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The "New Roswell"

jim_scotti

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This story from CNN today screams the headline "Sci-Fi channel may sue NASA for UFO documents":

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/21/ufo.records.reut/index.html

To summarize, the Sci-Fi channel has an investigation about an event that occured in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania in 1965 where a number of witnesses saw a fireball descend into the area after which the area was cordoned off by the military and the residents were never told any details about why. So naturally, the implications are that some spacecraft piloted by Little Green Men crashed and was hauled off under the cover of darkness by the "Gubmit". No mention is made of any other possible explainations, assuming that the events actually occured as reported....

Jim.
 
There are many things that can fall out of the sky that would be of interest to our military. That they should go out and collect such stuff does not surprise me.

It could be part of a spy plane or satallite, domestic or otherwise. I don't see how people make the jump from secret terran tech all the way to extraterrestrial.

They seem to be under the impression that if it comes from the sky, it can't be ours. What century are these people living in?
 
From what I remember of the story off the top of my head it was a big acorn shaped object with weird writing on it. Not as big as a typical flying saucer. I think the fire department was supposed to have found it after a meteor was reported hitting nearby. Soon, a military convoy appears and carts the thing away. I don't think the local fire department had any records of being called that night and some locals seem to remember the event and others don't. Someone could correct me though, I didn't look any of that up.
 
LTC8K6 said:
That was the Cosmos96 satellite though, wasn't it?
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The UFO nutters don't get it sometimes - there are a billion mundane explanations that are far more likely than their conclusion that it must be aliens from another planet piloting their unidentified light in the sky.... And when we present them with the most likely explanation for what they saw, they prefer their aliens to a satellite or part of an airplane or Venus or whatever.

Jim.
 
Hexxenhammer said:
From what I remember of the story off the top of my head it was a big acorn shaped object with weird writing on it. Not as big as a typical flying saucer.
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Oh no! It's true! We're living in the post-acornalyptic times!

It came and went and I missed it. Life is truly hopeless now.
 
there are a billion mundane explanations that are far more likely than their conclusion that it must be aliens from another planet piloting their unidentified light in the sky....
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But not nearly as fun.;) ;)
 
scribble said:


Oh no! It's true! We're living in the post-acornalyptic times!

It came and went and I missed it. Life is truly hopeless now.
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Yes, the rapture came and went already. Looks like all the fundies had it wrong, god doesn't think they meet the criteria for going to heaven.
 
On February 1st of this year, a large fireball was seen by literally millions of witnesses as it passed over 6 states. Within minutes of strange, smoking debris being discovered by passers-by on the ground in several different locations, military and government agencies were deployed, cordoning off the sites and denying access to the public. Government agents and scientists arrived in short order, carrying the debris away on trucks under tarps and out of sight. The debris was reportedly taken to a secure Air Force facility.

True story.
 
Joshua Korosi said:
On February 1st of this year, a large fireball was seen by literally millions of witnesses as it passed over 6 states. Within minutes of strange, smoking debris being discovered by passers-by on the ground in several different locations, military and government agencies were deployed, cordoning off the sites and denying access to the public. Government agents and scientists arrived in short order, carrying the debris away on trucks under tarps and out of sight. The debris was reportedly taken to a secure Air Force facility.

True story.
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Not only that, but I heard that similar events took place in literally dozens of locations throughout the southwestern US. There were also rumors of remains of humanoid lifeforms.
 
Psi Baba said:

Not only that, but I heard that similar events took place in literally dozens of locations throughout the southwestern US. There were also rumors of remains of humanoid lifeforms.
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I also remember hearing reports that the military was trying to piece together the debris to see if they could glean any valuable information regarding the original craft.
 
People were trying to sell pieces of the craft on ebay were detained by government personnel and the pieces were confiscated.
 
Hexxenhammer said:
From what I remember of the story off the top of my head it was a big acorn shaped object with weird writing on it
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People who believe in UFOs like to think that they have big imaginations. But really, how likely is it that a craft from another galaxy would have "writing" of any kind on it ? What does it say ? "Unleaded Fuel Only" ? "No Step" ? "John 3:16" ? What would you write on your UFO ?

In a similar vein, how likely is it that an e-t craft would have lights on it whose wavelength is visible to humans and whose intensity is enough to be visible on a dark night but not enough to blind everyone who looks anywhere near it - just like an aircraft light ?
 
post deleted because my stoopid joke didn't jibe with the others. Slow to catch on. It's the pumpkin head.
 
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