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Mendel reacted to NoParty's post in the thread The Bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls School in Minab, Iran with
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Well, it looks like PBS's work (arguing convincingly that it was a precise, high level targeting) has finally nudged the press to take some interest: 3/4/26 Reporter, to Karoline Leavitt: "Did the United States air strike a girls elementary... -
Mendel replied to the thread TIME: Trump Says Government Will Declassify Alien Files.Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fvORfRUepI8&t=8m45s Just paste the link as text, don't use any buttons, please. Same with reddit etc.
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Mendel replied to the thread Mysterious disappearance of UFO-linked Air Force general sparks search.Kirtland AFB is probably providing Search And Rescue services. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/512th_Rescue_Squadron The 512th Rescue Squadron is part of the 58th Special Operations Wing based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico...
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Gary C reacted to Ann K's post in the thread Mysterious disappearance of UFO-linked Air Force general sparks search with Like.
I admit that deeply cynical thoughts follow here. But if anyone has a serious professional position in his earlier career yet switches to UFOlogy later in life, my first thoughts are to ask if his cognitive functions are in decline. The same goes... -
Mendel reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Mysterious disappearance of UFO-linked Air Force general sparks search with Like.
If Sharp's claim is (roughly) correct, he might be referring to Kirtland Air Force Base to the southeast of Albuquerque. Neil McCasland had worked at Kirtland AFB, 11. October 2001- May 2004, Materiel Wing Director, Air Force Research...
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I'm assuming that the joint chiefs of staff and Marco Rubio (and maybe Hegseth) got together and had that discussion and made the plan that was then executed. And then there were people tasked with explaining this plan to Donald Trump, who, given...
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Gary C reacted to NorCal Dave's post in the thread Mysterious disappearance of UFO-linked Air Force general sparks search with Like.
This is the problem with UFO stories like this. Christopher Sharp and other UFO media people suggest McCasland's disappearance may have been somehow tied to something nefarious because the guys at TTSA suggested he may have known about alien...
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Mendel replied to the thread 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran.I'm assuming that the joint chiefs of staff and Marco Rubio (and maybe Hegseth) got together and had that discussion and made the plan that was then executed. And then there were people tasked with explaining this plan to Donald Trump, who, given...
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Gary C replied to the thread FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days.Yes.The limitations of accuracy for lasers are all in the lag and vibration of the rotating mass of the mount and beam director and in keeping the optical chain collimated and aligned with the sighting system. With an auto-cannon the dispersion...
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Gary C reacted to Mendel's post in the thread FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days with Like.
citation needed. a target 30km away requires a lead time of 0.2ms; if it was travelling at the speed of sound, it would move about 7 cm or 3 inches in that time.
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Mendel replied to the thread FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days.citation needed. a target 30km away requires a lead time of 0.2ms; if it was travelling at the speed of sound, it would move about 7 cm or 3 inches in that time.
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Todd Feinman replied to the thread Mysterious disappearance of UFO-linked Air Force general sparks search.Nathan Twining? -
Mendel reacted to Gary C's post in the thread FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days with Like.
The issue may be the term 'geodesic' which is not widely used in general discourse. The issue here is that 'drone' covers devices weighing 10 kg and travelling at 40kph and those weighing a few hundred kg and travelling over 200kph. Only the...
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Edward Current reacted to NoParty's post in the thread 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran with Like.
That'll teach me to waste my time. :p Okay, back to ignoring you. Good luck pushin' that water uphill for the good ol' GOP! "It is a well-known fact that reality has a liberal bias." Stephen Colbert, 2005 (as blowhard Bill O'Reilly-ish... -
Edward Current reacted to NoParty's post in the thread 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran with Like.
I am not going to miss Ayatollah Khamenei, who was, I think, on balance, bad for his own people, and the world. That said, I have concerns that maybe that is questionable criteria for bombing a country & assassinating their leader. If it is...