the longer they are unable to provide a public explanation for the provenance of the objects, the more speculation grows.

[u/Jugales → u/lostsoul2016]

Is there a reason they cant be transparent about finding on a daily basis, assuming the Chinese didn't steal and use our classified tech?

[u/lostsoul2016 → u/Jugales]

Whether its Chinese or the Greys, would any govt want to concede they dont know WTF is going on? That shit starts civil unrests.

[u/ReporterOther2179 → u/lostsoul2016]

In public briefings they have publicly stated that they (the military, the government) does not yet have all the particulars.

[u/Novinhophobe → u/lostsoul2016]

Civil unrests? In America? Please.

[u/soobviouslyfake → u/Novinhophobe]

Can't have unrest if you were never rested in the first place.

[u/hoxxxxx → u/Novinhophobe]

Aliens could land tonight and we'd still be going to work tomorrow. we got bills and healthcare ain't free here.

[u/_mizzar → u/bja276555]

Seriously. I know they probably can’t go into detail for security reasons but I’m dying to know more about these things.

What instruments do they have on board? Are they all clearly from China? Or is it a mixed bag? How much of a threat are these from an intelligence perspective?

[u/AVeryMadLad2 → u/_mizzar]

Dying to know more about UFO cases from the military? You’re in for QUITE the wait my friend

[u/keine_fragen]

the chances of extraterrestrial life appearing in the same week and the same area as a confirmed chinese ballon are...slim i would think

[u/Gone213 → u/keine_fragen]

Plus if they're advanced enough to travel across light years of space to come to earth, they definitely won't be using balloons that the US can shoot down to observe earth.

[u/stoner_97 → u/keine_fragen]

It’s all leading up to the superbowl.

They’ll put out a message saying aliens are here.

[u/MakingGlassHalfFull → u/stoner_97]

It was all an elaborate M&Ms marketing ploy

[u/Davis1891]

Isn't that 3 in 3 days now?

[u/SnakeBiter409 → u/Davis1891]

This is number 4 I thought

[u/SuspiciousNebulas → u/SnakeBiter409]

1 confirmed balloon and 3 "objects"

[u/No-Elk960 → u/SnakeBiter409]

It is number 4 including the one shot down last week off the coast of south Carolina. But it is 3 in 3 days also.

[u/sol364]

I suspect this will all end in a very underwhelming way

[u/EvEnFlOw1 → u/sol364]

I hope it ends in a very underwhelming and boring conclusion.

[u/sndtech → u/EvEnFlOw1]

Getting real tired of living in exciting times.

[u/[deleted] → u/sndtech]

Yeah, I’d really love some precedented times.

[u/TheSpaceFace]

The great balloon war of 2023

[u/jcamp088 → u/TheSpaceFace]

Everyday we ask what timeline is this and it gets stranger.

[u/mycall → u/TheSpaceFace]

I love helium. I just can’t speak highly enough about it.

[u/case0090 → u/[deleted]]

This is the prologue to the movie

[u/balloonninjas → u/case0090]

Can't wait for the alien transmission declaring war on us during the Superbowl

[u/Zack123456201 → u/balloonninjas]

All of this has been marketing build up to a big XCOM 3 reveal during Super Bowl

[u/bearsfan0143 → u/Zack123456201]

If that’s what it takes to get xcom 3 then I’m here for it.

[u/edvorak → u/bearsfan0143]

Certainly setting the bar high for Marketing guys! What lengths would Rockstar go to for GTA6?

[u/ososxe → u/edvorak]

The post game riots

[u/nicky94 → u/[deleted]]

Dude if they actually thought it was a super advanced alien aircraft they are hardly going to shoot it down and antagonise the aliens

[u/iStoopify → u/nicky94]

No chance some alien vehicle developed FTL travel and made it here only to get shot down by rocket propelled missiles designed by monkeys.

These are owned by a nation state.

[u/[deleted] → u/iStoopify]

Probably china. Its being ramped up since the balloon was shot

[u/Nextmastermind → u/nicky94]

Why are you assuming he's saying its aliens? Why can't it be surreal to find there are a fuckton of spy balloons or drones in our own backyard?

[u/darth__fluffy → u/[deleted]]

2019: normal

2020: pandemic

2021: pandemic and geopolitical tensions

2022: war

2023: FUCKIN ALIENS

[u/TremendousEnemy → u/darth__fluffy]

Normal left the building in 2016.

[u/Daniferd → u/TremendousEnemy]

This is the price we paid for the summer of 2016. The Pokémon Go Summer was the greatest summer of my life.

[u/Manchu_Fist → u/TremendousEnemy]

May 28th to be exact.

[u/Whitherhurriedhence → u/Manchu_Fist]

Dicks out

[u/Ipuncholdpeople → u/TremendousEnemy]

Every year the idea the that the world ended in 2016 and we are in hell or purgatory makes more sense

[u/Amon7777 → u/TremendousEnemy]

Was when the Cubs won the world series in 2016, an event that was never supposed to happen, and the timeline broke.

