[UFOs] Project Lue Book

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Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Destiny 2, a game with over 30million players which takes place in a far future where human civilization exists in a single megacity on earth, the solar system besieged by multiple mutually hostile alien species

In Destiny's latest season released last month there has been a tremendous effort to humanize and generate not only empathy but also sympathy for one of those alien species, the fallen:

https://www.gameinformer.com/opinion/2021/06/04/latest-destiny-2-season-of-the-splicer-cutscene-is-heartbreaking-and-beautifully

quote:

Once players go to the Eliksni Quarter, they'll be witness to horrible acts against the Fallen (Eliksni). This camp is a safe haven, a harbor for those seeking safety and shelter, so to see ... hate and fear lead to the camp being ransacked was heartbreaking. Food was destroyed, supplies were obliterated, and the area was made infinitely less safe when all the Fallen wanted was safety and to overcome old hatreds.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 01:34

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 23:05

Entorwellian: Jun 30, 2006; ~~Northern Flicker~~
Anna's Hummingbird

Sorry, but the people have spoken.

I saw one of those black triangles in the sky back in 1997, when I was walking through a forested area back from high school. It was really high up in the sky, had a red lens-flare light at the tip, and was moving slowly eastwards. It had a really weird contrail that fanned out like a wide triangle, not like a jetstream or a crop sprayer. I was looking at it and thought it was a rocket or a stealth bomber at first (maybe the Aurora? :tinfoil:

). About 5 minutes later, a jet fighter flies off in the same direction going to intercept it from the air base a few towns over. My parents and sister saw it too and it made the local news channel, both the object and the interceptor.

After reading through this thread I tried to look for reports of it last night to back up my claim but I was only able to find a brief note of it on a web 1.0 UFO reporting sight. I haven't been able to find anything in the local news archives or youtube. :tinfoil:

# ? Jun 9, 2021 01:34

The Saucer Hovers: May 16, 2005

# ? Jun 9, 2021 01:35

WEH: Feb 22, 2009

Entorwellian posted:

After reading through this thread I tried to look for reports of it last night to back up my claim but I was only able to find a brief note of it on a web 1.0 UFO reporting sight.

Which one lmao this describes like all of them

if it was NUFORC :hfive:

# ? Jun 9, 2021 01:39

Entorwellian: Jun 30, 2006; ~~Northern Flicker~~
Anna's Hummingbird

Sorry, but the people have spoken.

WEH posted:

Which one lmao this describes like all of them

if it was NUFORC

Yep that's the one.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 01:47

platzapS: Aug 4, 2007

Zisky posted:

The angle that the US is racing to be the first to disclose to have a leg up on China before they can do the same is something I haven't really thought of before but in context makes a whole lot of sense.

bobmarleysghost posted:

this puts the seemingly random creation of Trump's Space Force into perspective

Google Butt posted:

I think I'm gonna start smoking weed again

# ? Jun 9, 2021 01:48

elaboration: Feb 21, 2020

Wheeee posted:

Destiny 2, a game with over 30million players which takes place in a far future where human civilization exists in a single megacity on earth, the solar system besieged by multiple mutually hostile alien species

In Destiny's latest season released last month there has been a tremendous effort to humanize and generate not only empathy but also sympathy for one of those alien species, the fallen:

https://www.gameinformer.com/opinion/2021/06/04/latest-destiny-2-season-of-the-splicer-cutscene-is-heartbreaking-and-beautifully

they really are just Dudes compared to the other factions, it always felt kinda hosed up fighting them considering their story lol

# ? Jun 9, 2021 01:58

Delta-Wye: Sep 29, 2005

if i was a young man again, i'd enlist in the space marines and see the galaxy

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:00

Zisky: May 6, 2003; PM me and I will show you my tits

Delta-Wye posted:

if i was a young man again, i'd enlist in the space marines and see the galaxy

Well I do want to know more.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:02

WEH: Feb 22, 2009

quote:

Walker AFB, New Mexico 1963-65:

Comment: Florida Today newspaper columnist Billy Cox conducted the initial interviews with Jerry Nelson and Gene Lamb. His article, �UFOs Haunt Missile Crew�, was published in June 2001.

