This Chinese surveillance balloon

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:27 pm

People saying why have the Yanks not just shot it down?

Now think about it, this is a balloon apparently the size of 3 large buses eminating from a country where coronavirus was supposedly born, now would it be wise to shoot it down when you can't be sure what's in/on it?

Davcla · **Joined:** Wed May 12, 2021 7:58 pm **Posts:** 927

It could be the missing players we should have bought in the transfer window

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36416

Davcla wrote:

It could be the missing players we should have bought in the transfer window

Don’t be silly, it was a big balloon.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18947

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:

People saying why have the Yanks not just shot it down?

Now think about it, this is a balloon apparently the size of 3 large buses eminating from a country where coronavirus was supposedly born, now would it be wise to shoot it down when you can't be sure what's in/on it?

its killips fault and you know it.

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:04 pm

It'll not be full of m&m's

Critical Thinking · **Joined:** Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:50 am **Posts:** 2309

Wasn't it full of Raj's hot air?

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18947

Critical Thinking wrote:

Wasn't it full of Raj's hot air?

not big enough for all that.

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7083

Davcla wrote:

It could be the missing players we should have bought in the transfer window

Not big enough.

Bluestreak · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:56 pm

Send it over Seaton and we can scramble the air force from Greatham airfield.

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:06 pm

Could be filled with soy sauce maybe?

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 6689

atmospheric conditions:

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 6689

DeliverWHoo

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3459

Has sleepy Joe Biden even noticed ? Don would have had it shot down.

Brian Honour's Left Foot · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 1:12 pm

The US has now shot down four of these things - and HM Govt now announces that it is going to have a think about it.

Irrespective of whether it is the Chinese or extra-terrestrials, they'll be in Whitehall before Raab can shout at or threaten any of them.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36416

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:

Could be filled with soy sauce maybe?

Might be ‘Suicide Soy Sauce’…… bbolt

Bluestreak · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 2:02 pm

Its all hot air.

Eiphos_3 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:08 pm

makes me laugh to think something that has potentially travelled the galaxy undetected coming into earths orbit and then 20k feet off the ground to be shot down by some pistol pete in his F16 - the conspiracy theorists are going to town over all this.

it is a bit odd though.... i get it with the fist one being a lost weather balloon from china (clearly a spy sat thats messed up). As there was visuals on it and also live footage of it being downed - but these others ? smoking gun... ???

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7083

Eiphos_3 wrote:

makes me laugh to think something that has potentially travelled the galaxy undetected coming into earths orbit and then 20k feet off the ground to be shot down by some pistol pete in his F16 - the conspiracy theorists are going to town over all this.

it is a bit odd though.... i get it with the fist one being a lost weather balloon from china (clearly a spy sat thats messed up). As there was visuals on it and also live footage of it being downed - but these others ? smoking gun... ???

Very difficult for radar to detect them according to a boffin on tv

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 6689

Chinese got everyone looking up to the skys.

Think we should be looking the other way me self.

Eiphos_3 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:06 pm

its a distraction from something

my Grandad always said they would use the Aliens to distract us right before Russia presses the big red button

tin hats on

billygoatblue · **Joined:** Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:30 am **Posts:** 606

Reackon its our 10 plus goal scorer from the andromeda league one, just our luck they have got lost and shot down by the yanks

Critical Thinking · **Joined:** Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:50 am **Posts:** 2309

Is it the aliens that have grabbed that missing woman?

ToTheHartlepool2-0 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:08 pm **Posts:** 1333

If one ever comes over Hartlepool better watch The Cyril Knowles stand.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36416

Eiphos_3 wrote:

its a distraction from something

my Grandad always said they would use the Aliens to distract us right before Russia presses the big red button

tin hats on

The media are making a mountain out of a mole hill…..nobody gave a toss before when these things happened, but once the media get their teeth into something you have to feed the beast!……plus sleepy Joe will do it to look tough as elections are on the horizon and he wants to stand again :laugh:

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3459

Brian Honour's Left Foot wrote:

The US has now shot down four of these things - and HM Govt now announces that it is going to have a think about it.

Irrespective of whether it is the Chinese or extra-terrestrials, they'll be in Whitehall before Raab can shout at or threaten any of them.

Black belt Dominic Raab is more than capable of keeping the corridors of Whitehall safe.. unless Odd Job turns up.. bbolt

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22570

NASA have now confirmed that one of the balloons was the ball used by Harry Kane for his penalty miss against France.

This Chinese surveillance balloon

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