Elizabeth Howell

A dramatic fireball lit up European skies just hours after its discovery in space.

Krisztián Sárneczky spotted the small asteroid at Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station, located some 60 miles (100 kilometers) northeast from Budapest, with a 2-foot (0.6-meter) telescope. The information was passed along to the European Space Agency, hours before it fell into the atmosphere around 10 p.m. EST Feb. 12 (0300 GMT Feb. 13).

"I discovered this small body during a routine NEO [near Earth object] hunt," Sárneczky told Space.com senior writer Tereza Pultarova in an e-mail. "It was immediately obvious that it was an NEO, but it wasn't particularly fast across the sky, as it was heading right towards us, and it was faint," Sárneczky added.

It's not the first time Sárneczky has given a heads-up for a dramatic fireball event, as the professional asteroid hunter did the same thing in March 2022. "At the time I thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime event," he said. "I was wrong."

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14-02-2023 om 23:38 geschreven door peter  

KIJK. Spectaculaire beelden tonen hoe asteroïde door atmosfeer vliegt in Noord-Frankrijk: natuurspektakel ook in ons land te zien

Afgelopen nacht is boven Noord-Frankrijk een asteroïde door de atmosfeer gevlogen. De asteroïde, genaamd Sar2667, was ongeveer een meter groot en ongevaarlijk. Het is nog maar de zevende keer ooit dat experten de meteoor hadden voorspeld. Verschillende Fransen konden het unieke spektakel vastleggen. Ook in ons land was de asteroïde te zien, zo legde een deurbelcamera in Haaltert het fenomeen vast. Bekijk in bovenstaande video de beelden.

KIJK.

• Hoe ontstaan meteorieten? En hoeveel zijn ze waard?

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14-02-2023 om 23:20 geschreven door peter  

Crashed Spaceship On Mars, NASA Rover Photo, UFO Sighting News. Video

Photo Source: http://gigapan.com/gigapans/231776

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14-02-2023 om 22:56 geschreven door peter  

Black Object Over Thirsk, England Sept 12, 2022, UFO Sighting News. Video.

Date of sighting: September 12, 2022

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14-02-2023 om 22:46 geschreven door peter  

US Military Downs 4 Unidentified Flying Objects; Officials Do Not Dismiss Possibility of Extraterrestrial Origin

The U.S. military has shot down four unidentified high altitude objects in just eight days, prompting speculation about their nature and purpose. The latest takedown occurred over Lake Huron, with President Joe Biden ordering the action on the grounds that the object posed a potential surveillance threat. However, despite enhanced radar and other measures, officials remain in the dark about the nature of the objects, leading to calls for greater transparency from lawmakers. While defense officials deny that the objects are related to aliens, the lack of information has fueled anxiety and speculation about the potential for extraterrestrial life.

The recent events have been described as “nothing short of craziness,” with military leaders struggling to determine what is out there and what the dangers might be. The repeated takedowns are believed to be a response to a spy balloon from China that emerged over U.S. airspace in late January, but officials remain cautious about ruling out UFOs. While some have criticized the military for being trigger happy, others have argued that this is preferable to the permissive approach taken towards the Chinese spy balloon.

• Strong UFO Activity Revealed By Drone Footage

Despite the lack of concrete information, the situation has sparked widespread interest in UFO sightings, with many people searching for the latest news and updates. While the truth about these sightings may remain shrouded in mystery for now, the search for answers continues, as military officials and lawmakers work to uncover the truth about these high-flying objects.

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14-02-2023 om 21:56 geschreven door peter  

Artist view of an active supermassive black hole.

Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

 BY MATT WILLIAMS

The first SETI survey (Project Ozma) was conducted in 1960 and was led by famed astrophysicist Dr. Frank Drake (who proposed the Drake Equation). This survey relied on the Green Bank Observatory‘s 26-meter (85-foot) radio telescope to listen for radio transmissions from the nearby star systems of Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani. Since then, the vast majority of SETI projects have been geared towards the search for radio technosignatures, owing to the ability of radio waves to propagate through interstellar space. As Dvali and Osmanov explained to Universe Today via email:

“Currently, we are mainly looking for radio messages, and there have been several attempts to study the sky for finding the so-called Dyson sphere candidates – megastructures built around stars. On the other hand, the problem of SETI is so complex that one should test all possible channels.

“A whole “spectrum” of technosignatures might be much wider: for instance, the infrared or optical emission from megastructures also built around pulsars, white dwarfs, and black holes. A completely new “direction” must be the search for an anomalous spectral variability of these technosignatures, which might distinguish them from normal astrophysical objects.”

For many researchers, this limited focus is one of the main reasons SETI has failed to find any evidence of technosignatures. In recent years, astronomers and astrophysicists have recommended extending the search by looking for other technosignatures and methods – such as Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI). These include directed energy (lasers), neutrino emissions, quantum communications, and gravitational waves, many of which are spelled out in the NASA Technosignature Report (released in 2018) and at the TechnoClimes 2020 workshop.

For their study, Dvali and Osmanov suggest looking for something altogether different: evidence of large-scale quantum computing. The benefits of quantum computing are well-documented, which include the ability to process information exponentially faster than digital computing and being immune to decryption. Given the rate at which quantum computing is advancing today, it is entirely logical to assume that an advanced civilization could adapt this technology to a much grander scale. Said Dvali and Osmanov:

“No matter how advanced is a civilization or how different is their particle composition and chemistry from ours, we are unified by laws of quantum physics and gravity. These laws tell us that the most efficient storers of quantum information are black holes. 

“Although our recent studies show that theoretically, there may exist devices created by non-gravitational interactions that also saturate the capacity of information storage (so-called “saturons”), the black holes are the clear champions. Correspondingly, any sufficiently advanced ETI is expected to use them for information storage and processing.”

This idea builds on the work of Nobel-prize winner Roger Penrose, who famously proposed that limitless energy could be extracted from a black hole by tapping into the ergosphere. This space lies just outside the event horizon, where infalling matter forms a disk that is accelerated to near the speed of light and emits tremendous amounts of radiation. Several researchers have suggested that this may be the ultimate power source for advanced ETIs, either by feeding matter onto an SMBH (and harnessing the resulting radiation) or simply harnessing the energy they already put out.

Two possibilities for this latter scenario involve harnessing the angular momentum of their accretions disks (the “Penrose Process“) or capturing the heat and energy generated by their hypervelocity jets (perhaps in the form of a Dyson Sphere). In their later paper, Dvali and Osmanov suggest that black holes could be the ultimate source of computation. This is based on the notions that: a) a civilization’s advancement is directly correlated to its level of computational performance, and b) that there exist certain universal markers of computational advancement which can be used as potential technosignatures
for SETI.

