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Flying objects over Kansas City leave locals suspecting aliens

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Flying objects over Kansas City on Thursday night sparked the interest of locals and — for a while — had stumped people looking for answers.

KMBC 9 in Kansas City said on Twitter it had fielded "several calls" regarding two strange orbs floating over Kansas City International Airport.

The TV station joined in the speculation and launched a poll to see which would be more intriguing to alien visitors: NFL MVP and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes or some Kansas City barbecue.

Mahomes won.

In the end, KMBC reporter William Joy appears to have solved the mystery. He tweeted that a spokesperson from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency told him, "given the position, it is likely one of their balloons in test flight."

According to its website, DARPA's mission is "to make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security."

DARPA tweeted on June 18 it had launched three balloons from Maryland as part of its Adaptable Lighter Than Air program.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...orylines&utm_content=news&utm_term=1471162001
 
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It’s always balloons, at what point is that a suspicious answer? “Wait a minute, you said balloons the last 30 times”. “A few more and I’m calling bs”.
 
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Rebelfreedomeagle said:
It's possible life exists elsewhere, but the odds that it comes here to flash lights over an airport in Kansas or insert rectal probes in the citizenry are indescribably small.
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That I can agree with, but that’s not what you said. Got it.

I agree. Very unlikely ‘aliens’ would happen upon our measly solar system, much less our planet.
 
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If I were a super-advanced being capable of manipulating the time-space continuum to suit my whims — and thus able to easily traverse the vast distances of inter-stellar space — you better believe I’d fly a few light years just to flick my brights off and on to f#ck with some rubes on another planet.
 
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-Mav- said:
If I were a super-advanced being capable of manipulating the time-space continuum to suit my whims — and thus able to easily traverse the vast distances of inter-stellar space — you better believe I’d fly a few light years just to flick my brights off and on to f#ck with some rubes on another planet.
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And before I left I would get some Kansas City BBQ.
 
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funKYcat75 said:
That I can agree with, but that’s not what you said. Got it.

I agree. Very unlikely ‘aliens’ would happen upon our measly solar system, much less our planet.
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Rebelfreedomeagle said:
It's possible life exists elsewhere, but the odds that it comes here to flash lights over an airport in Kansas or insert rectal probes in the citizenry are indescribably small.
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However sending unaliened vehicles might happen.....

Or they are looking for living space....

Or goober got drunk and wants attention...
 
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Rebelfreedomeagle said:
I saw this and was immediately reminded of why I think anyone that believes in aliens is stupid.
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Whew! That was brutal, but descriptive. I would have been just fine without the dentist drill. Ugh!!

So, travel all that distance and choose KC? Tell me more!!!
 
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-Mav- said:
If I were a super-advanced being capable of manipulating the time-space continuum to suit my whims — and thus able to easily traverse the vast distances of inter-stellar space — you better believe I’d fly a few light years just to flick my brights off and on to f#ck with some rubes on another planet.
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LOL

I am not a super advanced being, but if I were, and still had the pea brainish sense of humor I currently have, I would use my super advanced-ness to send my farts and fart sounds to other inhabited planets!!!!
 
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Caveman Catfan said:
LOL

I am not a super advanced being, but if I were, and still had the pea brainish sense of humor I currently have, I would use my super advanced-ness to send my farts and fart sounds to other inhabited planets!!!!
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I think if SETI had picked up fart sounds they would have publicized it.
 
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Glenn's take said:
That's actually History of the World Part 1, not Spaceballs. It's at the end as a fake preview for History of the World Part 2. I'm still waiting patiently for that.
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Bzzzzz... Wrong. Sorry, the Schwartz is from Spaceballs. HotWP1 had Jews in Space, and Hitler on Ice, post credits. Yogurt, from SB, gave his "ring" to Lonestar so he would have confidence in the schwartz. (Love Mel Brooks) He is related to Foster Brooks if I remember correctly, and ya'll remember him.
 
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funKYcat75 said:
You don’t believe that, in this vast universe, there are any other beings?
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Nah. I think it’s demonic deception.

I know I know, the paddock is atheist heavy. We came from fish and bananas, consciousness from dust, dust from nothing.

I’m not the one taking a massive leap of faith.
 
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