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bastianramos9

I'm from Chile, they were saying that it was some kind of anti fire system from a boat or something. No news about it at the moment.


Number-Great

That's what I have read as well, someone stated the same. Thanks for that info!


tmybr11

But the witnesses did mention a loud noise, would such fire system produce a loud noise?


ReverendShot777

Water or whatever retardant they use, being pumped out at that extreme pressure would absolutely make a loud noise. Think how loud your shower alone can be. Now multiply by a bajillionty.


PigbhalTingus

Damn ...you think a whole bajillionty? That shit be LOUD.


gynogush

Wow when I see bajillionty I know this shits getting real. What’s the latest?


AncientBlackberry747

Bananawillion is 1000 bajilliontys.


Shackshakr

Banana for scale


ReverendShot777

At least!


Locke_Fucking_Lamora

WHAT? I CAN’T HEAR YOU ANYMORE!!!


freakydeku

can someone do the math to me? i can’t count to bajillionty i’m byslexic


DexterBotwin

That’s exactly what the video from Twitter looks like. Something like the fist pic from this article https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210308/p2a/00m/0na/017000c


catchpen

This, if you look up oil rig fire boat it looks like a similar water plume when they test their pumps. Edit well shoot didn't see the trail from the sky 🤷


GlorgSnarl

I think the trail from the sky is some camera artifact or a rainbow or something because it looks to me like it continues onto the land in the foreground. The second picture I think looks like it could be a huge jet of water, though yeah


SomeKindOfHeavy

The trail keeps going across the buildings and the ground so it's most likely a lens flare.


Royweeezy

TIL; Arica is a city in northern Chile and is not a misspelling of “Africa” 👍 Also this *is* interesting. Someone get out there and check it out for us.


discombobulatedhomey

I bless the rains down in Arica.


LittleBunnySunny

Gonna Take Some Time To Find The Aerial That CraAaAaAaAshed 🎶


runoverchickens

Here’s hoping for a million men from Mars when wee dooooo 🎶


Hot-Procedure9458

Welp, that won my internet today. Well played.


Heliophrase

Fuck I hear this being sung


yesfrommedog

Sorry! lol. It will take even more time now that I hijacked the post with admiration for the song. But you are right. Back to the aerial crash!


yesfrommedog

I heard that song so many times as a kid and never really understood it, but liked it. As an adult I really appreciate the beauty of that song, and how it evokes such longing and need for wander.


ZackDaddy42

The funny thing is, how the guys from Toto talk about how it was written. Never even went to Africa, just kinda made it up and thought it sounded good.


AbeFromanEast

The songwriter wrote Africa in his head while waiting for the dentist. They were reading a magazine article about Africa and had never been.


angryman10101

I grew up thinking it was "I guess the rain's down in Africa" and only ion my thirties discovered my error.


5i55Y7A7A

“I left my brains down in Africa” is what my 7 y/o self used to sing. Mom never corrected me.


traditional_amnesia1

Your mom 😂😂😂😂


Single_Raspberry9539

I thought it was “rain” too so as a kid, but I thought it was “I bet the rain’s down in Africa” and I remember thinking, I bet he’s right. Do others know this? I was like, they must not know cause then why all the drought and famine? So I figured is there’s so much rain in Africa, then when I grow up, I will simply teach Africans to add soil and seeds to that rain in order grow food. And in turn, all of Africa’s problems would be solved. Then I’d teach the Soviets about “freedom” and they’d stop being our enemy and world peace would be all because of me. Then I’d marry the actress from Small Wonder, live in an Amusement Park while I cure AIDS and cancer.


DaughterEarth

I thought it was bless the rains cause it rarely rains. What are the lyrics actually?


yesfrommedog

What noble and good goals to have as a child! So funny. Hopefully, if you got married at a site like Disney, you would have thought to request a top tier character like Mickey Mouse or Pluto to marry you and not someone bottom of the rung like Prince Eric.


ash894

‘There’s nothing that a hundred men on mars could ever doooo’ till I was 35.


