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To: garrettjax who wrote (691196)	9/17/2019 10:01:22 PM
From: DinoNavarre	1 Recommendation Recommended By Thehammer Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794357

They alleged that drones operated by American intelligence demonstrated the ability to fly at extreme altitudes at hypersonic speeds, and deployed powerful electronic countermeasures including magnetic radar jammers which thwarted the Tomcats’ ability to intercept them. Expert on Iranian aviation Babak Taghvaee summarised these reports as follows: “The CIA’s intelligence drones displayed astonishing flight characteristics, including an ability to fly outside the atmosphere, attain a maximum cruise speed of Mach 10 and a minimum speed of zero, with the ability to hover over the target… the drones used powerful [electronic countermeasures] that could jam enemy radars using very high levels of magnetic energy.” According to these reports, an attempt by an F-14 to intercept one such drone over a nuclear facility at Arak in November 2004 saw the Tomcat’s AWG-9 radar disrupted preventing a lock. Taghvaee further noted that reported incidents involving these hypersonic drones had continued into the 2010s, with Iran alleging that one had downed an F-14 Tomcat attempting to intercept it in January 2012 - the condition of which had been "one of the finest" in its inventory. CIA SR-72

To: garrettjax who wrote (691196)	9/17/2019 10:37:54 PM
From: Stan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794357

Okay, they do have heat and radar signatures giving them of some sort of tangibility. And they've been reported for centuries, so given those accounts have some substance, what do they ever do except fascinate or confuse people?

To: garrettjax who wrote (691196)	9/18/2019 10:26:59 PM
From: sense	Respond to of 794357

Holy super-heated particulate infused HF illuminated plasma balls, Batman... Physicists create Star Wars-style 3D projections — just don’t call them holograms Plasma A plasma (often ionized gas, but see Pseudo-plasma), is a gaseous substance consisting of free charged particles, such as electrons, protons and other ions, that respond very strongly to electromagnetic fields. The free charges make the plasma highly electrically conductive, so that it may carry electric currents, and generate magnetic fields. This may cause the plasma to constrict (or pinch) into filaments, generate particle beams, emit a wide range of radiation (radio waves, light, microwave, x-ray, gamma and synchrotron radiation), and form cellular regions of plasma with similar characteristics (eg. magnetosphere, interplanetary medium). Plasma modifications induced by an X-mode HF heater wave...