And the truth is. . . the sphere is actually “swamp gas.”
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Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
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There are spherical radiosondes …probably for some specialized purposes maybe? anyway… “Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.” [ref]
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A shame that the crew died upon impact.
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You really think it’s better to wait for the sphere to open itself?
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Thank you. I came looking for that, went away satisfied.
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It’s a gift from the Regeneronians of planet Regeneron.
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They’ve got big balls in Florida.
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It would be a neat Xmas tree topper.
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Funny you say that. I ran across something similar while hiking in Nevada in the fall or winter, It was dented and spiked on a metal fence post. I am pretty sure I was on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land. And oddly, that is one of the things that crossed my mind. I don’t think I took a picture of it, but if I did, I don’t think I could find it. I did not take it, as it was definitely spiked on the post by somebody.
I was staying at the Little AleInn and the locals knew exactly what it was, a Radar Calibration Sphere. Radar Calibration Spheres, from what I was told, are dropped from high altitude and hit by multiple radar beams simultaneously to get very accurate positioning data. Finding them was apparently uncommon but not unheard of, and if found were quite the souvenir, that said a few people were convinced that the government was watching everything and everyone, and that picking one up would cause one to be arrested and disappeared. As a side note, it is worth spending a night at the Little AleInn for the stars, and if one happens to be there for Red Flag exercises you will get quite the show, in particular at night. The locals do not suffer fools gladly, but if it is slow, as it was when I was there, a night at the bar can lead to some interesting conversations. The people watching and listening was suburb, so were the fries.
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If a piece of space debris fell and damaged/hurt someone or something, my reaction would be “You can have your capsule door back when you pay for my mashed car/shed/dog!”
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“the Man always tries to dismiss UFO phenomena as weather balloons”
That’s the insidious part, it’s actually a half truth: it is a weather balloon, it’s just not a weather MONITORING balloon, it’s a weather CONTROLLING balloon. Part of our plan to destroy Florida with hurricanes. You didn’t think those hurricanes were natural, did you?
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Flaw with your theory:
Unnecessary/inefficient use of resources. From all news accounts it’s pretty clear that Florida’s trying it’s damnedest to destroy itself. Why waste funds on hurricanes when you can just sit back and watch the shitshow?
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But no one was available for comment as the Aeronautical Engineering boat had recently been destroyed by a meth explosion
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“Weather balloons”… sure… sure…
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Portugese sounds so wonderful. It’s like Spanish, Italian, and French had a child together.
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A likely story.
Smart money is on Ancient Aliens. But I am always pulling for Interdimensional Bigfoot.
This is deep tradition. My brother is currently running through this cycle with an old Grumman canoe. His two year old is a little too into it. So we told her cool kids wear pants, and only cool kids can use the boat. That seem to have kept her from trying to climb into it alone. Instead she shows up bare assed wearing a life preserver and shouts “boat!”.
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Check on the other side. Has it got “Sirius (9 canis major)” written on it?
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