July 27, 2002

1:09 PM

did anyone else in the dc area see this?and does this man know something we dont?
posted by specialk420 (14 comments total)

Weird. Thanks for the link, I always read the Post but I somehow missed it this morning

Allow me tho: maybe _this_ man knows something
posted by matteo at 1:19 PM on July 27, 2002

What are the scenarios? Is everything really fine in the sky or is that standard for "we have no idea".
posted by stbalbach at 1:29 PM on July 27, 2002

I suspect Bill Clinton knows, at least according to this story related by Webster Hubbell. Wouldn't that be the first thing YOU'D want to know if you were president?
posted by Faze at 1:31 PM on July 27, 2002

I think it's great that a well-known celebrity is one of the people involved....but come on guys, this Engrish thing has gone on long enough. Renny Rogers? It's time for the internet to become a bit more PC.
posted by bradth27 at 2:32 PM on July 27, 2002

I want to believe
posted by m@ at 2:35 PM on July 27, 2002

me too, m@, me too.
posted by bradth27 at 2:50 PM on July 27, 2002

Are you implying that AG Ashcroft is an alien? Hmmm...
posted by HTuttle at 3:00 PM on July 27, 2002

For sure those aliens are gonna be deported.
posted by dhartung at 4:13 PM on July 27, 2002

"It was this object, this light-blue object, traveling at a phenomenal rate of speed," Rogers said. "This Air Force jet was right behind it, chasing it, but the object was just leaving him in the dust."

Hmmm.. Superman promo?
posted by slipperywhenwet at 4:21 PM on July 27, 2002

What a coincidence that this story appears on the same day as a story about tiny flying robots.
posted by wackybrit at 5:56 PM on July 27, 2002

"But they scoff at the idea that the jets were chasing a strange and speedy, blue unidentified flying object."

Well, of course they scoff. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones got to them first with the Neuralizer.
posted by ChaosKitty at 6:00 PM on July 27, 2002

I really wish MeFi had a points system, I want to give out a (+1, Funny) to the poster above.
posted by wackybrit at 8:04 PM on July 27, 2002

Yeah, and we know what happened to Webster Hubbell.....(died.......duh!)
posted by ericdano at 10:58 PM on July 27, 2002

Tiny flying robots eh? Truly, the Simpsons is the Oracle of our times:

The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea.
They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall
mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by
small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is
clear: To build and maintain those robots.
posted by insomnyuk at 11:31 PM on July 27, 2002