Posted: 12/26/2025 2:38:25 AM EDT
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Guess they never left: https://modernity.news/2025/12/24/wyoming-dealing-with-eerie-ufo-problem-being-described-as-new-normal/ |
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Originally Posted By Bushleaguepilot: Guess they never left: https://modernity.news/2025/12/24/wyoming-dealing-with-eerie-ufo-problem-being-described-as-new-normal/ The first thing that comes to mind is China. I'm really curious whether we really aren't able to determine what they are, or we know and aren't saying. I really hope that it's the latter, since judging from the eyewitness accounts, it seems that it would be easy enough to send a plane or helicopter up there to take a look. |
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Originally Posted By absael: The first thing that comes to mind is China. I'm really curious whether we really aren't able to determine what they are, or we know and aren't saying. I really hope that it's the latter, since judging from the eyewitness accounts, it seems that it would be easy enough to send a plane or helicopter up there to take a look. Or just a bunch of other drones? I mean, depending on how long the sightings last, it should be easy enough to get a few up in the air if people were carrying their hobby drones around in their cars or something. That idea doesn't seem like rocket surgery or brain science to me, but I live in a Wyoming-adjacent state, and that whole rural-life mentality "leave me be and I won't bother you" lack of curiosity is real. |
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Originally Posted By absael: The first thing that comes to mind is China. I'm really curious whether we really aren't able to determine what they are, or we know and aren't saying. I really hope that it's the latter, since judging from the eyewitness accounts, it seems that it would be easy enough to send a plane or helicopter up there to take a look. I concur, I really think it's China, and my greatest fear is that we know and can't do anything about it... or worse TPTB are indeed so sold out they just aren't going to do anything about it. I believe this is tied in with the NJ drones and the Langley and Wright Pat AFB incidents. |
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Originally Posted By j_hooker: Wow, It was in Sweetwater County where we saw the UFO over the abandoned Uranium mine. That was 13 years ago. It was large and disk shaped in broad daylight. Very cool, would you mind expanding on that a bit? Specific size, color, sound etc. |
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Being a regular thing, there should be plenty of photos and footage. But I’ve only found one picture. Attached File https://www.aol.com/news/wyoming-power-plant-booming-suspected-025513640.html?utm_source=www.memo-daily.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-sale-reshapes-u-s-tech-power |
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Originally Posted By sq40: Being a regular thing, there should be plenty of photos and footage. But I’ve only found one picture. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/49447/IMG_2742_jpeg-3683556.JPG https://www.aol.com/news/wyoming-power-plant-booming-suspected-025513640.html?utm_source=www.memo-daily.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tiktok-sale-reshapes-u-s-tech-power I was about to come post the same remark. Why no pictures or videos. At least make an attempt! |
| My question is if this is something nefarious that either a nation or other bad actor is responsible for, why would they even have lights on them that draw unnecessary attention? |
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Originally Posted By 9mmCarbine: My question is if this is something nefarious that either a nation or other bad actor is responsible for, why would they even have lights on them that draw unnecessary attention? Perhaps being seen is part of the conditioning, or response testing. According to the article, people have stopped reporting, perhaps that is part of a desired affect. |
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Originally Posted By 9mmCarbine: My question is if this is something nefarious that either a nation or other bad actor is responsible for, why would they even have lights on them that draw unnecessary attention? It would reason that a bad actor could use drones quite easily here on US soil, hence the recent drone ban. The US gov should investigate and find the source. Recon of critical infrastructure by a bad actor is a high priority national security threat. With the proliferation of cheap “suicide drones” with explosive packages should make it clear just how bad they can be for the US. US air assets could probably loiter and track drones without much issue. If these drones are not trackable then it’s a much bigger issue. |
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Originally Posted By elmanotejas: A mystery to me is, if these objects are often sighted over power stations and nuclear sites, why has the government not reacted? We get drone sightings a couple times per year. We report them to law enforcement, whom have about a 45-minute response time. There is nothing to follow up on by the time LE gets there. I don't think a lot of people understand just how rural WY is. 10th largest state by land area, yet dead last in population. It's freaking remote out here! Its not that we don't WANT to do anything about them, there just really isn't much we can do. Believe me, there are plenty of people out here that would gladly shoot down the drones or otherwise capture them (myself included), but company policy means that would almost certainly cost you your job. |