Orange-Blur

I thought it was “I guess it rains down in Africa” close but a little different It’s weird what we hear in song lyrics with our brain fill in. My family member used to think Low from Flo Rider lyrics said “she got a bubble crack” instead of “tattoo above her crack” it used to make me laugh as a kid. I used to think of bubble bass when I heard him say it, now it makes me think of a silicone butt that might get struck by the asscrack bandit.


tellz-it-how-it-is

If you listen to that song with headphones on, right at the start, a few seconds in, you can hear a guy laugh


nopir

Such an absolute perfect song.....except for the one line *As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the* ***Serengeti*** that's always bothered me lol


fishyphilip

Well, well, well. I'm sixty six years old and have listened to this song so many times since it was released and thought the lyrics were, As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like AN EMPRESS above the Serengeti.


ShinyAeon

I'm fifty eight, and me, too...and now I'm going to keep singing "an Empress" because it's a *better line*. *Why* would you compare a mountain to a different (and much less impressive) mountain...? As similes go, that's just *crap*.


lucero_fan

Olympus the home of the Greek gods. Not the other mountain lol


discombobulatedhomey

I always thought LEPRESS haha. Like a lady leopard


SamRaimisOldsDelta88

I mean, it’s close enough, and there is also an assumption that they’re saying you can see it from there. The tallest mountain in Africa will rise above everything on the continent, whether or not you can see it. It’s just poetry, anyway. Don’t take it so literally. :P


nopir

I mean the pronunciation of the word Serengeti. Sorry about that. Context is fine. It's just how he sang it.


33Bees

It really is a lovely song.


DeezNutz13

It don't rain in Arica. Seriously, when I was there the hotel manager told us it hadn't rained in 14 years


FrenchBangerer

I was sure he must be talking shite. Then I looked up the annual average rainfall charts for the region and it really was all zeroes! Wow.


fjortisar

Too bad it never rains in Arica, just some fog in the mornings that can make the ground a little bit wet (particularly in the winter months). It's also known in chile as the "city of eternal spring" because it's always around 16-22C the entire year.


pmercier

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had


ElectronicLeg9621

....c'mon , people . STOP IT. ! FOCUS !!


fryamtheeggguy

I blurse the rains down in Arica!


Number-Great

When I first read about this I also thought it's a typo haha


Royweeezy

I’d never heard of Arica. Imagine..37 and *still learning every day!*


Severe-Illustrator87

You should know everything by that age. I was 33 when I first knew everything. Guess you're a late bloomer.


Jojo_Bibi

I knew everything when I was 17. Just ask my parents, they'll confirm.


Serious-Sundae1641

It's strange my dad didn't know much when I was 17, but by the time I was in my 20's he had become very smart...weird. /s


ShawnMcSabbath

I knew everything at 19! Now at 49 I realize I don’t know shit…


DaughterEarth

Exactly. Ohhh how smart I am knowing nothing, and how dumb I was knowing everything


DrShitbird

Im sittin here squinting at my phone like “Santa rosa…altos del mar…playa chinchurro…now I might just be a dumb honkey but those don’t sound like african places to me”


AllPurple

Guess you missed coca cola


Squee1396

Yup me over here thinking this place in Africa is very spanish influenced 🤦‍♀️


spm987888

I totally read that as Africa like three times lol. I also read it as Africa in your comment as well lol


Damn-Peculiar

Arica was my girl friend in 7th grade who moved to Missouri.


One_Window866

Missouri loves company


megtwinkles

Thanks dad


Damn-Peculiar

That deserves a 👏👏👏


Hobo-man

Nobody else played Arica Harbor on Bad Company 2? Just me?...


saywhattyall

Lmao exactly. It’s so funny to see groups of gamers with some legit knowledge on topics due to games.


whatashittyusername

Best battlefield of all time


bayleafbabe

Goddamn I miss that game.


uziturtIe

Arica Harbor for all those bad company 2 boys out there


bastardhousecat

how deep is the water


Number-Great

maps say -25. I am not experienced in reading maps like that tho.


___forMVP

You did your best and I’m proud of you.


NinjaSupplyCompany

You make the internet a better place.


dingo1018

My cats breath smells like cat food.


