Mystery shiny objects floating over Manhattan spark UFO frenzy - Polidicks

[quote]A mysterious shiny object floating high over Manhattan's West Side set off a flurry of reports and wild speculation Wednesday that a UFO was flying over the city. Police and the FAA said they began getting flooded with calls starting at 1:30 p.m. from people reporting a silvery object hovering high over Chelsea. Law enforcement sources said they believed the object was likely some sort of balloon, but as of late Wednesday they had not confirmed exactly what it is. A Daily News reporter could see a tiny, silver dot floating approximately 5,000 feet above 23th St. and Eighth Ave., where dozens of people gathered late in the afternoon to catch a glimpse. "It's been hovering there for a while. I'm just kind of baffled," said Joseph Torres, 49, of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, who spotted the object after leaving a movie. "How can it be ordinary? There is something going on." Despite clear skies, it was not easy to make out the tiny object shimmering overhead. "You really have to look up to see it," said one witness, who gave only his first name, Rico. "It's a little crazy. I guess that's why they call it an unidentified flying object because they don't know what it is." Not long after the first sightings, messages began appearing on Twitter linking to a month-old press release announcing the publication of a book by a retired NORAD officer predicting that UFOs would buzz the earth's major cities on Oct. 13. The Federal Aviation Administration said it received dozens of calls to its operations center but after reviewing radar data, the agency could not find anything out of the ordinary. "We re-ran radar to see if there was anything there that we can't account for but there is nothing in the area," said spokesman Jim Peters. "There was some helicopter traffic over the river at that time and we checked with LaGuardia Tower. And they said they had nothing going low at that time." "Nothing that we can account for would prompt this kind of response," he said. Peters said if it was a weather balloon or any kind of organized balloon release, the NYPD should have been notified in advance. Police officials said they had received no notification.[/quote] [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/13/2010-10-13_mystery_shiny_objects_floating_over_manhattan_spark_ufo_frenzy.html[/url]

Oh god BALLOONS!

This again? Blegh. Looks like weather balloons. No, I'm not trying to be unfunny with a dumb meme, it seriously looks like it. People freak out every time they see something like this... and for fucks sake, "Law enforcement sources said they believed the object was likely some sort of balloon, but as of late Wednesday they had not confirmed exactly what it is." "A Daily News reporter could see a tiny, silver dot floating approximately 5,000 feet above 23th St. and Eighth Ave., where dozens of people gathered late in the afternoon to catch a glimpse." Looks more orange to me. [img]http://www.learner.org/courses/essential/physicalsci/images/s7.weather_balloon.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.livescience.com/images/050811_weather_balloon_02.jpg[/img] oops, spilled the beans on an over-hyped fake story. "Not long after the first sightings, messages began appearing on Twitter linking to a month-old press release announcing the publication of a book by a retired NORAD officer predicting that UFOs would buzz the earth's major cities on Oct. 13." Bullshit. People probably read this and starting believing it would happen, and coincidentally, balloons. "Peters said if it was a weather balloon or any kind of organized balloon release, the NYPD should have been notified in advance. Police officials said they had received no notification." Stupid mistake?

I clearly see the swamp gas.

For all we know someone tied diamonds to a blimp and flew over the town at the speed of light causing the diamonds to hang at a lower speed and pass over really slowly. Nothing too difficult to hoax yourself, this is fake.

were geting invaded run guys i dont hav time to type so im rushing this important and vital message to save you all go in your basements and hide your children, hide your wife

[QUOTE=Redcow17;25387885]were geting invaded run guys i dont hav time to type so im rushing this important and vital message to save you all go in your basements and hide your children, hide your wife[/QUOTE] I don't have a basement! What do I do?

[img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/10/14/alg_ufo.jpg[/img] that is [b]not[/b] a balloon.

Hey guys. We just made huffington post. [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/13/new-york-ufo-sighting_n_761717.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Redcow17;25387977]Hey guys. We just made huffington post. [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/13/new-york-ufo-sighting_n_761717.html[/url][/QUOTE] You realize how many times people have taken a picture of something like that?

