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Trump replied, “I’ll tell you, it’s a funny thing because I think that might be a question that I get more than any question. It is the craziest thing. So we have that so-called area, they consider it like a sacred area, and I will say this, I don’t think I’m a believer, but I have interviewed pilots that look – I like Tom Cruise – but better than Tom Cruise.”

He continued, “They were in the Oval Office, three or four pilots, these are not people that makeup stories, they said, ‘All I know, sir, is there was a round object that was going four times faster than my F-22,’ which is a very fast plane.”

Trump concluded, “Four or five guys I’ve interviewed, solid people, great pilots for the U.S. Air Force, etcetera, they’ve seen things that they cannot explain.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I have and am hopeful it passes as written.

I really like what Ryan Graves is doing with Americans for Safe Aerospace.

Some people may try to waive sightings away as pilots seeing advanced technology, but there is no scenario where an active advanced tech project is engaging with military pilots to the point of near misses.

You don't risk your pilots and multi-million dollar jets on "playing around" like that, even as a tech demo