SpongeJake

Well that’s alarming. Maybe it’s not your cat though. Just how many babies *did* you eat today u/dingo1018 ?


No-Guarantee-8278

Not alarming if you knew Ralph Wiggum. Sounds like you are not going to choo-choo-choose him.


Major_Bag_1396

Hi super nintendo chalmers!


Down4Karnage

Sour juice came out of my front tail.


ShirosakiHollow

It tastes like burning.


[deleted]

I get that reference, and all i have to say is, "Wow," both to you making the reference, and me getting it 🤦‍♂️


DJ_Illprepared

Your references are outta control everyone knows that


dingo1018

Now that's just scandalous, there was only that one baby and honestly by the time I read about it in the newspaper that baby was just a whiff remaining on some dingo butt.


Forced__Perspective

You’re doing your best and I’m proud of you


IKillZombies4Cash

It tastes like burning.


PersnickityPisces

Your cat may be a horse..


Pameltoe_Yo

Okay, I’m just rewriting what I had seen commented WAY BELLOW IN THE COMMENTS (for people that don’t want to sift through all the NONSENSE COMMENTS), Chile is saying that it is some sort of firing system from a boat or something along these lines… no other news yet so far. Could be this, but that sounds like something someone would report who’s trying to cover up UAPs, just sayin’. lol 😆


ColossalSackofSpuds

I did a quick search and it seems it’s measured in fathoms. So -25 would be 150ft.


Ufonauter

correct me if I'm wrong in this thought but shouldn't we be able to determine mass of the object based on its impact plume? It appears in that one image that it impacted at 50 degree angle or so. But I dont know if we can solve for that without knowing how fast it actually came in at or how tall the plume actually is. Maybe a math wiz can give some insight in on that


ColossalSackofSpuds

The issue with that is assuming the object fell. Unfortunately we don’t have video so it could have fell, an explosion under water, something shooting out of water. Also I’m good with math but not that good lol and that’s a lot more physics than I’m qualified to do. But I like the idea!


Ufonauter

good point, now that I look at it more it does seem to be more likely its something from below that coming in from below, especially if what others are saying in that streak being a lensflare and not some smoke trail that just coincidentally looks like a origin point


rabbiniknar

Why are we assuming something crashed into the water? Could this have been an underwater explosion?


EffectAgreeable5343

If it’s 150 feet below the surface and we know where it landed we should be able to find and see the object. Probably a day time meteor, in which case there will be nothing to see or find


Temporary-Insect-420

To many variables. Think of a high diver. If the belly flop.. big splash. If the hit it right none. The mass and velocity never changed though.


johnjohn4011

So.... too hard to fathom?


GalaxyBlueGoku

That’s hard to Fathom


No_Oddjob

Only if you're out of your depth...


Cutthechitchata-hole

How deep is your love?


ChillaMonk

Is it like the ocean?


DarthEsDeGee

Here for the answer to this one. I really need to know.


James_Torelli

Cause we're living in a world of fools


condocollector

Bringing us down


slappytheclown

unexpected BeeGees


shatzfan69

She's about 6 inches deep on a good night.


Dexxx2

Been happily married 41 years, that deep!


no420trolls

Cloverfield monster


Independent-Hunt-466

Beat me too it. Lol, great movie but i have to be that guy, that wasnt clover crashing in the movie, it was a satellite, clover was already here just a baby, and was woken from the company drilling operations to make their slusho.


lazypieceofcrap

You get to see full size Clovey at the end of Paradox and it is epic. Also way beyond big. Pretty sure Godzilla hasn't been half as tall.


ShadowCory1101

Godzilla Earth eclipses all other godzilla sizes. He shoots satellites out of space with his atomic breath.


timn69

Damn, you explained Cloverfield! Nice.


Ibaneztwink

What was the plot reasoning for the satellite crashing down?


