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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We had a Pittsburgh radio host reporting an alien invasion from our annual tweeting of this silly movie in 2025. Just a little gimmick twitter account with 15,000 followers or whatever.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It’s been a fun eight years! Thanks to the new followers here this year, the OG’s, and those of you who reluctantly jumped over from the zombie bird gimmick to keep up the tradition. I hope we’re all together in 2027 for the 9th run at this. Happy #IndependenceDay! #ID4

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thanks to EVERYONE following and playing along. This doesn’t happen without reskeets, comments, and word of mouth. The comments and reactions from you are what make this worth it. Otherwise, it’s just scheduled posts.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

And as the good Reverend would say, “Why we’re on this particular mission, we’ll never know. But I do know, here today, that the Black Knights will emerge victorious once again.”

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

As always, pour a few out for the incomparable Robert Loggia and the always underrated James Rebhorn. Masters of their craft, made everything they touched better. Legends. Those guys weren’t bad. They weren’t too bad at all.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Big ups to Dean Devlin at @ElectriceEntertainment.com and, of course, Roland Emmerich for the very fertile source material. None of this happens without them. The writing, the characters, the whole thing is PERFECT for this medium.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Executive producer credit to @WendyPrater.bsky.social, who not only encouraged this concept from the jump back in 2019, but has been putting up with my shit in some form or fashion for TWENTY YEARS as of last week. She’s clearly the brains and the beauty behind this operation.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The guy behind the shenanigans here is @mdwdfw.bsky.social. As a Carolina boy, I take GREAT offense to Hiller’s improper use of the word “barbecue.” It’s a cookout, dammit. Also, as a Carolina boy, have you heard the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup?? #SoundTheSiren #GoHeels #GoAmerica

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

[play dramatic score] [audience cheers] [fireworks] [ballyhoo] [open sodas] [streamers and kazoos] [toss beers] [crack beers] [drink beers] [pop champagne] [all that stuff] *ROLL CREDITS*

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Today, we heed the words of President Thomas Whitmore, and we celebrate.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is a testament to American ingenuity & the U.S. military, who at only 15% capacity, took out the greatest threat civilization has ever seen in approximately 36 hrs. This is Yorktown, D-Day, Iwo Jima, and Macho Grande all wrapped into one.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Millions of people were murdered by this invading ARMADA and countless more were injured and incapacitated. The events of the past two days constitute the greatest mass death event since the Black Plague, which lasted 7-8 years - not 48 hours.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Second is that this account was able to provide thrilling updates and analysis for an EIGHTH straight yr. No simulcast this year - it was a BlueSky exclusive. And considering vacation kinda got on the way til 4 days ago, we had to hustle to get everything up to speed, in place, and on track.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Humanity has been saved! The events of the past 48 hours will be taught, discussed, researched, and celebrated for thousands of years. It is the single greatest achievement in the history of mankind and I'm not sure what's third, because...

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We are getting numerous reports across North America of a massive meteor shower all over the sky. The mothership in orbit was obliterated and these are the pieces of the ship colorfully burning up in the Earth's atmosphere. Talk about #IndependenceDay fireworks!

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Call em heroes, call em saviors, call em patriots. Whatever you call em, call em badasses. Because these are two Badasses. Capital B, son.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

UNBELIEVABLE: The rescue party has found Captain Hiller and David Levinson in the desert, unharmed, having landed their spacecraft. Each are proudly strutting along the sand smoking cigars.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We understand that Dubrow and Hiller were married last night at Area 51 in a private ceremony. Congratulations to the newlyweds, especially since, ya know, they didn’t get microwaved this morning. Also: keep her name out your mouth.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Also in the party headed to meet Hiller and Levinson is a woman named Jasmine Dubrow. Dubrow, a dancer from Los Angeles, has been credited with saving the lives of at least a half dozen victims in L.A. & was the driver of the truck that found First Lady Whitmore in the LA rubble.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

