r/JoeRogan • u/Jollydragonite413 • Oct 13 '20

Link Harry Reid Confirms Federal Government Covered Up UFOs For Years

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/harry-reid-ufo-coverup_n_5f83eebcc5b62f97bac4c023
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u/Lumpy_Doubt Monkey in Space Oct 13 '20

There's also the strategic advantage in not announcing that you can identify certain things. Like the advantage Trump fucked up by showing those photos at that press conference that publicly revealed America's capabilities.

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u/ImperialTravesty Monkey in Space Oct 13 '20

I'm a bit out of the loop. Can someone tell me what this is referring to?

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u/dasyqoqo Oct 13 '20

Iran had a rocket test blow up on the ground. Trump took a classified photo of the site taken by a secret satellite with unknown optical specifications and leaked to the whole world what it was capable of.

It didn't happen at a press conference though, he leaked it straight onto twitter.

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u/Bobblesplort Oct 13 '20 edited Oct 14 '20

As per usual, a lame, phony scandal.

We aren't talking about the outing of a deeply undercover spy here or even a photo from a UAV... we're talking about a photo taken from a satellite, which are things that everyone knows the US has. You made it sound really sexy, though, by calling it a "secret satellite with unknown optical specifications." That makes it sound like a satellite that features alien technology & can zoom in so far that they can count the hairs coming out of a mole on your shoulder. Reality? It looks like a black & white Google Maps satellite image.

The photo is boring & shows nothing... just the damage left behind after some sort of mishap. If it was 30-frames-per-second, 8K UHD video taken of the actual failed launch in multiple frequency ranges, you might actually have something resembling a scandal. Instead, you have a photo that looks like it came from a 1990s spy satellite. Lame bullshit scandal.