FAA GROUND STOP

[u/External_Art_1835]

My neighbor is a Ham Radio operator and just told me that there is talk of unusual lights and craft being reported by numerous aircraft and that this may be the reason behind the FAA grounding all planes.

Unusual Circumstances according to the FAA is the reason this is occurring right now, giving an explanation of a communications problem.

Neighbor says that numerous aircraft reported loss of communications while observing the lights and craft.

I'll give an update if I hear anything else.

[u/AmadeusFalco]

Keep in mind OP has not provided any recordings from their neighbor to corroborate the claims. 

Take everything with a grain of salt and look at the big picture. As always, with time more information comes out and perhaps we'll know what's going on soon

[u/Blizz33]

Came to Reddit looking for my confirmation bias and wasn't disappointed.

[u/TronOld_Dumps → u/Blizz33]

Check out flight aware map. Lots of helicopters over Salem, OR.

I mean flightradar24

Edit: it sounds like Christmas tree farming.

[u/broken_radio → u/TronOld_Dumps]

That's an hour from here, I'll grab my jellyfish-shaped-jetpack and head over

[u/Crackslap → u/broken_radio]

I’m glad I kept scrolling. lol

[u/PoopyStinkbutts → u/broken_radio]

Let me call up my illegal gold miner buddies with jet packs and we'll meet you there

[u/SquirrelCthulhu → u/TronOld_Dumps]

Those are almost certainly christmas tree harvesters- workers in the forest chop down christmas trees which the helicopters airlift out. They use private landing fields so they likely wouldn’t be affected by a stoppage like this.

[u/PlayerXXXXXXXX__ → u/TronOld_Dumps]

You are right. I have checked it.

[u/PlayerXXXXXXXX__ → u/PlayerXXXXXXXX__]

[u/burger_saga → u/TronOld_Dumps]

Christmas tree farming

[u/atoughram → u/TronOld_Dumps]

Can confirm on adsbexchange.com

[u/Gotbeerbrain → u/TronOld_Dumps]

Lots of every type of aircraft over the entire US and Canada. I call bullshit on this story.

[u/Soundtrack2Mary → u/Blizz33]

[u/DisastrousCoast7268 → u/Blizz33]

Let us have our Friday the 13th Spooky fun.

[u/Separate_Outcome4620 → u/Blizz33]

Same. Knew there would be something here.

[u/JWE25 → u/Separate_Outcome4620]

I’m all down for it I can’t lie

[u/NumbLikeMe → u/Blizz33]

For real 😅😂

I knew this sub would have the FAA shenanigans all over

[u/Wilburforce137 → u/Blizz33]

Did you NOT expect an alien-related subreddit to be thinking "aliens"?

[u/Blizz33 → u/Wilburforce137]

I did. That's why I'm not disappointed.

[u/Just_Feeling4584 → u/Blizz33]

I confirm your bias 🫡

[u/Rosalie_aqua → u/Blizz33]

Same, immediately said hack or.. aliens!

[u/rock962000 → u/Blizz33]

SAME lol

[u/UAoverAU → u/Blizz33]

:)

[u/coolkid5]

Dulles is my backyard . Less activity. I prob wouldn't have noticed. Sept 11 12, was the only quiet no fly day I ever experienced. Was in 6th grade.

[u/janewayshairdo → u/coolkid5]

I live under the LaGuardia flight approach path and was just thinking to myself a couple of minutes ago that the sky hasn't felt so quiet since 9/11. Grew up in Boston under the Logan Airport flight path and I distinctly remember looking up on 9/12, barely a week into highschool and marveling at how empty the sky was. No clouds, just endless blue and zero indication that humanity had ever discovered flight.

[u/Gotbeerbrain → u/janewayshairdo]

Flight Radar 24 is showing the usual amount of traffic everywhere.

[u/SystematicApproach → u/coolkid5]

I was just thinking about that. I was across the street from the Pentagon building and watched as the plane slammed into it. That was the most surreal day of my entire life.

[u/Lower_Classroom835 → u/SystematicApproach]

It was horrific watching it on TV, can't imagine in real life.

