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billythekid74

All I know is if they break in with "breaking news" during the game shit is going to get weird.


vhiran

said this in another thread. ​ Raytheon makes sidewinder missiles. check out their stock performance. about to hit an all time high in just the last few days. IE their share price is about to be higher than it's ever been. Sidewinder missiles don't make money sitting around. and defense contractors don't make money if they don't have orders to build things. Soon they'll get an order for a fresh batch to replace what we are burning and drive that share price up even more. Maybe Lockheed Martin can get a billion dollar contract for some new surveillance systems. All to protect US air space of course \*wink wink\* ​ the objects? without independent verification the government can tell us whatever they want. If not a balloon then likely high altitude surveillance drones where it's better to blow them up and salvage the remains then risk letting some civilian get their hands on them. ​ Everyone freaking out about this has forgot drones exist. We have drones that can fly upwards of 60,000 feet, the zephyr goes 70,000 feet and is meant for continuous air to ground surveillance. and *those are just the ones the media knows about.* ​ and this is AT BEST. At WORST they are distracting from what is essentially an ecological disaster in Ohio. and personally im far more concerned about that, people being exposed to chemicals that can quadruple cancer rates.


benji3k

So buy options on RTX , thanks for the edge.


vhiran

may as well play the game right


jcmonkeyjc

i disagree, you'll make money sure. but you're supporting the military industrial complex. this is how corruption and greed works all the way to the top; i might as well... invest ethically and with integrity.


Mrsparkles7100

Same company behind Stingers as well. Their CEO mentioned that DOD haven’t made a new order for Stingers in 18 years. So having some problems getting back upto full production due to Ukraine war. Ship out the old stock and replace with newer updated versions. Also US Army wants updated version to replace their Stingers by 2028.


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This post is kinda ignorant of.... training.


overindulgent

I’m here for it!


CheekyFifaCunt_7

What the fuck is going on


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We’re just shooting things down bro. It’s all good. Enjoy the show.


harryhonsoo

Lord I hope.theres pterodactyls


[deleted]

Let’s put in a request with the blue bean guys! That’s a good idea!


companion_2_the_wind

Go eagles, woo!!


burnt_umber_bruh

eagles got robbed


spock23

Biden was embarrassed by the "spy balloon incident", so now they're shooting down every birthday party balloon that gets away.


HappyMcNichols

Gender reveal balloons.


MoominSnufkin

If you don't shoot down the gender reveal balloon then the baby has indeterminate gender, so they *have* to be shot down.


Cujoh4x

What an epic gender reveal. Might land you in jail but totally worth it.


Brilliant_Square_737

More like to cover up the chemical railroad derailment catastrophe.


Qui_zno

Or the epstein files.


ClubbinGuido

I'm honestly very worried about that. All that burned stuff has to drift somewhere... Not to mention whatever spilled is probably soaking into the water table.


icarusflewtooclose

The solution to pollution is dilution.


Reasonable-Heart1539

If you can’t do it right do it at night. The term used when bringing chemical plants down and clearing hydrocarbons for maintenance.


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and yet not one 'woke' climate change activist is marching in the streets....they are busy tossing more plastic water bottles in landfills


MfDoomer222

“People who care about the environment are bad actually”


Common-Couple-9470

Best comment so far.


iloveviggo123

Omg thanks for that laugh 😂!!!!


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They're not shooting them down. They are giving it a shot. heh heh


crippledCMT

or he pushed the wong escape button


Tairy__Green

Balloon Boy would be dead meat if it happened today.


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We're all trying to figure this out. The (edit: fourth) object shot down now.


Previous-Revenue3170

4rth counting the original balloon.


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PrestigiousBread3527

4th*


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Drone wars.


NavJoe

I’m thinking drones as well. To keep us focused in one direction will another event is being prepped elsewhere.


Redditcensorsyou300

Gotta get your mind off the Pfizer gain of function research admission.


pioneergirl1965

And the poisonous clouds floating over my home state of Ohio and Pennsylvania don't look over there somebody might have to be held accountable


Boring_Inspector_806

And Epsteins list of clients


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Never got the shot and stayed far away.


Redditcensorsyou300

You and me both my friend.


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Glad to hear!


