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Unidentified Aerial Espionage: The Strange Saga of The Chinese Spy Balloon Shoot Down
2023-02-12
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[The Debrief] The U.S. State Department has also said that the debris recovered after Saturday’s shootdown has been associated with a Chinese company with "direct commercial ties" to the Chinese military, according to The New York Times.

Posted by:Besoeker

#13  How about time travelers from a Latin-speaking Afro-Chinese empire? Something for everybody!
Posted by: Lampedusa Hupolugum2027   2023-02-12 20:28  

#12  It'd be funny of one of the things they shot down was an actual alien ship and we just started the first Intergalactic War.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-02-12 19:38  

#11  (Daily Mail) The pilots of US Air Force F-35 fighters sent to intercept the mystery object over Alaska on Friday say that whatever it was had been “interfering with the sensors of their aircraft” before they shot it down.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-02-12 17:46  

#10  Back in July my wife and I observed two very high altitude pinpoints of light moving west to east (time was around 1100 in the AM with blue skies). The first was a bright pinpoint with an an accompanying object flying in tandem that was different since it was refracting light which made it appear as if it was rolling forward. It was weird enough that I called a friend who could not find anything on the flight records at that time. Odd, so I started researching this phenomena - my research resulted in the following - an article out of the Ukraine... https://thedebrief.org/cosmics-and-phantoms-ukrainian-independent-study-reveals-observations-of-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/

Initially I thought we may have observed the same cosmic or phantom phenomena of at least two in formation or squadrons as they call it... Now I am curious if the high altitude balloons are just one part of a larger effort.

A study accompanied the report - located below.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.11215.pdf
Posted by: Tennessee   2023-02-12 14:25  

#9  Couldn't find it or because it landed? Worrying to say the least as the CCP has fully embraced bio-weapons, perhaps including animal pathogens?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-02-12 11:14  

#8  Re #5 - latest word is the no fly zone is open again, because they couldn't find the UFO.
Posted by: Mercutio   2023-02-12 09:00  

#7  ^"Portable Hydrogen Gas Generator Inflating Balloon" Simple and cheap and explosive as gasoline or propane.
Posted by: Dale   2023-02-12 07:30  

#6  Prof. Thaddeous Lowe. Father of Lincoln's Flying Spys - Founder of the Civil War Balloon
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-02-12 07:18  

#5  [Another] Mystery airborne object remains over Montana, says congressman who claims DOD is waiting for fighter jets to 'get eyes on it': Military says it's monitoring situation after re-opening airspace


the Pentagon would follow the object, but were unable to shoot it down because it was dark.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-02-12 05:32  

#4  Mad Eye's Link at #1 and #2.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-02-12 03:22  

#3  Perhaps you have noticed:

  • Other than balloon fabric being hauled aboard a Zodiac off the shore of SC, no actual payload or recovered devices have been photographed.

  • Chinese companies with "direct commercial ties" have been "blacklisted" by the US Government (USG), indicating that the components and manufacturers have been identified. Nothing more has been discussed about the component firms or their....previous "non-blacklisted" associations, funding, or other activities in China or the US.

  • No mention has been made regarding the potential of non-GPS navigation 'laser terrain mapping' has been discussed.

  • News televised routes or trajectories or route comparisons of the balloons appear to have been removed or are in the process of being removed from news reporting.

  • No one, military or otherwise, associated with the actual physical recoveries has been interviewed.

  • No statements from the FBI regarding the objects have been aired.

  • No statements, knowledge sharing, or reporting from US entities or representatives of the USG high-altitude balloon research (military or civilian) have been aired.

  • No communications contact data, transmission, frequency (intervals of transmissions), potential photographic collection, or specific 'dynamic re-tasking' information has been discussed or released.

  • The capability for communications between these objects, ships, or conventional airborne platforms, or ground stations has not been discussed.

  • No end-of-mission recovery of these balloons or airborne platforms in the Atlantic or elsewhere by China or anyone else has been discussed.

  • No 'recall' of Chinese diplomatic personnel in Washington (for explanations) appears to have yet been made. No hints of potential diplomatic expulsions have been forthcoming.

  • Posted by: Besoeker   2023-02-12 03:16  

    #2  https://youtu.be/05JoxO9Nm-g
    Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-02-12 03:11  

    #1  The Chinese balloon shot down may have been using LIDAR to map target areas generate 3-D maps using green laser lights. The LIDAR laser sweep of Hawaii was captured and put on YouTube.
    Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959   2023-02-12 03:04  

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