Description

Following PJ's tweet a few days ago, there have been numerous responses of "It's secret U.S. tech being tested on the Navy crews". To emphasize that the U.S. military have been aware of Tic-Tac and sphere objects for over 70 years - an image from the Second Schweinfurt raid on 14 October 1943 shows at Tic-Tac in flight, which also casts a shadow on the ground:

Tic-Tac upper right; shadow lower left (https://preview.redd.it/5vi2lwygawea1.png?width=687&format=png&auto=w…)

The same image also has multiple spheres in flight:

Sphere (https://preview.redd.it/iq1x251qawea1.png?width=337&format=png&auto=w…)

Spheres (https://preview.redd.it/oqpgrsrsawea1.png?width=586&format=png&auto=w…)

The image can be found on the Wikipedia page for the battle during which the photograph was taken: Second Schweinfurt, otherwise known as "Black Thursday":

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Schweinfurt_raid (https://preview.redd.it/fyvb0x68bwea1.jpg?width=3340&format=pjpg&auto…)

The shadows from the smoke, the bomber's directional heading in relation to the River Main that runs through Schweinfurt are all consistent with the sun's position in the late morning in that geographic location on 14 October 1943. The shadow cast by the Tic-Tac relative to its position in the sky and the sun's position is also consistent.

The shadow on the bomber itself is caused by the "Combat Box" formation the bombing group were flying in that day, a concecpt developed by the then Col. Curtis LeMay:

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Combat_box (https://preview.redd.it/q4l0xzuncwea1.png?width=727&format=png&auto=w…)

The shadow cast by the tail wheel of the high element aircraft is clearly visible on the port wing, No.2 engine:

Tail wheel shadow (https://preview.redd.it/g2kvy0b3dwea1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=w…)

An intelligence report of unknown objects encountered during the battle was filed and sent to Col. Kingman Douglas, Intelligence Chief for the 8th Air Force, as well as U.K. Bomber Command. After the war Douglas was credited as being the main driver for the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency.

http:\/\/www.project1947.com\/articles\/enclair.htm (https://preview.redd.it/wnyxbwwlewea1.png?width=790&format=png&auto=w…)

The objects were described by the crew of B-17 026 "Battlewagon", 384th Bombardment Group in the mission debrief combat report:

https:\/\/photos.384thbombgroup.com\/picture.php?\/206574\/category\/4667 (https://preview.redd.it/ag84og74fwea1.jpg?width=1814&format=pjpg&auto…)

Why were they interested in this battle? Probably due to the carnage we inflicted upon one another:

https://preview.redd.it/ib24ntmajwea1.jpg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=…

https://preview.redd.it/iyugcmscjwea1.jpg?width=394&format=pjpg&auto=…

https://preview.redd.it/21m473udjwea1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=…

Images from: https://markloveshistory.com/2019/10/15/a-horrific-day-over-schweinfu…

The obvious conclusion therefore is this: as they have been around for a LONG time, they are are NOT made by humans.

Edit: It has been pointed out that the first bombers were over Schweinfurt on Black Thursday were in the late morning. The Air Force Mueseum doesn't say which airframe is in the picture, but as the smoke has only just started to appear over the city it is reasonable to assume this aircraft was one of the first of the raid. The 8th Air Force lost 60 B-17s over Schweinfurt (600 air crew killed or captured) on Black Thursday.