CayceG Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 13 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: HELL, THERE'S EVEN A UFO ANGLE THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING TAKEN SOMEWHAT SERIOUSLY! This is what is driving me insane the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Demut said: What is it with you guys and intergalactic visitors? Also, anyone going on about "muh cosmic distances" just isn't thinking big enough. With the kind of power that you get access to with a Dyson Swarm the problem of traveling between the stars becomes trivially easy. Now, that we haven't seen any evidence of said megastructures (and you'd expect us to if they were out there) is a different matter If they were intergalactic travelers instead of interstellar travelers -- How would we know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 "Grandpa, do you remember where you were and what you were doing on the day the Chinese balloon popped?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 7:46 PM, sblfilms said: I will never stop enjoying Canadian on Canadian violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: February 4, 2023 - The Day An F-22 Raptor Popped A Chinese Balloon With An AIM-9X It should be a national holiday 🫡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I'd imagine we are developing a cheaper way to take these down. I would think the value proposition of using a missile everytime isn't great. High powered lasers would probably do the job well enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Air_Delivery said: I'd imagine we are developing a cheaper way to take these down. I'd imagine the value proposition of using a missile everytime isn't great. High powered lasers would probably do the job well enough. If the pilots are skilled, they could just use a gatling gun. Or, that's what Ace Combat taught me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said: I'd imagine we are developing a cheaper way to take these down. I would think the value proposition of using a missile everytime isn't great. High powered lasers would probably do the job well enough. Training and using inventory instead of letting its shelf life expire is probably fiscally responsible enough. The jets would be flying anyways. It’s just a bonus they have something real to shoot down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, CayceG said: This is what is driving me insane the most. Why? CIA itself blew the doors open themselves. Right after the FBI decided to post the Chronicles of the Elders of Zion uncritically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said: I'd imagine we are developing a cheaper way to take these down. I would think the value proposition of using a missile everytime isn't great. High powered lasers would probably do the job well enough. A giant thumbtack on a 50 foot pole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Some people saying “China”, others saying “Aliens”… why can’t it be both? Ya know… Chinese Aliens. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demut Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Massdriver said: Are you saying that a Dyson Swarm would make it easier to travel ftl or just that a civ that has one would have lots of energy and resources to spare to build lots of probes? Both. Not only could a type II civilization send out hundreds of colony ships a year on a whim, they could also bring them up to relativistic speeds through the use of, for example, continuous laser beams (relayed ones if need be). Sure, even with 10% of light speed, say, we're still talking about travel times in the decades but that is orders of magnitude more feasible than the aeon-long voyages which we'd otherwise have to contend with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Spork3245 said: Some people saying “China”, others saying “Aliens”… why can’t it be both? Ya know… Chinese Aliens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Demut Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 9 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said: The jets would be flying anyways. Would they though? Flight time costs resources (fuel alone can apparently come with a six-figure price tag for these missions since it's not just the jets but also the surveillance aircraft that kept an eye on the balloon for example) which wouldn't have been required had the planes not been scrambled for this. It's not like they're canceling training flights and replacing them with these missions so sorties like this one are definitely an extra cost that has to be paid in addition to whatever else they've got regularly scheduled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Air_Delivery said: I'd imagine we are developing a cheaper way to take these down. I would think the value proposition of using a missile everytime isn't great. High powered lasers would probably do the job well enough. I'm sure we could get these from our friends, the space jews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Solved it Spoiler 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 20 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: Solved it Hide contents Humanity doesn't deserve dogs change my mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, Zaku3 said: Humanity doesn't deserve dogs change my mind. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: Subbed to r/aww. I should see if someone made a r/awwdito for Spanish speakers. It can also include any personal heart warming stories you want to share. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, Zaku3 said: Subbed to r/aww. I should see if someone made a r/awwdito for Spanish speakers. It can also include any personal heart warming stories you want to share. https://www.reddit.com/r/FancyFeet?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Another good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demut Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Zaku3 said: Humanity doesn't deserve dogs change my mind. Popular sentiment buuut since we're the ones who bred them into existence in the first place ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Bloomberg - Are you a robot? WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM Quote The Biden administration suspects that three unidentified objects downed since last Friday served commercial purposes and weren’t used for spying, a judgment that may help ease anxiety over a Chinese balloon that traversed the US before being shot down. The intelligence community believes the objects — unlike the giant airship shot down on Feb. 4 —“could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Bloomberg - Are you a robot? WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM Exactly what they would say if they're covering up aliens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 So it turns out the Chinese spy balloon was likely meant for Guam, but winds took it off-course and over North America: U.S. tracked China spy balloon from launch on Hainan island along unusual path - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM The errant path of the large Chinese spy balloon across Alaska and the continental United States may have been caused by unusual weather conditions that pulled it off course. And for the smaller objects that we're seeing all of the sudden thanks to changing the radar filters? White House tells governors 'thousands' of objects in the skies aren't aliens, could be used car lot balloons WWW.FOXNEWS.COM A White House official told governors in a virtual briefing on Monday that "there are no UFOs" and "this is not an invasion of the aliens" after three flying objects were shot down over North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 There's an entire army of wacky, wavey, inflatable tube men constantly patrolling the skies over North America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 All the more reason to destroy car dealerships 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 38 minutes ago, ThreePi said: There's an entire army of wacky, wavey, inflatable tube men constantly patrolling the skies over North America. and don’t forget the ones that also got into congress as Republicans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoidHater Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/14/2023 at 10:40 AM, SuperSpreader said: Screw everyone of those pricks that wouldn't stop to hit the balloon back at the dog 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 2 hours ago, TyphoidHater said: Screw everyone of those pricks that wouldn't stop to hit the balloon back at the dog Unironically imagine not playing with a friendly doggy that comes up to you. Especially if it's like bopping a baloon to you so you can send it back to him or to continue moving it. What soulless creature would do this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 5 hours ago, ThreePi said: There's an entire army of wacky, wavey, inflatable tube men constantly patrolling the skies over North America. They could be enlisted as the 21st century equivalent of WWII's "barrage balloons". Barrage balloon - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Biden planning to deliver most extensive remarks yet on aerial objects military shot down WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Biden will use his address to explain how the administration is forming rules for dealing with other objects in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demut Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Zaku3 said: What soulless creature would do this? Behaviorists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 February 14th, 2023, K9YO, Missing in Action, KD9UQB, 7th Circumnavigation. | Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade NIBBB.ORG Pico Balloon K9YO last reported on February 11th at 00:48 zulu near Hagemeister Island after 123 days and 18 hours of flight. Hagemeister Island is an uninhabited island in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the north shore of Bristol Bay at the entrance to Togiak Bay. The island is 16 miles long, has… There's some evidence that the Yukon object could have been a balloon club's balloon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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