High altitude object shot down
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13th Feb 2023, 14:54
Done! A finger pointed at North Korea.
Appears they have bagged another over Alaska.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64605447.amp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64605447.amp
Doesn't mention anything about it being a balloon this time ... maybe it was "something else" ...?
NOTAM (Temporary Flight Restrictions) issued for Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) area today. Apparently the location of the search for wreckage of the current downed object (possibly offshore on sea ice).
https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_4481.html
https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_4481.html
At any rate, there are helos enroute to pick up the pieces, and presumably we'll have some clearer information released then (or, of course, not).
He said a fighter jet had approached the object and assessed there was nobody onboard
Anyone taking bets on how long it will take a YouTuber to pull a prank with something like this? Watched a YouTube video last year. Bloke faked an engine failure in a light aircraft. Baled out (he just happened to be wearing a skydiving rig) and videoed the crash. Did the whole thing to get clicks and earn money.
If tosspots will do stuff like that for clicks, then there has to be a good chance one of them will stage a "weather balloon" prank.
If tosspots will do stuff like that for clicks, then there has to be a good chance one of them will stage a "weather balloon" prank.
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They announced that the object had no visible means of propulsion, and was the size of a “small car” which seems quite small for a balloon. Waiting for the photo though.
Wouldn’t it be something if they shot down one of those mysterious little UFOs that have been buzzing ships lately?
Wouldn’t it be something if they shot down one of those mysterious little UFOs that have been buzzing ships lately?
Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder confirmed that an F-22 jet shot down the object - which was moving at an unknown speed - with a sidewinder missile at 13:45 EST (18:45 GMT).
Mr Ryder said a significant amount of debris had been recovered so far. It was being loaded onto vessels and taken to "labs for subsequent analysis," he said, which "will prove helpful to our further understanding of this balloon and its surveillance capabilities".
Officials have not yet determined whether the object was involved in surveillance, and Mr Kirby corrected a reporter who referred to it as a balloon.
Mr Ryder said a significant amount of debris had been recovered so far. It was being loaded onto vessels and taken to "labs for subsequent analysis," he said, which "will prove helpful to our further understanding of this balloon and its surveillance capabilities".
Officials have not yet determined whether the object was involved in surveillance, and Mr Kirby corrected a reporter who referred to it as a balloon.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com...drone-aircraft
As to Tusk's sports car - yeah, that connection occured to me also.
As to Tusk's sports car - yeah, that connection occured to me also.
Funny content however.
Thanks for the laugh. (“It came down faster than the stock price!”
