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Qutzupalotl

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7. We have only recently acquired the ability to detect these things.

Mon Feb 13, 2023, 01:33 AM

Feb 2023

It's quite possible that other countries don't have the capability, don't announce the takedowns, or just that they aren't the prime targets that we are.

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'I Haven't Ruled Out Anything.' U.S. General Doesn't Eliminate Aliens As UFOs Mount [View all] Polybius Feb 2023 OP

It's only been four years since the alien fly-by FoxNewsSucks Feb 2023 #1

Maybe this is what they think: Polybius Feb 2023 #2

We can only hope. hay rick Feb 2023 #3

They might just want "To Serve Man" Fritz Walter Feb 2023 #27

Maybe there was just some space dust on it Lokilooney Feb 2023 #50

I'm as prone to wondering about this possibility as AkFemDem Feb 2023 #4

We have only recently acquired the ability to detect these things. Qutzupalotl Feb 2023 #7

I just hope it wasn't Baby Jesus coming back. Midnight Writer Feb 2023 #5

If it was Jesus, Republicans would be scared, the most. But back to aliens. Balloons? 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #6

Only the first, Chinese one was 100% a balloon Polybius Feb 2023 #9

Makes no sense. That comment by a general was beyond stupid. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2023 #12

+1 chowder66 Feb 2023 #21

Yes very odd comment from a US military general. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #22

If they have no idea what it is, how can they rule anything out? Comment was reasonable. thesquanderer Feb 2023 #43

It's odd because the US military tells us there are no such things as UFOs. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #47

Not odd. He was asked if he could rule it out. The answer was he can't rule out anything. thesquanderer Feb 2023 #48

This is what cracks me up every time. Ligyron Feb 2023 #42

JFC is this General a TFG nutcase? chowder66 Feb 2023 #8

General Glen VanHerck: Polybius Feb 2023 #11

The dancing and and weaving from answering questions is worthy of a top flight boxer! Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #28

There's been a quiet revolution NJCher Feb 2023 #14

What is the current thought? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #23

the U.S. government has NJCher Feb 2023 #54

and this was far from any sort of affirmation stopdiggin Feb 2023 #32

Darn good thing that we invented "Space Cadets" James48 Feb 2023 #10

Maybe its time to stand up SHADO Best_man23 Feb 2023 #31

i wanted one of those net shirts so bad as a kid , then i found out how expensive they were . AllaN01Bear Feb 2023 #37

I think I've seen this movie William Seger Feb 2023 #13

PHOTOS, I want the damn PHOTOS! Taxpayers paid for hose missiles! Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #29

Anyone who denies the existence of aliens is part of the government conspiracy to deny the existence Ray Bruns Feb 2023 #35

If it's aliens GenThePerservering Feb 2023 #15

Our own species brutally kills each other everyday. Why would aliens come here. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #24

To make better use of what we are destroying and letting go to waste. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2023 #39

Could this be Russia or North Korea KS Toronado Feb 2023 #16

I'm sure our electronics planes are scanning *everything*? NullTuples Feb 2023 #18

The 40,000 footer over Canada KS Toronado Feb 2023 #19

Maybe not. These things have been not detected previously we think? Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #25

KS, yes it could. Russia, China, NK. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #26

I believe in the past there have been efforts to "light up" our defenses to learn their capabilities CentralMass Feb 2023 #33

At 20,000 feet, do they have better options for retrieval than blowing them to bits? NullTuples Feb 2023 #17

When some of the parts of the balloon were in english I doubt it was aliens Stargazer99 Feb 2023 #20

Only the first was confirmed to be a balloon Polybius Feb 2023 #40

They are UFOs until identified purr-rat beauty Feb 2023 #30

part of the article addresses 'detection' stopdiggin Feb 2023 #34

99.9% likely terrestrial sort Stuckinthebush Feb 2023 #38

dang nabbit, ever since the balloon shoot down happened this plays in my head. AllaN01Bear Feb 2023 #36

Extraterrestrial could mean space junk? Marthe48 Feb 2023 #41

That makes the most sense to me Bayard Feb 2023 #45

Yes, benevolent Marthe48 Feb 2023 #46

They weren't falling Polybius Feb 2023 #51

I was thinking of things spiraling down Marthe48 Feb 2023 #53

I'm not saying it was aliens ... area51 Feb 2023 #44

So a civilization is far enough advanced for interstellar travel, Chainfire Feb 2023 #49

He has access to lots of classified videos that we won't see for years, so maybe he knows somethins Polybius Feb 2023 #52