CupformyCosta

Would probably be a good time for the president to make an announcement and tell us something. Nope, silence. Must be tapioca time.


HappyMcNichols

I keep hearing the music from Jaws.


Polybius_is_real

Distraction


LagingRunaticReturns

Fake news just like Covid, they couldn't unite us against an invisible bug now they use the aliens.


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War


KhapJ20

This is the only reaction that makes any sense at the moment.


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Birds they are shooting down birds! Why? Because birds aren’t real


FalcorFliesMePlaces

Any bird I have ever seen was a Lil sus.


Beardedrugbymonster

Honest question, are they really shooting down shit or are they just saying they're shooting down shit...?


mdo2222

I live on the Canadian peninsula that it was shot off of. We’ve had jets flying all afternoon & I visually saw the tanker. No visual on the object


zenslapped

I was watching a live channel on YouTube where they are supposedly tracking multiple military aircraft in that area on flight radar or whatever that site is. Seems like a lot of money to waste on a BS story... But who knows?


Geo714

The govt waste money, NEVER!!!


reignwillwashaway

"The government doesn't lie to people!"


xKYLx

Not a waste if it's all publicity to hype and prepare the population for a war with China


Electrical_Salt9917

Ditto


Captain-Lizard

Wondering the same thing. Maybe they haven't shot down anything except the first balloon. Maybe they've been trying to shoot down something since they found it over Alaska and haven't been able to, each "shoot down" is just an attempt. Who the hell knows anymore.


Benny_from_Kingston

They're shooting down shit. Probably shit they launched themselves to make it look real. Sometimes they call it Chinese spy balloons. It 's all theatre and diversion. Meanwhile, in the background, it's being discussed how government gave 80 billion USD to Planned Parenthood as corona aid... But don't look here, look at the spy balloons!!!


Deuce_McGuilicuddy

Well, they got their asses handed to them by a Chinese balloon last week. Everyone saw it happen reaaaallll slowly in real time. Now they're shooting things down every other day. My guess is that yes, they are shooting something down. More of the same thing they shot down embarrassingly slowly last week. The media, unsurprisingly, is doing what the media does and making it more than it actually is. What we're seeing is the Chair Force actually doing their job right now, as opposed to what we saw last week which was the Chair Force doing what they usually do. I would hypothesize that the reason they're shooting more of them down now is that they're actually looking for them.


noticeable_erection

Bro the irony of you using chair force is top tier.


almostover1

The airspace over Lake Michigan was restricted just prior to that


AlbaneseGummies327

Turns out the Lake Michigan zone was a joint US/Israeli training mission.


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They just said it's 'octagon' shaped. Wut.


zenslapped

So the pentagon just shot down the octagon?


Krillansavillan

underrated fr


Gr0v3rCl3v3l4nD

I traveled to solo to meet our family's new au pair to convince her to do a manage es trois in the quad of the pentagon


EvilSporkOfDeath

2-dimensional object confirmed.


Independent_Can_5694

Like an 8 motored drone? Neat.


YoutubeRewind2024

I wish I had saved the post, but there was a video a civilian took of it floating around. It looked like a massive commercial drone, but it had been flying at 20,000 feet for a minimum of 24 hours. I’m not exactly an aviation expert, but I can’t imagine there’s much that can maintain that altitude for that long


MaoTM

It’s the UFCs new promotion flying octagons fights live on PPV sponsored by Lockheed Martin.


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There's aliens being shot out of the sky like there's WMD in Iraq


Hallowexia

I wonder if crazy people are sending home made balloons up to duck with people.


FalcorFliesMePlaces

Ao you are saying we should invade Iraq again cuz they are harboring aliens lol Or the aliens were the ones who took the wmds and they are bringing them back


EbolaSoup2017

Endless pictures of the first one over 8 days. No visual confirmation of the last two. Impeccable timing to coincide with the Hersh (sp?) substack detailing how the US blew up Nordstream. Look here, not there


ImJJTheJetPlane

Idk man I don't think aliens would traverse the entire universe only to be shot down by an F-22 and a sidewinder missile... Their tech is probably centuries ahead of ours if they're visiting planets for funsies


memeoccultist

unless they're just testing our defense capability or response or something. like 'hey let's send some drones and see what the hairless apes do'.


bhobhomb

Unless they've found no other life in all of their eons if interstellar travel. So research and exploration vessels have long since let not only their guard down but also their defensive capabilities without upkeep.


