Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Aliens or the Chinese
- Thread starter T4tomo
- Start date
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Interesting use of a Trike although the pod looks a bit low...
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
don't think we have anything to fear, because they have bred us to their liking
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Thats no moon , its a spy balloon ....
Milzy
Guru
This is the truth. They helped with the Pyramids. After the two nukes dropped on Japan ufo sightings went crazy for a while. I don’t think they were happy at all about that.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
classic33
Leg End Member
Just be careful if he puts his hand out to you.Are you saying Ming is my father?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Are you saying Ming is my father?
Nah, it's this guy.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLheiLGZ1k8
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
on a more serious note , maybe North Korea ?
I would have thought the big boy countries would have spy satellites already with more information than anything a balloon might give .
I would have thought the big boy countries would have spy satellites already with more information than anything a balloon might give .
classic33
Leg End Member
Nearly all, if not all, satellites will have an orbit which is known, and more importantly tracked day in day out.
Something at altitude, with a low radar cross section would be harder track. Be cheaper as well.
The U2(Dragon Lady) is still in use despite satellite deployment.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
I also think that because balloons are a slow moving item, most radar systems would be set to ignore them, as usually it would be a weather monitoring system, used I think, to monitor the Gulf Stream, not a hostile spying system.
Sometimes low tech can give surprisingly good results
Sometimes low tech can give surprisingly good results
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Are you saying Ming is my father?
Is that you Pong the Unspeakable?
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Doesn't matter where, was an example of a weather monitoring system off the top of my head, most threats monitored would be fast moving, Aircraft, or god forbid missiles, hence why balloons would sneak under the radar until those being monitored twigged what was going on, sneaky basic tech that works, it's why Japan used balloons to drop incendiary bombs on US & Canadian territory in WW2.