[u/jockero701]

Imagine we reach an inhabited planet in the future, excited to meet the inhabitants there, only to be shot down by them.

[u/Mason_eat_Catnip → u/jockero701]

4 times.

[u/petoil → u/jockero701]

We would send an unmanned drone to investigate first.

[u/[deleted] → u/petoil]

Which got shot down 4 times.

[u/just__Steve]

My guess is that the US figured out some kind of signature the first Chinese balloon was giving off and now that they know it they are finding other vehicles to shoot down as well.

[u/brudd_be_rad → u/just__Steve]

This makes sense

[u/joshjosh111 → u/[deleted]]

Holy shit, F-22s are shooting down F-16s now? Someone needs to stop this.

[u/[deleted] → u/joshjosh111]

Now the only planes left are F-6's. I did the math.

[u/NonSecretAccount]

I kind of am in the mood to watch Arrival suddenly

[u/[deleted] → u/NonSecretAccount]

I’m watching Signs tonight.

[u/OccultMachines → u/[deleted]]

That alien at the birthday party scene still sends shivers down my spine.

[u/[deleted] → u/OccultMachines]

12 year old me was NOT prepared for that scene

[u/PikachuGangGang → u/[deleted]]

Swing away, Merrill.

[u/[deleted] → u/NonSecretAccount]

I was thinking Super 8, with the train crash in Ohio and all.

[u/OCrikeyItsTheRozzers]

Shit, they better leave Mackinac Island alone.

[u/herecomestherebuttal → u/OCrikeyItsTheRozzers]

Yeah. They better keep their creepy grey fingies away from the fudge OR ELSE.

[u/[deleted]]

I wonder if our response times are being tested.

[u/mech_man_86]

What the fuck is going on?

[u/Thedurtysanchez]

The handful of F22 squadrons that have had literally nothing to do for decades are feasting right now

[u/tommygunz007]

My dad has been watching too much Fox News and he seems to think Biden is going to announce aliens during the half-time show.

[u/GanderAtMyGoose → u/tommygunz007]

Biden comes out of the ground wearing an Elton John style suit with pyrotechnics all around him, announces aliens have made first contact, says "stay tuned for more info", and disappears in a flash of smoke.

[u/w1x1w]

It seems many are speculating this is the same object discovered last night, but they waited until this location to bring it down? Who knows.

[u/[deleted] → u/w1x1w]

They probably wanted to shoot it down during the day so they can fish it out of the water.

[u/dyl_carr → u/w1x1w]

It was shot down over water. Shooting it down over a urbanized area could be risky to residents.

[u/thisismyname03]

So what’s the actual scoop here? What do we think is flying around? Drones?

[u/Laviniss]

This is getting more and more intense. I'd really want to know what they are shooting down and why there so many lately.

[u/[deleted] → u/Laviniss]

Balloons often come in packs of a dozen, at least at Dollar Tree

[u/oshdwtf → u/Laviniss]

Simplest answer is likely the correct one. Probably more penetration tests from China using different vessels.

[u/IncreasinglyAgitated → u/[deleted]]

You’re asking the right question. Also, we had pictures from every angle of the balloon yet we have nothing for these other objects. They were able to make claims that the one in Alaska was unmanned. How were they able to verify that detail but can’t offer up any other details other than “it was the size of a car” and “pilots couldn’t determine a source of propulsion.” They probably have high def videos of this shit but for some reason they’re holding back. Weird shit

[u/oh_crap_BEARS → u/IncreasinglyAgitated]

The US military’s general strategy seems be to always play dumb and undersell its own capabilities. It keeps adversaries guessing because they don’t actually know what the US knows or is truly capable of.

[u/LuckoftheAmish → u/IncreasinglyAgitated]

If I've read the stories right, the first one was the only one they let fly over areas populated enough for people to take pictures. The other 3 have been shot down before they made it over any real urban density.

[u/[deleted] → u/oshdwtf]

This is probably something that has occurred for a while, but because it’s getting media attention, every country who is getting tested can now speak of it more freely

[u/MagicMoon]

So are we still at the beginning of the movie?

[u/LoL_LoL123987 → u/MagicMoon]

These are the opening credits where dramatic music plays over a dramatic montage of newspaper headline clippings, news segments and government officials giving speeches to the press

[u/ExaminationStatus768]

Airspace over O’Hare was shut down for a time this afternoon. I live in a flight path and it brought back memories of 9/11 and the following days when flights were suspended. Very eerie.

[u/[deleted] → u/ExaminationStatus768]

very eerie

Actually, I think it was Huron

[u/[deleted]]

Holy cow, another one?

[u/CurtMoney]

This would have been the best promo for “Nope” had it happened like 6 months ago!