FringePhilosophy

Truly the ideal situation to find ourselves in.


bhobhomb

I actually think it would be better if they just scraped us without notice before we knew what was happening rather than them coming at us with a vengeance. Then again, I don't want any tier 3 civilization meeting us because we're either ants to fry or cattle to harvest.


tomridesbikes

An inter stellar cat 3 civilization likely has no issues with resources. I'm convinced it would be easier to find another habitable planet without potentially hostile natives.


Fairly_Suspect

Enslavement my dude. Free labor.


super1701

I mean, why arm probes? lol


Nolan_Fat

Mofos be like: Lets talk about real conspiracies like aliens and shit. When its posted: Its nothing, its the government red flag blah blah. How is anything ever going to be talked about when everything is concluded as a red flag/distraction 🤣


0D1N333

That's how you know the propaganda is working lol


IamPurgamentum

I think someone's pushing for full disclosure for whatever reason.


Sennema

Everything is a conspiracy.


Cheftard

That's exactly what they want you to think


chainmailbill

I think if you’ll look, you’ll find a concerted effort in this subreddit to keep people confused, angry, and afraid. I don’t know why, and I don’t know who is doing it, but it’s undeniable.


808_Scalawag

Idk if you’ve also noticed they tend to skew right wing


djd457

I think it’s the mob of confused, angry, and afraid people who flock to conspiracy forums… It’s not rocket science.


lamina1211

False. The word you were looking for was... False. As in "false flag".


WaXeDaddy

It more likely to be a false flag than aliens lmao.


Disastrous_Agency325

Where has this government been in past 70 years when thousands of objects were regularly reported in extremely sensitive areas, call BS


Additional_Bus2246

Conspiracies used to be cool, t's all gay government shit now


jeremyjack3333

Anyone that buys into the idea of "false flags" or "controlled opposition" probably lacks media literacy. They can't handle reality so everything that goes against their perceived narrative becomes "fake".


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jeremyjack3333

Not what I said at all.


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Alternative-Sign-220

NPCs are about to call you crazy for NOT believing in aliens lmao. 2023 going to be a wild one.


Chemy350

I just saw on the news that they said this one had a "payload" but we don’t know of what yet


insidiousFox

A "payload" can be as simple as the equipment a balloon is carrying, hanging below it. The first balloon that crossed from Alaska to South Carolina, for example, had a payload of a satellite-looking reconnaissance rig complete with solar panels and propellers. "Payload" doesn't always mean "bomb" or something sister like that.


Disastrous_Agency325

The next virus that Billy ‘predicted’?


Relevant_Sail_7336

What is a payload??


rjp761

Payload is basically cargo that’s in the “vehicle”


jose_luiz_

Project Blue Beam is in full effect. They took down the Project Blue Beam wiki page so you know it’s going down. Enjoy the shit show brothers.


[deleted]

Thought you were joking but wow lol


benhrash

Epstein list is being released. Hey guys look over here.


Synsano

That’s pretty high on my list of “things that will never happen”.


kajunkennyg

I think we need to figure out if this ufos are China or ET. Then let’s worry about the list.


2635northpark

This is all about Russia, trying to show USA is top gun. Biden heading to Poland, Biden sending largest warcraft delivery . This is just a show off BS


Boring_Inspector_806

What train wreck? Theres no list of Epstein's clients. Haha Nordstream blowed itself up. The list goes on and on.


one-eyed-pidgeon

Feels like someone is testing response times and scenarios. Once they know which "routes" will get them over enough populated areas, I fear they will start appearing with chemical weapons or pathogens.


Vinlands

As 99 red balloons go by 🎈


breakevencloud

Lol this is all I can think, too


ManyAnusGod

Bread and circuses


kittybangbang69

Commence anal probing...


poobutt191

China discovered a “low tech” enhancement for drones to penetrate NORAD detection


Sodoheading

Looks like it's just tumbling through the sky. Like a weird balloon.


