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ForgedCrank

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37. The article

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 11:55 PM

7 hrs ago

very first words are "In the fog of war, clarity often arrives late. But conspiracy theories fill the void"
It's outright telling you the article is based on social media gossip

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The Downed Pilot Was A Cover Story To Extract Uranium [View all] gab13by13 23 hrs ago OP

Was there really a downed second pilot? FarPoint 23 hrs ago #1

Anyone miss Barbara Starr yet? gab13by13 23 hrs ago #2

The entire second pilot narrative was weird Buckeyeblue 22 hrs ago #3

Since the F-15 shot down has two crew members I'm going to say yes EX500rider 13 hrs ago #32

A pilot that was a colonel Renew Deal 12 hrs ago #34

He wasn't the pilot he was the back seat radar weapons operator EX500rider 7 hrs ago #35

I think so ...... H2O Man 7 hrs ago #36

Damn right Whip-poor-will 22 hrs ago #4

I, and some folks whose opinions I trust, displacedvermoter 22 hrs ago #5

India Today - Bias and Credibility littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #6

Thank you for posting this, gab13by13 22 hrs ago #9

My pleasure, gab13by13. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #33

The article characterizes this as the latest unconfirmed online conspiracy theory. sl8 22 hrs ago #7

There are photos of the destroyed aircraft gab13by13 22 hrs ago #10

Two C-130s and two Black Hawks were "lost" Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #11

And one of the article's anonymous sources on Twitter also claims Oct 7 was a false flag attack by Israel muriel_volestrangler 21 hrs ago #15

There were a bunch of destroyed aircraft Red Mountain 22 hrs ago #8

"The first casualty in any war is the truth." JohnnyRingo 21 hrs ago #12

Very interesting article, compelling arguments, a few more investigative reporters need to look into this further. sop 21 hrs ago #13

"India Today" is your source? Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #14

You mean corporate media? BannonsLiver 18 hrs ago #23

But they were negotiating to hand it over until Trump cancelled negotiations and started bombing with Israel. ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #16

LOL Greg_In_SF 21 hrs ago #17

How many soldiers died in this failed mission? They haven't told us the whole story yet... liberalla 21 hrs ago #18

I've been suspicious of the story, like many. hamsterjill 20 hrs ago #19

Hitler had a great way of getting consensus among his Generals FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #20

I agree and what happened to the pilot? the_liberal_grandpa 20 hrs ago #21

I don't know what to believe BannonsLiver 18 hrs ago #22

Well, you can read the article which says "no credible evidence has yet emerged to substantiate these allegations" muriel_volestrangler 18 hrs ago #24

That's fine, but it's not just about one story. BannonsLiver 17 hrs ago #28

No, it is just about one story. The story this thread is about. muriel_volestrangler 16 hrs ago #30

Orwell wept. "No evidence" is overwhelming evidence sarisataka 18 hrs ago #25

This is just too despicable. Baitball Blogger 18 hrs ago #26

They is plenty of odditys to support the theory. yourout 17 hrs ago #27

Seems there are some questions in need of answering. yellow dahlia 16 hrs ago #29

The amount of planes- "150" is not really a red flag to me EX500rider 15 hrs ago #31

The article ForgedCrank 7 hrs ago #37

Another source canetoad 6 hrs ago #38

from your link... WarGamer 5 hrs ago #39