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A better question is, how do we have radar systems that can monitor aircraft at Mach 52 and tell that an object at 80,000 feet and 20,000 feet is the same thing? And why are they sharing that with the public?

edit: but to answer your question, a meteor.

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We know this because the radar operators are on record in many mainstream media interviews telling us the radar can track these objects performing in these ways. Also, why do you doubt that the radar can tell the difference between an object at 80,000 or one at 20,000? Our entire system of air traffic control would fail if they couldn't do that. But, I will tell you, you are wrong, it could not be a meteor. Meteors don't hover at 20,000 feet for hours, nor do they suddenly decide to shoot back up out of the atmosphere after spending hours hovering at 20,000 feet. Do you have another guess?

I mean I've got plenty of guesses.

- The operator is lying or otherwise mistaken

- A radar jamming system under test

- Noise and/or weather effects

- Multiple objects

- Cyber warfare

This isn't to say that I don't think extra-terrestrial intelligence isn't probably out there. I just think it's extremely improbable that they made it to earth.

I also think it's possible that the measurement device reported an object, and a human saw it, but the device wasn't measuring something that was there. Either by malfunction or sabotage/stealth technology.

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