1st Lt. Jerry C. Nelson�Former Atlas ICBM launch officer (Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander), 579th Strategic Missile Squadron, Walker AFB, New Mexico:

Nelson states that on several occasions, while on alert in the underground launch capsule at Atlas Site 9, missile guards at ground-level had frantically reported a silent, very bright UFO hovering over the site. As he told Florida Today columnist Billy Cox, "The guards were scared. These objects would hover over the silo and shine lights down on them without making any noise.� Nelson told me that he had personally been involved in �probably more than three but fewer than ten� such incidents, over a period of a month or so. He also remembered that the sightings had occurred �at least six months, maybe more like a year� after the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, when the squadron had been placed on high-alert.

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Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota (1966):

Staff Sgt. Albert Spodnik (USAF Ret.)�Former Electro-Mechanical technician, 44th Missile Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota:

Spodnik states that one summer night in 1966, he and a fellow Electro-Mechanical Team technician were dispatched to Launch Facility (silo) Juliet-3 to correct an electrical malfunction. For some reason, both the commercial power supply to the site and the emergency power systems had simultaneously failed, rendering the Minuteman I missile temporarily inoperable. In Air Force parlance, the ICBM had �gone off alert status�.

After restoring power to the launch facility, Spodnik and his partner began an automated start-up procedure which would return the missile to normal operational status. When they left the underground silo to take a break, the technicians� security escort alerted them to a sudden, excited exchange over the Crew Cab�s two-way radio. As the three men listened, they learned that an armed Air Force Security Alert Team had been ordered to investigate a triggered security alarm at nearby Launch Facility Juliet-5. Furthermore, the missile there had abruptly dropped off alert status. As with Juliet-3, the site had lost commercial electrical power and its diesel-powered generator, designed to charge back-up batteries, had failed to start.

When the Security Alert Team arrived at Juliet-5, they reported that a strange object was sitting on the ground inside the security fence that surrounded the missile silo. As Spodnik and his companions eavesdropped, they heard the Flight Security Controller order the SAT to approach the object. Obviously upset, the team leader responded that he would not do so. He said that his team was parked outside the gate to the launch facility but would go no further. He then reported that the mysterious object was round, apparently metallic, and resting on a tripod landing gear.

As this drama was unfolding over the radio, Spodnik and his companions quickly climbed up on the Crew Cab�s roof and flat bed to get a better view of the adjacent missile silo, which was about four miles away. Gazing across the flat, open terrain, they noticed an intense glow that seemed to envelop the entire launch facility, much brighter than the security lights located there.

By this time, the Flight Security Controller had notified Juliet Flight�s Launch Commander about the situation. Spodnik could only hear the radio conversation between the Flight Security Controller and the Security Alert Team, but the Launch Commander had apparently ordered the team to approach the unidentified object. Once again, the team leader refused. In a strained voice, he abruptly asked for permission to fire on the object. In response, the Flight Security Controller yelled, �Negative! Don�t shoot until you know what�s going on!� He then informed the agitated security team leader that the Launch Commander had ordered the men to stand-by while he called the Missile Command Post at Ellsworth AFB. After a few moments, the team leader was told that a helicopter was being sent to the site.

Spodnik states that about 30 minutes after the Command Post had been notified about the UFO landing, he saw the helicopter in the distance, as it approached the stricken launch facility. When it was about five minutes away, someone screamed into the radio, �There it goes!� Instantly, Spodnik saw a brilliant white light directly above Juliet-5, ascending vertically at enormous velocity.