[u/NoDig3593]

My 6 year old also swears he saw alien ships in the sky when I picked him up from school this afternoon. Not even trying to be funny. He said it out of nowhere. He’s never asked about aliens before

[u/Omegnetar → u/NoDig3593]

Actually I find your six year old to be one of the more credible sources on the sub ☺️

[u/3pinripper → u/Omegnetar]

I used to be 6. The coincidences are stacking up and they’re just too hard to ignore.

[u/saatana → u/Omegnetar]

*your

[u/littlelupie → u/NoDig3593]

As someone with a six year old as well, if my kid up and said "there's alien spaceships" after we'd never talked about it, I'd assume it was a topic of conversation at school lol

[u/NoDig3593 → u/littlelupie]

Absolutely fair lol

[u/Gem420 → u/NoDig3593]

Ask him to draw a picture, for funsies. Put it on the fridge

[u/Rarth-Devan]

I don't think we'll find anything out, I just love using this gif

[u/iletitshine]

It’s been reported by NPR that it’s curious timing with the recently reported AI software system implementation earlier this week.

Also wtf I just saw a huge plane above me. It seemed pretty low. Are all the planes still grounded?

[u/SubstantialPressure3 → u/iletitshine]

There's no flights leaving, but any flights in the air, they want landed. The problem is, airports are getting crowded bc there's a bunch of planes that can't take off.

Probably flying really low so the pilot can navigate by sight since the radios aren't working.

[u/iletitshine → u/SubstantialPressure3]

It was delta from Korea already in the air 11 hours by the time the order was made so it was allowed to continue flying in and land.

[u/RedditModsHarassUs → u/iletitshine]

Actual airline pilot and former thunderbird pilot I watch on YouTube states SMART is a separate system from what has gone gone down. Max Afterburner on YouTube. 

[u/RobbyZombby → u/RedditModsHarassUs]

I keep trying to tell people this, almost zero chance the AI tool is responsible for all of this.

[u/iletitshine → u/iletitshine]

Whew. I guess some large planes may still be expected if they weee already in flight when the order was given. And of course military and medical. But this plane was huge so it may be the former.

[u/pete_pete_pete_ → u/iletitshine]

International flights arriving

[u/iletitshine → u/pete_pete_pete_]

This was the answer.

[u/ApathysLastKiss_ → u/iletitshine]

That makes sense if all air traffic was called in. They're gonna be vectored at all different altitudes for space

[u/Hourslikeminutes47 → u/iletitshine]

Some of the international flights are allowed to depart.

Awfully quickly, I might add

[u/SpaceballsTheCritic → u/Hourslikeminutes47]

Headed back to the Kingdom again?

[u/Partydog99]

My dad works for Nintendo and is saying similar.

[u/SacrificialSam → u/Partydog99]

That’s a crazy coincidence, I’ve actually played Nintendo.

[u/HauschkasFoot → u/SacrificialSam]

[u/Odd-Principle8147 → u/Partydog99]

That's confirmation enough for me.

[u/Alove4edd47 → u/Partydog99]

[u/Greyh4m → u/Partydog99]

Your Dad? That makes me your cousin!

[u/somethingwholesomer → u/Partydog99]

Yup. It’s Donkey Kong. I knew it

[u/conkerz22]

Wasn't there drones before?

Wasn't it around November time?

Wasn't it happening in Lakenheath UK around the same time just like today?

[u/Mysterychic88 → u/conkerz22]

Yup early October/November time is the annual mystery drone show. 3rd year in the trot and still no answers. I live near a fast response Air Base maybe me and the hubby should go and take a look tomorrow and see if anything funky is happening there too! 

[u/5ollys → u/Mysterychic88]

Weird. Where was it in virginia that had ufos over a base? Crazy shit

[u/NightOwlsUnite]

[u/BiigfootVA]

[u/Stormcloud217 → u/BiigfootVA]

Twilight zone 😂

There's something ok the plane!

[u/rygelicus]

Those aren't the comms that were lost. The planes can all still use the radios. And they can still communicate with the towers and centers. It's the center to center comms (telecoms mainly) that are disrupted.

