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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Air Force fails to acknowledge mysterious meteor that crashed to Earth near US military base
2018-08-04
[Independent] The US Air Force failed to report a major meteor explosion near a military base in Greenland earlier this summer, leading to concern and confusion.

The explosion contained 2.1 kilotons of force and occurred just above an early-warning radar at the Thule Air Force base in June, according to Hans Kristensen, the director of the Nuclear Information Project for the Federation of American Scientists. Mr Kristensen confirmed the explosion in a tweet on Wednesday, suggesting the meteor could have been mistaken by some as a "Russian first strike".

However, the US Air Force did not release a statement regarding the meteor, or even tweet about the phenomena.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Meteor? Honestly doubt it.
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-08-04 20:59  

#9  Holy hell what was that
Posted by: KBK   2018-08-04 19:10  

#8  If the USAF can't dogfight with it, they ain't interested.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-08-04 17:54  

#7  The Thing?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-08-04 15:13  

#6  Continuing #4 ... And it was all because of Global Warming...

Remember the (daft) People that think "Global Warming might spur Earthquakes and Volcanoes"...?
Posted by: magpie   2018-08-04 11:00  

#5  "Russian first strike". In Greenland?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2018-08-04 07:48  

#4  Ref #3:

......resulting from Trump funding reductions at NASA and elsewhere, used to stand-up US Space Force.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-08-04 07:25  

#3  (get out the tin foil...)
It was one of their flying saucers from Area 51 that got loose, and the light of Venus Mars was refracted through swamp gas... (yadda yadda yadda)
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-08-04 07:21  

#2  Noted in a previous post on the subject - not their job to report. There are other agencies that do this work. Aren't we trying to make government smaller? Cut out duplications of effort.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-08-04 07:02  

#1  However, the US Air Force did not release a statement regarding the meteor, or even tweet about the phenomena.

No damage to golf course or driving range. What's the big deal ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-08-04 01:55  

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