Started after the cuban missile crisis, you say... :hmmyes:

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:10

raspurtin: Apr 18, 2005

Zisky posted:

Well I do want to know more.

read Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison. A ripping yarn on the realities of being a space marine.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:13

Good Soldier Svejk: Jul 5, 2010

So the UAPs disable missiles and the military assumes that makes them aggressors?

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:13

Rah!: Feb 21, 2006

the cuban missile crisis actually ended in a nuclear launch but a giant space goatse appeared and caught the nuke and the CIA covered it up

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:17

WEH: Feb 22, 2009

I don't know that they do it much anymore, but yeah I'd classify anything able to turn my nukes off with impunity as an aggressor

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:18

The Saucer Hovers: May 16, 2005

lol theyre gonna show up with a laundry list of all the times theyve saved our asses and we will hate them for it

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:18

The Protagonist: Jun 29, 2009; The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.

Zisky posted:

Well I do want to know more.

*news feed somewhere far from here*

It's an ugly planet, an ape planet, a planet hostile to life as we know it!

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:19

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY: Feb 3, 2006

raspurtin posted:

read Bill the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison. A ripping yarn on the realities of being a space marine.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:23

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY: Feb 3, 2006

Fortnite, Destiny 2, Jeff Bezos, The Pentagon... it's all coming together.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:24

Log082: Nov 8, 2008

The Saucer Hovers posted:

lol theyre gonna show up with a laundry list of all the times theyve saved our asses and we will hate them for it

"Jesus alien christ, we saved you from nuking yourselves HOW many times, and now you're going for death by climate change? just... just take our fusion reactor designs and we'll be back for the next time you something stupid, i guess."

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:26

Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

what do aliens care happens to us

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:28

Bullfrog: Nov 5, 2012

on an alien planet with residents that use neutrinos to communicate they're receiving an I Love Lucy rerun on their signal scanners and dismissing it as noise. Mongborgilon 5 remains along in the universe

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:28

OK baizuo: Mar 19, 2021; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

So the UAPs disable missiles and the military assumes that makes them aggressors?

There's a few of these kind of stories from the missile fields of Warren AFB out in WY/CO/NE more recently, like within the last 10 years.

Disabling someone's weapons without provocation counts as a hostile act, yes.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:29

Log082: Nov 8, 2008

Google Butt posted:

what do aliens care happens to us

they probably don't honestly, i just thought the idea of poor aliens having to repeatedly save the dumb apes from themselves with ever increasing amounts of exasperation was funny

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:29

Good Soldier Svejk: Jul 5, 2010

OK baizuo posted:

There's a few of these kind of stories from the missile fields of Warren AFB out in WY/CO/NE more recently, like within the last 10 years.

Disabling someone's weapons without provocation counts as a hostile act, yes.

I guess so
but if you have the means to turn off your enemies missiles like switching off a light I think that should be interpreted more as a "hey cut this poo poo out you idiots" because if they wanted to get hostile I reckon they'd be able to make that pretty goddamned evident

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:32

Bullfrog: Nov 5, 2012

the nuke disabling could possibly just be a side effect of the alien tech too, might not be intentional

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:32

Log082: Nov 8, 2008

Bullfrog posted:

the nuke disabling could possibly just be a side effect of the alien tech too, might not be intentional

There's a couple accounts of them disabling missiles/targeting systems on airplanes that attempt an intercept, though interestingly they do NOT do that when someone attempted a gun run. They're in my post history.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:36

bedpan: Apr 23, 2008

wait hold on, we live in the wordline where not only do aliens exist, but they have been visiting the planet for decades?

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:36

Good Soldier Svejk: Jul 5, 2010

bedpan posted:

wait hold on, we live in the wordline where not only do aliens exist, but they have been visiting the planet for decades?

It is likely that the pentagon is going to reveal at the end of the month that something seemingly intelligent is here that defies all known technical capabilities and isn't some secret American poo poo
China says it's not them
Russia hasn't said anything but come on

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:37

Log082: Nov 8, 2008

bedpan posted:

wait hold on, we live in the wordline where not only do aliens exist, but they have been visiting the planet for decades?

yeah basically. maybe longer than that.

