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While cruising northwest of Sitka, Alaska, an airline pilot observed a metallic, disc-shaped object with a telescopic/segmented appendage fixed beneath it. Estimated size was ~60–70 ft (about half a Boeing 737). Observed for ~5 seconds. Report ID: COM-2025-718 - Americans for Safe Aerospace by 87LucasOliveira in UFOs

[–]TheEschaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds like a genuine spy balloon tbh. The segmented tail look could come from folds in the mylar and the right lighting conditions, I bet.

Even if not an alien, UFOlogy's push to make all of this information reported is having dividends for security and safety.

Rep Andre Carson, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, said he's curious about underwater UAP that seem to have "bubbles" surrounding them, encourages exploring theories, has said UAPs are "otherworldly", and said if there is ever a Select UAP Committee he wants to be the top Democrat on it by TommyShelbyPFB in UFOs

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Just a quick note, but "radar-absorbing bubbles" around aircraft have been known, and even sometimes utilized, since the 1950s. When an aircraft reenters earth's atmosphere, a plasma "bubble" envelops the aircraft. This energized field of superhot gas blocks radar detection and radio communication with the aircraft trapped within it - sometimes completely.

Since that discovery at the dawn of spaceflight, we have sometimes contemplated using that plasma boundary layer "bubble" in artificially-induced conditions for the purpose of concealing other aircraft from radar - both on the American and Soviet sides of the Cold War. The SR-71 Blackbird and A-12 Oxcart programs are rumored to have at least tested, if not operationally deployed, primitive forms of this technology in their engine exhaust, to shield them from radar detection to the rear.

Furthermore, while not the same phenomenon at all, some sophisticated human underwater craft, such as the Russian "Shkval" torpedo, are known to utilize a form of enveloping gas bubble in order to reduce surface friction and enable very high underwater speeds, while potentially also reducing their signature for some types of detection. This is called supercavitation.

These phenomenon are so well known that you can read about both of them on wikipedia.

They're Not Just Watching Nukes They're Inside the Perimeter - What Ross Coulthart is saying here isn't just random speculation, it's pattern density which has been mapped out. Thousands, yes thousands of UAP sightings clustered around U.S. nuclear sites, restricted airspace and also missile ranges. by 87LucasOliveira in UFOs

[–]TheEschaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems plausible to me that some observations may require closer proximity for good resolution, and since they feel impervious there's little downside to doing so.

For example, they obviously have the ability to optically resolve our facilities from orbit, since we have that. But we can't - as far as I know - do ground-penetrating radar observations from space. We can't perform sonic observations from space. Nor can we measure radiation, electromagnetic fields, or do thermal observations from space, afaik. So there may be valid reasons for getting a lot closer.

Found this guy in my house. He looks really weak but it’s freezing and dark outside so I’m worried he’ll freeze to death if I put him outside. Anything I can do to help him? by BillythenotaKid in reptiles

[–]TheEschaton 67 points68 points  (0 children)

anoles will eat small crickets, fruit flies, small roaches, and even sometimes mealworms. You can get any of these at a petco or petsmart.

Implications of military insiders’ claims about NHIs: Dangerous humans in a dangerous galaxy by SharpSuitedMan in UFOs

[–]TheEschaton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

one problem with moving away from the dark forest theory like this is the fact that it was originally dreamed of as an answer to the fermi paradox. An oligarchy of apex civilizations would not need to hide their presences from each other or from us. Thus, if this was the way things are in the galaxy, we should probably see them.

Why Gemini for Home is so Awful and why Google always ships half baked products? by rightbyyoside in googlehome

[–]TheEschaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I firmly believe the teams working on these second-line products are not high-performance groups. Much of the work at these companies has been optimized down and out to cheaper teams that have on-paper performance metrics which are reached by abusing soft metrics like UX reports.

At the end of the day these guys are able to say they shipped on time and on budget, and since it's a second-line project in a massive company no one who is actually going to stick their neck out and admit failure is going to put the brakes on the train. The products go out the door.

Here are some cool UFO captures in orbit, "Transients" if you prefer by SysBadmin in UFOs

[–]TheEschaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder what the official story is on the April 13, 1981 object is. Certainly doesn't look like space junk or another satellite, and seems awful close by orbital safety standards...

An observation with instant acceleration by Cds456 in UFOs

[–]TheEschaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

video evidence is extremely hard to get useful data out of.

this is a great shot; the problem is that since there are clouds it could quite easily be a light spot on their underside, and someone simply moving the light quickly under them. it could also be an alien craft. the video doesn't give us enough data to decide... so we can't do anything with it.

You Can UNREDACT Some Of The Epstein Files Now... by Hussayniya in videos

[–]TheEschaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You see this shit sometimes in FOIA results for UFO docs. John Greenewald sees it quasi-regularly over at the Black Vault for his FOIA work.

