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So, it was a U2 spy plane? Really?

POSTED BY: AURAPTOR
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 19:18
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:02 AM

AURAPTOR

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:05 AM

MIKER

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
That knocked out the computers @ lax a few days ago?



Take a deep breath. What are you talking about.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:22 AM

AURAPTOR

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Link accompanies post.

Use it.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:26 AM

MIKER

Once I found Serenity


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Link accompanies post.

Use it.



First good morning. Second I see no link?

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:53 AM

AURAPTOR

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Posted now.

Dunno why it didn't take initially.

Apologies.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:57 AM

MIKER

Once I found Serenity


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Posted now.

Dunno why it didn't take initially.

Apologies.



No apology necessary. But it still has not posted.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 11:11 AM

M52NICKERSON

DALEK!


Perhaps the computer system was not set up with planes flying that high in mind.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 11:17 AM

MIKER

Once I found Serenity


I don't read tabloids, and the story does not interest me enough to investigate further.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 11:49 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


U2 sucks. I liked a few of their songs back in the day, but they will remain the first "epic" Rock Band that had the fucking nerve to sell the first single off their album that they had let Apple use as an advertizement for the iPod.




Oh yeah... let's not forget that when they released the music video that it was a blatant commercial for Target stores....



Fuck you Bono.

Vertigo is a song that I know is actually awesome that I will never enjoy because you're a whore and you ruined one of the greatest bands I grew up with.

EDITED TO ADD: Just watching these videos now, for the first time in years. They really are good, U2-as-a-whole.....

WHY DID YOU LET BONO TURN YOU ALL INTO WHORES?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 11:50 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by MIKER:
I don't read tabloids, and the story does not interest me enough to investigate further.



Link was posted @ top of thread.

It's not a " tabloid " story.

Go back to sleep now.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 11:57 AM

STORYMARK


It is a tabloid site. Denying it doesn't change that.



“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”? Isaac Asimov

Americans killed under Obama due to "intelligence failures": 4

Americans killed under Bush due to "intelligence failures": 7000+

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 12:00 PM

MIKER

Once I found Serenity


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by MIKER:
I don't read tabloids, and the story does not interest me enough to investigate further.



Link was posted @ top of thread.

It's not a " tabloid " story.

Go back to sleep now.



Yesss.... Sir

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 12:15 PM

AURAPTOR

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The STORY is not " tabloid ", by any stretch.

I initially had ( tried ) posted a link from nbc. The point is that it's a curios & possibly troubling story.


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Thursday, May 8, 2014 12:21 PM

M52NICKERSON

DALEK!


http://time.com/#89130/faa-spy-plane-los-angeles/

Acording to this article it was a software mess up. When the U2 was detected the computers started to process it as if it was flying much lower, causing havic because it made it look like it would cross other planes paths.

Before people giver Rappy shit you all should at least do a quick search and see if the story is real or not. Yes, Daily Mail is a tabloid, but the story is real one.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 1:03 PM

STORYMARK


Yeah, but his implication is standard fare rappy bullshit. So why even go down that rabbit hole?



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Thursday, May 8, 2014 7:03 PM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by Storymark:
Yeah, but his implication is standard fare rappy bullshit. So why even go down that rabbit hole?



Yeah, reporting facts are 'bullshit' in your 'verse, it seems.

What exactly were my " implications ", per this story?

Please, start a list.


Oh, btw...there's THIS ( again, not me )

Quote:

The U.S. Air Force has denied reports that one of their U2 aircraft caused a severe problem with electronics at LAX airport at Los Angeles.

There was a U2 "Drag Lady" aircraft in flight in the area at the time of the glitch, the military stated. Still, they deny popular reports the spy craft was on a "secret mission" or that it was responsible for the incident.

"[W]e can confirm the U-2 did not cause the air traffic control system to fail," Air Force officials told the press. A spokesman at the Air Combat Command said the flight was a training mission, with a flight plan filed with the FAA.

The Federal Aviation Administration would not comment on the U2 aircraft, but stated a coding issue with a flight plan was responsible for the electronic problem.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/6552/20140507/u-2-spy-plane-mysterio
us-computer-glitch-disrupted-lax.htm





Too tabloidy a web site ?

http://robins.13wmaz.com/news/news/241502-air-force-u2-did-not-scrambl
e-lax-computers


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Friday, May 9, 2014 8:59 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



Something knocked out the airport computers. Either it was a 50 year old spy plane, or it wasn't.

Hmm...

" Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus..."

I quote MIB not to suggest any alien or super-natural cause of this event, but to point out how quickly some will buy the most absurd and inane " official " explanation, and then go ambling along in life, fully content at what they've been fed. Err.. told.

Yep. The U2 plane was flying too high, you see, and that set the computers wonky.


Good grief.

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Monday, May 12, 2014 11:49 AM

ELVISCHRIST





So do you have a theory?

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Monday, May 12, 2014 12:55 PM

AURAPTOR

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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:



So do you have a theory?



No. And no one cares what I think anyways.

But count how many times a U2 plane has been at fault for knocking out airport computers. Ever.

In the what... 50 years or more of service!?

How'd the even get the plane out of the gorram museum & in the air at all ?

Just askin .

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:13 AM

ELVISCHRIST


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by ElvisChrist:



So do you have a theory?



No. And no one cares what I think anyways.

But count how many times a U2 plane has been at fault for knocking out airport computers. Ever.




Do you have any official numbers for such instances? If so, how were they sourced? (If you say the government has no record of any such instances, you simply cannot take their word for it, can you?)


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In the what... 50 years or more of service!?

How'd the even get the plane out of the gorram museum & in the air at all ?

Just askin .




You are aware that not all U2s are mothballed away in museums, right?



You have zero information, but you seem 100% sure that the explanation cannot possibly be true.



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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 7:18 PM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by ElvisChrist:

Do you have any official numbers for such instances? If so, how were they sourced? (If you say the government has no record of any such instances, you simply cannot take their word for it, can you?)




My guess is that that number is ZERO. This is being reported as not isolated to just 1 airport, so if we're to believe anything, we have to take such reports at face value.



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You are aware that not all U2s are mothballed away in museums, right?


You have zero information, but you seem 100% sure that the explanation cannot possibly be true.





It was in part a rhetorical question, but mainly I wanted to point out that something which pre-dates the SR-71 is still being used ( allegedly ) and for what ever reason, causing major problems for OUR OWN DAMN AIRPORTS! Assuming you buy into the stories that a U2 was involved, which the USAF denies.

And no, I do NOT have " zero information ". SOMETHING really did affect LAX and other airports in the area. That's not nothing. And WHAT explanation are you even talking about ? There really wasn't one, other than a U2 plane did 'something', we're not such what , exactly, and now it's all fixed.

Go on about your business. Nothing to see here.

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