What is this car sized object which America has shot down?

[cupid_stunt]

 

[Spymaster]

Nope.

Two balloons shot down in separate incidents described as spy satellites. .

Two cylindrical things shot down in separate incidents over two different countries.

Four incidents.

Two different things being shot down. Twice each.

They'll all be similar incidents unless aliens have decided to show up at exactly the same time China is flying spy balloons over North America. Which seems unlikely.

 

[kabbes]

Once you are alert to the fact that another nation is sending spy balloons, you adjust your search algorithms to be more sensitive to finding them. And then you find more of them. Sounds entirely plausible to me.

 

[Aladdin]

Seeing as the Chinese are now reporting one of them over their airspace....any chance these silver cylinder balloons / floating car sized things are stemming from NK?

 

[Spymaster]

Seeing as the Chinese are now reporting one of them over their airspace....

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Seeing as the Chinese are now reporting one of them over their airspace....any chance these silver cylinder balloons / floating car sized things are stemming from NK?

Not sure if spying on your ally is a wise move.

 

[Rimbaud]

Seeing as the Chinese are now reporting one of them over their airspace....any chance these silver cylinder balloons / floating car sized things are stemming from NK?

They are probably lying to muddy the waters and turn the accusations around, as the spy balloons almost certainly belong to them.

 

[maomao]

Not balloons apparently:

Gen Glen VanHerck, who is tasked with safeguarding US airspace, said the military had not been able to identify what the three most recent objects were, how they stayed aloft, or where they were coming from.

While saying that the US was more closely scrutinising radar since the discovery of the Chinese balloon, VanHerck, told reporters that the three most recent objects were being called, “objects, not balloons, for a reason”.

Asked whether he had ruled out extraterrestrials, VanHerck said: “I’ll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven’t ruled out anything.”


A defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the military had not seen any evidence that the objects were extraterrestrial.

US shoots down ‘octagonal’ flying object near military sites in Michigan

General overseeing airspace will not rule out any explanation as fourth flying object downed by US or Canadian jets this month

www.theguardian.com

 

[krtek a houby]

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He was in on it as well. Look at the spherical objects round his feet.

 

[LDC]

BBC News has just described them as UFOs, and when asked if extra-terrestrial the US spokesperson refused to rule anything out atm...

OK this is pretty weird now. Although I still think spy balloons/drones is what they are having been looking more carefully for them.

 

[Aladdin]

Any spotted over Europe?

 

[Supine]

Here we go…

Asteroid lights up sky above English Channel

People spotted the 1m space rock streaking across the sky in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ruffneck23]

Wasnt there also a visible green comet a couple of weeks ago? I'm sure entirely unconnected but its making for some fun speculation on a Monday morning.

(Personally I hope it is aliens here to save us from ourselves, but id never be that lucky.)

 

[maomao]

Could they be some part of a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System? Not the munitions themselves but some part of the targetting system?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I think they’re beacons to guide in the mothership which is currently lost by Andromeda.

 

[not-bono-ever]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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I don't remember them looking like testicle plants.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Re above, there’s a great talking book / radio broadcast vintage version of it on archive.org I think

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Re above, there’s a great talking book / radio broadcast vintage version of it on archive.org I think

Thanks - will download it. Got the DVD version of it somewhere - think it was the BBC version from way back.

 

[Yossarian]

I don't remember them looking like testicle plants.

John Wyndham's original submission to Penguin, "The Day of the Three-Legged Bollock Plants," was extensively edited.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

A quid says this turns out to be one of the greatest practical jokes in history. There’s a bunch of engineering students somewhere slightly panicked that it’s gone a bit far.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A quid says this turns out to be one of the greatest practical jokes in history. There’s a bunch of engineering students somewhere slightly panicked that it’s gone a bit far.

That would be fantastic. Bet they wouldn't fess up to it though given the potential charges they'd probably get from embarassed governments.

 

[ruffneck23]

A quid says this turns out to be one of the greatest practical jokes in history. There’s a bunch of engineering students somewhere slightly panicked that it’s gone a bit far.

Its going to be a stunt for something U2 related...

 

[Aladdin]

How much does it cost to send a fighter jet up to shoot these balloons down?

Imagine if this was some kids sending them up...

Oh.. beesonthewhatnow got there..

 

[inva]

Return of the Gatwick drone imo.

 

[Yossarian]

A quid says this turns out to be one of the greatest practical jokes in history. There’s a bunch of engineering students somewhere slightly panicked that it’s gone a bit far.

It was the greatest - and last - prank the frat boys at Pyongyang U ever pulled.

 

[Spymaster]

How much does it cost to send a fighter jet up to shoot these balloons down?

Each Sidewinder missile costs about 300 grand according to google, so it's 1.2 million dollars just in ordnance.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

A quid says this turns out to be one of the greatest practical jokes in history. There’s a bunch of engineering students somewhere slightly panicked that it’s gone a bit far.

The day the spaceships arrived - BBC News

How six flying saucers generated a real emergency response and panic across the country in 1967.

www.bbc.com

 

[BigMoaner]

Once you are alert to the fact that another nation is sending spy balloons, you adjust your search algorithms to be more sensitive to finding them. And then you find more of them. Sounds entirely plausible to me.

yes this was what came to mind.

 

[_Russ_]

Odds on it's China and they've been at it for a good few years. Im a little confused at how car sized inflatables can reach 40,000ft and carry a usefull load, though I guess sensor packages can be tiny these days or perhaps they are just to cause nuisance or to distract from the main vehicle which could have been the first Balloon