Mystery object almost causes plane crash over Denver

[frogmarch]

Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

It is thought most likely to have been one of three things:

military drone
remote control model aircraft
large bird

Apparently it is not thought to have been an alien spacecraft. Yay.

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[magical thyme]

1. well it's not likely to be found to be a military drone

Because that would hurt the nascent military drone business.

I vote for large bird. The market for large birds is down anyway.

[frogmarch]

2. A large bird sounds plausible.

My husband flies all sizes and types of remote control model airplanes, and he's never heard of any rc plane flying at 8000 feet, which is the altitude the airliner pilot said he was flying when he almost collided with the object.

[greytdemocrat]

4. Yeah

I wouldn't think a hobby R/C model had a controllable range that went that high.

[longship]

3. Rodan!

Very large... er... bird-like thingie... er... animal... It's a fucking pterodactyl.

[lastlib]

5. Has anybody checked the whereabouts of Newt's ego?

[dimbear]

6. I heard it's deflated by the helium shortage. n/t

[mfcorey1]

7. It was a hot air balloon filled with Willard's facts! nt

[Faux pas]

9. LOL I read this as willard's farts!

Same thing, right?

[gkhouston]

12. Williard's facts wouldn't even fill a water balloon.

And who names their kid "Williard", anyway? Does he have siblings name Renaissance, Sheraton, and Rodeway?

[Blue_Tires]

8. another stunt?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_boy_hoax

[Faux pas]

10. maybe it's the weather balloon they found in Roswell?

[DevonRex]

11. Scared the fucking shit out of me

for fucking nothing.

[LadyHawkAZ]

13. Denier!

[DearAbby]

14. Swamp gas....now look directly into this

[yortsed snacilbuper]

15. Did it look like a B-29 or an orange X-plane?

http://users.skynet.be/fa926657/files/B29.wmv

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. Balloon Boy! Richard and Mayumi Heene are at it again! n/t

[frogmarch]

17. Nothing to see here, folks

Channel 9 News Denver reported on the evening news tonight that the object is thought to have been a weather balloon because one was found down in the area.

Case closed.