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Did a UFO Roll Through on D.C.’s Beltway Last Night? See the Pic

Military Drone Transported From West Virginia to Maryland on D.C.s Beltway Spurs UFO Tweets

This photo was taken from a passing vehicle showing the drone transported on a highway near Washington, D.C. (Photo: tonytbaybay/Instagram)

Under the cloak of darkness a strangely shaped vessel was transported on Washington, D.C.’s Beltway, causing some to question if it was a UFO.

Around 11 p.m. Wednesday evening, reports of a disc-shaped object carried on a flatbed truck making its way along I-270 and I-495 escorted by police began causing a ruckus on Twitter, MyFoxDC reports.

It wasn’t long before Maryland State Police set the record straight and confirmed what would be the next logical conclusion — that it was in fact a military drone and not a UFO. MyFoxDC reports the Northrup Grumman drone was being taken from West Virginia to the Patuxent Naval Air Station in Maryland.

Military Drone Transported From West Virginia to Maryland on D.C.s Beltway Spurs UFO Tweets

The type of drone transported is not confirmed but some reports liken it to the X-47B. (Photo: Northrup Grumman/Wikimedia)

Here are some of the tweets that came from the sighting last night:

Military Drone Transported From West Virginia to Maryland on D.C.s Beltway Spurs UFO Tweets

Military Drone Transported From West Virginia to Maryland on D.C.s Beltway Spurs UFO Tweets

Military Drone Transported From West Virginia to Maryland on D.C.s Beltway Spurs UFO Tweets

Military Drone Transported From West Virginia to Maryland on D.C.s Beltway Spurs UFO Tweets

Watch MyFoxDC’s report:

NBC Washington states Maryland police do not know exactly what sort of drone it was — although it is circulating that it’s a X-47B — but they do know it is 82 feet long, 32 feet wide and 14 feet high.

A similar event occurred late last year in Crowley County, Kansas. An X-47B drone was seen being towed along U.S. Highway 77 toward the Maryland naval base. Residents initially thought it was a UFO as well.

Comments (71)

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  • RedManBlueState
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 11:31am

    If this were supposed to be a secret, there would be a tarp over it. This thing is illuminated from underneath. This was done for show.

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 1:11pm

      follow the money, somewhere down the line obama has interest in the drone building program..

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    • BoliverBBucklenutz
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 1:19pm

      Uncovered and illuminated as if to say“Looky looky at my toy” …. lol. yeah that fits obummer.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:06pm

      This is what happens when you give Aliens a AAA card….

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  • The Gooch
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 11:13am

    Wow. If this was an U(nidentified) F(lying) O(bject), shouldn’t it have been flying?
    Oh, wait. It was an Unidentified Flatbed Object.
    “I see something I don‘t recognize or can’t explain! Cue my mind’s inventory of pop culture mythology: Bigfoot? Nope. But he might be driving the truck. Vampire? Well, it is dark, but that’s one funky coffin. Werewolf? Nope. It would be chasing the truck and biting the tires. Ghost? Nope. Ghost trucks (truck ghosts?) only appear after midnight. UFO. Bingo. Breaker, breaker, good buddy! I’ve got E.T. on my rig looking for a pay phone! He says his glowing finger/shiny, bald head/silver jumpsuit plays hell with cell reception.”

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  • Archtard
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:54am

    Morons, the lot of you.

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  • JakTx1
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:45am

    So, has anyone asked the obvious question? Why are we making drones that DON’T fly? Why do they have to be driven to the AFB, not flown? My kids can fly their RC helicopters and planes, so why can they just plug in some pilot in Copper Mountain in Colorado and fire the thing up….they have to disrupt traffic on the Beltway for this! Commute times are already horrible, but now we have to deal with taking planes on flatbeds that normally fly on their own with pilots from thousands of miles away, but they can’t fly across town?

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    • msoeguy
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 11:05am

      I believe the standard answer given is that it is difficult/dangerous to fly an unmanned drone through commercial airspace. Plus many of them are still experimental, not really something you want flying through commercial traffic or over populated areas.

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    • lfoa
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 11:07am

      DUH!
      Did you ever consider it isn’t completed yet…..

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    • filiusdracul
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 11:44am

      Because the first time you fly them, they drop in Kelley Blue Book value.

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    • Nathaniel Horn
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 1:00pm

      It’s a test of the expanding domestic spying system. Like a trial balloon of sorts. It is lit from below to make it more obvious. If people get used to seeing them, there will be less problems and objections to the government when they really start spying on us in earnest. Phase one was getting us accustomed to having our personal space violated by the TSA. That was and is a smashing success. The sheep don‘t even know what’s really going on. Isn’t that great? Have a nice day.

