Canadian defense minister describes object shot down by NORAD

[@tarajoyce3598]

Glad to see allies being allies.

[@olgierdanotv1893]

aliens being aliens.

[@Truthdontlie2023]

Me too 🇨🇦🫶🇺🇸

[@heathenhammer2344]

It's a scsm

[@jjjkkshen2836]

ally or puppy!

[@Truthdontlie2023]

@@heathenhammer2344 glad you think so

[@vertigo20001]

If I were an extraterrestrial in a spaceship I would keep my distance for a while until things settle down.

[@xymonau2468]

Well, I'd put my balloons away, at least.

[@Relayer6a]

There are no extraterrestrial spaceships. 🤣

[@j.b.macadam6516]

There's probably a sign somewhere out there that says 'WARNING : 3rd planet from the yellow star is inhabited by aggressive primitives possessing nuclear weapons'!

[@telebubba5527]

@@Relayer6a They are "extra" and they are "terrrestrial". Your point debunked..

[@Jayzc66]

Yeah lol

[@crashman2062]

I snorted when the former government official tried to claim that a flying cylindrical object with no discernible means of propulsion could have many explanations, like a dirigeable. In the Artic and at that altitude. A dirigeable. SMH

[@ANHON888]

She is not qualified to speak on this. She works for USDOT ffs and speaking so confidently like she’s seen cylindrical objects with no propulsion every day 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@fanatamon]

@@ANHON888 I drove pass an airport once so I’m overqualified to talk about this.

[@pairashootpants5373]

Right because we see dirigibles all the time in our final fantasy steampunk world today lol

[@vertigo20001]

Why do these people have such a hard time saying what's really on everybody's mind?

[@AmedeeBoulette]

Espionnage.

[@jaybo7813]

Why don’t you say what you think is on everyone’s mind? Something very moronic, no doubt, given that you aren’t stating it outright.

[@MrBonners]

when they don't know anything they need to fill time with using as many words as possible. If it is technical in nature they are words they aren't use to using so they trip and fumble through it trying to sound smart.

[@luisfernando5998]

Aliens 👽

[@fanatamon]

@@jaybo7813 Clearly its aliens.

[@dsab381]

I'm so glad George Santos is such a good pilot and was able to down this object with only one shot. George will also be inspecting the crash site and will be telling us what it is shortly.

[@allierod1366]

LMAO

[@mikeythompson7777]

Santos gave the order, then got in his fighter plane and shot the object down himself

[@artyfhartie2269]

George Santos brought the object down with his intense laser beam gaze

[@MarioLopez-si8jb]

I also heard it was one of those asteroids that killed his mom when it hit the earth 65 million years ago.

[@meself349]

Lol

[@east_coast_ceo1070]

USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 Great Teamwork with very quick responses 👏

[@imelusb1528]

Hahaha, US detected it, US shot it , and poor canadians didn't even have a clue.

[@adamalkishawi8940]

@@imelusb1528 that's the whole point of being allies smarty pants.

[@bigfig5219]

@@imelusb1528 🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@magdarosson6579]

propaganda; UFO ha ha ha

[@John-qo6wo]

It’s weird how social media works. The other day everyone in the comments section were blasting them for taking so long, now everyone is united. We live in a world of sheep

[@ianarmstrong9594]

baaa

[@CaptainKedah]

Baaaa baaaaaa

[@theodorebeaudoin3048]

You might....I don't.

[@benjurqunov]

Trump is getting his money worth !

[@christophermullins7163]

It's clearly an alien probe or some craft. They're everywhere these days getting the attention of so many respected military people. We want answer.

[@magna116]

Reporter blinked just over 23,000 times.

[@anthonykonon9259]

Lmfaooooo holy crap you are right what is wrong with her eyes I wonder

[@kidcitigsu]

⚰️🤣

[@fayesaeteurn8209]

Maybe she is trying to tell the public what the man doesn't want us to know... Replay and get the boy scout code book

[@Tummysticks315]

ya i noticed that that fucker was on rapid fire

[@petergibson2318]

She is an Extraterrestrial. She was sending secret codes to the Extraterrestrials. Like Morse Code.

[@lanceleslie5165]

Almost one year has elapsed, and there is STILL no update or clarification on the Canadian object, or the earlier object shot down off of Alaska's Beaufort Sea coast.

[@AMBUHUT]

Man whats happening is scary but seeing allies together is just an antidote to the situation

[@gregroth4696]

When did balloons first begin to scare you? Was it small age birthday parties or what? Why do you let the press dictate how you feel? Stop it. Whew 😥 now no more! The tv has an off button you know. ;-) use it liberally.

[@buntyjoy1800]

The media has done its job then hasn't it. Pedalling fear to distract from corporations and the super rich screwing over the word

[@daporkoil1]

You’re afraid of balloons?

[@emintey]

Obviously these are space aliens. I wouldn't go shooting them down so casually as these are likely scout ships and not to provoke a larger interplanetary invasion.

[@lpquagmire3621]

To be honest I think aliens would go easier on us than a foreign superpower.