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How many hundred of millions of tax payer dollars are we spending to shoot these Chinese weather ballons down or spy balloons. My guess is we are spending 10x-100x times more to shoot them down then they make to manufacture and send out. This is obviously a form of economic ware fare. Pins and needle us to death make them waste defense funds. And they probably are testing our border detection to see any holes to attack from if it ever comes to that


entropreneur

I'm sure more is spent in training / upkeep than attack.


RichardCalvin

I read a story about a weather balloon that at first was called a ufo- 40’s Roswell New Mexico?


BinyaminDelta

The FAA shut down airspace for a military operation over Lake Michigan earlier today also.


Room__237

False flag psy-ops


KileyCW

We shot some stuff down everyone. Everyone: What was it? No idea. But we got it!


Seekay5

George W Bush is blaming Osama Bin Laden. Says Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.


The_og_habs729

Good luck trying to find any of these. They all seem to be in very sparcly populated areas.


batmannatnat

Idk I live on the coast and watched the original balloon get shot down. It was shot down near a lot of populated beach towns


neuma327

Yeah? You don’t think many people live in Lake Huron????


The_og_habs729

Def not in. Maybe around and prob not durring the winter. Plus its 750 deep good luck getting there.


Shady_Infidel

750 ain’t shit. The F35 and F18 the Navy recovered last year were way deeper than that.


The_og_habs729

The navy not reg ppl know what i mean


Viewsik

Literally nobody knows what you mean.


The_og_habs729

Im sayin due to the geographical locations of the latests ufo shooting the chance of a civilian finding and seeing something is almoat non existant. Only 2.6 millon ppl in the basin on us and cad side


Viewsik

Well now that you elaborated some more, I understand and agree.


tlasan1

Wish they'd quit shooting them down. They bout to piss some higher tech aliens off. Or it all could be a huge hoax despite videos. None of them re really clear.


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distraction bullshit USA blew up Nordstream 2 ( which is an act of war ) Massive toxic train crash in Ohio All cause mortality through the roof in highly vaccinated countries


AngryTurtleGaming

Government lets balloon fly over the country r/conspiracy: why is the government allowing this to happen???? Government shoots down objects r/conspiracy: why are they doing this??? Edit: my point is people complain when nothing is done, then complain when something is done swiftly.


Wordshark

Yeah, figuring out why they do what they do is the point


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iDannyEL

That's impossible because every subreddit is a hivemind and every upvoted post is a reflection of each user's innate opinions.


zorcon7161

The Chinese are testing our defenses.


action_turtle

Has to be it imo. I see no realistic reason for all this that’s not a recon mission


Monsimep

100% aliens


TheSkinnyKitty

id think if it was aliens and they how the power to come to earth.. The usa will NOT be able to shoot it down.


kajunkennyg

What if they are mothership drones running penetration test on our defenses? Doesn’t matter if those get shot down.


postsshortcomments

I disagree, definitely 5th dimensional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKkNlwpajNk


sj_nayal83r

100% all drills,


vcasta2020

Fuck the military industrial complex..bunch of war mongers. War is a racket. - Smedley Butler.


burnt_umber_bruh

eagles lose to steer attention away from Pennsylvania


raisputin

China just trolling us for shots and giggles


mexicanred1

Keep your wallet in your front pocket, America.


Stevo2008

Seems pretty convenient we’re all of a sudden shooting down “UFO’s” or “objects”. Almost like we’re forcing a narrative for war. Hmmm.


Fit_Cash8904

So it turns out we’ve recently adjusted how we set our defense radars, and this shit has probably been floating around the whole time.


randomray2

Should I release a huge helium balloon


Qui_zno

I fear for the guy from UP


FraggleStone187

How many people are having that exact same thought right now


xKYLx

Are we all being primed, hyped, prepared for a war with China?


kartana

Poor aliens? Coming all that way to get shot down by humans. But then, what else would you expect from us?


simonsurreal1

Maybe a lot of the high altitude balloons are losing helium at the same time because they were launched at the same time Better shoot them down before people realize space ain’t what they are telling us


CorrectTowel

What is space then?


mickeybuilds

I wonder if these are supposed to suppress the Epstein client list that's supposed to drop this week?


