# Unidentified Flying Object crashes in Croatia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-flying-object-crashes-in-croatia/960905 "2022-03-11T16:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-flying-object-crashes-in-croatia/960905/1 "2022-03-11T16:16:16Z")
That’s the headline on HuffPost, but you should know that it’s quite literal. They don’t say that an Alien Spacecraft has crashed in Eastern Europe, but that a Flying Object that hasn’t been identified has. Speculation is that it’s a drone from over in Ukraine that somehow got off course. There’s awar going on there, I understand > [@](#): > > ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A flying object crashed overnight on the outskirts of the Croatian capital, Zagreb, triggering a loud blast but apparently causing no injuries, police said Friday. > > Some media reports said that the mysterious object could be a drone that flew to the Croatian capital from the Ukrainian war zone hundreds of miles away. Others said it could be a small plane. The reports could not be immediately confirmed. > > … > > Photos from the scene show metal pieces of the wreckage spread on the ground and what seems to be a section of a wing. Police sealed off the area of the blast for investigation. > > Witnesses quoted by the media said they first heard a large explosion that rocked the ground, then a foul smell. > **[Unidentified Flying Object Crashes In Croatia, Triggering Blast](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/croatia-flying-object_n_622b1e78e4b06349371c1896)** > > Local media suggested the mysterious object could have been a drone that flew from the Ukrainian war zone hundreds of miles away. This is a good time to point out that “Unidentified Flying Object” is a real term with a literal meaning that has pretty much been hijacked by the paranormal community. As Donald Menzel and Philip Klass, UFO skeptics both, have pointed out, frequently the unidentified phenomena reported as mysterious and possibly an alien craft might be “unidentified”, but isn’t necessarily “flying” or an “object”. Astronomical bodies 9the moon, stars, planets) have been cited. Also things like sundogs and fragmentary haloes, not to mention mirages and the like. In this case there was a real object, it was flying, and it still hasn’t been identified. ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-flying-object-crashes-in-croatia/960905/2 "2022-03-11T18:43:24Z")
It’s Tupolev Tu-141 unmanned aircraft. It’s unclear whether it belonged to Russian or Ukrainian army. It probably collapsed because it ran out of fuel; it’s range is about 1000 km. I hope it’s a mistake and not a provocation, the implications would be awful. Another drone was in Hungarian airspace 12 hours later. So, the six ton aircraft flew over the three NATO countries; Romania, Hungary (40 minutes) until it finally fell in the Croatian capital. So much for the NATO radars. _Interesting oddity is that it fell in the Zagreb neighbourhood of Jarun. There’s a town with the same name near Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Could be a programming mistake._ ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-flying-object-crashes-in-croatia/960905/3 "2022-03-11T20:44:53Z")
> [@Moris](#): > > So much for the NATO radars Indeed, [the thing doesn’t look in any way designed for stealth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-141). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-flying-object-crashes-in-croatia/960905/4 "2022-03-11T21:29:39Z")
The drones and missiles are going rogue! > **[India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-says-accidentally-fired-missile-pakistan-rcna19652)** > > The incident occurred because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance earlier this week, India's defense ministry said in a statement.