{"id":548,"date":"2025-03-09T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/2012-while-on-deployment-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T14:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:44:04","slug":"2012-while-on-deployment-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/2012-while-on-deployment-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 While on deployment in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2012 Deployment in Afghanistan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3 AM, January 2012<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Helmand Province, Afghanistan  <\/p>\n<p>As a former combat Marine with extensive experience handling various firearms, rockets, mortars, and explosives, I was well-acquainted with the diverse weapons used on both sides of the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>One night, while on guard duty with another Marine atop a compound roof, we witnessed something extraordinary. A cylindrical object, approximately 18 inches long and resembling a narrow tube or an oversized writing pen, flew past us at around 20 feet away. Despite having a faint trail of light behind it\u2014similar to a tracer\u2014it made no sound and followed a perfectly straight trajectory. The object moved swiftly enough for us to see it clearly as it passed, then vanished without a trace. We remained silent, anticipating the sound of it hitting the ground or something else, but there was only silence.<\/p>\n<p>After about a minute, we exchanged hushed whispers to confirm that we had both seen the same unexplainable phenomenon. Just 30 seconds into our discussion, an explosion erupted in an alley approximately 10-20 yards away from our position on the rooftop. We felt the heat of the blast but were not in danger from shrapnel or gunfire. Communication with command revealed no defensive measures were initiated.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t shake the feeling that the sighting and the explosion were somehow connected. I&#8217;d appreciate any insights that might help shed light on what we experienced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n2012 Deployment in Afghanistan Time: 3 AM, January 2012 Location: Helmand Province, Afghanistan As a former combat Marine with extensive experience handling various firearms, rockets, mortars, and explosives, I was well-acquainted with the diverse weapons used on both sides of the battlefield. One night, while on guard duty with another Marine atop a compound roof,&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/2012-while-on-deployment-in-afghanistan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;2012 While on deployment in Afghanistan&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}