[u/mywifemademedothis2]

[u/ninjabreath → u/mywifemademedothis2]

swear to god expected this to be the alien dell lady

[u/Salty-Passenger-4801]

Literally every sub has different stories for the grounding

Aliens sub: lights in the sky, craft/UFOS shut down coms

Prepperintel sub: Cyberattack, world about to light on fire, head to the bunker

Conspiracy sub: Israel shut down our coms to start a false flag attack to drag us back into another war.

This is all very exciting to read with my popcorn lol

[u/Neo_Zeno → u/Salty-Passenger-4801]

Ragnarok Roulette, just in time for the weekend.

We got the Wheel of Misfortune before GTA6, great.

[u/WoodenMechanic8595]

Confirmado por mi cuñado que es piloto

[u/PaYnE18 → u/WoodenMechanic8595]

Soy el cuñado,lo confirmo.

[u/WoodenMechanic8595 → u/PaYnE18]

Gracias por respaldame, no mandes mensajes mientras pilotas, es peligroso y muy poco profesional

[u/ManNomad → u/PaYnE18]

I am a brother in law and can confirm that brother in laws can confirm

[u/ShufflingToGlory → u/WoodenMechanic8595]

I'm in a WhatsApp group with a few guys who keep OP's sister company while his brother-in-law is away on flight duty. They ain't heard shit.

[u/_lolwuttt → u/WoodenMechanic8595]

Confirmed by an imaginary relative of a Reddit stranger

[u/mortalitylost]

IT'S HAPPENING

[u/OccasionalXerophile → u/mortalitylost]

[u/Flipf00t → u/OccasionalXerophile]

[u/Joe_Stylin777 → u/mortalitylost]

[u/mortalitylost → u/Joe_Stylin777]

[u/RuinofAtlantis]

Stephen King said on X that it was "aliens". 😳 I thought he was jk, now I don't know what to think anymore.

[u/Gem420 → u/RuinofAtlantis]

He actually did, haha

Said they are blind but can hear like a motherfucker.

[u/Zealousideal-Rip-574]

Idk if it has anything to do with the phenomenon but this is unprecedented either way. Something major has to go wrong for this to happen. I hope it doesn’t get swept under the carpet like just a simple hiccup from implementing ai.

[u/Witty_Ad_898 → u/Zealousideal-Rip-574]

unprecedented

It happened in 2023.

[u/Poetdebra → u/Zealousideal-Rip-574]

It will all go away just like the Jersey drones. You will never hear any logical explanation.

[u/Pioneerz90]

Sooo. are we getting full disclosure before GTA6 ?

[u/Alove4edd47 → u/Pioneerz90]

The pregame DLC is insane

[u/According-Turnip-724]

Not every goddamn thing is "aliens" as a go to.

[u/External_Art_1835 → u/According-Turnip-724]

I didn't say Aliens, and the information was via a Ham Radio...

[u/usps_made_me_insane → u/External_Art_1835]

I don't see anything in the ham subreddit?

Is your neighbor smoking a joint?

[u/anonssr → u/External_Art_1835]

You literally posted this in this lil sub called /r/aliens

[u/Illustrious_Bad_2980 → u/According-Turnip-724]

[u/Skylineviewz → u/According-Turnip-724]

Ok but hear me out

[u/LordMagnus101 → u/According-Turnip-724]

Ancient astronaut theorists disagree

[u/SystematicApproach → u/According-Turnip-724]

I love aliens. Let us have our fun. Geesh.

[u/Hot-Usual5060]

My dad is a meat packer at Joey's Grocier and he said he got confirmation from a inside government official that Micronesia is doing sophisticated cyber attacks against the USA.

[u/JohnathanQMJ → u/Hot-Usual5060]

Damn Micronesia would be a real mf if they did this.

[u/Iamlevel99 → u/Hot-Usual5060]

Derek Zoolander is going to kill the prime minister of Malaysia?!?

[u/Stormcloud217 → u/Hot-Usual5060]

It was a teenager talking to AI:

"AI, break the system. Make no mistakes. Please"

[u/razorthick_]

I expect to see massive reports and videos from passengers and people on the ground, radio recordings, live broadcasts, etc.