Using the principles of quantum mechanics, Dvali and Osmanov explained how would be the most efficient capacitors for quantum information. These black holes would likely be artificial in nature and micro-sized rather than large and naturally occurring (for the sake of computing efficiency). As a result, they argue, these black holes would be more energetic than naturally-occurring ones:

“By analyzing the simple scaling properties of information retrieval time, we showed that the optimization of the information volume and processing time suggests that it is maximally beneficial for ETI to invest energy in the creation of many microscopic black holes as opposed to a few large ones.

“First, the micro-black holes radiate with much higher intensity and in the higher energy spectrum of Hawking radiation. Secondly, such black holes must be manufactured by means of high-energy particle collisions in accelerators. This manufacturing necessarily provides an accompanying high-energy radiation signature.”

In honor of Dr. Stephen Hawking, the COSMOS center will be creating the most detailed 3D mapping effort of the Universe.

Credit: BBC, Illus.: T.Reyes

Hawking radiation, named in honor of the late and great Stephen Hawking, is theorized to be released just outside the event horizon of a black hole due to relativistic quantum effects. The emission of this radiation reduces the mass and rotational energy of black holes, theoretically resulting in their eventual evaporation. The resulting Hawking radiation, said Dvali and Osomanov, would be “democratic” in nature, meaning that it would produce many different species of subatomic particles that are detectable by modern instruments:

“The great thing about Hawking radiation is that it is universal in all the existing particle species. Thereby, ETI quantum computers must radiate “ordinary” particles such as neutrinos and photons. Neutrinos, in particular, are excellent messengers due to their extraordinary penetration ability, which avoids the possibility of screening.

“This, in particular, offers novel fingerprints of ETI in the form of a flux of very high energy neutrinos coming both from Hawking radiation of information storing micro black holes as well as from the collision ‘factories’ that manufacture them. The Hawking component of radiation is expected to be a superposition of black body spectra of very high energies. In the paper, we have shown that the IceCube observatory can potentially observe such technosignatures. However, this is just one potential example of a very exciting new direction for SETI.”

In many respects, this theory echoes the logic of the Barrow Scale, proposed by astrophysicist and mathematician John D. Barrow in 1998. A revision of the Kardashev Scale, the Barrow Scale suggests that civilizations should be characterized not by their physical mastery of outer space (i.e., planet, solar system, galaxy, etc.) but of inner space – i.e., the molecular, atomic, and quantum realms. This Scale is central to the Transcension Hypothesis, a proposed resolution to Fermi’s Paradox that suggests that ETIs would have “transcended” beyond anything we would recognize.

Herein lies another exciting aspect of this theory, which is how it offers another possible resolution to the Fermi Paradox. As they explained:

“Up until now, we have completely overlooked a natural direction for SETI in form of high energy neutrinos and other particles produced by the Hawking radiation of artificial black holes. Thereby, various experimental searches for such high energy particles can potentially shed an extremely important light on the presence of advanced ETI within the observable part of the Universe.”

In short, it could be that we see a “Great Silence” when we look into the cosmos because we’ve been looking for the wrong technosignatures. After all, if extraterrestrial life has had a jump on humanity (which seems reasonable given the age of the Universe), it stands to reason they would have outgrown radio communications and digital computing a long time ago. Another advantage to this theory is that it need not apply to all ETIs to explain why we haven’t heard from any civilizations to date.

Given the exponential rate at which computing progresses (using humanity as a template), advanced civilizations might have a short window in which they broadcast in radio wavelengths. This is a key part of the Drake Equation: the L parameter, which refers to the length of time civilizations have to release detectable signals into space. In the meantime, this study offers another potential technosignature for SETI surveys to look for in the coming years. The Paradox persists, but we need only find one indication of advanced life to resolve it.

Further Reading: arXiv

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14-02-2023 om 01:32 geschreven door peter  

Latest update on the unidentified objects flying over the US and Canada: 

Yesterday the US Airforce has shot down another unidentified flying object, this time the object was shot down over Lake Huron and they are going to recover the debris to analysis the object. 

The Pentagon has refused to rule out the recent unidentified objects shot out of the sky could be aliens. US Air Force General Glen VanHerck said intelligence services were exploring all avenues - including the three most recent objects may be linked to extraterrestrials.

Asked whether he had ruled out 'aliens or extraterrestrials', he said: 'I'll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven't ruled out anything' reports the Dailymail. 

It seems as that the US air force has more information about these mysterious objects and although they refuse to give an explanation, the statement of US Air Force General Glen VanHerck is remarkable. 

Next, it seems that China will also have to deal with these unidentified flying objects. Sky News Asia Correspondent Brent O’Halloran says the Chinese authorities are considering shooting down an unidentified flying object after it was “detected” near a “port city” in the Northern Shandong province. 

So far; 

02-04-2023: Chinese Spy Balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina 

02-10-2023: Airborne object shot down over Alaska, Dead Horse 

02-11-2023: Airborne object shot down over Northern Canada near Mayo, Yukon 

02-11-2023: Airborne object detected on radar over Montana 

02-12-2023: Airborne object show down over Lake Huron 

The next three videos provide an update on the latest development on these unidentified flying objects whereby the third video from MRMBB333 provides more detailed insight including footage of a transport of a UFO-like object and a footage of a series of unidentified objects flying over the Argentine Sea.

    

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14-02-2023 om 00:24 geschreven door peter  

The website UFO Stalker says "This domain has temporarily been seized by the Department of Defense in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice in support of an ongoing investigation related to the unidentified aerial phenomena occurring within North American Airspace." 

With all the strange things going on in the skies over US and Canada, US Airforce shooting down unknown flying objects and now the Department of Defense has been seized the well known website UFO Stalker who reports UFO sightings on daily base. 

Are more websites and YouTube channels who are reporting about the UFO phenomenon to be seized in the near future? 

In the meantime a fourth unknown flying object has been shot down over Lake Huron yesterday and also a new unknown flying object has been detected over Canada. 

The fact that the Pentagon said that they cannot rule out that the unknown objects flying over the US and Canada are Aliens is something to think about. 

Maybe it is too far fetched but could it be that they are preparing a false flag alien invasion, and they don't want UFO related websites and YouTube channels reporting about it? We may wonder whether more UFO related websites and YouTube channels will be seized soon, something is going on for sure.

