“This has been a test, and only a test.
“Of the Emergency Propaganda System.
“In case of a real emergency, we would have bombed you already.
“Or infected you with a new disease from one of our gain-of-function labs.
“Or (and this is a real stretch) found the missing plutonium that’s always whispered about.
“Instead, the mystery drones were a scheduled test run of a newly developed drone technology, which the FAA had this last month scheduled as a testing period for the product. The developer is an above-board military contractor in New Jersey. The test period was indicated in a bulletin. Somebody outside the military must’ve read it.
“Now, if we had the interests of the citizens in mind we would have made a big deal out of the FAA bulletin. Or at least referred to it after people began noticing the drones.
“But let’s get real. We did not do either of those things. Instead, we reacted as if we knew nothing. And, of course, most government functionaries knew nothing. But the Biden administration knew,* and the Federal Aviation Administration knew, and the CIA and the NSA and the military knew. We could have told everyone the whole truth.
“We didn’t because we needed to learn how people would react to a swarm of oversized drones dotting the skyscape. This was a test of how Americans would react in a possible (and admittedly eerie) emergency.
“And, boy, did citizens react entertainingly. Some people — easily confused by parallax effects — saw more drones than existed, misidentifying normal airliners for drones, for grand example.
“Some people opportunistically made fake video footage. Some of those fakers may or may not have been paid by tax dollars.
“And some people noticed non-drone UFOs, and reported them. We won’t talk about those, either, even when they appear over the Pentagon.
“Remember: Only a test.”
And this, here at ThisIsCommonSense.org, is Common Sense. And I’m Paul Jacob.
* Unless nobody bothered to tell the Lame Duck-in-Chief. See Wednesday’s witless assurance.
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