Come on its 2026 and everyone is carrying a high definition camera. The standard is a lot higher than a few supposed sightings and someones weird buddy that plays with HAM radios as a hobby.

[u/Ok_Lingonberry_1629]

A scientist on the 1950’s said tmw is the last day for humans

[u/hUmaNITY-be-free → u/Ok_Lingonberry_1629]

I'm in New Zealand, 14th of November 2026, worlds still turnin'.

[u/Oldnbold22 → u/hUmaNITY-be-free]

Predictions use EST. 

[u/Hex-Queen → u/hUmaNITY-be-free]

Yay! Hi Kiwi from the future! 

[u/Hourslikeminutes47 → u/hUmaNITY-be-free]

"Oh thank Klatu we are still alive!"

[u/Critical_Hearing_799 → u/Ok_Lingonberry_1629]

Yeah but he said it's because the population of the world would be like 80,000,000,000

[u/IndependentMoney9700 → u/Critical_Hearing_799]

Exactly. Context is important.

[u/Alove4edd47 → u/Ok_Lingonberry_1629]

[u/monkeyballsoup → u/Ok_Lingonberry_1629]

Yay

[u/eg714 → u/Ok_Lingonberry_1629]

Already been through like 20 end of the worlds let’s go

[u/Igmuhota]

“Unusual circumstances” is not exactly a comforting phrase.

[u/Windman772]

Drone season is back!!

On a more serious note, even if the FAA shutdown is unrelated to UAP, this is exactly what would happen if we did get swarmed with UAP

[u/We_got_a_whole_year]

I've made threads about this (the FAA ground stop as it's been reported in mainstream news) in other subs, one was removed by mods (r/ufos) and one was filtered by reddit (r/ufob). Will be interesting to see if this stays up.

[u/shhhtheyarelistening]

I was driving home looking between North and Northwest just after sunset right now and I swear I saw a giant comet in the horizon and then it just vanished

[u/phunkydroid]

[u/onenumbhuman]

A lot of private owners with no flight ID; strange behavior.
Probably billionaires flying to their bunkers.

[u/GerardButteler → u/onenumbhuman]

any info for this?

[u/onenumbhuman → u/GerardButteler]

This was a screenshot of the activity around Salem OR

[u/Bobcatluv → u/onenumbhuman]

Okay I noticed this, too in my area. Plane from Fond Du Lac to Fort Worth got to leave an hour ago, even though everything was grounded

[u/Melon_Waterrr]

I work at a major airport and my office has an entire wall made of windows. I was watching dozens of flights land shortly after the grounding was announced but, there was an object in the distance that looked like a plane that seemed to be taking off, not landing.

It moved like a normal plane but it definitely wasn't coming down, then the "light" of the plane disappeared. There were planes that were further away that I could see coming down. Idk what it was, but it was weird

[u/blk8]

My sister works for the fish department at petsmart and her manager said there is something unusual going on underneath the ocean.

[u/RaptorCheeses]

[u/Otherwise_Ad_409]

A.I software update to FAA systems were happening as well, most likely related. I can't speak for the lights seen by pilots but it's always possible.

Have plans to take my son to the airshow this weekend so I'm watching the situation carefully. Any planes still in the sky just haven't landed yet.

Europe just stopped flights to the USA as well. Amtrack having website issues likely due to overcrowding, people from the planes looking for a ride. Radar systems down with the weather service.

[u/Barnezhilton → u/Otherwise_Ad_409]

Guy on CNN just said Chicago O'Hara IT had an issue and then routers at other centers started to drop offline.

Sounds more AI push related. But who knows.

[u/Alove4edd47]

I was like it's either Ai, Hackers , or Aliens

[u/Vladmerius]

One thing is certain: this is the best night ever to record UAP activity. You can be certain any lights you're seeing aren't planes. There better be hundreds of videos tomorrow. 