 

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14-02-2023 om 00:15 geschreven door peter  

Could UFOs over the US be the same as the infamous 'Tic Tac' caught on video? Expert says mysterious objects resemble white oblong spotted by the US Navy in 2004 – as the Pentagon refuses to rule out ALIENS

• US shot down the 'octagonal' object over Lake Huron with a missile on Sunday
• It followed the downing of two other cylindrical objects in Canada and Alaska 
• Their shape recalls the famous 'Tic Tac'-shaped UFO seen in the Pacific in 2004

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE 

UFO fever is gripping the US after a third mysterious object was shot down using a missile from a F-16 fighter jet yesterday. 

The 'octagonal' object with 'potential surveillance capabilities' flew near a sensitive military site in Montana before being taken over the Great Lakes on Sunday.

It follows a further two objects that were shot down over Alaska and Canada in the preceding days and a Chinese 'spy balloon' being eliminated the weekend before. 

While China claimed ownership of the spy balloon, the origin and purpose of the three subsequent unidentified flying objects are more mysterious, with the Pentagon refusing to rule out an extraterrestrial origin. 

The shape of two of the objects recalls the famous 'Tic Tac' UFO - a white oblong spotted by the US Navy in 2004. 

British UFO expert Nick Pope, formerly with the UK's Ministry of Defence, told MailOnline that he 'can't rule out a connection with the Tic Tac sighting' but cautioned that an overall explanation is 'still to be determined'. 

Here's all you need to know about what the UFOs could be, and why they are increasingly becoming a major breach of Northern American airspace.  

A mysterious object was taken down over the Great Lakes on Sunday after being detected in US airspace. The Pentagon issued a statement saying its path and altitude had 'raised concerns'. It followed two other crafts discovered and destroyed over Alaska and Canada on Friday and Saturday, respectively, and a Chinese balloon taken down on February 4

Three UFOs shot down in three days

WHAT HAPPENED?

US authorities were alerted to a flying octagonal object discovered in US airspace on Sunday – the third in as many days. 

Pictured, the 148th Fighter Wing F-16C that shot down the unidentified object over Lake Heron on Sunday. The missile is circled

READ MORE: What are spy balloons and how do they work? All you need to know after China claims object downed by US 

China's surveillance balloon is still shrouded in mystery to some extent, but it's thought to have sensors, radar, and cameras 

Meanwhile, the second was also cylindrical and described as much smaller than the Chinese spy balloon of February 4. 

Both were believed to have a payload, either attached or suspended from them, according to the officials. 

It's possible the Alaska and Canada UFOs were of the same design. 

However, the third one was described as 'octagonal' with strings hanging off, but had no discernible payload. 

Officials have said they would not definitively characterise these aircrafts as 'balloons' until the debris is recovered. 

It's possible that all the objects are balloons that China has released to bombard North American airspace, either as a threat or a political statement. 

WHAT HAS THE PENTAGON SAID? 

Following the take-down operation of the third UFO on Sunday, the Pentagon issued a statement saying its path and altitude had 'raised concerns'. 

The statement said: 'North American Aerospace Defense Command detected the object Sunday morning and has maintained visual and radar tracking of it.

'Based on its flight path and data we can reasonably connect this object to the radar signal picked up over Montana, which flew in proximity to sensitive DOD [Department of Defense] sites. 

'We did not assess it to be a kinetic military threat to anything on the ground, but assess it was a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities.' 

Pictured, the spherical Chinese balloon that was shot down on February 4 over South Carolina

US Senator Marco Rubio has claimed UFOs have been 'operating over restricted US airspace for years' but the public has only really become aware 'over the last 72 hours'.

Canada searching for object shot down over Yukon Saturday  

COULD THEY BE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN? 

The Pentagon has refused to rule out the possibility that the collection of unidentified objects could be linked to extraterrestrials. 

US Air Force General Glen VanHerck said intelligence services were exploring all avenues and would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet. 

'I'll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven't ruled out anything,' VanHerck said.

'At this point we continue to assess every threat or potential threat, unknown, that approaches North America with an attempt to identify it.'   

Mr Pope says everything that's been shot down so far is some kind of surveillance device rather than an extraterrestrial. 

'I'm sure there's life out there in the cosmos, and I'm open minded about the idea of visitation – to borrow the general's phrase, I don't rule it out,' Pope told MailOnline.

'But this isn't The War of the Worlds, it's spying, and I'm sure the US is making every effort to assess what damage has been done, and to mitigate the threat.'

According to Pope, VanHerck's statement was a 'generic response' that's used when people don't really have an answer, but it has had the effect of inviting an extraterrestrial hypothesis. 

Legendary English physicist Professor Brian Cox has also weighed in with a tweet laced with a good dose of irony.

'I've always suspected that an advanced alien civilisation with the technology to travel at close to light speed across interstellar distances would arrive in Earth orbit unobserved and proceed to dispatch a fleet of small, easily detectable balloons into our atmosphere,' he said. 

US Air Force General Glen VanHerck said they are still unsure how the three objects were staying aloft

All the same, the cylindrical shape of the first and second object has suggested a potential link with the famous 'Tic Tac' UFO of 2004. 

WHAT WAS TIC TAC?

In November 2004, US Navy pilots were conducting a routine training mission with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the Southern California coast

There they noticed the so-called 'Tic Tac' UFO, which was leaked in an official US government video taken aboard the Navy fighter jet. 

Aboard was US Navy Lieutenant Commander Alex Dietrich, who first noticed an unusual 'churning' of the ocean surface before seeing the UFO. 

The smooth, white oblong object – resembling a large Tic Tac breath mint – flew at high speed over the water, maneuvering and accelerating in ways which seemed to defy the laws of physics. 

'It appeared to respond in a way that we didn't recognise', Dietrich told Reuters in 2021, and seemed to lack 'any visible flight control surfaces or means of propulsion'. 

'We don't know what it was, but it could have been a natural phenomenon in human activity,' she said. 'But the point was that it was weird, and we couldn't recognise it.'

So could its characteristic shape give it any relation to the recently-downed objects?

Pope said he 'can't rule out a connection with the Tic Tac sighting' but cautioned that an overall explanation is 'still to be determined'. 

'I don't have an explanation for the Tic Tac incident, and to the best of my knowledge the DOD and the US Navy are still categorising it as unidentified,' he told MailOnline. 

The Pentagon has refused to rule out an extraterrestrial origin, but the shape of two of the objects recalls the famous 'Tic Tac' UFO of 2004

READ MORE: US is examining more than 500 reports of UFOs, hundreds of which remain unexplained 

Department of Defense admitted it is examining 510 reports of UFO sightings and an office dedicated to reviewing UFOs received 247 new reports since June 2021 (artist's depiction)

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

The hunt is now on by US authorities to find the fragments of the downed objects and analyse them to reveal more about their identity. 

