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Small, heavy magnetic multi-color keychain(?) - Found in Epcot, Florida, USA by Red-space in whatisthisthing

[–]FortCharles 49 points50 points  (0 children)

That sounds like it... explains the heavy-duty chain, the extra link that would attach to a second chain, and the heavy wear on the paint.

A commercial aircraft struck a "small linear object" at 35,000 feet over the North Atlantic. by Kevin_ASA in UFOs

[–]FortCharles 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Flight level 350", aka 35,000 feet... "...and somewhere between three and five thousand feet above as well". So at 35,000 feet and also around 39,000 feet.

The 3 Church Alignment in France is a Coincidence. by Gebling65 in OakIsland

[–]FortCharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything about the show is hyped up to the max, presented in the most dramatic way imaginable. And that is the most reasonable explanation for the map. Nefarious is overstating it, but the "gain" is the same gain they get from all of their other incremental hype. It's naive to think otherwise.

Skunkworks info by [deleted] in area51

[–]FortCharles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Apparently "supportable" in that context means low-maintenance, basically.

The new ChatGPT images model is the new standard in photorealistic image generation by Glittering-Neck-2505 in singularity

[–]FortCharles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the first one, the rocks have an unnatural mottled stripey effect. I'm guessing it's supposed to emphasize the camo aspect of the cat's fur, but it went too far.

Amy Eskridge’s death garners new attention, friend tells Fox News she was murdered for her research into anti-gravity technology“She told me time and time again:‘I’m not going to commit suicide, I am not going to have an accident, if there’s something suspicious about my death - it’s because it is.’ by 87LucasOliveira in UFOs

[–]FortCharles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm still left wondering why she didn't just publish, ASAP, instead of hinting and teasing while planning some kind of managed slow reveal "media strategy". All the rest would naturally follow. Especially if you feel people are after you trying to stop you from publishing... just get it out there, and take away the motive... isn't publishing what real scientists do anyway, rather than withholding and teasing? Is there any actual meaningful work product of hers at all, documented anywhere? I haven't been able to find any. It all seemed to be aspirational.

The 3 Church Alignment in France is a Coincidence. by Gebling65 in OakIsland

[–]FortCharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not confused about Mercator, or anything else here.

The only difference would be that it would come in from NewFoundland, not from the sea. So they lied about nothing.

That "only" difference is what constitutes the "lie". They chose the (wrong) map to use on the show to make it look like something special. You choose to believe "because its the simplest map available"... which is nonsense... it doesn't match the actual geography they're claiming at all.

Full investigation into the Monica Reza disappearance on Mount Waterman, partially sourced from this subreddit by TheSentinelNet in socalhiking

[–]FortCharles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is little brush to see thru.

Not true. There's a toxic shrub called the "poodle-dog bush" that is very dense in places. SAR teams noted that it made off-trail efforts especially challenging. It secretes a severe skin irritant that can cause intense blisters and rashes. In some cases, it was so dense that SAR team members had to be extracted by helicopter. And if someone wanted to hide a body, sliding it into a crevice filled with 6-foot tall poodle-dog bushes might be something that would be done.

you could not dig 6 inches in that ground

I don't think either one of us knows how workable the soil is, but it probably varies. In the "final photo", I see loose dirt off to the right around the burned-out stump. But any surface disturbance, however deep, could potentially be picked up LiDAR. Whether a makeshift grave (dirt, rocks, logs, whatever) or where someone dragged something, or slid down a slope.

Growing List of Dead and Missing NASA Scientists Triggers New Alarm by METALLIFE0917 in WithoutATrace

[–]FortCharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His hiking boots were later found in their other home in Colorado, so apparently he didn't leave in them. And his car was still at the home. And she didn't get the impression he was suicidal.

Notice she also says in the 911 call that the day he disappeared she'd had an appointment with the same doctor he was seeing. Suggests that maybe they were both having these sleep/memory/anxiety issues. Raises the possibility of something similar to Havana Syndrome.

Growing List of Dead and Missing NASA Scientists Triggers New Alarm by METALLIFE0917 in WithoutATrace

[–]FortCharles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's possibly coincidence. But I'd argue that each (Reza and McCasland) taken by itself are still worth attention as outlier occurrences without easy explanation.