This is also a hoax.

Copy pasting my post from the NORAD thread. [QUOTE=ketchup;25385819]Lol. Apparently there was a mass balloon release in New York. Just look at this picture you can see them. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/oAVoH.jpg[/img_thumb] [editline]13th October 2010[/editline] View the image in a new tab to see the full size. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/wbOnU.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Also this CBS article. [url]http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/13/new-yorkers-mistake-balloons-for-ufos/[/url]

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;25387970][img_thumb]http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/10/14/alg_ufo.jpg[/img_thumb] that is [b]not[/b] a balloon.[/QUOTE] oh. FUCK. [img]http://www.gameswelike.com/web/pix/Metroid/Metroid%20Render.jpg[/img]

alot of alien threads lately, although it really does look like a weather balloon.

I think it's jesus.

[QUOTE=DireAvenger;25387884]For all we know someone tied diamonds to a blimp and flew over the town at the speed of light causing the diamonds to hang at a lower speed and pass over really slowly. Nothing too difficult to hoax yourself, this is fake.[/QUOTE] Your UFOs are now Diamonds.

[quote]"You really have to look up to see it," said one witness, who gave only his first name, Rico. "It's a little crazy. I guess that's why they call it an unidentified flying object because they don't know what it is."[/quote] Really?

[QUOTE=DireAvenger;25387884]For all we know someone tied diamonds to a blimp and flew over the town at the speed of light causing the diamonds to hang at a lower speed and pass over really slowly. Nothing too difficult to hoax yourself, this is fake.[/QUOTE] Or maybe he put tickets on the balloon

im never reading the news again

It's all the same op for all the alien threads. hmmm He's the NORAD guy! [editline]13th October 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=darkrei9n;25390195]Really?[/QUOTE] Hah

Op this is like your 10nth alien thred why not just make 1 general aliens thread instead of 10 stupid ones

Release big white balloons on day aliens were predicted to come to earth. maximum trolling

[URL="http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/midtown/?cam=empiresouth"]http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/midtown/?cam=empiresouth [/URL]

Just saw this in /v/, thought you'd like it FP. >Suddenly a massive UFO appears that blots out the sun for the entire of new york >the whole city goes silent >nothing moves or makes a sound >people staring upward at the seemingly endless expanse of metal hovering above their heads >a speaker crackles into life >"AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TRAILER FOR HALF LIFE 3"

[QUOTE=BackflipHatchetAttack;25390551]Just saw this in /v/, thought you'd like it FP. >Suddenly a massive UFO appears that blots out the sun for the entire of new york >the whole city goes silent >nothing moves or makes a sound >people staring upward at the seemingly endless expanse of metal hovering above their heads >a speaker crackles into life >"AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TRAILER FOR HALF LIFE 3"[/QUOTE] I want to believe.

[QUOTE=Redcow17;25387885]were geting invaded run guys i dont hav time to type so im rushing this important and vital message to save you all go in your basements and hide your children, hide your wife[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw[/media]

[QUOTE=BackflipHatchetAttack;25390551]Just saw this in /v/, thought you'd like it FP. >Suddenly a massive UFO appears that blots out the sun for the entire of new york >the whole city goes silent >nothing moves or makes a sound >GABE NEWELL IS SKYDIVING EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES[/QUOTE] fixed

[QUOTE=The Winner;25387877]I clearly see the swamp gas.[/QUOTE] lol, what does swamp gas even look like, apart from obviously mistaken as a UFO

I live right by the Hudson, I didn't see shit.

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;25387970][img_thumb]http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/10/14/alg_ufo.jpg[/img_thumb] that is [b]not[/b] a balloon.[/QUOTE] I don't know, I think I see the house from Up in that picture, you can clearly see the group of balloons, and the little speck to the bottom left of the large group could very well be the house.