The Pentagon has said Department of Defense staff will now work to recover Sunday's object 'in an effort to learn more' about its purpose and origin'. 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said analysis of the object that penetrated his country's airspace 'is going to be very important'. 

However, intelligence gathered from the investigations could be kept as closely-guarded secrets.  

'The fact that this involves the intelligence agencies is one reason for the secrecy, and while more information will emerge, some details will doubtless be kept from the media and the public, for reasons of national security,' Pope told MailOnline. 

'That will probably ensure that the conspiracy theories about aliens aren't going to go away just yet.'  

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13-02-2023 om 23:16 geschreven door peter  

Mystery Object Shot Down Over Lake Huron

There has been a spike in reported sightings of unidentified flying objects in North American skies. The most recent instance was on Sunday, when a US fighter jet shot down an unidentified object that was flying over Lake Michigan. This is the third time in a row that an aircraft has been forced to shoot down an unidentified object in the region.

Brig. General Pat Ryder, a spokesperson for the Pentagon, stated that the object was not considered a threat, but it was regarded as a flight hazard due to its capabilities. The military is currently working to recover it.

Melissa Dalton, the assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, said that the objects were taken down due to the recent incident involving a Chinese surveillance balloon. She also noted that these types of objects can be used for legitimate research.

• UFO Crash Lands in Lake Winnipeg Canada - Military Immediately Takes Over

The object was reportedly spotted on radar in Montana on Saturday. It was flying at an altitude of 20,000 feet and was described as an “octagonal” object with strings that were hanging off. Although it was not considered a military threat, it was believed that it could have posed a flight hazard to civilians.

Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer have both released statements about the incident. Slotkin praised the work of the US Air Force and National Guard pilots who carried out the mission, while Whitmer emphasized the importance of national security and safety, and confirmed that the National Guard was ready to respond.

This marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over North American airspace. On Saturday, an object was shot down over northern Canada, and on Friday, an object was shot down in Alaska airspace.

The recent surge in UFO sightings and incidents has sparked a renewed interest in the mystery surrounding unidentified flying objects. As the Pentagon continues to recover and analyze the objects shot down in recent days, it will be interesting to see what more is learned about these mysterious objects.

UFO filmed over Lake Michigan yesterday!

This object over Lake Michigan was filmed yesterday around noon (12th February) from Grant Park in Chicago. Is this the object that was shoot down over Lake Huron? Leave me your opinions in the comment section below!

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13-02-2023 om 22:25 geschreven door peter  

The FAA has closed air space for parts of lake Michigan citing national defense!!

The FAA has closed air space for parts of lake Michigan citing national defense!!

No wonder, Lake Michigan is a UFO hotspot for a long time now!! We are covering this for a decade now!

• Government Lies About UFO Sighting Over Miami

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13-02-2023 om 22:04 geschreven door peter  

Breaking News: Canada Shoots Down Its Own UFO in the Sky!

On February 11th, 2023, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that the Canadian Forces shot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the Yukon Canadian territory. The object was described as high-altitude and the Prime Minister stated that he had spoken with President Biden and that the Canadian Forces would be analyzing the wreckage. The exact nature of the object remains unknown, with the White House referring to it as a “high-altitude object” and National Security Council spokesman John Kirby describing it as the size of a small car. However, unnamed national security sources have described it as cylindrical and silverish-grey, unmanned, and floating, not appearing to be powered by any recognizable aviation systems.

This mysterious event comes shortly after the United States shot down a UFO just outside of Alaska, with President Biden ordering the downing of the object after it was detected and surveilled by U.S. intelligence and military. The object was described as being the size of a small car and floating in the sky.

With UFO sightings on the rise and US Congress taking the matter seriously, this event has sparked the interest of many and the internet is buzzing with conspiracy theories. It’s not surprising that the Roswell incident from 1947, in which a UFO crash was covered up as a weather balloon, has come to mind.

• UFO Crash Lands in Lake Winnipeg Canada - Military Immediately Takes Over

Only time will tell if the government will provide more information about what these objects actually were, but it’s definitely an exciting and mysterious topic to keep an eye on.

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13-02-2023 om 21:53 geschreven door peter  

LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS - 13-02-2023

Starbase Bustling: Before & After Historic 31 Engine Static Fire - Starbase Update

A 1-meter (3.28 foot) asteroid, designated Sar2667, will impact "Earth's atmosphere over northern France between 3:50-4:03 CET," on Feb. 13, 2023 (9:50pm - 10:05pm EST on Feb. 12), according to the European Space Agency. It is expected to safely burn up in the atmosphere but could be visible between London and Northern France.

Full Story: https://www.space.com/fireball-europe... Credit: Tony Dunn / orbitsimulator.com | edited by Space.com's [Steve Spaleta](https://twitter.com/stevespaleta)

Wow! Asteroid Sar2667's Earth impact seen over France and Germany

Small asteroid Sar2667 impacted Earth hours after being discovered by Kristian Sarnecki using the Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station in Hungary. It safely burned up in the atmosphere, providing fireworks to skywatchers in France and Germany.

Full Story: https://www.space.com/fireball-europe...

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Thomas Petit @MegaLuigi in Rouen, France, Aaron in Caudry, France, Sang-Hyeok Lee in Aachen, Germany | animation courtesy: Tony Dunn / orbitsimulator.com | edited by Steve Spaleta (https://twitter.com/stevespaleta)

What we know about the unidentified object shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday

The U.S. military shot down what it's calling a "high altitude object" on Sunday over Lake Huron, just hours after airspace was closed over Lake Michigan. On Sunday night, Department of Defense officials held a briefing to speak about their decision to shoot down the object over the lake. It's the latest in a string of similar sightings and take-downs. The first happened two weeks ago when officials say a suspected Chinese spy balloon crossed into U.S. airspace and was later downed by a U.S. fighter jet.

Hear what pilots said about mysterious object shot down near Alaska

An unidentified object was shot down 10 miles off the frozen coast of Alaska on Friday afternoon, US officials announced, but details about the object are scarce.

#CNN #News

US shoots down 4 UFOs, military officials won't rule out aliens

A U.S. fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over U.S. airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime precedent.

Part of the reason for the repeated shootdowns is a “heightened alert” following a spy balloon from China that emerged over U.S. airspace in late January, Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, said in a briefing with reporters.

Since then, fighter jets last week also shot down objects over Canada and Alaska. Pentagon officials said they posed no security threats, but so little was known about them that Pentagon officials were ruling nothing out — not even UFOs.

