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Re:Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites at the lowest or... by tomaskafka on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @07:25AM (#43024651)
Saving this for another round of 'UFO sightings' panic.

There was recently an article about the 'UFOs' actually being 'just' Chinese balloons designed to record everything about the radars poking them to learn about capabilities of US defense systems (including F-35 in action). Guess we'll see more of them soon.

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Re:Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites at the lowest or... by BalloonsInVLEO on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @10:03AM (#43026056)
I've seen various balloons more or less constantly spook the UFO people. There are a few designs that don't look like a traditional balloon so everyone thinks they're some sort of cloaking field or something
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Re:Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites at the lowest or... by tomaskafka on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @04:32PM (#43029981)
Found it - this one is worse. Army pilots fear being accused of 'seeing UFO', so they underreport Chinese spy balloons, which then probe US defense systems: https://www.twz.com/40054/adversary-drones-are-spying-on-the...
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