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I can't believe I agreed with a chemtrails theory at a party! Now my friends won't stop teasing me!
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josephadams7mo ago
Seen those old debunking videos where they show it's just plane condensation? Makes sense in the moment though.
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flores.patricia7mo ago
Watched a whole podcast breakdown about how flight paths stack up over certain areas. They showed maps where like six major airport approach corridors all cross near these common "UFO hotspots". Totally get why someone seeing three parallel lines at sunset would freak out, but it's literally just a United flight from Denver, a cargo plane, and maybe a military jet all heading different directions at different heights. Our brains just want to connect the dots into one weird thing.
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quinnr587mo ago
@flores.patricia Did that podcast name any of those specific hotspots? Always wondered if places like the Hudson Valley or that one spot in Texas line up with the maps. Seems like once a story gets going about weird lights in an area, every normal plane after that just adds to the myth. Makes you question how many other "mysteries" are just people not having the basic facts about how crowded the sky actually is.
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the_diana7mo ago
Man, haven't we all been there? I got way too into a conversation about crop circles once before realizing how easy it is to fake them. It's so easy to get caught up in the moment. What @quinnr58 said about stories getting going really hits home. Once you hear a "fact" about your own area, you start seeing proof everywhere. I spent a whole summer convinced the airport's landing lights were something else, just because a neighbor mentioned it once. You have to step back and look at the normal explanation first.
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