Tell the rest of the fleet to advance - we've got 'em FOOLED!!
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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......lol, I meant Eielson, thanks for correcting me.
They made this up to try to regain some credibility. 😂😂😂
Right? That was my take also. I still think this is a joke.
Looks like everyone going to the superbowl
Bets on whether we launched it?
Post of the week! Lol!!
Fellow Michigander, you rock!!
absolutely loathe my (current) federal government.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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.
silver and cylindrical. Maybe GOODYEAR on the side.
Another BS story?
A-10s fly at that altitude?
😆👍 I was at Elmendorf, but not Eielson. ⛷️
Looks like it went over the Prudhoe Bay oil field, wells, pipeline, etc., just east of Deadhorse, Alaska. Could be useful information to China if they are planning to take out a large source of US oil.
According to what I read, the A-10 can reach FL 450. Since they are close air support aircraft, I don’t know why any pilots would want to fly that high.
We have been told the thing is an object. When the thing floats around like a balloon, it is a balloon. There is nothing else that floats around at 45,000 feet. So, why are they calling it an object? Why be so secretive about such a device that anyone with any reasoning can figure it out?
Say goodbye, Superman.
On a separate note: an airliner disappeared over Alaska.
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Tell the rest of the fleet to advance - we've got 'em FOOLED!!
UFO!!!
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