[@gabs7506]

Thank you to the American military as well as Canadian military. The internet has really been helpful to the folks who tend to be conspiratorial, but I appreciate our hard working folks who are defending us!

[@t1n4444]

Ah, well, now ... who's clearing up all the mess of broken alien ships. We'll be knee deep in wreckage soon.

[@jlbueno0611]

Indeed... don't mátter what it is..if its a threat, we will take it down with our amazing armed forces !! ..💪🏼🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@busterhikney6936]

MORE EVIDENCE OF THE AMERICANAD MUTUAL MILITARY ILLUMINANTI COMPLEX COVERT CHEMICAL SEEDING DONE IN PLAIN SIGHT

[@Stefkaist]

@@jlbueno0611 BLAH, BLAH, BLAH

[@andybilakshow260]

@@t1n4444 Wait till the rest of the family shows up. You'll think "Guido" is selling avon.

[@annf3949]

They know what it was and we want answers now

[@bobbytarte2299]

My best friend is a pilot. We discussed this today at that height it should've been clear. One of the pilots said he couldn't figure out the propulsion system wich means what powered it. That also means it was probably moving pretty fast. The fact the the government isn't talking. We know what time it is.

[@richardalvarado9807]

Interesting.

[@travisewart]

Ooh, a UFO 🤩

[@frenchonion4595]

Aliens are going to be pissed. We took out one of their homies.

[@shwnshts9469]

Couldn't "no propulsion system" just mean no obvious heat differences? No exhaust etc? Sounds like space trash.

[@nathanmiller9785]

Space trash burns up in the atmosphere bro. It doesn’t enter the atmosphere and magically fly around for hours or days.

[@thewurstgarage676]

The more frantically she tells us that this is of no concern to the public, the more suspicious I get.

[@humblebee7979]

My thoughts exactly. They will continue with their vague explanations and 'we are investigating" nonsense.

[@Sodonewithchaos]

Oh gimme a break 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️.

[@stpfs9281]

Actually admitting that they can't identify a craft "in the dark", will have to wait for daytime confirmation. Now complaining of foggy weather: "It's a Weather Balloon"! So they shot it down.

[@jaybo7813]

Typical irrationality of a conspiracy theorist. Would you be more reassured if she told everyone to be concerned?

[@bighands69]

Why would you be concerned about balloons. It is not a new technology and there is nothing special about any of this. They are also useless as a weapons delivery system. There is lots of fear mongering out there from people that are mostly idiots.

[@LovinLife-pv7op]

That object belongs to someone. If it was innocent in its activity, why isn't the owner lodging complaints? Some nations should have already started bitching if it was just an accident.

[@bryan805]

If aliens land and ask to speak to our leaders, we are so screwed.

[@jacknguyen5677]

Just taken them to Marla -Largo where in Trump we trust.

[@candusochs8473]

Trump probably speaks their language..

[@jacknguyen5677]

@@candusochs8473 yes, unlike current occupant at 1600 Penn Ave.

[@firstlast7090]

Those aliens better be boosted

[@mr.constitution]

Especially with Biden, who is senile and corrupt. We need Trump back. A REAL president.

[@Lou-Lou8343]

The defense minister said it was a cylindrical object and would not confirm that it was also a balloon. My questions: was it floating or flying on its own power, was it a manned object, and how fast was it moving? These jets were close enough to observe that much. It was the size of a car. A lot can fit in a car.

[@belami_irl8543]

They said it was not manned

[@richardalvarado9807]

All good questions.

[@Lou-Lou8343]

Ok, So they were close enough to observe that it was unmanned. The other questions should be easy to answer too. These two governments let a 200 ft high (taller than a 20 story building) traverse the USA before doing anything about it. What was so concerning about this much smaller object that they scrambled 4 jets to shoot it down immediately? They could have taken out the Chinese spy balloon early on too without it being a danger to people below, but they didn’t? That’s pretty significant.

[@maryjaynemay3410]

The defense minister said it was either stationary or hardly moving.

[@MrBonners]

They don't know. Dropped it in the middle of the Yukon Rocky Mountains in winter after several big storms went through. It will be awhile before they find it, buried under 30 ft of snow or hung up on a mountainside cliff. idiots

[@daveking-sandbox9263]

It is frustrating when you try to watch the news and report starts with “there are so many questions”. That is the reason why I watch the news. Not to hear what the reporters don’t know.

[@62Cristoforo]

Orson Welles ‘War of the World’s radio show described the alien craft as a “cylindrical object”.

[@DAndyLord]

So did the designer of the soup can.

[@KingMapleSeed]

@@DAndyLord So are you suggesting Campbells is working with the enemy?

[@Doc_Holiday]

Stunning and brave Potato Joe commanding the military shoot down alien spacecraft

[@BigMateo24]

@@KingMapleSeed For sure Progresso is.

[@Vet-7174]

@@Doc_Holiday He probably sent them up there 😆😅

[@angelicrealtor1]

What in the world is going on with all of these mysterious flying objects, balloons, etc??? Spooky to say the least. Hopefully, they will be able to find out what's going on and resolve the matter.

