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'It's been happening for years': Marc Rubio says UFOs have 'routinely' operated over restricted US airspace but America has no idea what they are or where they come from as Pentagon refuses to rule out three objects shot down over the weekend are 'aliens'
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | David Averre and Claudia Aoraha

Posted on 02/13/2023 5:08:15 AM PST by RoosterRedux

Republican Rubio tweeted: 'The last 72 hours revealed to the public what was happening for years, unidentified aircraft routinely operating over restricted US airspace.

'This is why I pushed to take this seriously and created a permanent UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena - equivalent to UFOs) task force two years ago.'

Rubio is the Vice Chairman of the US Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence and has long pushed for a 'destigmatization' on UFO reporting.

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The object detected Sunday was described by defense officials as an unmanned 'octagonal structure' with 'potential surveillance capabilities' and strings attached to it.

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VanHerck said that, unlike the Chinese spy balloon, all three UFOs gunned down over the weekend were of a similar size and speed.

He added that the since the Chinese balloon was found in late January, the US adjusted its radar so it could track slower objects. He explained that this radar adjustment, plus the heightened state of alert following the Chinese balloon, explains the frequency of UFO sightings.

'With some adjustments, we've been able to get a better categorization of radar tracks now,' he said, 'and that's why I think you're seeing these, plus there's a heightened alert to look for this information.'

VanMerck said the air force is still unsure how the three objects were staying aloft, as they currently have unknown propulsion systems. He added: 'We're calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason.'

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1 posted on 02/13/2023 5:08:15 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Idiots talking.

Yeah. A alien species that has conquered interplanetary space travel is gonna get shot down by a F22.

It’s like comparing modern technology to an field mouse.


2 posted on 02/13/2023 5:15:18 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: RoosterRedux

Daily Mail hyping the ET crap.

Why didn’t they take them down before?

And now that they’re down, what are they?


3 posted on 02/13/2023 5:17:36 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: RoosterRedux

Robert Barnes Retweeted http://Disclose.tv
JUST IN - Pentagon does not know to what keeps these “objects” aloft, unknown propulsion systems.

“We’re calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason,” says U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck.
MORE - General VanHerck says that he hasn’t “ruled out anything yet” when asked whether he rules out aliens.
UPDATE - Unnamed U.S. defense official now tells Reuters that there is “no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity” in recent takedowns of aerial objects.

Big Serge @witte_sergei
My theory about the airspace closures and intercepts is that the DoD cracked open that first Chinese balloon and found sensory capabilities that really freaked them out, so now they are being hyper-vigilant about any and all radar anomalies.

Letting the public speculate harmlessly about aliens is better than admitting that hostile systems can just waltz in past the radar filtering software.


4 posted on 02/13/2023 5:20:12 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Time to surrender and form a one world government that will save us all.


5 posted on 02/13/2023 5:22:14 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: 2banana; All
Yeah. A alien species that has conquered interplanetary space travel is gonna get shot down by a F22.

It’s like comparing modern technology to an field mouse.

As it is unknown, we simply do not know.

There are plenty of scenarios where aliens had better spacefaring technology, but were significantly behind in other areas.

We simply do not know.

Uneven advances in technology are a possibility, perhaps a plausibility.

6 posted on 02/13/2023 5:23:23 AM PST by marktwain
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To: 2banana

Why are these objects so disproportionately reported over sensitive airspace, or is that the aircrews doing the reporting ?


7 posted on 02/13/2023 5:23:48 AM PST by erlayman
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To: 2banana

We truly live in Idiocracy now.


8 posted on 02/13/2023 5:24:33 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RoosterRedux

General VanJerck is another quote filled moron. Where do they find these ball-less yes-men that are supposed to be leaders


9 posted on 02/13/2023 5:24:38 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: RoosterRedux

Those with a rudimentary understanding of physics know that these devices are not from “outer space”.

However, if you get your science education from the movies, then, of course, this is entirely possible.


10 posted on 02/13/2023 5:25:42 AM PST by systemjim ( Lifetime Lover of Music)
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To: EEGator
You mean, like from the toilet?

yes, yes we do

11 posted on 02/13/2023 5:26:16 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: RoosterRedux

Spacecraft capable of interstellar travel are not going to be disabled by conventional means.


12 posted on 02/13/2023 5:26:20 AM PST by conservativeimage (The world is not dark. The future is not bleak. Tomorrow will be a good day.)
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To: RoosterRedux

If they’re considered UFOs it takes the heat off of China.


13 posted on 02/13/2023 5:26:43 AM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: RoosterRedux

So we are reacting now to a threat that was so obvious a third grader could have predicted it.

It is great to know we spend nearly $1 trillion per year on defense and they fail to account for trillions during audits.


14 posted on 02/13/2023 5:26:49 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (Make America Florida)
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To: Travis McGee

Any theories?

Here are some of my own, in order of probability:

1. Spy or weaponized devices, from a foreign power, most likely Russia or China.

2. Domestically created objects, in normal use by black programs that do not share info between agencies. Potential internal wargame as well.

3. Domestically created objects, again by black programs but designed to create an incident, for diversionary or misinformation purposes, such as project bluebeam, or to build distrust of foreign governments.

4. Intra-dimensional or extraterritorial objects.


15 posted on 02/13/2023 5:31:13 AM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: systemjim
"Outer space"?

Is that where aliens are supposed to come from?

Only in the movies.

The operative theory nowadays is that they--if they are even real--are extradimensional.

16 posted on 02/13/2023 5:31:14 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: marktwain

Or maybe the ETs aren’t extraterrestrial at all. The oceans are pretty big.


17 posted on 02/13/2023 5:35:05 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Blue Highway

Plants crave electrolytes…


18 posted on 02/13/2023 5:35:45 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RoosterRedux

Let’s call it Alien technology instead of admitting China has more advance technology then the United States now.


19 posted on 02/13/2023 5:38:06 AM PST by DEPcom (DC is not my Capitol after Jan 6th lock downs.)
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To: 2banana

Look up the Sci Fi short story “The Road Not Taken” by Harry Turtledove.


20 posted on 02/13/2023 5:40:18 AM PST by T. P. Pole
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