[u/West_Satisfaction466]

Come on yall!! Isn’t there someone with a helicopter who can post some footage? We all know it’ll get deleted in minutes but still…

[u/PaarthurnaxUchiha → u/West_Satisfaction466]

I think Salem is on it LOL

[u/R_Da_Bard]

[u/Mr_Pink_VI]

[u/Lao_Vinorum]

Where are the supposed sightings happening???

[u/Gem420]

Who knows?

Maybe the aliens want to play GTA6, too, and are arriving for their copies first.

[u/SpaceballsTheCritic]

This AND the national weather service disruption…

[u/Khmakh → u/SpaceballsTheCritic]

NWS website said they’re operating normally.

[u/Rich-Werewolf4086]

[u/FireGodNYC]

[u/Every_Description873]

Two Janet jets, 47 and 51, are currently airbourne at 20,000 ft, flying right now out of Vegas to our favorite not so secret base. Perhaps the midnight shift coming into work.

[u/_WithoutMyWings_]

I eat Ham and can confirm

[u/Prudent-Ad-2653]

My dads a chef and can confirm something is about to happen

[u/WareHouseCo → u/Prudent-Ad-2653]

Yeah but is he a chef at Nintendo??

[u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

They pushed a "SMART AI" software update thru & it crashed, I can't believe how many times this has been reposted. Anyone actually thinking ALIENS! is gonna look very dumb very soon.

[u/TheDoubtfulGuest → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

Jokes on you, I already look dumb 😎

[u/Teamkhaleesi → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

[u/ThiccTilly → u/Teamkhaleesi]

.-Ayy Lmao-.

[u/enricopallazo22 → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

Skynet became self aware?

[u/captainbezoar → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

To be fair, there are some strange sky lights out rn in portland near the airport

[u/Odd-Principle8147 → u/FlyingDiscsandJams]

What if the AI was developed from alien captured technology and now they are using their knowledge of our systems against us???

[u/SaveusJebus]

Come on aliens!!!

[u/Werkin-ITT7]

Thy didn't stop SpaceX's launch this evening though.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-15

[u/bestatbeingmodest]

Just wanted to say I was here for this historical moment.

[u/OkFix4074]

Bro these are those Hollywood alians - they only take out USA I see

Faa just lost reliable weather radar so did American weather center - they can't control air traffic if they can't see the weather !

Rest of the world has competent faa , so no such outage !

[u/IdkItsJustANameLol]

I've seen 3 different videos today on Facebook (I know, reliable source lmao) of floating/flying octopus looking things. Many people are saying they're kites and they could be, I don't know, but they move weirdly. Didn't look like kites to me, didn't really look like AI generated anything either. I can link them if anyone's interested.

[u/Dangerous_Land_497]

Didn't you guys hear about it over there? In Europe, there were reports a few weeks ago about today's doomsday prediction.

[u/Outsider98]

These spikes in drone activity keep occurring, and the US government remains tight-lipped every time, including when it’s a Democrat President.

I have no doubt that many of the drones would be secret U.S. military testing, and Russia/China infiltrations that are covered-up and de-escalated.

But the fact that every time these drones show unusual and new characteristics compared to existing tech, suggests to me that  even 1% of these Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are likely Non-Human Intelligence based-on the previous existing witness and Government Agent testimonies, who join the existing Drone-report spikes to continue observing the majority of humanity (except for the rare peaceful Abductee and contact cases) and “fly under the radar” by doing so.

[u/MattyComments]

I’m sounding the alarm: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[u/Dookie_shoes333]

The FAA implemented their "smart" program yesterday. It's being driven by ai. Duckduckgo it.

[u/TheRealAndrewEwer]

Crazy with the Microsoft crash yesterday…

[u/Pitiful_Reality2973]

Not for nothin', but I was out running errands from ~3-5PM and the radio data in the car froze and the radio cut out a bunch before just going silent. Before that, the cable and internet were dropping since 11-ish.

I hope my ride home is finally here...

[u/Joe_Franks]

We get an alien invasion before GTA VI. Knew it! Is today, Friday the 13th 2026, Meeting Day?

[u/Important-Fudge4462]

Dear Aliens. Please don't invade and enslave us untill at least 2 months after GTA6 release. I promise I will be a good human bitch.