[@KingMapleSeed]

Assuming top government officials and the military already know what it is, and possibly were aware of them for awhile. In the civilian world we are just trying to figure it out from whatever they tell the media which in turn tells us

[@snowman0129]

I do believe this is contact

[@koffz-nl2118]

UAP/UFO's. Simple.

[@sinistan1002]

there was a chinese spy balloon that went across the u.s. and now there's a knee jerk reaction to act even faster its as simple as that

[@DavidSmith-wp2zb]

Its called american propaganda. Have you been alive long enough to see it. Its very good.

[@signalfire6691]

The weather up there was 30 below zero yesterday (and that's at ground level, not counting wind chill) but unlikely it was snowing at 40,000 feet. Between the pilots and the radar, they should have gotten a good look at it.

[@MrBonners]

Dropped it in the middle of the Yukon Rocky Mountains in winter after several big storms went through. It will be awhile before they find it, buried under 30 ft of snow or hung up on a mountainside cliff. idiots

[@garygrant9612]

These jets have cameras right, if not then they should be, since we have different description of this craft from both pilots involved.

[@tabularasa0606]

Something stationary would be hard to see if you fly by at a high speed.

[@MrBonners]

@@tabularasa0606 fighter jets can fly very slow.

[@MrBonners]

@@garygrant9612 You know that is probably the 100s of aircraft engineers and designers forgot to have in a combat plane, a camera. you should e-mail somebody about that.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

I appreciate we didn't all study for a doctoral degree at an Ivy League college, but do broadcasters need to speak to their viewers as if we hadn't yet begun kindergarten? In this segment we were told precisely the same thing 14 times in 10 minutes.

[@maryjaynemay3410]

I think they’re having to hide something, or they don’t know either and have a case of the creeps…

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

It's like every American TV show, repeats over and over and you just get 2 minutes at best of actual show

[@lilylove3300]

Why 90% of foreign military bases are American? Do those bases actually represent US imperialism? There are over 5,000 US military bases total, with 750 bases overseas, in 80 countries and colonies, the US has more foreign military bases than any empire or country in world history. More than 100 people from New Jersey high school diagnosed with brain tumors. Over the past 30 years, experts suspect that a potential cancer cluster in New Jersey may have an underlying cause. 'Forever chemicals' detected in water systems of 2,800 US cities. Growing concern over PFAS contamination and pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the chemicals in drinking water. But we’re expected to believe China and Russia are the real threat for the world the US intends to defend the "rules-based order" that Russia and China are posing a challenge to.

[@alaps01]

Flying, objects, cylindrical, small and don’t know are the exact words repeated over and over again

[@natanielcostard]

it's entrainment. They need to keep you glued to the channel until the ads come up, even if all they have are two unimportant pieces of information.

[@russell22222]

Alarming.Very much concerning.

[@MayThereBeWorldPeace]

NORAD I trust you to protect us.🤛 🇨🇦. 🇺🇲

[@brucewagner4394]

Let's not forget our neighbors Mexico too.

[@heathenhammer2344]

Keep dreaming

[@rabidcujocrazy7462]

Cough cough 9/11 cough cough

[@mr.constitution]

Idiot

[@blackl1steddrums]

That’s adorable of you. Question everything

[@riccij7754]

What if these "objects" are testing US military response time? If so, who is doing this and why? 🤔

[@jonjeskie5234]

Let's be real, China and Russia are the only suspects 100% of the time.

[@frenchiesaparis5741]

China doing it in the lead up to Taiwan

[@PocketDrummer]

Well China, and because they are building up their military to specifically target the US.

[@bighands69]

And what they have found out is that the US can track them. That does nothing to help the Chinese on any level. It does not even show them if the US is even out of first gear and is just playing with China.

[@TheAnzamin]

They are looking at that regardless of whether its the primary aim.

[@mickeybslayz]

They are being super cautious with how they are wording this and it’s freaking me out

[@jaybo7813]

What’s there to freak out about? At worst they are probably observation balloons or drones. No greater risk than cyber espionage which has been going on for years

[@47f0]

Chill. The military has a tendency to classify everything they do automatically. Here's one potential reason for super cautious wording. Oceanic and atmospheric observation balloons fly all over the place all the time because scientists like to study that stuff. Even Chinese scientists. With China getting all pushy and aggressive about Taiwan lately, if we can gain some political points by shooting out a few of their weather balloons, we're not above doing it. And if you're freaking about us shooting down aliens, relax. Us being able to shoot down technology capable of interstellar travel is about as likely as the Wright brothers being able to shoot down an f-35.

[@averyhazen8466]

I find it impossible to believe that they don’t know (at least) which country these two objects came from. I get that they’d want to keep tight lips, but for them to not know now is hard to believe.

[@ladislaoortiz8420]

China has alreay said the first object was theirs..

[@ianarmstrong9594]

It's an Alien invasion

[@oldmountainmarineandmetals9736]

Zeta Reticuli

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

@@ianarmstrong9594 Bobert and MTG are proof they have arrived 😁

[@MrBonners]

they dropped it in the middle of the mountains in winter. going to take awhile to find it.

[@jimbar99]

An Unidentified Object that was flying, sounds like a UFO to me.

