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Another unknown "balloon" crossing US skies... - Maxmars - 02-23-2024
Several sources on this one...
New York Post - ‘Small’ high-altitude balloon of unknown origin flying over Western US, poses ‘no threat’ to national security: officials
Independent - US military tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Western US
WBAL11 - US tracking balloon seen over southwest earlier Friday, but it does not pose a threat, NORAD says
Among the reports are many assertions about China, of course. Although it is stated that the object, an approximately 2-foot cube hanging from a 50-foot balloon, is much smaller than the previous instances of such occurrences which were ultimately attributed to China.
The nation’s airspace watchdog described it as “small” and said its fighter jets intercepted the balloon over Utah.
“NORAD will continue to track and monitor the balloon,” the military agency said in a statement. “The FAA also determined the balloon posed no hazard to flight safety.”
Just thought I would give a "head's up!"
RE: Another unknown "balloon" crossing US skies... - Maxmars - 03-02-2024
Interesting and possibly not 'connected' but....
Fishermen find possible SPY BALLOON off the coast of Alaska
This was the earliest posting of the news on this... but my search engine is "full" of this stuff.
RE: Another unknown "balloon" crossing US skies... - Maxmars - 03-24-2024
(03-02-2024, 04:47 PM)Maxmars Wrote: Interesting and possibly not 'connected' but....
Fishermen find possible SPY BALLOON off the coast of Alaska
This was the earliest posting of the news on this... but my search engine is "full" of this stuff.
As it turns out the ballon the fishermen found was pretty old:
From Fox: Pentagon reveals that balloon recovered off coast of Alaska had been in ocean for 'well over a year'
The Department of Defense confirmed that balloon debris that was recovered off of the coast of Alaska last month appeared to have been in the ocean for "well over a year."
Sue Gough, a Department of Defense spokesperson, confirmed to Fox News Digital that an initial inspection of the balloon "indicated" that it had been "in the ocean for well over a year."
"Some material has been transferred to U.S. government facilities for further examination and analysis," Gough said.
While they made no claim of shooting it down... FOX saw fit include this picture...
![[Image: AP24055012518183.jpg?ve=1&tl=1]](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/02/720/405/AP24055012518183.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
... and then this one....
![[Image: US-2023-Photo-Recap_07.jpg?ve=1&tl=1]](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/12/720/405/US-2023-Photo-Recap_07.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Neither of the above pictures has anything to do with the balloon in the story.
