[deleted] t1_j78jmzq wrote on February 4, 2023 at 10:12 PM

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McKFC OP t1_j78jsks wrote on February 4, 2023 at 10:13 PM

Per the 1949 report, "once the firing started, imagination created all kinds of targets in the sky and everyone joined in"

The event was the inspiration for Spielberg's third big film, 1941, an uneven but unjustly maligned war satire written by a pre-Back to the Future Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis.

Edit: the scene in question

darga89 t1_j79fl5i wrote on February 5, 2023 at 2:23 AM

Only took a single F-22 this time

Alexlam24 t1_j7bnak9 wrote on February 5, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Now that's what I call progress

WlmWilberforce t1_j78zn3u wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:13 AM

We don't know the RBE of the bloon.

KypDurron t1_j79i01u wrote on February 5, 2023 at 2:43 AM

Assume it's a camo ceramic until proven otherwise.

[deleted] t1_j795594 wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:57 AM

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RoebuckThirtyFour t1_j7b1ocq wrote on February 5, 2023 at 1:37 PM

In the late 90s two canadian f18s put 1000+ rounds of 20mm into a weather balloon and it continued to drift

[deleted] t1_j78jt2b wrote on February 4, 2023 at 10:13 PM

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