[@greggf6831]

Totally a UFO. Cylindrical, no propulsion, can't understand it, Differing accounts. Its aligns with all the observations over the last 30 years. So our great pilots can't identify if its a drone, balloon, Plane or bird lol. Thats BS! 40,0000 feet high flew near it but can't identify but yet can determine the size? Yeah ok how much is the brooklyn bridge for purchase. 2 UFO shot down in 2 different areas and still don't know?? Oh it's the Russians or Chinese? You mean the same chinese who rely on a balloon, now have high tech cylindrical objects? hahaha that's laughable. The same china that has semiconductor technology 20 years behind the USA?? But now have spy craft like this? Or the Russian's whose military equipment is third rate and are taking computer chips from old refrigerators to use in war? Its not adding up

[@SledDog5678]

Well... It is currently unidentified "U" It was flying "F" It is an object "O" (ufo doesn't specifically mean "Aliens")

[@greggf6831]

True but as a former fighter pilot they know exactly what it is. The pilots could have flew by multiple times ,since they were not under fire or in a combat zone. No worry about surface to air missile defenses, yet are mum on what they saw, supporting my theory on it being an Alien craft. The White house is figuring out how to spin it. Why not just call it a balloon, drone, blimp, aircraft. Its one of 4 and not hard to identify

[@realscience948]

With no signs of propulsion…as per one F22 pilot over Alaska??!! And they are cylindrical??!!

[@pastblaster3285]

@@SledDog5678 It could have been an " Unauthorized Fishing Operation " .....

[@waynebellringer5941]

Do the sums people! Cylindrical metallic object, not a balloon or airplane!!

[@oilofhoarehound]

I don't think there are any clouds or obscuring weather at that altitude , so the pilots would have had a clear view of the object in question

[@t1n4444]

Don't be silly! They aliens simply switched on their cloaking devices. All Klingons know that.

[@carlose6010]

40,000ft, international airlines generally fly at 38,000, sometimes more. Yes above the clouds.

[@sparkysmalarkey]

Clouds can form up to 280,000ft, Noctilucent is the highest I think.

[@threebox11]

an F-22 could get close enough to it for the pilot to reach out and grab it. let alone take high rez pictures of it

[@stpfs9281]

Now they are complaining that they couldn't see it in the dark, there is fog on the ground? Absurd.

[@AlwaysStormy88]

I'm wondering if the first one, the Chinese spy balloon that got shot down had tracking communication with these other objects , and that is how we are finding them immediately, and shooting them down as well.

[@maryjaynemay3410]

They said the big balloon did have tracking and other instruments in the payload.

[@bighands69]

No. The US has the ability to track very small objects. China is desperate and this shows that theyare.

[@rbmedd]

Interesting to me, this story has gone "cold" with no additional data forthcoming.

[@alexisroman8909]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@christophermullins7163]

Well it's aliens so they want you to think there is no more info.

[@ericabowman2657]

Ditto​@@alexisroman8909

[@stephenhicks826]

At 40,000' the weather is almost non-existent. Surely some sort of photography would have been attempted before they shot the thing down.

[@captglenn100]

We, as just "general public" are not going to see those photos anytime soon. They absolutely know what it is.

[@cleanasdirt6832]

I’m bettin that Santa and his reindeer are a bit nervous for their next flight.

[@olencone4005]

Sounds like China wasted zero time in trolling us with a zerg of disposable balloons after realizing how easily Americans can be spooked by them.

[@Liboch]

Exactly

[@chrisburd9751]

more like North America wasn't paying attention to what's going on its air space for decades because it was just us and Canada. They're awake now.

[@tondo9669]

yep

[@benjurqunov]

Funded at least in part by Trumps' election campaign.

[@richardlopez4318]

One year later, we still haven’t been told what it was. If it was a balloon, they had no problem telling us that. Cylindrical? Not Chinese.

[@Yverian]

That woman mentioned dirigibles, like zeppelins. Zeppelins were used as combat aircraft in World War 1. They are very quiet in flight, nowadays it wouldn't be difficult to make them absolutely silent. That is a rather scary thought. Not sure how a zeppelin would appear on radar, it's just a big bag of gas with a very light frame and usually a small payload. It would be very troubling if someone was using dirigible airships as weapons again.

[@c.eb.1216]

I wonder if they're still highly flammable 🤔

[@rogerdenningprice]

You could make an airship virtually silent with current tech.... but still... kinda hard to hide a Hindenburg sized object in the wild blue yonder... even with high end Bluetooth noise cancellation. ...

[@billestew7535]

Zeppelins are rigid airships and have a structure usually made of metal, blimps don't usually have a rigid frame just bags for the gas and a fabric cover both would be quite visible on military radar, it was the altitude that these things were flying at that helps to disguise them, we use satellites to do our spying, these things are probably just cheap inner orbit attempts at spying on the cheap ...and now everybody knows not the best thing if you are trying to spy

[@telebubba5527]

Zeppelins are still in operation today. Not for war purposes, but to carry freight as they can carry very heavy loads. Every now and then there's also talk on using them for passengers again like cruiseships.

[@MrBonners]

Radar can see it easily.