“We have been more closely scrutinizing our airspace at these altitudes, including enhancing our radar, which may at least partly explain the increase,” said Melissa Dalton, assistant defense secretary for homeland defense.#WakeUpCLT #UFO #Politics

READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nat...

What were the flying objects shot down by US military? - BBC News

The US military is 'still unsure' what the flying objects it shot out of the skies over North America were - and how they were able to stay aloft.

President Joe Biden ordered another object - the fourth in total this month - to be downed on Sunday.

As it was traveling at 20,000ft (6,100m), it could have interfered with commercial air traffic, the US said.

A military commander said it could be a "gaseous type of balloon" or "some type of a propulsion system". He added he could not rule out that the objects were extra-terrestrials

Pentagon briefing on unusual flying objects shot down across America | General Glen VanHerck

The U.S. Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said on Sunday (February 12) after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects that he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet, deferring to U.S. intelligence experts.

Asked during a Pentagon briefing whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin for three airborne objects shot down by U.S. warplanes in as many days, General Glen VanHerck said: "I'll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven't ruled out anything."

China sends defiant message as US jet shoots down fourth flying object

Sky's Beijing correspondent Helen-Ann Smith reports from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs where a spokesperson has not confirmed nor denied involvement with the recent flying objects shot down by the US.

The latest take down is the fourth in just over a week and the third in as many days after objects were shot down in Alaska and Canada.

Mystery object shot down by US jets - but not a spy balloon

US fighter jets have shot down an unidentified object in the skies over Alaska, although authorities say they don't believe it was a spy balloon.

The object, which was the size of a car, and reportedly described by one official as silver coloured and cylindrical, was first spotted on Thursday, flying at around the same altitude as commercial airliners.

It comes just a week after a Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down over South Carolina.

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US Air Force shoots down unidentified object over Lake Huron - the third take down in three days over skies of North America - as White House contradicts Schumer over 'balloon' origin of craft

• A third unknown aerial object was shot down over the Great Lakes on Sunday
• Meanwhile,  GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale has insisted that there is another mysterious flying object in the skies above Montana
•  It remains unknown whether these flying objects are more Chinese spy balloons

By MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The Pentagon has shot down another unknown aerial object over the Great Lakes after previously destroying two other crafts over Alaska and Canada.

Rep. Jack Bergman, of Michigan, tweeted Sunday afternoon that he had been in contact with his colleagues at the Department of Defense following reports of an unidentified air craft making its way across the Great Lakes.

Around 3.30pm, he revealed: 'The US military has decommissioned another "object" over Lake Huron.'

The announcement marks the third balloon shot down by the American military in just one weekend, after an unidentified object was shot down over Alaska on Friday and another was shot down in Canada on Saturday.

Meanwhile, GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale has insisted that there is another mysterious flying object in the skies above Montana, where air space was closed Sunday afternoon.

It remains unknown whether these flying objects are more Chinese spy balloons, as the White House refuses to characterize them until the debris is collected.

 

United States Rep. Elise Slotkin also confirmed that the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena was struck down over Lake Huron. 

 'The object has been downed by pilots from the US [Air Force] and National Guard,' she tweeted. 'Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters.

'We're all interested in exactly what this object was and its purpose. she continued. 'As long as these things keep traversing the US and Canada, I'll continue to ask for Congress to get a full briefing based on our exploration from the wreckage.

The Democrat had earlier tweeted that 'our military has an extremely close eye on the object above Lake Huron.

'We'll know more about what this was in the coming days, but for now, be assured that all parties have been laser-focused on it from the moment it traversed our waters.' 

Only a few hours earlier, the Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed 'national defense airspace' over part of Lake Michigan.

The agency announced that it closed down the area to examine a 'potential contact'. It was lifted less than an hour later.

GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale revealed on Saturday that he was informed of such a developing incident, though officials at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) later indicated that was a false alarm. 

But according to the Montana conservative's latest update - the situation may have been more serious than it seemed. 

'I am in constant communication with NORCOM and they have just advised me that they have confidence there IS an object and it WAS NOT an anomaly,' Rosendale wrote on Twitter.

'I am waiting now to receive visual confirmation. Our nation’s security is my priority.'

Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale said he was in communication with officials on Sunday about an unidentified object in his state's airspace

It comes after earlier updates he posted about a sighting of an unknown object on Saturday night

DailyMail.com reached out to NORAD for comment but was directed to the agency's previous public statements. A subsequent inquiry sent on Rosendale's latest post was not immediately returned.

The Pentagon said it had nothing further to add other than NORAD's Saturday night statement.

Montana's Democratic Sen. Jon Tester said on Sunday that he was in touch with Defense officials regarding the developments from Saturday night, but offered no new updates himself. 

'I’m continuing to receive regular updates from the Pentagon and our intelligence community as we closely monitor American airspace in light of last night’s development. I will keep holding them accountable so the public gets the answers they deserve,' Tester said.

The moderate senator indicated earlier on CBS News' Face The Nation that he was still aware of something developing in Montana's airspace.

'I think the investigation is still going on as we speak,' Tester said.

'The truth is, is that there was an anomaly, and they've investigated. I think it got dark last night, so they couldn't fully check it out. I'm sure, as we speak, it's being checked out right now.'

He summarized the uncertainty, 'There may still be something out there. It may be a false alarm.'

If there is indeed an unknown or malign object in Montana's airspace, Tester guessed 'it'll get shot down' by the military. 

It's not immediately clear what the object is, or where it's from, but Americans have been on high alert ever since the Chinese spy balloon shot down last weekend led to a host of revelations about Beijing's vast global surveillance program.

Defense officials said they were able to gain valuable insight into China's spy balloon program by studying the device as it drifted across the country, while avoiding shooting it down over the continental US and risking injuries for Americans on the ground.

A flight radar shows military aircraft scrambled off the northeast coast of Alaska to search for the debris from the unidentified object. This comes after the US reportedly developed a system in 2022 to detect spy balloons on a radar 

The fighter jets were scrambled from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage on Friday morning to intercept the object near Deadhorse Bay (above) on the northeast coast

The sighting on Sunday marks the third unidentified aerial object found flying over American soil in just one weekend.

On Thursday, officials said, a UAP — or unidentified aerial phenomena — was picked up on United States radar when it was crossing over Alaska. 

Crews then conducted a fly-by that night, with a second on Friday morning.

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby revealed on Friday it had been shot down within an hour of an order issued by President Joe Biden. 

The object was taken down by an F-22 using an A9X missile out of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage. 

Several officials also said the object shattered into pieces after being struck by the missile, adding to the mystery of what the object truly is. 

