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US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

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"Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes" "Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet." https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/unidentified-object-... "It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.…

Sounds like a shiny balloon to me.

It seems the aliens are invading by balloon. No one saw that coming.

Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

#236

"Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes" "Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet." https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/unidentified-object-... "It was described as "cylindrical and silver-ish gray" and seemed to be floating, a U.…

Sounds like an MKV to me. Could be in response to the ICBM.

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I wonder if they're trying to figure out what we can detect and we're giving them all the information they need by publically shooting these down.

I'm convinced that's why the balloons haven't been shot down in the past. Learning our detection abilities is probably way more important for China than anything they would be able to take a picture of.

Re: US aircraft shoots down new airborne object over Canada

#239

Reuters sacrificed common sense for sensationalism, these are drones/balloons, not alien space craft, and everyone knows it. Clickbait!

UFO just means unidentified.

Yeah, but my point is UFO means alien craft in popular parlance, hence the clickbait.
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