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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

edhopper

(35,114 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2024, 05:34 PM Dec 26

Skeptical discussion of NJ Drones

I was going to post this in GD, but just don't want to deal with the true believers.

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Skeptical discussion of NJ Drones (Original Post) edhopper Dec 26 OP

This doesn't surprise me. Archae Dec 26 #1

Is it fair to say that this craze has disappeared from the news, now they've decided to look at politics in 2025? muriel_volestrangler Thursday #2

Archae

(46,928 posts)

1. This doesn't surprise me.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:49 PM

Dec 26

During WW2, in one town, the locals were plagued with a "phantom gasser."
Never found, it was simply rumors and mass hysteria.

Don't forget the "Satanic Panic" during the 1980's.

muriel_volestrangler

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2. Is it fair to say that this craze has disappeared from the news, now they've decided to look at politics in 2025?

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:10 PM

Thursday

Plus actual important news like wildfires, of course. So it looks like people and the media were bored, and needed a shiny object, literally, to distract them.

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