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Re:US conducted ‘multi-decade’ secret UFO program, ex-intell... by yabones on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:37PM (#36883660)
Technically, “non-human” bodies and technology that can “turn us into a charcoal briquette” precisely describes Laika of Sputnik II fame.

We also did have flying saucers in the 50s, but they kind of sucked compared to helicopters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar

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Re:US conducted ‘multi-decade’ secret UFO program, ex-intell... by beambot on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:41PM (#36883716)
Even a personal "drone" flying saucer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiller_VZ-1_Pawnee

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Re:US conducted ‘multi-decade’ secret UFO program, ex-intell... by 128bytes on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:24PM (#36884419)
So a possibly feasible explanation is that there has been a bunch of animal testing by foreign defence initiatives that has crashed on US soil?
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