[@MrHarryson1985]

If you're a foreign adversary, it would be good to know if car-sized cylindrical objects would go undetected. That would be my best guess considering the recent surveillance balloons. Regardless of your interpretation it seems very ominous.

[@jlbueno0611]

Lol...we have technology to see ants up close , from space !!!... ...ain't nothing getting passed the US armed forces ...unless they chose to let it pass 💁🏻‍♂️ .

[@jamesestelle7260]

Could be one of these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKaUhqqjnNB-nas

[@chevychase3103]

I heard radar can detect Birds!

[@stevenboddy4232]

Who cares? China has orbital satellites and ICBMs so I'm not worried about a balloon

[@jamesestelle7260]

@@RustyNipples-Jr it's a rocket

[@bobsamuels8570]

Mean while the top 1%'s wealth increased by 26 trillion in the last two years.

[@Catbgone]

Yes it is of public concern. Stop telling us what we're concerned about.

[@Patty-bs3bz]

It seems that the government is worried about it because they’re being very cautious about sharing information.😮

[@Karlemids]

yes they know what they are

[@LuisHernandez-nc6ip]

Another one was found in Montana today

[@Karlemids]

@@LuisHernandez-nc6ip do you have a link pls

[@richardalvarado9807]

I agree about the government being cautious. Please read my comment.

[@c.eb.1216]

Or they're rolling their eyes because it's nothing and they're just waiting for the hullabaloo about space invaders to calm down.

[@yournanna866]

Did Canada send up their flying squirrel ?

[@markhernden9472]

George Santos said the object was a volleyball he launched into orbit during a championship game. Would he have lied about this? We will know soon.

[@Doc_Holiday]

Dementia Joe and John Fetterman saw it but neither one of them can give a comprehendable description

[@markhernden9472]

@@Doc_Holiday Don't worry. MTG and Bobo are looking into it.

[@zhaowei3025]

Least santos can play sport . Biden can barely walk 😂

[@geegaw1535]

@@zhaowei3025 he can walk walk and ride a bike. When have you ever seen conald ride a bike. NEVER

[@johndelben53]

YES HE LIED

[@oneninefiveeight7459]

Scary times ahead, people... stay safe

[@fightorflight6290]

Its not scary it is exciting stop trying to scare peeps some peeps like the fact that there could be another race of beings with far greater technology that when we are misbehaving like Russia Ukraine UK USA killing each other for no reason its just nice to know they could possibly swoop in and be peacekeepers or totally destroy us i would rather that than have ape minded humans with low IQ with sinster agendas that hold secrets its more scary to me that these humans could cause a nuclear war

[@randseedbin9440]

This happened over 4 months ago, but it seems the story quickly died. Did anybody announce what it was?

[@CorvusTX]

Our enemies are poking at our defenses.

[@balung]

Aliens or China?

[@susancaldwell624]

Because you are weak,,,just look at the idiots running it

[@fumblinF0e]

The 5th Generation F-22's unique combination of stealth, speed, agility, and situational awareness, combined with lethal long-range air-to-air and air-to-ground weaponry, makes it the best air dominance fighter in the world.

[@thejoebidencirclejerk958]

They're also poking Biden and Trudeau. 2 cowards

[@susancaldwell624]

@@thejoebidencirclejerk958 really just look at your new Congress,,,,idiots

[@jahns6980]

Why don't they takes pictures of it first?

[@A1FAHx]

They did 😉

[@4evrandaday598]

news will lie, govn lies, dont believe them.

[@t1n4444]

How do you know they haven't?

[@MetalHeadPyro510]

Celendrical objects of unknown propulsion are not from here. It was stupid to shoot it down and im surprised it didn't just bounce off the ship.

[@dr.samueladeyinka-ojo219]

Pray for the peace of the world

[@EduardoOliveira-e8c]

JOE OUGHT LET ANY BALLON THAT COME IN PEACE !

[@twenty1sixer216]

They will say "peace, and safety" then sudden destruction occurs

[@hedgehog1684]

galactus is invading soon

[@chris-gx7rs]

@@hedgehog1684 aliens are not real learn

[@JimmyBaggz]

Is she deflecting? Or is it me? 🤔

[@t1n4444]

No, you're still just nuts. That'll be it.

[@JimmyBaggz]

@@t1n4444 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevincrady2831]

I hope the aliens won't get mad at us for shooting down their tic-tac... 🤣

[@scotts.3460]

The most alarming thing to me is that these objects could carry large amounts of any type of poison gas that could be deployed over any city in North America. I wouldn't put it past Putin or Chi to drop VX over the superbowl or NYC just for kicks.

[@captglenn100]

Check out - "Black Sunday" (1977 film)

[@stormtellier3804]

also check out red dawn 1984 there's also a 2012 remake but the 84 one is much better in my opinion

[@nikita5662]

Or airborne virus

[@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507]

Or another more lethal covid strain on a bag of money

[@davidc5657]

It's not snowing and not foggy at 40,000 feet! Her comments are a smokescreen not a snowstorm. Let's see the pictures and hear the in person descriptions! What was the airspeed of the object? They know all this stuff and are not telling us.....