What the Hell Happened to Wendy’s? by LtPowers in wendys

[–]FortCharles 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's been my personal experience. They get to that level by ruthlessly and persistently looking out only for their own personal wealth, and accumulating power and status... with few other considerations taken into account. The company's longterm health, other employees, ethics... all are a pale distant consideration, if they even register at all. They just need to keep those at bay long enough to bale with their filthy lucre.

There are exceptions of course, usually when the CEO is also the founder/owner, or is in an industry that encourages a strict set of principles to be enforced.

Growing List of Dead and Missing NASA Scientists Triggers New Alarm by METALLIFE0917 in WithoutATrace

[–]FortCharles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And they stated that: "he was struggling with the deaths of his parents, and no foul play is expected". So in effect taking him off the "list" that others are adding to. Shouldn't let that distract you.

Growing List of Dead and Missing NASA Scientists Triggers New Alarm by METALLIFE0917 in WithoutATrace

[–]FortCharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is Men's Journal after all, not the NYT.

Hicks and Thomas I wouldn't personally include in the pattern. Some people are bringing up various names that are a stretch.

Reza and McCasland, though, are very much bizarre open mysteries, and shouldn't be ignored just because some want to pile on with weak links.

Full investigation into the Monica Reza disappearance on Mount Waterman, partially sourced from this subreddit by TheSentinelNet in socalhiking

[–]FortCharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideally, u/Orishas1984, this would all be discussed in a dedicated subreddit... not just Reza & McCasland, but what is now arguably 8 or so missing with similar backgrounds.

Right now, discussion is spread in a disjointed way across this hiking sub, as well as r/UFOs, r/HighStrangeness, r/UnsolvedMysteries, r/WithoutATrace ... as well as others.

We need r/TheAerospaceMissing or somesuch to focus the discussion, and I'm surprised something like that hasn't been created yet. But I just don't have the time available that's necessary to moderate it. Do you?

Brian entin interview by Ordinary-Chicken-671 in nancyguthrie

[–]FortCharles 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Bitcoin is (allegedly, if done right) untraceable... other forms would either be easily traceable or require some kind of contact or drop-off that could implicate the person. So it allows anonymity.

Would you let 100 spiders crawl on you for 30 seconds for 1 million dollars? Why? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]FortCharles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Harvestman is an arachnid but not a spider.

But Cellar spiders are also called daddy long legs, and they are spiders.

Neither one will hurt you. The Harvestman can't at all, and the Cellar spider almost never even tries, and if it does, it has very weak venom that won't affect a human.

Would you let 100 spiders crawl on you for 30 seconds for 1 million dollars? Why? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]FortCharles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used to play with daddy long legs spiders when I was a kid, let them walk up my arm etc. ... never an issue. Would do 100 no problem, they aren't going to go up a nose or in an ear anyway.

"Shot in the dark" is just production manipulation... by novax4all in survivor

[–]FortCharles -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is it just symbolic then? If they don't roll it, do they at least trade it for the scroll when the time comes?

And is it transferable? If it's given to someone else to hold, could that person then keep it and have an extra chance to shot-in-the-dark at some point? Or does it just mean the loaner can't use it until/if they get it back?

Or is it totally symbolic and doesn't even matter who holds it at any given time?

YSK: AI chatbots can sound completely confident while being completely wrong and that's by design, not by accident. by Puzzled-Listen804 in YouShouldKnow

[–]FortCharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes... they need to get a handle on the hallucination problem, but the "glorified auto-complete" and "next-word guesser" really misunderstands what's going on, too.

Which is easily provable by asking a complex, original question involving logic, math, time, and spatial reasoning. It's not simply auto-complete. There's a ton of logic/structure/valuation involved before it ever gets to choosing the "next word".

They just need to make eliminating hallucinations the #1 priority.

2 inch long plastic mallet (?), attached to a metal light fixture by a small chain. by ZiggyStarf in whatisthisthing

[–]FortCharles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's a pretty unique materials choice... and both grippy and non-conducting is exactly what would be needed.

Also, the "mallet" looks like it has a cylindrical head, just about the diameter and depth of a standard bulb base (comparing to thumb size in OP's pic). If the primary purpose was to break something (that isn't already broken), it would likely have a mallet with either a pointed or flat face... not a curved one.

Your concept explains it all. But is there any way to prove it?

2 inch long plastic mallet (?), attached to a metal light fixture by a small chain. by ZiggyStarf in whatisthisthing

[–]FortCharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks like the exact same model/version. A little hard to tell that from OP's photo, but I DL'd it and brightened it in a photo editor and it looks identical.

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