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Originally Posted By LipschitzWrath: I work at a power station in the area referenced in this thread. We get drone sightings a couple times per year. We report them to law enforcement, whom have about a 45-minute response time. There is nothing to follow up on by the time LE gets there. I don't think a lot of people understand just how rural WY is. 10th largest state by land area, yet dead last in population. It's freaking remote out here! Its not that we don't WANT to do anything about them, there just really isn't much we can do. Believe me, there are plenty of people out here that would gladly shoot down the drones or otherwise capture them (myself included), but company policy means that would almost certainly cost you your job. Originally Posted By LipschitzWrath: Originally Posted By elmanotejas: A mystery to me is, if these objects are often sighted over power stations and nuclear sites, why has the government not reacted? We get drone sightings a couple times per year. We report them to law enforcement, whom have about a 45-minute response time. There is nothing to follow up on by the time LE gets there. I don't think a lot of people understand just how rural WY is. 10th largest state by land area, yet dead last in population. It's freaking remote out here! Its not that we don't WANT to do anything about them, there just really isn't much we can do. Believe me, there are plenty of people out here that would gladly shoot down the drones or otherwise capture them (myself included), but company policy means that would almost certainly cost you your job. I'm referring to Fed resources. Are there no military air resources in WY capable of a rapid response? Seems like encroachment on power and nuclear sites would justify an investigation. |
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Originally Posted By LipschitzWrath: I work at a power station in the area referenced in this thread. We get drone sightings a couple times per year. We report them to law enforcement, whom have about a 45-minute response time. There is nothing to follow up on by the time LE gets there. I don't think a lot of people understand just how rural WY is. 10th largest state by land area, yet dead last in population. It's freaking remote out here! Its not that we don't WANT to do anything about them, there just really isn't much we can do. Believe me, there are plenty of people out here that would gladly shoot down the drones or otherwise capture them (myself included), but company policy means that would almost certainly cost you your job. Instead of shooting them down and losing a job, how about getting video or pictures? If such a thing didn’t violate company policy as well. Then again it could be ya’ll ain’t got time for that ‘cause you’re working. |
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Originally Posted By elmanotejas: I'm referring to Fed resources. Are there no military air resources in WY capable of a rapid response? Seems like encroachment on power and nuclear sites would justify an investigation. Originally Posted By elmanotejas: Originally Posted By LipschitzWrath: Originally Posted By elmanotejas: A mystery to me is, if these objects are often sighted over power stations and nuclear sites, why has the government not reacted? We get drone sightings a couple times per year. We report them to law enforcement, whom have about a 45-minute response time. There is nothing to follow up on by the time LE gets there. I don't think a lot of people understand just how rural WY is. 10th largest state by land area, yet dead last in population. It's freaking remote out here! Its not that we don't WANT to do anything about them, there just really isn't much we can do. Believe me, there are plenty of people out here that would gladly shoot down the drones or otherwise capture them (myself included), but company policy means that would almost certainly cost you your job. I'm referring to Fed resources. Are there no military air resources in WY capable of a rapid response? Seems like encroachment on power and nuclear sites would justify an investigation. That was my thought as well, that surely they must have some resources to protect the airspace, at a minimum. But that may very well be harder than it sounds. The larger issue though is that in order to get to the bottom of this, they need to find out who is operating the drones and what their intent is, and that seems to me to be a nearly intractable problem. If any government agency anywhere in the world has had much success with this, I haven't heard about it. |
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Originally Posted By HighlanderI: Instead of shooting them down and losing a job, how about getting video or pictures? If such a thing didn’t violate company policy as well. Then again it could be ya’ll ain’t got time for that ‘cause you’re working. This. Get a good camera (not your phone) with a decent lens and take pics. If it only happens at night, borrow the thermal vision camera the electricians probably have to check over the station for hot spots, and take some video. Every district in my company has at least one very expensive FLIR camera that they use to find problems at the stations before they become actual problems. I mean, I can't say if your company has such equipment or practices in place, but if they do, seems like a very good use for it. Drones, of any type, should not be flying near generating facilities, substations, etc. Our linemen are starting to use them to patrol line corridors, but they're never near the stations. |
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