[@gvellz8170]

100

[@richardalvarado9807]

That I have to agree. I never heard how fast it was going or anything about it's maneuverability. The good stuff.

[@timgunderson2034]

Where's the pictures the people deserve to see whats going on be transparent

[@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291]

Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon

[@yllbardh]

not a phenomenon, it is a an object.

[@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291]

@@yllbardh yes, but still a phenomenon.

[@Liboch]

Unidentified Paranoid Syndrome

[@russshaber8071]

Why aren't there any reporters on the scene?

[@deanromanado5850]

Because it was shit down in the arctic

[@balung]

Because its minus 20, out there.

[@rrider3946]

Look at a map and check the current weather in the Yukon territory.

[@tommesbrown7323]

IT is Hard to believe that they dont know what that thing was if IT was big enough to be shot down by a missile

[@fivebass1]

At 40,000 ft., visibility would be clear, above the weather.

[@norbis3939]

If it was a balloon or other airship shot down in snowy, windy conditions, it might never be found. A thin film of material being blown around the Yukon Territory and covered in snow is not going to be easy to find.

[@maryjaynemay3410]

She said it was smaller and appeared more sturdy than the balloon. Now…how did she know that?!?

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

It's cylindrical not a balloon

[@fjuvo]

@@bulletsfordinner8307 There are cylindrical balloons like the blimps

[@bekanav]

@@fjuvo Yes, but how to get one up so high altitude in very remote area? It is not that simple, balloon so smalll have to be very light weight and cylindrical shape makes it more difficult. All flying objects tend to collect moisture which becomes ice and brings it down if it is based on buoyancy. And can you even see that small thin balloon in radar? And how low air pressure in those heights is dealt structurally? Weather balloons expand a lot when they reach high altitudes and they are very large to have enough lift.

[@bighands69]

@@bekanav A drone that is a balloon is not complicated and as a technology is something that the US had 70 years ago. Modern industrial technologies would easily allow something like that to be built the problem is that it screams of desperation and is more of a demonstrator of lack of capabilities than anything else. When the US takes them down they are not using reactive missiles and are just using large physical bodies to knock them out of the sky.

[@Icarus8426]

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[@0_o8]

now queue: Sweet Caroline but with guns kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2KuiYdtpMybhrM 🎈💥 🔫 pew pew pew 😂

[@62Cristoforo]

Please don’t shoot down the Goodyear blimp tomorrow

[@jaskamon6127]

really, sheesh

[@alexgray8804]

i really dont think you could have a rigid dirigible as small as a car. it would need more gas to float something that large

[@MrBonners]

not what they said. instrumentation payload was the size of a car. balloon size is irrelevant.

[@HANGDANGLER]

Some contractor is getting paid big bucks to construct these blown up cylindrical objects they will be unveiling soon.

[@BFBMTb]

I hope the world can stop fighting and start banding together because I'm sure the aliens are going to be pissed that we shot down 2 of their space ships

[@compulsiverambler1352]

Two?! Oh, you've got some fun catching up to do. The only thing that's changing is that a couple of governments have started to announce officially when an "unidentified" object comes down, instead of denying it and gaslighting the witnesses as they have done for over a century.

[@kill3rclown690]

u have to have big balls to shoot down a ufo.

[@yadavsuyog6723]

It appears to be a Small Cylindrical object. 01:15 does that ring a bell for anyone?

[@koffz-nl2118]

What could that be?

[@KingMapleSeed]

@@koffz-nl2118 Impossible for any of us to know, but many UAP sightings have been referred to by that especially the “tic tac” could be a drone though

[@hlk466]

I wonder what detection system a fighter jet uses- what would an object have to be made of to be detected (locked onto) or are they just visually locking onto it and shooting

[@PeterJFin]

Can we please let the Alien hold a press conference? I wanna hear what it has to say.

[@richardalvarado9807]

Lol. The aliens may claim no responsibility.

[@petergibson2318]

It will say "E.T. Phone Home."

[@newprofilesowhat1339]

Elon said he's too busy and Zuckerberg is on holiday.....

[@brettviestenz8841]

@@richardalvarado9807 They can neither confirm or deny that it belonged to them.

[@stevewhitteker3212]

"buy low, sell high'

[@danriley5848]

These objects are getting really concerning and I get the feeling that it's not good especially with Trump having held our secrets hostage for a year and a half.

[@BillyBob-ec5ox]

Held our secrets hostage???? He was the President you dimwit, 😂😂. China Joe has had secrets for 7 years, that he had absolutely no business having, when he wasn’t even President

[@bryan805]

Notice that these provocations never happened when Trump was leader of the free world.

[@ashleypihlcrantz9836]

Of course he did. More likely than not, sold the US out to the needyest highest bidder, TrumpyBoy is basically a Putin implant should never have run for US public office

[@sickwilly1171]

@@bryan805 Brainwashed.

[@MiracleFound]

@Bryan yes they did. At least 3 flew over the US while Trump was in office and he didn't shoot them down.

[@rogerdenningprice]

Why are the last two objects labeled as "objects" and not a balloon? All last week the first object shot down was referred to as a balloon... are these last two objects shot down in Northern Alaska and Canada attached to balloons? Maybe they are powered by Element 115....

