Posted on 02/10/2023 3:01:31 PM PST by Mariner
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 safety of civilian flight, that out of an abundance of caution and at the recommendation of the Pentagon, Biden ordered the military to down the object.
ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz first reported that when fighters were scrambled, the pilots did visuals, got images and said there was no sign the object had propulsion.
It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.S. official said.
Asked if was "balloon-like," the official said, "All I say is that it wasn't 'flying' with any sort of propulsion, so if that is 'balloon-like' well -- we just don't have enough at this point."
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Unfortunately you are wrong. Airliners fly up to 42k and a number of business jets get up to 45k.
RE: UFO?
The evil, bloodthirsty grays đź‘˝ have been letting us play our childish games but they could maneuver those anti-gravity fighters in any direction within part of a second as the videos the government permitted us peasants to view.
Ancient Aliens interview subject said in 2022: If aliens from other worlds exist they have power exponentially greater than ours as when the British and French confronted the prehistoric level Native Americans. Cannon, muskets and pistols versus rocks shaped into arrow heads.
They could be helping us or ready to hurt us. I have never seen any evidence of their helping us in any way.
The news twits keep saying the mystery VW bus got shot down on “frozen water.” Not ice——frozen water?
So if it wasn’t a balloon. Was moving by itself at 40K. Looked metallic. Why did it have to be “shot?” Wouldn’t a supersonic flyby knock it down in , maybe, one piece?
But lets see the gun camera pics. Or shut up about it and call Georgio because the aliens are going to be pizzed.
Do these people have to use expensive munitions to punch a hole in a balloon? Why not several 40 cal. rounds and bring it down slowly to save the payload. Stupid to use high-end munitions and jet fighters. Another thought, blowing them up is risky should they be loaded with bio-agents. Now the Chinese know how to transport and disperse bio-agent with our help.
I had to look to see if this was the Bee!
It wasn’t a balloon.
I here’s one for the ancient Alien crowds—this is exactly how they would “disclose” their presence. Fabricate a “shoot down” and kind of cover it up.
No joke. They can float a 1000 “balloons” at $1000 a piece for a total cost of a million. We will expend 400 million in Aim 9 Block II missiles PLUS the cost of gas and maintenance on the aircraft (85k an hour without refueling).
Not for nothing, but it might be smart to find a cheaper alternative to knock these things down as this is not a very effective method to deal with them. At 40,000’ guns should be an option?
I am assuming that we used another sidewinder missile.
Okay. Took me long enough but here’s why China is doing this.
During a war the anti-satellite weapons attack all the military’s guiding data and signals to the Earth are quickly out of commission.
But a balloon flotilla from China would be impossible to keep track of and could supply all the guidance and reconnaissance needed by China. US find two then loses four, then track one, as the data pinpoints places for Chinese nuclear missiles to hit us.
They’re using today’s months of zig zagging and stopping and starting to see what our military knows and doesn’t know. Learning from it all.
..........some democratic party operative flew to Fairbanks, picked up a large box at the luggage turnstile, rented a car, drove north to Pt. Barrow, turned loose a weather balloon and notified his boss via encrypted satellite text.
His boss notified an Air Force guy who notified his friend at Ellsworth AFB east of Fairbanks and off went a fighter plane who shot it down. No problem. They are lying again.
Some guy in Oregon videoed this last night.
Satellites tailing in formation?
Let see??? It was shot down by the first transgender person of color.
If there was ballon shot down it was likely a US weather balloon as a ruse to make Jobama appear coherent and in charge. No matter how hard they try to make him appear presidential, he reeks of criminal thug traitor and they will never be able to change that.
He loves ordering shootdowns.
I absolutely loathe my (current) federal government.
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As do tens of millions of other patriotic Americans, myself included. I’m in my eighth decade of age and it’s BY FAR the most loathsome federal government in my lifetime.
Do yourself a favor and stop posting. I am tired of people thinking this is what Canadians are like.
He heard Corn Pop was in the balloon.
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