UFO shot down above Israeli nuclear plant, military says

[Renew Deal]

Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified flying object over the Dimona nuclear plant in the Negev Desert Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The object appeared in a designated no-fly zone, the air force was scrambled and the object was shot down, the IDF said.

The object could have been a party balloon, the IDF said, but forces have not yet found the debris to determine what it was.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/12/16/israel.negev.shootdown

[L0oniX]

1. O boy ...now aliens are terrorists too.

[leeroysphitz]

2. Martians hate us for our freedom.

[H2O Man]

15. Ha!

I wish that I could "recommend" this. Thanks for making me laugh out loud.

[Teaser]

3. God I hope that this is the first wave

about damn time we got invaded.

[rurallib]

4. Maybe all that crap on the History Channel is true?

[Bandit]

12. What would make you think it wasn't true?

I have not once heard anyone on there say definitely there are people from outer space. I have seen a multitude of evidence presented showing that people have seen things in the sky for thousands of years..Not opinion but facts...Opinion comes about when someone tries to identify what those things truly are.

[Drale]

5. Well its probably not aliens

I would have to beleave that no one on earth would be able to shoot down a alien space craft lol

[HopeHoops]

6. Fuck. So THAT'S what happened to my remote controlled toy helicopter.

Damn. The thing cost $50.

[MrScorpio]

7. Sounds like a UAV

If it wasn't a party balloon.

I'm assuming the thing had a radar presence

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

13. Yeah, it could definitely be a uav. Making an RC plane that you fly

using a video camera isn't that hard or expensive to do.

[xiamiam]

8. now that is a distraction if i ever saw one..nt

[LuvNewcastle]

9. A flying donkey, maybe?

[orwell]

10. I welcome our...

Dimona UFO overlords.

May the force be with you...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Was Elvis seriously injured? Will he cancel his gig in Tel Aviv?

[Desertrose]

14. Disclosure.....

it's happening on a daily basis.

:)

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Somehow I don't think the disclosure folks want to get their asses shot down

by anybody's Air Force.

[Desertrose]

19. Yeah, I'm sure they don't.

But ya gotta admit...there is a UFO or related somethin' somethin' in the news on a daily basis anymore...TV shows...tons of new movies. Gettin' kinda hard to ignore.

[L. Coyote]

16. Hey, it could have been a Palestinian party balloon

:rofl:

[Swede]

17. Balloon boy's dad really messed up this time!

[Phoonzang]

20. How exactly does one shoot down, much less lock on to, a party balloon?

Makes me wonder why they aren't blowing away every bird that flies over the nuclear plant as well...

[Statistical]

22. With one of these ... AIM-120 AMRAM

AMRAAM has an incredibly accurate active radar seeker and a proximity warhead. If the internal radar isn't powerful enough to get a good signature on the target it can piggy back on the aircraft track radar (much higher wattage) in semi-active homing mode. The prox warhead essentially converts the missile into a giant shrapnel shotgun once it gets close enough to the target. So the missile doesn't need to hit the target just get close.

Israel builds their own missiles but also purchases missiles from the US.


Sidewinder (IR only guidance) likely got no tone because the target has insufficient heat compared to ambient.

[Angry Dragon]

21. Aliens!! Aliens!! Aliens!!

Run and hide they are going to suck out republican brains.........
Sorry forgot.... nothing to suck