[@petergibson2318]

Solar Impulse 2 flew all the way around the world in 550 hours in July 2016. Propellors were powered only by the sun, which also charged Li-Ion batteries for night flight. It had 2 pilots.

[@mauricegold9377]

Yes, that'll be right. Element 115 called Moscovium, whose longest-lasting radioactive isotope has a half-life of 0.65 seconds, isn't going to be a power-source for anything. At all. Ever.

[@nomore6167]

"[A cylindrical object] is very odd if you're looking for a traditional balloon or an aircraft" - Do I really need to point out that airplanes are cylindrical objects? Yes, they have wings and a tail fin extending from the cylinder, but an airplane is, for the most part, a cylindrical object.

[@cocacola4blood365]

Yes, but an airplane has a distinct profile allowing it to be recognized as an airplane. I'm pretty sure the analysts have taken that into account.

[@realscience948]

Could be a genuine UFO….we have to wait? I doubt it….but it is really weird?

[@nomore6167]

@@realscience948 "Could be a genuine UFO" - It *WAS* a genuine UFO - it was a flying object that was unidentified. I believe you meant "extraterrestrial flying object" or "interstellar flying object" (aliens), in which case, I doubt it as well. Any species capable of such technology would surely monitor the planet first, and the things we do on Earth 1) scream "keep away if you value your life", 2) scream "we already hit the self-destruct button", or, if it's not yet too late, 3) are a silent cry for an intervention from an intellectually superior species.

[@oldmountainmarineandmetals9736]

Tic Tac

[@crashman2062]

You must also describe the Int. Space Station as a cylindrical object. For the rest of us an object is NOT cylindrical just because a component of it is a cylinder.

[@journeymansmitty8283]

Wow this is a situation that can make you paranoid🤔

[@jaythebull8795]

if you believe a word they say, yes.

[@brettviestenz8841]

@@jaythebull8795 Coupled with engaging in social media conspiracy discussions to amp up the paranoia..

[@luisfernando5998]

Especially if your high

[@GamonSamurai]

A year later we still have no idea what those flying objects were...

[@edwardkwasi5754]

We need to find the “oranges “ of this balloon 🎈 😂😂😂

[@renep2220]

Agree 👍!

[@blacksheep933]

yep, I knew it Trump did it right??

[@edwardkwasi5754]

@@blacksheep933 no one mentioned trump but you. Even Stevie wonder can see that your feelings are hurt 😢

[@CobraXXVI]

@@edwardkwasi5754 damn you're on a roll today

[@sid7088]

GINA!

[@gregweatherup9596]

If this was off the north slope, what relevance is the weather in Anchorage, over 850 miles away?

[@nancychace8619]

Good point. Folks in the lower 48 don't all really understand how vast it is up there.

[@godlessevilfeeling]

Unless they is coming in by military plane, which I am sure more investigators of it are, Anchorage has no bearing on the recovery. Now, if they are coming up here commercial, we have 2 airports and Fairbanks is by far closer, the oil fields even closer, and most of the time the connecting flight to up there is from Anchorage. But, most of the time everyone comes through Anchorage, having both military and commercial flights as the main hub.

[@jamesharrison2374]

I have been at 40K’ on a good number of transatlantic flights over Greenland and Canada, and have seen storms below, and clear sky’s where we were at. Guess it can happen, but just think we are not being told what it was.

[@tabularasa0606]

It is probably just still under investigation and hence secret.

[@xiaoka]

Crappy day to be a high altitude balloonist. 😂

[@EduardoOliveira-e8c]

JOE OUGHT LET ANY BALLON THAT COME IN PEACE !

[@joanesp100]

The next balloons will be carrying clowns like paratroopers

[@firstlast7090]

Buckle up buttercup

[@mr.constitution]

They aren't balloons, dummy.

[@netgnostic1627]

There is a major upgrade in progress to the NORAD systems in the far north of Canada. It's a CDN$4.9 billion project budget over the next 4.6 years. I hope they can speed it up.

[@MrBonners]

I worked that project. It was completed around 10 years ago.

[@netgnostic1627]

@@MrBonners This one is new, announced Jun 20, 2022 by Anita Anand. From CBC's website: "Canada will spend $4.9 billion over the next six years to modernize continental defence, Defence Minister Anita Anand said Monday."

[@MrBonners]

@@netgnostic1627 that is for a lot more then just North Bay. $4.9 billion is a minor upgrade to continental defence.

[@thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994]

No human blinks this much

[@BLKGURL_GOLDMOUFMISSES]

😂😂

[@makiveli2006]

I think these were dropped by the initial balloon as it traversed. This is actually a reasonable threat if you have enough of these balloons you could create a blanket that would prevent you from launching ICBMs....and if the payload contains an EMP or jamming device it could be a sizeable threat.

[@signalfire6691]

There's China Cargo planes flying all over the continental US all day and night long. They don't need to attack us with a balloon, they could just load an EMP or nuke on one of them.

[@annaka5000]

Russia could be a problem up North. I've wondered about that this year

[@richardgozinya8456]

And China is Trudeau's best friend.

