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Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs.

Posted October 10, 2007 9:06 AM

From washingtonpost.com:

Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month. "I heard someone say, 'Oh my god, look at those,' " the college senior from New York recalled. "I look up and I'm like, 'What the hell is that?' They looked kind of like dragonflies or little helicopters. But I mean, those are not insects." Out in the crowd, Bernard Crane saw them, too. "I'd never seen anything like it in my life," the Washington lawyer said. "They were large for dragonflies. I thought, 'Is that mechanical, or is that alive?' "

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10/10/2007 9:22 AM

Folks, I have been sayin this for years: Aliens are here. They are very smart. And they are very, very small.

It seems that the gov't has finally captured one of the crafts over in Area .0051. Where do you think all this nano-stuff originated from? Humans? Ha. It is a result of the study of insects, which possess no brain per se, but rather perform extremely compplex tasks by way of collective cellular communication.

Geez - it's about time someone listened to me.

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10/11/2007 9:49 AM

Quick! Call Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, they'll put those alien invaders in thier place!

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10/11/2007 11:37 AM

Hi,

observations state:

1. moving in synchronous motion,

2. 3 small balls lined up with a thin wire at the tail,

3. looks like blue metal

this is likely a true robot dragonfly.

Engine: electrical or hydraulic,

Power: microwave transmitted to the tail-antenna,

Wings: PET-foil (polyethyleneterephtalate) stretched over titanium or aluminum or magnesium frame,

Transmitters and cameras: any, frequency would be interesting but bandwidth is not sufficient as synchronism is no good idea.

I estimate very good DARPA work together with some of the involved research labs.

RHABE

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