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Old 02-15-2023, 08:32 AM   #241
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Hmmmm, how does a balloon the size of a car stay aloft at 40k feet?

I'll wait.
How does a cruise ship the size of the Empire state building stay afloat at sea level?
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Should probably tell this guy, he's trying to figure it out too:

Joshua Semeter is the director of Boston University's Center for Space Physics. He is also part of a panel researching unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). The acronym has replaced UFO.
In his opinion, they are too small to hold the amount of gas needed to be a balloon at that altitude.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...e-adversarial/
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Old 02-15-2023, 09:22 AM   #243
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A good segment on CNN this morning with Rep. Mike Gallagher Senator Angus King.

Lindsay Graham: these three objects were "not in the category of balloon".

https://twitter.com/user/status/1625887606813720579
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Old 02-15-2023, 09:35 AM   #244
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Should probably tell this guy, he's trying to figure it out too:

Joshua Semeter is the director of Boston University's Center for Space Physics. He is also part of a panel researching unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). The acronym has replaced UFO.
In his opinion, they are too small to hold the amount of gas needed to be a balloon at that altitude.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...e-adversarial/
https://www.highaltitudescience.com/...space-balloons
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Old 02-15-2023, 09:41 AM   #245
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How does a cruise ship the size of the Empire state building stay afloat at sea level?
Magnets...how do they work??
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A good segment on CNN this morning with Rep. Mike Gallagher Senator Angus King.

Lindsay Graham: these three objects were "not in the category of balloon".

https://twitter.com/user/status/1625887606813720579
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How does a cruise ship the size of the Empire state building stay afloat at sea level?
Displacement.
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California, Texas, or Missouri?
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Displacement.
You get a C-. The correct answer is buoyancy, of which displacement is a part of the equation. *Professor Frink noises*
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Sounds like Biden is going to be doing a State of the Union televised address today about the Chinese balloon and the three unidentified objects (which they still allegedly haven't found).
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Old 02-16-2023, 08:30 AM   #252
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Honestly now that these balloons are showing up all over the world, I wonder how many are launched as a prank, and the airforces around the world are blowing $100,000 of dollars in flight, maintenance and missile costs shooting down weather balloons bought on line from the same people who think its hilarious to shoot lasers at airliners.

I'm just waiting for a strafing run on some kids birthday party because Boo Boo the clown is inflating balloons for some kids, and CSIS or the CIA get word of it.

And our national leader whether Trudeau or Biden will claim that they've dealt a major blow against domestic terrorism. Or if its a Chinese kids birthday party a major spy ring.

"We got him" They'll crow as they hold up a bullet ridden picture of Boo Boo clutching shredded Winne the Poo balloons in his hand. Then they'll play the video of with radio chatter of Major Kenny "Bloodaxe" McGuffin gleefully rolling hid F22 in on the party and see the gun camera footage.
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Interesting comments from Senator Richard Blumenthal:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1626235199779667968
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Interesting comments from Senator Richard Blumenthal:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1626235199779667968
Are they?

I'm not sure they are to be honest.
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I'm not sure they are to be honest.
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Possible that the balloon shot down over Yukon was an amateur radio project.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1626046693413359616
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Interesting comments from Senator Richard Blumenthal:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1626235199779667968
How much clearance does he have?
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Possible that the balloon shot down over Yukon was an amateur radio project.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1626046693413359616


A terrifying, disturbing possible source of one of these UFOs that some of our resident experts in the subject said was impossible. This is big:

Spoiler!
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A terrifying, disturbing possible source of one of these UFOs that some of our resident experts in the subject said was impossible. This is big:

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Over half a million dollars to shoot down a $12 toy balloon...
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Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters:

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6756548
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