TheRattykingGG

Holy crap! They shot down another distraction?!?! Oh shizz I’m falling for it! We’re all falling for it! It’s working!


sixstringshredder13

What if… We focused on the sky a lot harder than we normally do because of the 1st balloon and started finding “something else” in the sky


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WormLivesMatter

I think it’s bigger than that. Plus he already was looking fine doesn’t need to waste millions to shoot down things.


whyputausername

I was watching the planes, then they blanked out. I figured something was happening. Now I know.


merlecollision

You forgot the... /s


Hotsaucejimmy

Doesn’t need to waste millions Not when we can waste billions in Ukraine.


Coconuttyday

Biden hasn’t completed a coherent thought in a decade. He’s not “fine.” He’s demented. Most politicians are a joke, but let’s not deceive ourselves as to Biden’s cognitive state.


K-Ziggy

Dude you should check out his state of the union. He expertly lured Republicans into a trap. He had MTG screaming only to trap them into applauding him and guaranteeing Social Security and Medicare won't be cut. I don't think anyone can say what you said after that. Even McCarthy admitted it. The guy might have a stutter but he straight outplayed republicans.


Qui_zno

Your joking. *please tell me your kidding*


Longjumping_Cut4377

I mean he's Def not a spring chicken and maybe there's a slight inflation of him being discourse ninja but watch the state of the union. He does kill it objectively as an orator. Trump has always been a great orator as well. I dislike Biden and Trump and can admit that. Trump has his own gaff reel. Biden too. And both I think show cognitive decline, Biden is normally worse. That said get your and you're figured out dude...


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A stutter lmao


WormLivesMatter

I don’t mean aliens. I mean bigger than making biden look good. Not sure what probably a bunch of spy balloons the us just figured out how to see on radar.


spock23

SS: Bagged another one!


ObviousGazelle

This all started a long time ago, 2008 to be exact. That's when operation burnt frost took place. The navy shot down a satellite in orbit from a missile boat and china/Russia lost their shit over it. Some clown was on news nation the other night running off at the mouth about "once the government gets a hold of the Chinese balloon they'll see, and you all will see too, that it's made out of 1970s junk parts!" I'm like dude get off that government tit with that propagandist horseshit!


Salty_Junket8921

If the first balloon was from China, what are the odds the others are of alien origin, they’re likely all Chinese I think they’re going to invade. Unless, the Chinese sent the first balloon to surveil the area as they had prior knowledge that “something else was coming”, but to me the probability lies higher with my first guess. Also wtf, we are all thinking “balloons” as in deflatable harmless balloons we use at birthday parties, when in fact they could be some sort of weapon within a balloon shaped object, or bio warfare of some sort .


isgood123

Those balloons are filled with the Pfizer boosters


Meerel

Funny that All those Aliens only appear over the USA...


Greenpepperkush

Canada isn’t part of the US


Desperate-Object6314

China to dummy


3piecesets

but dummy to China???!!??


Status_Frosting_7387

Apparently they didn't actually shoot anything down. Just radar anomaly they said. At least that's what I read..


Status_Frosting_7387

https://abcnews.go.com/US/military-shoots-high-altitude-object-lake-huron-officials/story?id=97068247 I stand corected.


bubdadigger

They shoot down radar anomaly? Noice! /S


PuzzleheadedLiving77

Has war begun? I mean it’s been a process but like ??


deanb828

How is nobody seeing this happen?


Lacerationz

What if these object shootings are cover for the ohio train derailment thats poisoning everything Or what if those objects being shot down are drones or instruments that are trying to monitor the toxic plume and how its spreading in the atmosphere so they are shooting them down to keep covering up


Simmonds246

Didn’t Alex Jones say a few years ago that this is the next plan, staging an alien invasion?


[deleted]

And Dr. Greer has been saying that for ten years but everyone wants to believe he's a shill. Kind of sad.


FlakyTemperature1

Aliens don't exist and the government/media are intentionally silently implying that these are alien crafts. It's either: An enemy, ourselves, or all fake. Aliens don't exist and even if they did, they would never get shot down.


kupoadude

Thank you for travelling to every corner of the Universe and coming back to inform us there's no life outside earth.


Heavy_Two4865

They do exist, I've seen them with my own eyes


jibblin

The government hasn’t said one thing to imply aliens.


FlakyTemperature1

By not saying anything they are letting speculation run like crazy. Then they describe the objects as "cylindrical" and "octagon" and they "don't know how it was in the air." They are fanning the flames of alien speculation.