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Who described it this way?
It doesn't mention the object was moving at high speed. They said it was floating at the whim of the wind. Sounds like a balloon to me.US shoots down unknown 'high-altitude object' over Alaska, White House says
The U.S. has shot down what was called a "high-altitude object" over waters off Alaska, the White House said Friday.abcnews.go.com
It does.It doesn't mention the object was moving at high speed. They said it was floating at the whim of the wind. Sounds like a balloon to me.
Thanks, I was about to post that. The reasonable concern was a flight could accidentally run into it. Commercial flight altitudes are assigned by direction between 33000 and up to 42000 feet.Commercial flights are at around 36,000 feet, can go up to 42,000. Military is a bit higher.
And flights transiting near the north pole are usually up there at the maximum altitude. It was a legitimate safety concern.Thanks, I was about to post that. The reasonable concern was a flight could accidentally run into it. Commercial flight altitudes are assigned by direction between 33000 and up to 42000 feet.
IKR? They shot at everything!!I don’t think a reasonable response is to just start shooting at everything at 40,000 feet and ask questions later.
Not as many"Find out?"
To be fair, there are plenty on the left who are equally on the constant hunt for outrage.
It was identified as unmanned, it was identified as a navigational hazard, it violated US airspace, and it got smoked.Fool me once……..
US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ of ‘unknown origin’ over Alaska
The incident comes a week after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down over South Carolinawww.independent.co.uk
We have an epidemic……
that sunshine will be along in a few months and then it will be light 24 hours a day for a bit.Looking for sunshine in Alaska.
the good year blimp is cylinder shaped and it is still a balloon.US shoots down unknown 'high-altitude object' over Alaska, White House says
The U.S. has shot down what was called a "high-altitude object" over waters off Alaska, the White House said Friday.abcnews.go.com
Now they come in pieces.They picked a bad time to reach out to us……..
“We come in peace?”
Fool me once……..
US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ of ‘unknown origin’ over Alaska
The incident comes a week after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down over South Carolinawww.independent.co.uk
We have an epidemic……
You always make up such bizarre cult fantasies.Lol, the CCP is setting us up......."USA, the balloon shooting down champion of the world"......laughing stock of the world, under this current regime.
If it were and did not have an authorization, it would be self-defense to shoot it down. Especially, if they don't respond to calls to turn around.Glad this wasn't a civilian jet filled with people like in Iran...
Yes... Iran was very afraid of the airliner that took off from an airport in Iran....If it were and did not have an authorization, it would be self-defense to shoot it down. Especially, if they don't respond to calls to turn around.
um, he has more detentions than Trump ever did...that shows our border is far more secure under Biden than under Trump.
Or eastern Ukraine.Glad this wasn't a civilian jet filled with people like in Iran...
Firstly, an altitude of 40,000 is not normally an altitude where you'll find commercial flights. Or my memory isn't so great. Been out of that business for a long time. In fact, didn't they state that balloon over CONUS was not a threat to commercial air travel because it was at about the same altitude? I think they need new writers at that organization.
Secondly, what the heck does that "reasonable threat" mean? A bloody threat is a threat, or so I thought. What's an 'unreasonable threat'?
And now they can collect the pieces much easier off the ice.
EDIT: But I see the thread I thought I would post in was dumped and we already had one and you folks are having questions anew. Some of you are correct that something is a tad odd here. For example, why the heck even tell the public at this early stage?
Your mood seems less the byoyant.I'll just, uh.....um......
BALLOON
From what I heard, they've been sending balloons for awhile now, and only recently did we destroy one. (now two?)Fool me once……..
US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ of ‘unknown origin’ over Alaska
The incident comes a week after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down over South Carolinawww.independent.co.uk
We have an epidemic……
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