A US official revealed the pilots who intercepted the object said it had a cylindrical shape and no observable surveillance equipment attached.

Authorities have only said it was traveling at an altitude that was potentially harmful for civilian aircrafts, The New York Times reported. 

The Pentagon has now launched a recovery operation to collect the debris from the surface of the frozen waters off Alaska.

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, is seen on Tuesday. On Saturday he announced an 'unidentified object' had been shot down over the Yukon

The next day, another UAP was spotted flying over Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday that he had requested US and Canadian forces scramble to intercept 'an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace', and a U.S. F-22 shot it down at 3:41pm Eastern Standard Time. 

A senior government source explained to CBC News that the object crossed into Canadian territory on Saturday morning. It was described as being smaller than the Chinese spy balloon that made its way across the US earlier this month. 

Two F-22s were dispatched from the U.S. from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska; and two F-18s from Cold Lake Air Base in Alberta, Canada to shoot down the object over Canada.

It was shot down with an AIM-9X missile at 3:41pm Eastern Standard Time, and was flying at about 40,000 feet. The missile is described by the manufacturer as 'the most advanced infrared-tracking, short-range, air-to-air and surface-to-air missile in the world.'

In the aftermath, Trudeau said Canadian teams were now working to recover the debris. 

'I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace,' he tweeted on Saturday.

'@NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.'

Trudeau said that he had been in contact with Biden about the intrusion.

He thanked NORAD - the North American Aerospace Defense Command, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado - for their work with his forces.

'I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object,' Trudeau said. 

'Thank you to NORAD for keeping the watch over North America.' 

Canada's defense minister, Anita Anand, also praised the joint operation.

She said that she had discussed the incident with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 'and reaffirmed that we'll always defend our sovereignty together.' 

The origins of these aircrafts remains unclear, with the Biden administration contradicting Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's assertation that they balloons.

 Officials have said they would not definitively characterize these aircrafts as 'balloons' until the debris is recovered.

A spokesperson for the National Security Council has also said that the latest objects did not closely resemble a suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina last weekend. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer received a briefing on the two recently downed objects on Saturday night

Schumer said the objects were 'much smaller' than the balloon downed earlier this month, which was confirmed by US Defense officials to be a spying device from Beijing. 

He did not say where those objects originated or whether he learned of their purpose, nor did he give any indication they were related to China's surveillance program.

Republicans had heaped criticism on the Biden administration for only shooting it down after it traversed several US states at a low enough altitude to be seen by the naked eye - unnerving millions of Americans. .

By contrast, the objects shot down over Alaska on Friday and Canada on Saturday were taken down in remote wilderness shortly after detection. 

But on Sunday, Schumer defended the Pentagon's response to the initial balloon and praised how the latest two incidents were handled. 

'Both of those, one over Canada, one over Alaska were at 40,000 feet. Immediately it was determined that that's a danger to commercial aircraft which also fly at 40,000 feet,' Schumer said.

'The first balloon, there was a much different rationale which I think was the appropriate rationale. We got enormous intelligence information from surveilling the balloon as it went over the United States.' 

The New York Democrat did not say whether the latter two also came from China or if they were used for surveillance.

Since then the Pentagon has revealed it detected one other balloon in US airspace under the Biden administration, as well as three across Donald Trump's White House term - something the Republican administration's officials have denied.

Defense officials believe they are part of a massive surveillance effort spanning 40 different countries - but one that the US did not detect until President Biden took office.

'It is wild that we didn't know,' Schumer conceded during his television interview.

CNN's Natasha Bertrand revealed over the weekend that F-35 pilots charged with taking down an unidentified flying object over Alaska did not know what it was

Fighter pilots who shot down the object over Alaska have revealed that it 'interfered with their sensors' and had 'no identifiable propulsion system.'

In an interview with host Jim Acosta on Saturday, CNN's Natasha Bertrand reported on the findings of the F-35 pilots called in to take down an unidentified flying object over Alaska on Friday.

She brought up the fact that another unidentified flying object was shot down over Alaska on Friday by Air Force pilots who 'were not able to identify what they saw.

'So when the US first detected this object over Alaska on Thursday, they sent up F-35 jets to find of look at it and see what was going on. And these pilots reported back very conflicting accounts,' she revealed.

'Some of them said that this object was actually interfering with the sensors of their aircraft and they couldn't figure out why, because there was no identifiable kind of surveillance equipment on the object.

'There was nothing that appeared readily able to interfere with that communication system,' Bertrand said.

'And then other pilots were saying that they did not see anything on the object that appeared able to propel it, that it seemed like there was no way that this was actually able to stay in the air.'

She pointed out that the pilots were flying really fast so it is 'possible that these pilots just didn't get a good look at it.'

'But that is part of why the Pentagon has been so reluctant to come out and say more about what this object actually is.' 

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Giant Angel Entity Exists Sun On NASA Camera! UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Feb 9, 2023 

Source of sighting: NASA/SOHO website

 

I was checking out the NASA SOHO video of our sun and found this, a giant angelic figure exiting our sun. The figure is about 50X the diameter of Earth. I made some screenshots at the beginning to show you the detail side by side. It seems to me something this big, if intelligent is some kind of god or a very ancient alien species that existed ten or more billion years ago and the beginning of our universe. Mind-blowing is an understatement here. I'm at a loss for words. I have always believed that intelligent life could exist in infinite sizes both big and small, this is 100% proof of that. Please help me get more subscribers by sharing this video. I hope it inspires you as much as it inspired me. 

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Mysterious Lights over Wilcox, Pennsylvania Feb 10, 2023 UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Feb 10, 2023

Location of sighting: Wilcox, Pennsylvania, USA

 

When I watch this recent eyewitness video, I can't help but feel very excited by it. This is excellent proof that UFOs exist. The objects suddenly glow in the sky as big as a city bus and as bright as the sun. But as it grew I noticed it changed shape from one orb, to two, then three and then four orbs, each touching the others edges. I have heard about such UFO reports from Majestic 12 top secret documents, but this is the first time in 20 years I have ever seen a video of such a rare event where a single orb divides into four. And compounded by the fact that the eyewitnesses said two fighter jets soon appeared when the orbs were gone is proof they were seen on US military radar!

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Never seen anything like this before, there was fighter jets with full afterburner shortly after plus 2 other unknown lights that I do have on video. Was around 6:30 pm and I was just finishing up working on a vehicle for a customer and I was outside walking back towards my shop and I saw a strange light, so I hurried to get my phone because I thought it was a drone and by the time I put my camera on it was gone, so I stayed there for about 10 min and then that when it appeared and I was able to capture it on video, it's kinda hard to believe.

