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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   1743 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for December 15, 2024

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They're pretty clearly just regular drone exercises by the American intelligence corps. Not entirely sure what the purpose of the operations are.

It is a useful distraction from other things that would likely be in the overton window, though.

I know this is a rat forum, but I’m still surprised people are so incredulous about non-conventional explanations. I’m not necessarily suggesting that these are extraterrestrials, but it seems like there are a mix of three categories of things being seen:

  1. Misidentified fixed wing aircraft/helicopters and lens flares.
  2. These large drones with novel characteristics
  3. Other orbs, lights, or unexplained things.

You seem quite certain about what these things are. I’m going to guess you haven’t looked at it too closely are are either repeating others analysis or just playing the adds and speculating a likely explainstion.

It seems to me that the government/media/expert class have no problem either outright lying or are happy to just be flat out wrong.

It would be more interesting to talk about what’s new about this latest episode - because there are some novel aspects to it.

I’m still surprised people are so incredulous about non-conventional explanations

Because when I was younger and had more time I looked into several such cases and it turned out that people advancing non-conventional explanations were some combination of lying, stupid, confused, on hallucinogens, shitposting, unable to distinguish UFO from Milky Way or Sirius and so on.

Give me some serious proof or even hint of proof.

because there are some novel aspects to it

Then clearly list them if you want people to bother.

After spending few times on investigating UFO claims and discovering that it was waste of time induced by liars/incompetent/trolls I am not inclined to waste even more time, I prefer it to waste on something novel. It makes as much sense to investigate this as follow up on "You have received a donation of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($500,000) from" emails.

In fact, following on scam emails likely has greater payoff. Some people managed to scam scammers or at least waste their time.

Please, do do a full write-up on why they are not, in fact, intelligence ops, and try and change my mind.

I'd much rather be reading about the netanyahu trials and discussing israeli due process, however.

You are welcome to do a big write up. I'm interested but too feverish right now to do original research.

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