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Post by falcon124 on Feb 14, 2023 8:39:58 GMT 12
Now that is something that I remember with great fondness......and who did not have a copy of that (and Tubular Bells...) ahhhhh, misspent youth ! 100% agree! My parents had an original pressing of Tubular Bells with the original Virgin Records logo and the bit at the end where they cut down something wooden with a chainsaw (sounded like a tree). Dad picked up War of the Worlds when it came out but I was the only one of the family who really enjoyed it. Go figure  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 14, 2023 17:47:21 GMT 12
Agreed. That was my long distance car trip go to entertainment listening to the War of the Worlds. And to passengers 'My car - my music'
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Post by Mustang51 on Feb 14, 2023 19:34:54 GMT 12
Hmmmmm China now accusing USA of sending balloons over its territory. Which way does the wind blow in the northern hemisphere in those middle latitudes? Believe it may be west to east and that is why Japan sent paper based balloons fitted with incendary devices over the Pacific during the latter stages of the war. Bit hard to go the other way I think with any degree of accuracy
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2023 20:10:32 GMT 12
Tubular Bells is the theme from The Exorcist, isn't it?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2023 20:11:50 GMT 12
I'd not be surprised if these balloons are the work of the Flite Test crew, lol.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2023 20:13:27 GMT 12
Agreed. That was my long distance car trip go to entertainment listening to the War of the Worlds. The aliens probably crank it up on their interstellar trips too. |
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Post by Deane B on Feb 14, 2023 20:54:58 GMT 12
Perhaps surveillance and capability assessment.....send a range of items across the Pacific supported by balloons of various sizes and shapes plus various payloads to see which are observed and which slipped through the early warning network....send more of the latter Yes it seems it's been happening for years. I guess one tactic is to track and ignore them so as to not give away your detection capabilities. But now the public has reported seeing them, the USA has to show their citizens they are securing the supposed threat. |
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Post by Mustang51 on Feb 14, 2023 22:39:22 GMT 12
Standard intel thing....dont let them know what you know
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Post by falcon124 on Feb 15, 2023 19:47:02 GMT 12
Tubular Bells is the theme from The Exorcist, isn't it? Yes, it plays in a couple of points during the movie and at the end. Lovely track but the whole album is a cracker |
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Post by Antonio on Feb 19, 2023 16:10:34 GMT 12
I'm safe:  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 19, 2023 20:27:03 GMT 12
You won't be safe if the aliens like kebabs.
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Post by tbf2504 on Feb 20, 2023 7:46:06 GMT 12
I have walked up and down the long steps in Georgetwon that appear in the Excorcist, at the same time recalling tubular bells in my head. for which I have the LP record.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 20, 2023 11:26:54 GMT 12
Hopefully not on a foggy night.
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Post by tbf2504 on Feb 20, 2023 11:49:35 GMT 12
No made sure it was in bright sunlight with wife and daughter as escorts just in case!!!
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Post by nuuumannn on Mar 28, 2023 12:01:04 GMT 12
I had a chat with a US defence (defense) expert at Avalon about these, he said that the first one, obviously was a surveillance balloon of Chinese origin, but the others were from balloon enthusiasts, who have meets every now and then and their balloons have gone rogue - that simple. No mystery behind it at all, apparently. There is an amateur balloon society in the USA who lets their balloons fly all over the place, some of them straying into controlled airspace, which presents a hazard to commercial aircraft, so they have to be brought down. Apparently it happens often, but it's creating a hoo haa at the moment because of the Chinese balloon that got so much publicity.
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Post by oj on May 7, 2023 19:30:16 GMT 12
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