[@brettviestenz8841]

I’m only here for the comments. Priceless!

[@Raiim]

All these feel like a smoke screen to distract the people….

[@johnmusic8796]

Here we go conspiracy theory anyone?

[@Wolfcamp555]

Makes you wonder what they have planned for the superbowl.

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

@@terryl.cooper Look at you two. Bouncing your loony paranoia back and forth between you. Here's an idea! Get outta the house! Go buy a pretzel and a hot chocolate! Live in reality for five or ten minutes! Christ. ... NOTHIN'S gonna happen at the Super Bowl except a boring football game.

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

Look at you two. Bouncing your loony paranoia back and forth between you. Here's an idea! Get outta the house! Go buy a pretzel and a hot chocolate! Live in reality for five or ten minutes! Christ. ... NOTHIN'S gonna happen at the Super Bowl except a boring football game.

[@rogermosberger6856]

Superbowl is inconsequential!

[@threebox11]

you just hit the nail on the head

[@DirtFlyer]

Damn....your imagination just runs wild, lol.

[@cherylburkhead1334]

So is it 1 that moved from Alaska to Canada or 2 separate things?

[@MC302oils]

What's going to happen next?

[@johndelben53]

I DONT KNOW

[@chris-gx7rs]

Aliens are not real it's balloon

[@t1n4444]

" ... of no public concern ... " Hmm, "we'll" be the best judge of that! Just how big could a "mother ship" be? We'll soon know.

[@tubalcain1039]

Agree. Otherwise,why was it shot down.

[@aaronmcintosh2903]

Pfffff.....no we won't.

[@jimrudolph2864]

I’m curious to know what the object looked like. Couldn’t the pilot take a picture of it before shooting it down?

[@tctopcat1981]

They probably have video of it because such drills normally also have eues on the ground with viz of what the pilots are seeing

[@putinscat1208]

Crazy dude living in the middle of Alaska - "MY BALLOONS!!!!"

[@DonVideoGuy007]

It seems that Jim Acosta wants so badly to ask: "Could it be of extraterrestrial origin?"".

[@JamesCohenCaravan]

No photos no video equals at least 50% BS

[@MainMan7012]

A Margery Taylor Greene spaceship from her home planet.

[@NotJackAlderson]

Aliens: “Ay yo, what the hell are these monkeys doing down there? Bob, you go down there and make sure they’re not doing anything stupi-,” *BAM!* “Oh, hell nah, I’m about to whoop their ass!”

[@jaskamon6127]

good movie

[@Yababy_Farva]

Cylindrical, no visible means of propulsion, flying at 40,000 feet. Presumably in high winds. How? 🤔

[@Ben-Hawy]

The dumbest thing in the world is to shoot it down, it needs to be captured and analyzed, now you will never know about time travel or teleportation by expanding and contracting space, you will never know about the other dimension like what happens in the grave or after death for example, you will never learn the Barzakh language of the afterworld. This should’ve seriously been captured and analyzed instead of destroyed with all the information it carries.

[@jaskamon6127]

oops, well, next one..?

[@williamisbister676]

Unidentified?They know what it was,but not saying

[@lilylove3300]

The US is arming Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam & Malaysia with sophisticated and expensive warships, aircraft and missiles. Isn’t their aim to counter the rise of China in the region? What country has spent 40% of the combined military budgets of the world, creates an ‘enemy’ to indicate to Congress they need to increase the military budget by $7 billion and send their troops to the Pacific to 'encircle' China. Isn't “Cold War and zero-sum mentality” that leads to obsessive military superiority?

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@lilylove3300 , There's nothing being "created." Unless one has willfully ignored even a rudimentary examination of China's foreign policy initiatives over the past decade at least, it should be obvious the country's clear intention is global hegemony, by any means necessary (despite their avowed employment of 'software power).

[@ab-ps5qd]

The key point is to introduce "the assertiveness of China."

[@taz09216]

They are coming home.

[@EduardoOliveira-e8c]

JOE OUGHT LET ANY BALLON THAT COME IN PEACE !

[@chris-gx7rs]

Aliens are not real

[@lafa1432]

Clearly alien in origin with that advanced balloon technology.

[@hedgehog1684]

china

[@chris-gx7rs]

Aliens are not real and you need learn ufo are not real either

[@lafa1432]

@chris Really, someone explain that to you while you were riding the short bus? Guessing you recently graduated from getting your news from the comics.

[@matthewgaines10]

A ballon a day keeps the Chinese away.

[@gabekeepsitreal]

I want to remind everyone that unidentified means they have never seen it before. They know what blimps drigibles planes drones spacecraft and ballons are ..... This this is something they have never seen before

[@jaskamon6127]

gulp

[@ashleyg39]

No. Unidentified means unable to give a determination on exactly what something is- which can be a product of visibility issues, lack of knowledge of what they’re looking at, etc. it does not necessarily mean something we’ve never seen. And even if it is something we haven’t seen, that means it could be a technology another country was working on in secret. You all are sensationalizing things unnecessarily.

[@CDT755]

One thing is for sure whoever owned this object is upset right now.

[@Liboch]

Or laughing out loud