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Airliner Encountered Unidentified Fast-Moving Cylindrical Object over New Mexico

25 points| JPLeRouzic | 5 years ago |thedrive.com | reply

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[+] ncmncm|5 years ago|reply
When a professional pilot reports what he says looked like a cruise missile, the first thing to think is that it probably was a cruise missile.
[+] floatingatoll|5 years ago|reply
Three links deep into their "we'll make you click through for updates" methodology, no photo or video is currently available from this source anyways.
[+] Havoc|5 years ago|reply
>no photo or video is currently available from this source anyways.

Commercial flights don't generally have dashcams

[+] windex|5 years ago|reply
Are more of them being reported of late?
[+] BillinghamJ|5 years ago|reply
It's a little hard to see how this is relevant to HN
[+] happytoexplain|5 years ago|reply
Really? It seems obvious to me that the kinds of people on HN would have interesting thoughts about this. There's often a commenter with first hand experience who gives great context that's hard to find elsewhere, e.g. somebody who knows about missiles or the government presence in the region or who is/was a commercial pilot.
[+] aaron695|5 years ago|reply
You mean like -

https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-3/defcon-3.html "Glenn Campbell: Q & A, overview of Governmental activities and stuff surrounding Area-51."

Or on the other side, people find it interesting pilots regularly get optical errors.

I would expect this was just a cloud, but some people think it's a Learjet - https://twitter.com/MickWest/status/1364649745759621120 which is a bit complex as an explanation but possible. Also not what I would have thought a cruise missile looks like.

[+] trestenhortz|5 years ago|reply
The rules of HN are clear ... this is definitely allowed.