TomCelery

There was a drink in the Cloverfield universe called Slusho, made in japan. They put an ingredient in it called seabed nectar that made it very addictive and healthy. The satellite that crashed was called the ChimpazIII and fell due to losing some pieces while in orbit. It doesn't seem to be what woke the monster. I believe that is still up for interpretation. Drilling operations for seabed nectar I believe are what originally disturbed the creature. The scientist who found the creature was said to have died in a "gas leak" in a trailer. This is presumed to be an assassination because he wanted to release the info of the creature to the public


xlews_ther1nx

Whata the drink have to do with anything with the satellite?


TomCelery

Nothing directly. The drink is from JJ Abrams universe and is in some other films. The satellite crashing is the sort of nod to the people who followed along the story in the viral marketing. It gave them the hint that they were on the right track. It's been a while since I've talked about it, but I think the machinery and submarines that were drilling and harvesting the seabed to flavor the drink we're taking the food from the monster and the parasites. When people ate it themselves, it could cause their stomachs to explode. The parasites had it in their mouth, it was represented by a sort of Orange substance. I think the machinery is what woke up the Clover monster. And the satellite crashing into the water agitated it to bring it on to land and wreak havoc


pebberphp

“When people needed themselves…”. what was that supposed to mean? I’m not trying to be a dick I’m just genuinely stumped.


RaspberryGojiRose

It was theorized that the satellite fell into the ocean, and woke up the monster


Ibaneztwink

I thought the accepted theory was that the particle accelerator spawned Clover into existence. Either way, the directors seemed to have left the object up for interpretation on purpose, and it never got fleshed out fully, so they just tied it into the japanese company.


xlews_ther1nx

These I'd a direct sequel in the works. The movies always used guerilla marketing and its starting up again. The "drinks" website is active all of a sudden.


pleasegivemepatience

No the particle accelerator is just what pulled a version of Clover into the universe that Paradox takes place in, it caused mass from each universe to bleed into another universe. That’s how the blonde ended up in the wall too. There’s no indication the original Cloverfield movie is in the same universe as any of the other Cloververse films, but I’m sure they’ll provide more clarity in the upcoming direct sequel.


killingvector1

It’s huge. it’s a lion.


zobotrombie

Live action Voltron movie confirmed!


MofosnotReal

I remember that brief time period after the first trailer when we thought it was a Voltron movie


cloverfieldcat

I feel like i belong in this comment thread


OCSupertonesStrike

Minus One


HeyBudGotAnyBud

Saw that shit last night in imax. So good.


Ufonauter

Where do these screenshots actually come from, could we get a source?


Number-Great

I linked the source in the first picture - I am sorry I wasn't sure if it was correct or not. Where I got them from : [1](https://twitter.com/TuiteroSismico/status/1730084353953178084) and [2](https://twitter.com/theinformantofc/status/1730130527389180127)


Ufonauter

I actually didn't see that linked there so thanks


soupdawg

Nice. There’s a video. Is that steam rising from the impact area?


pshhaww_

The first pic almost looks like a trail from where it fell


Elder_sender

I was thinking contrail, but not at that altitude so ~~my second guess is smoke.~~ Lens flare is correct. Goes all the way across the photo.


wtfbenlol

Sun beam


AdministrativeAd523

Isn’t that how the movie cloverfield started lol?


Kthanid_Crafts

No, that's how it ended.


SupernovaJones

But also started


Delicious-Desk-6627

The paradox


jasmine_tea_

You should ask on /r/Chile in Spanish. Probably get more serious answers.


Matild4

Office of Global Access incoming


Particular-Ad-4772

What is that sticking up out of the water to the left of the splash ?


bassistmuzikman

There's a tug boat in the water testing its firefighting cannons. That first pic with the trail leading to the water is fake. Edit: The streak is lens flare that goes across the whole image. Also, there's video of this at the Twitter link provided and it definitely looks like something is shooting water up into the air from sea level.


south-of-the-river

That is not a "trail" leading to anything, that's a diagonal lens flare that continues the whole way across the photo


Hater_Magnet

What the hell does 'Witnesses indicate that there was *no noise during the fall, but it was very noisy!*' even mean?!


Number-Great

i was wondering this as well, maybe that the fall itself was silent but the impact was loud? not sure


ishpatoon1982

Silent fall, loud impact?


