Black Triangles: What Is That Thing Up in the Air?

Dark Circle Datum
Sep 6, 2018 · 7 min read

We live in a time of increasing susceptibility to conspiratorial thinking. Some blame it on Trump and his war on mainstream information sources. Some point to social media’s ability to connect people with fringe beliefs. Whatever the cause, the results are easy to see.

I have a friend since childhood with whom I’ve had a decades-long conversation about UFOs. When we were teenagers, we used to stare at the sky for hours hoping to catch a glimpse of one. We live in rural GA, so the nighttime sky is much more visible than in urban areas. Much…

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