Free Republic

Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand would not speculate on where the object came from. She described it as cylindrical in shape but said it was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina in the US a week ago. It was flying at 40,000ft and posed a risk to civilian air traffic when it was brought down about 100 miles from the border at 3.41pm EST (8.41pm GMT), she added.

The White House said Friday that a 'high-altitude object' has been shot down over Alaska.President Joe Biden ordered the shootdown, spokesman John Kirby said, adding that the origin of the object has yet to be determined.Responding to reporters' shouted questions about the shootdown Friday afternoon outside the White House, Biden called the operation a "success."It comes just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon last Saturday, following a political firestorm.Kirby said the object was about the size of a small car and was at flying about 40,000 feet.He said because it posed a reasonable threat to the...

5/28/2006 2:34:00 PM Cylindrical Seal with a Strange Design Discovered in DezfulArcheological excavations in Khuzestan province led to discovery of a cylindrical seal designed with a winged horse with a lion’s head and a cow’s hooves! Tehran, 28 May 2006 (CHN) -- Archeological excavations in Sanjar Tepe in Khuzestan province resulted in discovery of a cylindrical seal with the design of a winged horse on its end. Although it is not the first time archeologists are confronted with the design of a winged horse in Iran, what makes this one special compared to the previous ones is that this winged...