      P.S. Oh by the way, did anyone notice that the country is going to hell in a hand-basket? Just curious.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 8:47pm

      @JakTx1
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:45am

      So, has anyone asked the obvious question? Why are we making drones that DON’T fly? Why do they have to be driven to the AFB, not flown? My kids can fly their RC helicopters and planes, so why can they just plug in some pilot in Copper Mountain in Colorado and fire the thing up….they have to disrupt traffic on the Beltway for this! Commute times are already horrible, but now we have to deal with taking planes on flatbeds that normally fly on their own with pilots from thousands of miles away, but they can’t fly across town?
      ****
      2 words: “TEAMSTERS UNION!

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    • 99oxymoron
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 11:56am

      Copper Mountain?? Why would some one at a ski resort be flying a drone? lol

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  • redbone007
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:29am

    DammObama’s Drone looking for someone.

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  • NathanHale2
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:26am

    If things continue to look bleak for Obummer’s re-election hopes, there will be no election. Fire at the Reichstag anyone?

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    • Yuuperguy
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:26am

      Do you really believe that? Maybe you should go back to civics class. How would any president take over the country? By using your friends and neighbors in the national guard? You people talking about President Obama as if he were a dictator make me laugh.

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  • 3monkeysmomma
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:24am

    Dang. I thought for a minute the mother ship had returned for Maxine Waters and Barney Fwank.

    Way to get my hopes up, Blaze!

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  • Magyar
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:20am

    I so wish this really was a UFO headed to the WH to pick up bodies for experimentation!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:25am

      They could examine all of them and find no trace of brain matter at all…

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    • chips1
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 12:46am

      He has already been probed.

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  • momrules
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 10:05am

    This might not be news to some but it was to me.

    http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/64-drone-bases-on-us-soil/

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    • Alabascom
      Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:12am

      To MOMRULES, I don’t know what the official definition of a “base” is, but I looked at several locations on that map that are very familiar to me and there is no possible way for a drone to be based there; parked on a truck perhaps, but no runway. One other location I saw is a place where drones are manufactured (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems), but is it a base? Some other locations, however were legit, like at an airport. Calm down.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:55am

    Showing off the newest weapon of oppresion for usage against the US Citizens; these are being deliberatly shown off.

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  • Tigress1
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:49am

    These drones look expensive. How much are they costing US anyway? Did Congress approve of this expenditure, or was it funded from the money that Obama cut from the military by laying off soldiers? Or did Obama simply “bypass Congress” like he did when he gave money to the Muslim Brotherhood?

    Report Post » Tigress1  
  • THX-1138
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:47am

    Remind me to invest in the anti-drone business. There’s money to be made here…

    Report Post » THX-1138  
  • thibx
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:43am

    watch what you say you will be on oboma’s kill list. especially after the election.

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  • Tigress1
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:43am

    Who ever thought that Obama’s “civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded [as the military]“? would be used to spy on American CIVILIANS?

    Report Post » Tigress1  
  • Slowman101
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:43am

    We Mean Your Planet No Harm!!

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  • lukerw
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:41am

    Mr OverLord… they are here… for you!

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  • Tigress1
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:37am

    I never thought I’d see the day when the U.S. would have drones to spy on Americans.
    Happy Flag Day anyway!

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  • needmoinfo
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:31am

    How big is Obama’s securtiy now? Are drones in the US just an extension? And what makes him think he needs protection from US citizens? Is he protecting himself, unidentied others? What’s up.

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:26am

    Looks like a flying saucer to me………..HA, HA!

    Report Post » RightPolitically  
  • TEARS FOR AMERICA
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:24am

    Nanny state from the sky watchin’ you…

    Report Post » TEARS FOR AMERICA  
  • POET
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:23am

    This Drone biz as a weapon of choice should be slowed way down.
    And this administration is handling it like a Ten year old with a Chain Saw .
    The United States has demonstrated its capability ,that should be enough .
    Using it as an Intel. gathering tool is one thing but using it as if you are some sort of God that rains death out of no where will only breed hatred . There will be blow back.

    Report Post » POET  
  • Teabunny
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:23am

    hey…why is TEA associated with a Soros Group?
    http://www.newstaco.com/2011/09/08/tea-party-associated-with-racist-immigration-group-fair/

    http://elohimreigns.blogspot.com/2011/08/dtn-fair-immigration-policy-for-racist.html

    Report Post » Teabunny  
    • Teabunny
      Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:53am

      sorry…FAIR is the group Mit is with…Firm is soros!

      Report Post » Teabunny  
  • Teabunny
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:13am

    Breaking news…Egypts high court declares 1/3 of parliamentary seats void! https://twitter.com/#!/Reuters

    Report Post » Teabunny  
  • momrules
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:08am

    I understand that Obama is facinated with drones and drone strikes. He also likes to play.

    Are we sure that this wasn’t delivered to the White House as a new toy for Dear Leader?

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:06am

    Knee Klak klack netendo.

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