Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by _ph_ on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:38AM
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Yes, it is an odd coincidence, but as you write, a bad battery or just a weak contact is the likely explanation.
The alternative would assume that there are aliens, which are able to disable your smartphone from the distance, but are not able to make their vehicles somewhat look like current human vehicles. At minimum, they should paint "Pepsi" or "Nike" on them, and no one would notice them :)
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by mclightning on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:13AM
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Same argument could be stretched to say..."same folks could hide themselves from your eyes"
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by jeffreyrogers on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:45AM
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Could've been this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-170_Sentine...
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by negroni on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:24PM
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I've seen those twice on the west side of Puerto Rico. Spooked the hell out of me at the time because they fly very low and make virtually no sound.
Re:UFOs shows government competence as either surprisingly h...
by bitcurious on Friday May 07, 2021 @09:11AM
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I bet that was it! Thanks!
I saw a weird triangular drone/plane flying close to an airport. I went to take a picture of it (to identify later) and my phone died. Just up and black screened. An hour later I was eating dinner and turned back on with ~43% battery power remaining. It wasn’t a particularly cold day, but I attributed to an old battery not handling the temp well. I don’t think it was aliens, or even a UFO (except to me.)
…but if it was an alien UFO, I wouldn’t be surprised if the folks who traversed space to be here could ID a lens and disable my phone.