President Whitmore, General Grey, and Communications Director Spano are among the party en route to meet who we presume to be Hiller and Levinson... if they survived re-entry.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

President Whitmore and others are presuming that the unidentified crash is the spacecraft flown by Hiller and Levinson. General Grey is gathering a party to drive thru the desert to the site for investigation.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A report from @kennen11.bsky.social says that radar has picked up an unidentified downed aircraft roughly 15 miles away from Hiller and Levinson's designated landing site.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We have confirmation of other alien spacecrafts being destroyed over Cairo, Sydney, and other major metro areas across Europe and Asia. What would the world have done without the technological brilliance of the ol' Red, White, and Blue?? #Merica #CameramanZoomIt

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Our boys on the ground are good, but we also have a couple of heroes in low orbit, and the Area 51 command center lost contact with Hiller and Levinson over 20 minutes ago.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

President Whitmore and other surviving U.S. pilots involved in this morning's battle in the desert have landed safely at Area 51.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Mr. Casse had told friends that he had been abducted by aliens over ten years ago, but nobody believed him. Today, he is a hero to humanity. Russell Casse is survived by his three children, Miguel, Alicia, and Troy. They can certainly be proud of their father.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A source close to Major Mitchell has informed us that the selfless pilot who flew into the alien spacecraft was Russell Casse, the same man who was arrested two days ago for public intoxication & illegal distribution of literature via his crop duster plane near Imperial Valley.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

General Grey has ordered the immediate communication of the American tactical strategy that downed the alien craft. These communications are being conducted via Morse code, bird calls, tin cans & string, and even smoke signals. LLM, my ass!

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We are attempting to get confirmation of the identity of the pilot who sacrificed himself to destroy the alien ship.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

CONFIRMED: THE ALIEN SPACECRAFT OVER NEVADA HAS BEEN DESTROYED! EAT SHIT, ALIENS!!

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

AN AMERICAN PILOT HAS FLOWN HIS PLANE INTO THE MOUTH OF THE ALIEN SHIP WITH A LIVE MISSILE AND TRIGGERED A MASSIVE EXPLOSION!!

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Welp... it's been an honor reporting, y'all. Hope you stocked up on toilet paper. I got mines. You best get yours.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It is believed that the American fleet has run out of ammunition. This may be the end. (OK, it probably IS the end. Of everything.)

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

American jets are inflicting damage on the enemy ship, but the smaller alien fighters are forcing U.S. forces to burn up valuable resources. Missiles are starting to run low.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A swarm of alien fighters has descended through the mountains, peppering Area 51 with heavy fire. Ground crews have scattered and headed underground for cover.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The pilots over Area 51 have been met with alien fighter resistance. A massive dogfight has broken out over the desert, and the U.S. pilots have enabled evasive maneuvers.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We're told that a second missile from President Whitmore's fighter indeed did inflict some damage on the alien ship! Thank god.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The first attempt at a missile strike against the spaceship over Area 51 has resulted in an NI - Negative Impact.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Whatever they do and however they do it, let’s just pray that they’re not using that Logitech Radio Shack bullshit the government strapped up the Welcome Wagon with two days ago.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A virus? Are you serious with this shit? What did the aliens bring with them, a Commodore 64?? Alexandra York’s word processor? Maybe challenging them to a game of tic tac toe will distract them, I dunno…

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

An Area 51 source indicates that Hiller and Levinson have successfully docked with the mothership. We're being told that Levinson intends to install a virus into the alien communications hub.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We have reports of Allied aircraft from Europe to the Middle East and Cabo Verde also taking to the air. This appears to be a synchronized attack similar to what the aliens perpetrated on Earth two days ago. We can’t agree on breakfast in the morning but we’re gonna do this together… ok.

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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

9:30 am in the east, sunrise on the Pacific. If this assault fails, civilization as we currently know it will cease to exist, if not the complete extinction of the human race. No pressure or anything.

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