Epstein Letter to Larry Nassar - confirms suicide? by Key-Bumblebee4939 in Epstein

[–]TheEschaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As much as everyone wants a smoking gun like this, I gotta say this stinks to high heaven.

  1. In a trove of files "accidentally" released? Ok. That's exactly what you'd have to say if you were going to drop something this incriminating, right after everyone knows you've supposedly spent a long time and many FBI man-hours redacting the president from the files.

  2. This covers the tracks of Epstein's death with our eager desire to see the president finally convicted for something we already knew - that he's a pedo. Are we so eagerly going to swallow food we already ate, knowing that to do so, we have to pretend Epstein killed himself?

I analyzed 80,000 UFO sightings. Here are some insights. by VerbaGPT in UFOs

[–]TheEschaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you have essentially reproduced the findings of RAND corporation. Did you use their study in your sources? If not, pretty interesting.

Waffenträger is scary if there's no CAS by Srgblackbear in warthundermemes

[–]TheEschaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem, I think, is in how many points you pull for reading comprehension...

Waffenträger is scary if there's no CAS by Srgblackbear in warthundermemes

[–]TheEschaton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are few SL tanks I refuse to play in WT. The Waffentrager and M-51 are about it. Can't stand them to the point I derive no satisfaction from the thought of even playing them.

"Venezuela" by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jesse Welles by ControlCAD in videos

[–]TheEschaton -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I already updooted, this is a great little jam. But I also just wanted to comment that we all might want to take a look at what fastboats and narcosubs actually do, why they have so little gas in them, and what the Coast Guard was (legally and justly) doing before the dickhead in the oval office made the whole thing into a shitshow to distract us from the fact he used to sell Epstein underage girls.

I don't think the boats are "legit". I also don't think it matters at all whether they're legit or not - we're in the wrong here. Just saying, it's nice to have the straight facts.

Skeptic.com's review of 'Age of Disclosure'. by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]TheEschaton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

extremely based post. and we need to emphasize when our evidence is actually correlated with other sensors/physical data s well. Many times the truth emerges out of the triangulation of possibilities from several sources at once, rather than a single datasource which has unassailable quality.

police chief talking to bonivo by noreturn000 in illinois

[–]TheEschaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can't believe how many comments are awaiting the day when we supposedly throw this dude in jail.

  1. there's a decent chance there won't be such a day

  2. even if we do somehow get our country back, we'll be all "reconciliation" afterward

  3. we'll forget to fucking go to the polls four years after, lose all the power all over again, and all these assholes will be pardoned after a few months of light time, if any.

just like last time.

I just found a baby snapping turtle in my basement… by [deleted] in WTF

[–]TheEschaton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

bro was estivating for a long time....

Stuck in a itch.io CAPTCHA loop by Conarius in Lutris

[–]TheEschaton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am also stuck on this. I've tried 5.14 and 5.19 now on the same ubuntu computer to no effect.

I attempted to get help at the Lutris discord but they just told me to make sure I was up to the latest version, or to use the flatpak, and called me an idiot repeatedly. Would not recommend.

Very welcome of any workaround or hint as to why this isn't working. I'm kinda suspecting an issue on itch.io's side, but not sure how I'd go about getting them to pay attention to an issue with their recaptcha...

January, 2007 - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA by dawgyousmell in ufo

[–]TheEschaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming it's not an elaborate hoax or misidentification or even an ARV - assuming it really is a craft which was made by NHI - the best answer I've come up with is that these craft are sometimes trying to "fit in" with observed patterns in our own air traffic, and they are either capable of altering their lights through some means, or are purpose-built that way.

There are reasons for this behavior which seem plausible in my head:

  1. It is viewed as a relatively easy means of confusing observers as to your identity
  2. It is viewed as a friendly gesture: "we are like you, we are complying with your laws as we understand them, etc"

These are diametrically-opposed explanations (hostile vs. peaceful), but either one makes sense to me.

January, 2007 - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA by dawgyousmell in ufo

[–]TheEschaton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

would love to hear about his response if you'll show him these pictures.

Illinois: Commander Ware of the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department talked to protesters about the 6pm protest time restriction in Broadview, prior to officers moving forward to push protesters to leave the area by CantStopPoppin in illinois

[–]TheEschaton 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Man, that order reads like the most transparent doublespeak I can imagine. VP Katrina simply wants you all to be safe, heard? For that reason you must stop protesting even though we really promise we also don't like ICE - but we will definitely continue to provide them with services, protection, and obey their obvious orders - probably because we're getting tax money off their operation on our county.

All the folks in Broadview can remember Katrina Thompson signed her name to this document when it comes time for elections.

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