(of course, it might not be aliens.)

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:37

Google Butt: Oct 4, 2005; Xenology is an unnatural mixture of science fiction and formal logic. At its core is a flawed assumption...

that an alien race would be psychologically human.

the Tahitians have been hiding this tech under water for thousands of years

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:40

Gumball Gumption: Jan 7, 2012

I both strongly believe in confirmation bias and also I want this poo poo to be real.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:42

Fuck You And Diebold: Sep 15, 2004; by Athanatos

I am angry at the aliens for not intervening when trump was elected

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:43

Good Soldier Svejk: Jul 5, 2010

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

I am angry at the aliens for not intervening when trump was elected

What better proof would they need to verify "Well they're not ready for us yet, back to the ship for 4 years. I'm gonna spend at least two of them modding skyrim and never playing further than whiterun"

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:47

Wheeee: Mar 11, 2001; When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Gumball Gumption posted:

I both strongly believe in confirmation bias and also I want this poo poo to be real.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3136078/china-military-uses-ai-track-rapidly-increasing-ufos

China's speaking out publicly on this topic as they've also been experiencing an increasing number of UAP incidents, at this point it looks like the American government is trying to get out ahead of something

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:50

platzapS: Aug 4, 2007

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

I am angry at the aliens for not intervening when trump was elected

they may have also whiffed the holocaust

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:52

OK baizuo: Mar 19, 2021; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Good Soldier Svejk posted:

I guess so
but if you have the means to turn off your enemies missiles like switching off a light I think that should be interpreted more as a "hey cut this poo poo out you idiots" because if they wanted to get hostile I reckon they'd be able to make that pretty goddamned evident

Yeah but if that's the case they obviously don't have a very good understanding of our politics and psychology. Messing with nukes, especially during the cold war, would only serve to heighten tensions and make their use more likely.

I wonder if any other countries have disclosed their ICBMs being disabled, of if any of these underwater UFOs have disabled nukes on our boomers. I'd imagine the navy submariners would be even more tight-lipped, though.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:52

skewetoo: Mar 30, 2003

*trying to will into reality an evangelionlike future*

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:53

Bideo James: Oct 21, 2020; you'll have to ask someone else about the size of her cans

Wheeee posted:

Destiny 2, a game with over 30million players which takes place in a far future where human civilization exists in a single megacity on earth, the solar system besieged by multiple mutually hostile alien species

In Destiny's latest season released last month there has been a tremendous effort to humanize and generate not only empathy but also sympathy for one of those alien species, the fallen:

https://www.gameinformer.com/opinion/2021/06/04/latest-destiny-2-season-of-the-splicer-cutscene-is-heartbreaking-and-beautifully

its cool, good season, also this happened:

# ? Jun 9, 2021 02:55

bobmarleysghost: Mar 7, 2006

OK baizuo posted:

I wonder if any other countries have disclosed their ICBMs being disabled, of if any of these underwater UFOs have disabled nukes on our boomers.

what if the US is using "aliens disabling our nukes" as a cover for their crumbling infrastructure at nuclear silos

# ? Jun 9, 2021 03:02

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WEH: Feb 22, 2009

OK baizuo posted:

Yeah but if that's the case they obviously don't have a very good understanding of our politics and psychology. Messing with nukes, especially during the cold war, would only serve to heighten tensions and make their use more likely.

I wonder if any other countries have disclosed their ICBMs being disabled, of if any of these underwater UFOs have disabled nukes on our boomers. I'd imagine the navy submariners would be even more tight-lipped, though.

Whatever they are were weird enough back then that no one seriously thought they were soviet; honestly if they did our response would have been far more aggressive, right?

Re: them doing the same to submarines, well, a couple ballistic subs were lost in the 60s for reasons unresolved...

# ? Jun 9, 2021 03:04

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