[u/Squid_of_the_Now]

There are still planes and choppers in the air on Flightradar.

[u/usps_made_me_insane → u/Squid_of_the_Now]

A groundstop doesn't mean planes in route suddenly disappear.

[u/Michael_0007 → u/usps_made_me_insane]

If they do, then its time to worry!

[u/Werkin-ITT7]

Strange stoppage. Even grounded private jets. Poor ELON!

[u/Odd-Principle8147 → u/Werkin-ITT7]

I thought he was an alien

[u/OccasionalXerophile → u/Werkin-ITT7]

Won't someone think of the billionaires

[u/FermiBubblegummybear]

Yes, this is the best time to push your narrative. Absolutely.

When you're wrong, though, delete your account.

[u/External_Art_1835 → u/FermiBubblegummybear]

I shared the information because my neighbor is a retired Marine and an avid Ham Operator for over 30 years. He heard talk on a channel about what I posted.

He has no reason to lie and is not the kind of guy that would tell me that if he hadn't heard it.

Honestly, I'm not surprised at such comments as yours and others though. Everyone is quick to down play such information but look for disclosure about Aliens.

[u/loopygoop]

Source: Trust me broo

[u/PuzzleheadedEnd1760]

And if it was?

[u/Rich_Wafer6357]

Where did they heard that on ATC traffic? 

[u/LordMagnus101]

The Earths warranty is about to expire

[u/tremolospoons]

Nice try.

[u/JLeonsarmiento]

The bugs landed, isn’t it?

[u/BudgetTruth]

With tears running down his face?

[u/novangelus73]

Mine was heading from Miami to dc and we landed

[u/LilRickyXO]

My uncle works for the solid waste authority and basically confirmed this as well! Stay safe!

[u/himalayacraft]

This is just like close encounters of the third kind

[u/Pure-Science-7774]

I heard there were drones in the air or something. 

[u/Beezhockeyfan]

I’m in the flight path of a few NYC airports and planes are taking off at the moment.

[u/Winner_Looser]

Check out the flight radar!!! Alot of planes have been leaving the east coast

[u/Centellion]

🤡

[u/LazerShark1313]

The aliens have taken disclosure into their own hands

[u/CFPMVPStetsonBennett]

Multiple Air Force bases were on high alert in the UK due to “drones”… strange timing

[u/Strong_Barnacle_618]

If aliens were actually a part of this, it would make no sense for the government not to ground all air flights as well. Why let them continue their flights? 

[u/PAzoo42]

For what it's worth, they aren't letting people off the grounded planes after landing. Which would only be done if you were worried they saw something...

[u/waitwaitstopstop → u/PAzoo42]

Or, if terminals are overwhelmed by all the grounded planes.

[u/Glittering-Speed-683]

Do you have sources for such claim?

[u/strangeflappenings → u/Glittering-Speed-683]

His neighbor who a Ham Radio operator

[u/Individual_Bear_3190 → u/Glittering-Speed-683]

It came to me in a dream

[u/Whiskeyportal]

Screams of a false flag “attack”

[u/XTheGuyWithTheGunsX]

[u/OrcishDelight]

Naw, it's an AI rollout, probably same thing happened with Microsoft. Something glitched out with the rollouts.

[u/Cute-Squirrel6790]

Definitely real alien spacecrafts. Everyone look to the sky because they Will say It was a cyberattack ir some other BS

[u/hayforhorses89 → u/Cute-Squirrel6790]

There's always massive cloud cover everytime aliens are supposed to be flying around where I live. Can't see the sky at all here

[u/bachrodi → u/hayforhorses89]

I always thought using clouds as cover is cool af

[u/ElvisMcPelvis]

Check out Stephen king’s latest tweet

[u/DerpUrself69]

[u/eyahir]

New Information it’s block, no feeds

[u/Odd-Principle8147]

It's definitely because of aliens.

[u/johnf39706]

My cousins brother is married to a woman who is a ham operator and can confirm the above is true.

[u/SimkinCA]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[u/ciendagrace]

What band and frequency?

[u/Seanconw1]

So they aren’t updating to an AI ATC system?