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"What the hell is that?" — U.S. missile bounces off UFO

Séamus Bellamy
Sep 11, 2025
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Do you remember how none of the weapons the United States Air Force had could crash the shields baked into alien spacecraft in Independence Day? Pepperidge Farms space aliens do. Worse, they seem to have the technology to make the feat possible without Hollywood magic, as this video illustrates.

Shown during a House Oversight Committee's Task Force on th…

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