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JoeOtterbein

(7,875 posts) Mon Feb 13, 2023, 12:47 AM Feb 2023

If the High Altitude Objects are Extraterrestrial [View all]

They would be decoys.

Certainly they are intelligent enough not to get shot down themselves. Also, they are likely able to travel in time, so they would know ahead of time to send out a decoy.

NORAD is shooting down clay pigeons and just do not want to admit it!

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If the High Altitude Objects are Extraterrestrial [View all] JoeOtterbein Feb 2023 OP

I think Vlad Putin canetoad Feb 2023 #1

Vlad couldn't troll Belarus Kennah Feb 2023 #3

More likely Russia and China are up to no good against the US. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #12

how many people might feel compelled to launch something? RussBLib Feb 2023 #2

Like this? Kennah Feb 2023 #4

Fetchez La Vache CentralMass Feb 2023 #16

That's an odd assumption Silent3 Feb 2023 #5

To travel the vast distance needed, the only way would be a... JoeOtterbein Feb 2023 #6

Faster-than-light travel, no matter what mechanism is imagined to allow it... Silent3 Feb 2023 #7

We could be like cavemen, primitive man, compared to ETs. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #13

While that's probably true... Silent3 Feb 2023 #17

Wrong... brooklynite Feb 2023 #21

I said FASTER than light means backward in time... Silent3 Feb 2023 #28

The Universe is expanding faster then the speed of light Kaleva Feb 2023 #26

The fabric of space expanding faster than the speed of light... Silent3 Feb 2023 #29

But if you can achieve FTL travel.... Kaleva Feb 2023 #30

Since the question depends on a bit of sci-fi speculation... Silent3 Feb 2023 #31

I think we are finding the MAGAt mind control devices. roamer65 Feb 2023 #8

Or a probe... Beartracks Feb 2023 #9

Or someone is trying to bankrupt the US by getting them to shot down a dozen mylar Party balloons WarGamer Feb 2023 #10

How many sidewinders do you think the USAF owns? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #11

Well I wasn't quite being serious :) WarGamer Feb 2023 #18

I know you weren't serious. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #19

hahahahaha... WarGamer Feb 2023 #20

Cute as the dickens little bi-plane. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #22

Crazy bastards. WarGamer Feb 2023 #24

Yes it took them some time to develop parachutes. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #25

Or... They're up so high because the air's too thin to play the Slim Whitman defense JHB Feb 2023 #14

They're almost certainly not ETs Liberal In Texas Feb 2023 #15

Or Chinese/NK Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #23

It has yet to be proven that they aren't giant alien anal probes Kaleva Feb 2023 #27