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Alien Entity Exploring Blair, Wisconsin Feb 4, 2023, UFO Sighting News.

 

Date of sighting: Feb 4, 2023

Location of sighting: Blair, Wisconsin, USA

Source: MUFON

 

Guys this is one very interesting catch. A security cam caught this and you could not have seen it with the human eye. How do I know? Because this is inferred night vision and the cam can see IR where the human eye cannot. This is a UFO. Todays tech is growing and evidence of aliens visiting Earth are increasing with technological innovation. A few years more and we will have undeniable proof that aliens visit Earth. Please follow my Youtube channel for more great catches. 

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NORAD declares 'false alarm' for mystery airborne object over Montana - after congressman said DOD was waiting till morning 'to get eyes on it'

• Matt Rosendale, a Montana congressman representing the Havre area, said on Saturday night he had been told the DOD was waiting to assess the object
• NORAD confirmed on Saturday they 'detected a radar anomaly', but fighter jets did not find anything that would 'correlate to the radar hits'
• Rosendale said he had been told a search would resume in the morning and demanded answers from the DOD

By HARRIET ALEXANDER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A Montana congressman said on Saturday night that he had been told an unidentified object was spotted over his district, forcing the temporary closure of airspace - and the search for it would resume at daylight.

Matt Rosendale, a Republican elected in 2020, said he had been briefed by the Department of Defense, while he was at a Lincoln Reagan dinner. 

Fighter jets were scrambled and airspace above Havre, a town of 10,000 people, 30 miles south of the Canadian border, was shut at 7:50pm before being reopened about 50 minutes later.

'I'm at an event, a Lincoln Reagan dinner in Columbus, Montana right now,' Rosendale told Fox News.

'And DOD called me as I have been sitting here and started giving me briefings to tell me what was going on.

'I clarified with them that this is actually the fourth balloon, OK.'

Matt Rosendale, a Montana congressman whose district includes Havre, said on Saturday night he had been told the U.S. military was 'going to track the object until it gets light again'

Earlier on Saturday, Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, confirmed an object had been shot down by U.S. F-22s in Yukon, as part of a joint Canadian-U.S. operation. 

Rosendale continued: 'The first we shot down over the Atlantic. One was shot down before it entered into Alaska's airspace. A third was shot down, Trudeau ordered over Canada. So now we're talking about a fourth incident.'

He said he was told the Pentagon would follow the object, but were unable to shoot it down because it was dark.

'DOD told me that they are going to be tracking the object - they can't even say exactly what it is - they are going to track the object until it gets light again,' he said.

'They don't have the ability to put any more eyes on it with aircraft until it's light again.

'And then tomorrow morning we'll be dealing with it.'

NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, issued a statement shortly after Rosendale's interview and confirmed it was a false alarm.

'With the cooperation of the Federal Aviation Administration, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) implemented a temporary flight restriction airspace in central Montana on Feb. 11, 2023, to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area during NORAD operations,' the statement said. 

'The restriction has been lifted,' it continued. 'NORAD detected a radar anomaly and sent fighter aircraft to investigate. Those aircraft did not identify any object to correlate to the radar hits. NORAD will continue to monitor the situation.'

NORAD said a 'radar anomaly' was seen, but jets 'did not identify any object to correlate to the radar hits.' 

Greg Gianforte, the governor of Montana, tweeted that he had been briefed at the White House. 

'I received a briefing tonight at the White House about an object in Montana airspace,' he tweeted. 

'I will continue to receive regular updates. 

'With questions about the Chinese spy balloon still unanswered, the Biden administration must be fully forthcoming with Montanans and all Americans.'

Rosendale's assertion that the object could not be shot down because it was dark was greeted with much mockery online.

One man joked: 'NORCOM to pilots: "Well guys, we're all getting pretty tired here and it's close to quitting time. Let's all just go home, get some shut-eye, and continue this at, let's say, nine-ish."'

Another added: 'We have flashlights maybe.'

'What hours is our military open?' another asked.

'That Montana law that says no objects can be shot down after 5pm really needs to be changed,' said another.

And another remarked: 'Gee I hope no-one ever bombs us at nighttime.' 

Trudeau announced earlier on Saturday that he had requested U.S. and Canadian forces scramble to intercept 'an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace', and a U.S. F-22 shot it down at 3:41pm Eastern Standard Time. 

Canada's defense minister said it was a 'a small cylindrical object' that was not as big as the South Carolina spy balloon. 

A NORAD spokesman, Maj. Olivier Gallant, said on Saturday evening the military had determined what it was but would not reveal details. 

Two F-22s were dispatched from the U.S. from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska; and two F-18s from Cold Lake Air Base in Alberta, Canada. 

Instructions were given that whoever had the first clear shot should shoot it down. 

It was shot down with an AIM-9X missile at 3:41pm Eastern Standard Time, and was flying at about 40,000 feet. The missile is described by the manufacturer as 'the most advanced infrared-tracking, short-range, air-to-air and surface-to-air missile in the world.'

The incident came a day after Joe Biden ordered another 'unidentified object' be shot down over Alaska, and a week after a spy balloon which crossed the U.S. was shot down off South Carolina.

Havre, home to 10,000 people in northern Montana, is 30 miles south of the Canadian border

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, is seen on Tuesday. On Saturday he announced an 'unidentified object' had been shot down over the Yukon

The airport in the tiny village of Mayo, home to 200 people in remote Yukon wilderness, was closed while the operation was taking place. 

A senior government source told CBC News that the object crossed into Canadian territory on Saturday morning.

Trudeau tweeted that Canadian teams were now working to recover the debris. The debris was being monitored from a CP-140. 

'I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace,' he tweeted on Saturday.

'@NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.

Trudeau said that he had been in contact with Biden about the intrusion.

He thanked NORAD - the North American Aerospace Defense Command, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado - for their work with his forces.

'I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage of the object,' Trudeau said. 

'Thank you to NORAD for keeping the watch over North America.' 

The involvement of U.S. jets raised eyebrows among some Canadians, with questions asked as to why Canada itself wasn't able to deal with the situation.

'So it's just confirmed that this 'object' over Canadian airspace was taken out by a U.S. F-22 jet,' tweeted Michael Chong, the shadow foreign minister. 

'We do not have the capacity to defend ourselves and our sovereignty. Hard questions need to be asked about the state of the Canadian armed forces.'

Canada's defense minister, Anita Anand, praised the joint operation.