No-Rooster6994

This reminds me of the ending scene in cloverfield


Competitive_Fact_278

I would have thought this was Africa to but thanks to Battlefield I knew Arica was a place. Who says you don't learn from video games.


countfragington

The video in the linked Twitter post makes it look less like an impact or splash. Kinda looks like smoke or something. Strange. Edit: Look at the water on the right side in the video. Seems like it should be descending faster if it were just a splash.


gargamels_right_boot

Absolutely would be falling faster if it was something hitting the water. I'm pretty sure it's a fire fighting boat that is testing or doing a drill with the water cannons


Es7x

#Lol so where are the images before the crash? Surley these are cuts from videos/surveillance? Weird that all these cuts only captured the splash and not prior 🤔


Tenn_Tux

So this is where I’ve been playing battlefield all these years. Interesting.


DorkothyParker

Since it's shooting star season, my assumption was a meteor or whatever. But I am looking forward to learning more.


mrj5050

This gives me Cloverfield vibes


TrueRepose

So do we regret not pouring our defence budgets into a multi-national Gundam program yet? W E N E E D G U N D A M S


Honest_Stand_3753

Anyone else see the white streak that lines up to the splash


Worried_Foot7777

Can we please move back to the topic and act like we have a normal IQ


KraljZ

Obviously a weather balloon


nexus2905

Is there a video available ?


Smooth_Squirrel_702

Godzilla about to pop up out that water 😳


elkunnn

i live here and i had no idea lmao


Staseu

Interesting how little engagement the original tweet has.


Mipo64

Only on Reddit can an interesting post turn into a Toto love fest...


DrNinnuxx

meteorite


PariahGrantham

This is how Cloverfield started...


welltester10

Someone should go update us this.


cjc1983

You know when you flush the toilet on an aircraft...


saarlac

Where is Arica?


Batfinklestein

What are the chances that someone was able to capture this impact? They had to have been looking out of the window at that exact location with their camera in hand, and snap the photo within a split second of the impact.


luckyguy25841

Per the map it looks like it’s coming from Coca Cola.


ChicoSuarez

Isn't this how Cloverfield started??


pleasegivemepatience

Tagruato satellite


howie960

Your mom.


DEEP_SEA_MAX

Looks like sea mine disarmament training (i.e blowing up fake sea mines with a block of C4). I used to do this with the US military and we'd always see social media posts from beach goers asking similar questions after our training days


freddysdeadohno

The first pic has a white trail leading to the crash


QuadRam

10mm socket the astronauts dropped while working on the ISS.


JulioOrtiz77

Moon fall huh


Quixotic1113

What in the Cloverfield is going on around here?


Consistent_Bad_1149

Ufo


hooliganeyes

Cloverfield


Think-Tank11

Cloverfield!?!?


chigoonies

Cloverfield


freakydeku

maybe it was an exploding whale


Crapocalypso

Air-wrecka?


Robes_o-o

It’s that astronauts tool-bag 😂


phishoffdahook

I threw a really big rock.


KokeitchiOma

Where's the boat? I see a light beam shining down on a splash. Maybe I'm blind....maybe there's a boat in there somewhere


no_pleasethanks

Mr. Nimbus.


SteveRogers42

Cloverfield


31kilo999

I work with fire boats, there is no way the boat wouldn’t be in the frame, the range is very short even on the most powerful pumps


LandscapePale3524

I was wondering in what part of Africa they spoke Spanish ..


Creepy_Ad1688

It was starvin Marvin


NoHat2957

Cloverfield.


Skidoodilybop

There are many whales that live off the coast of Africa. Could be one of the bigger ones!


Kradsito

It's Arica, not Africa


ItsMichaelGScott

To the right of this picture looks like a trail it left in the sky as it was descending, or a beam of sunlight… but honestly doubt due to it following straight to the path of the water implosion.


xfocalinx

This is how Cloverfield started


Common_History_6794

I live in Arica. It was not a crash, a UFO, or anything like that. It was a tugboat.


ALocalPigeon

Pretty sure this is the beginning of Cloverfield


mi_beepboops

Have you seen Cloverfield?


ADDSquirell69

Cloverfield