Thursday, January 25, 2007

UFO Explained - Like They Always Are

After getting way more coverage and attention than it deserved, including being featured on Drudge, the "lights 'not of this world' mystery" has been explained by what should have been the obvious assumption:

Air Force reveals weapons tests that sparked global UFO frenzy

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Officials say the colorful illuminations seen Jan. 9 over western Arkansas came from special military flares that slowly parachuted to the ground as part of an Air Force training mission involving A-10 aircraft pilots at nearby Fort Chaffee, a base used for testing weaponry.
Otherworldly lights (as photographed by a Air Force Colonel):

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Military flare:

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Now will you all shut up?