Anita Anand, Canada's defense minister, is seen on Saturday evening at a press conference

She said that she had discussed the incident with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 'and reaffirmed that we'll always defend our sovereignty together.'

Anand, asked during a press conference on Saturday evening why a Canadian jet did not shoot it down, said this was 'NORAD doing what it was supposed to do.' 

She added: 'We wanted to ensure we had enough assets in the air to ensure a successful mission.'

Asked whether it was from China, she said: 'It would not be prudent to speculate on the origins of this object at this time.

'It's a cylindrical object we are working to analyze the debris to identify the specifics.

'But it appears to be smaller in size than the one that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina.'

She said they are working to confirm further details. 

'At this point we can say that it appears to be a cylindrical object, smaller in size than the one shot down over the coast of North Carolina, and further details will be available as we have them.' 

A White House source told NBC News on Saturday that the object was closely tracked over last 24 hours, and Biden was continually briefed. He authorized the F-22 activity.

NORAD earlier on Saturday said they were monitoring the balloon.

'We have positively identified a high-altitude airborne object over Northern Canada,' said Major Olivier Gallant, a NORAD spokesperson, in a statement.

'While we cannot discuss specifics related to these activities at this time, please note that NORAD conducts sustained, dispersed operations in the defense of North America through one or all three NORAD regions.'

Earlier Saturday, Canada's Global News has reported that security sources were monitoring 'one or two more objects' that they thought could be spy balloons.

A source told Fox News the earlier unidentified object was discovered 'over Alaska not far from the northern coast'. The object was first spotted north of Anchorage, Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson tweeted. 

It comes after sources told CNN  the military had developed a method to track spy balloons last year - despite the object, which is said to be the size of a small car, not being picked up on radar until after it was over Alaska.

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby revealed on Friday it had been shot down within an hour of an order issued by President Joe Biden. The Pentagon has since sent military helicopters to recover it from frozen waters.

Officials are yet to confirm what the object is or which country it belongs to. It is unclear if it is another Chinese spy balloon similar to the one shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month.  

Officials said it was traveling at an altitude that was potentially harmful for civilian aircrafts, The New York Times reported. 

The object was taken down by an F-22 using an A9X missile out of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage. 

Several officials also said the object shattered into pieces after being struck by the missile, adding to the mystery of what the object truly is. 

A US official revealed the pilots who intercepted the object said it had a cylindrical shape and no observable surveillance equipment attached.

The Pentagon has now launched a recovery operation to collect the debris from the surface of the frozen waters off Alaska.

A flight radar shows military aircraft scrambled off the northeast coast of Alaska to search for the debris from the second unidentified object. This comes after the US reportedly developed a system in 2022 to detect spy balloons on a radar 

The US began developing a system to detect spy balloons shortly after Biden took office in 2021, after a Chinese spy balloon briefly flew over the US. 

They used the balloon's signals to run test to see where other balloons might have popped up in the past. 

What they found allowed them to create a consistent technical method to track balloons around the world. 

The Chinese 'spy balloon' is pictured being shot down last weekend

They began using the method in 2022 and has not revealed how it was ultimately developed or how signals are detected, according to CNN. 

Biden called the second Alaska operation a 'success' when asked by reporters at the White House - but Republicans were quick to ask why the US didn't shoot down the Beijing surveillance balloon earlier.

'So we can shoot down suspicious objects BEFORE they get over our border… Just as I suggested,' Kansas Republican Senator Roger Marshall tweeted Friday afternoon.

Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, said in a Friday press release that he 'appreciated the senior Defense Department officials who briefed me this morning on the sighting of this latest object.

'As I've been doing for the past week, including in a classified briefing with senior Pentagon officials yesterday, I strongly encouraged the NORTHCOM Commander this morning to shoot down this latest unidentified intrusion into Alaska air space,' Sullivan said. 

'I commend them for doing so today.

'As I reiterated with senior Defense Department officials yesterday, we need to reestablish deterrence with regard to Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party, which believes they can willfully infiltrate American airspace whenever they want.

'That has to stop. The best way to do this is through the type of actions that we've taken today in Alaska and to publicly reiterate that we will be shooting down any and all unknown aircraft that violate our airspace.

'We also need to appropriately equip our military in Alaska with the sensors and aircraft needed to detect and, if necessary, destroy everything from slow-moving balloons to hypersonic missiles.

'Alaska is the frontline of defense for our nation. The past few weeks have made this even more evident.'

The Pentagon said on Wednesday that four previous Chinese spy balloon flights over the United States passed over sites that would be 'of interest to the Chinese'.

Officials did not elaborate on the paths the balloons took or whether the US sites were military ones.

Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said the United States was aware of the four past flights before it detected the latest Chinese balloon prior to its arrival over Alaska on January 28.

The fighter jets were scrambled from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage on Friday morning to intercept the object near Deadhorse Bay (above) on the northeast coast

A US military fighter jet shot down that balloon off the South Carolina coast, triggering condemnation from China, which claimed it was a civilian air vessel.

China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft and threatened repercussions.

Biden issued the order but had wanted the balloon downed even earlier, on Wednesday.

He was advised that the best time for the operation would be when it was over water, US officials said.

Military officials determined that bringing it down over land from an altitude of 60,000 feet would pose an undue risk to people on the ground from falling debris.

China responded that it reserved the right to 'take further actions' and criticized the US for 'an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice.'

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Yesterday we reported that a U.S. F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified object flying high over Alaska on Friday, February 10, 2023. The object was described as cylindrical, silver gray and no visible propulsion and was reportedly about the size of a small car. 

Now one day later, on Saturday another unidentified flying object was detected over northern Canada and confirmed by the North American Aerospace Defense Command after which US and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled and a US F-22 fighter jet shot it down with an AIM 9X missile. The object’s origin and identity is unclear. 

Then on Saturday night once again fighter jets were scrambled due to a 'radar anomaly' but the fighter jets failed to locate the new unidentified flying object detected over Montana after military shut down airspace over the 'radar anomaly'. 

This means that in 1 week time three high altitude airborne objects were shot down and they failed to locate another unidentified flying object detected on radar. 

• 02-04-2023: Chinese Spy Balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina 
• 02-10-2023: Airborne object shot down over Alaska, Dead Horse 
• 02-11-2023: Airborne object shot down over Northern Canada near Mayo, Yukon 
• 02-11-2023: Airborne object detected on radar over Montana 

As for the airborne objects, till now they refuse to give further information about the origin of the objects. As for the object over Montana, it is quite possible that the object was equipped with a cloaking device. 

It will not surprise us that more similar strange incidents will take place in the near future. Are these flying objects a wake-up call for an impending space war?

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