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EXCLUSIVE: It's 'exciting times' for extraterrestrial enthusiasts a leading UFO expert says, but there's a 'catastrophic failure of intelligence' about the ...

He added: “As much as I'd love this to be ET, I think we'll find the other objects that have been shot down are also balloons, or surveillance devices of some kind. When probed about the involvement of “aliens or extraterrestrials”, VanHerck replied: “I'll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. The Pentagon is refusing to rule out the possibility that three unidentified flying objects shot down in as many days over North America are But in the latest sighting, US Air Force General Glen VanHerck said that intelligence services were exploring “all possibilities” when it came to the origin of the “octagonal” craft. A leading UFO expert has said that “alien hunters shouldn’t be disappointed” after a wave of objects have been sighted - and shot down - over the USA. [UFO](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/ufo) project, is one of the world’s leading experts on potential alien activity and was probed by the Daily Star about the recent sighting.

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

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 'We don't know what it was, but it could have been a natural phenomenon in human activity,' she said. The missile is circled Expert says mysterious objects resemble white oblong spotted by the US Navy in 2004 – as the Pentagon refuses to rule out ALIENS A mysterious object was taken down over the Great Lakes on Sunday after being detected in US airspace. 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. Today at 2:42 p.m. 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 '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.' 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. The shape of two of the objects [Alaska](/news/alaska/index.html) and [Canada](/news/canada/index.html) in the preceding days and a Chinese 'spy balloon' being eliminated the weekend before.

Lue Elizondo - a former US Army intelligence officer who probed UFOs for the US Government - said he believes the downed objects are "conventional technology".

This is just the beginning," Mellon wrote on It's the same thing. Bush and Bill Clinton, has also been calling for more to be done on UFOs. [UFOs](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/aliens-ufos/) and spoke to [US servicemen who had experienced the unexplained encounters](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18578436/ufo-congress-hearing/) - some of which were captured of video, like the infamous [Tic Tac](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15452148/us-fighter-pilot-tic-tac-ufo-disabled-weapons/). [UFO guy, I am not a UFOlogist](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18583132/pentagon-ufos-us-hearing-lue-elizondo/), I never have been and never will be," Mr Elizondo told The Sun Online in May 2022. [UFOs](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/aliens-and-ufos/)" - as they remain in all sense of the term unidentified. [the current chaos](https://www.the-sun.com/news/7376148/third-ufo-shot-down-over-north-america/) - with unknown objects appearing from [South Carolina](https://www.the-sun.com/where/south-carolina/) to [Alaska](https://www.the-sun.com/where/alaska/) - is the consequence of not properly handling airspace threats. [Chinese spy balloon](https://www.the-sun.com/news/7309081/biden-chinese-spy-balloon-shoot-down-atlantic/) has caused such intense interest that the US even admitted it [could be aliens](https://www.the-sun.com/news/7376631/pentagon-chief-not-rule-out-aliens-ufo-balloon/). [including aliens](https://www.the-sun.com/news/7376631/pentagon-chief-not-rule-out-aliens-ufo-balloon/). [US Army](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/us-army/#) intelligence officer who probed [UFOs](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/aliens-and-ufos/) for the US Government - said he believes the downed objects are "conventional technology". [US fighter jets shoot down](https://www.the-sun.com/news/7313869/chinese-spy-balloon-completely-destroyed-recovery-secure-perimtere/)the first spy balloon off coast of South Carolina [Washington's](https://www.the-sun.com/where/washington-dc/) systems to better report, analyse and identify the mysterious encounters.

The US Air Force shot down three mysterious objects flying over North America in as many days, and officials aren't ruling anything out.

[t after a spy balloon the US says was sent by China](https://www.businessinsider.com/china-spy-balloon-put-a-missile-through-us-chinese-relationship-2023-2?r=US&IR=T) was shot down off the coast of North Carolina on February 4. I haven't ruled out anything," he said when asked if the objects may be aliens, The remarks come after the US military shot down three objects flying in North American airspace over the last 3 days. A top US Air Force general said that he was not ruling out the possibility that flying objects shot down over North America could have been aliens. - It comes after the US shot down a spy balloon it alleged was sent by China. - The US has shot down three objects flying over North America in as many days.

Fighter jets have been scrambled to bring down a balloon and three unidentified orbs over the past eight days. Advertisement. General Glen VanHerck has not ...

look “weak” on the world stage. The satellite had completed its mission. It is home to 150 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) silos. - February 9 - Unknown object the size of a car was seen flying over Alaska US fighter jets have shot down a Chinese spy balloon and three unidentified flying objects over the past week. “This should never have been allowed to enter the United States, and it never should have been allowed to complete its mission.” The mysterious object was compared to the size of a “small car.” [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/house-intel-chair-mike-turner-criticizes-biden-lacking-urgency-handlin-rcna69197): “The president taking it down over the Atlantic is sort of like tackling the quarterback after the game is over. Defense officials brought down the object after it was deemed a risk to commercial aircraft. He told reporters: “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.” Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, revealed officials shot the object down as it was a flight hazard. It comes just a week after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina.

But the Pentagon says it has not found evidence to indicate Earthly visits from intelligent alien life. Analysis of military sightings are conducted by the ...

The military was planning to retrieve it from the water to learn about its origin. It was shot out of the sky with an AIM9x missile about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron. The government’s effort to investigate anomalous, unidentified objects — whether they are in space, the skies or even underwater — has led to hundreds of documented reports that are being investigated, senior military leaders have said. The incidents come as the Pentagon has undertaken a new push in recent years to investigate military sightings of UFOs — rebranded in official government parlance as “unidentified aerial phenomena” or UAPs. VanHerck said the military was unable to immediately determine the means by which any of the three latest objects were kept aloft or where they were coming from. Another US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the military had seen no evidence suggesting any of the objects in question were of extraterrestrial origin.

Solar powered drones may muddy the UFO waters, but the US Department of Defense letting the public in on its investigations.

[a report to Congress](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/what-the-pentagon-report-says-about-ufos). They want to protect their worldview of how the world works, how physics works…Some people feel that what’s observed about UFOs is challenging our basic ideas about physics. federal departments and agencies, to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest in, on or near military installations, operating areas, training areas, special use airspace and other areas of interest, and, as necessary, to mitigate any associated threats to safety of operations and national security. Of course, there was no mistake about the Chinese Spy balloon. It also has a more transcendent element that attracted me in the first place. Still, with new drones coming on the market practically by the minute, it’s like that UAP reports will become more frequent than ever before. Kean is the author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record, published in 2010. However, “believing in” UFOs continues to persist as a frame of reference. Kean: There’s a lot of knowledge or data that is classified. There is a confusion about what a UFO actually means. In a case of near-perfect timing, Nat Geo TV will begin unspooling a new series, UFOs: Investigating the Unknown, on Monday, February 13. It appeared under the title, Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’:

The Pentagon has announced that a third UFO has been shot down over American airspace in less than two weeks.

That being said, the US are yet to officially confirm or deny anything, so alien interference is not off the cards just yet. It’s possible that this slew of sightings is no coincidence and that after discovering that first UFO, the US government has now gained the capability to find more, hence the three further incidents. The Pentagon has announced that a third UFO has been shot down over American airspace in less than two weeks.

An American F-22 fighter jet has shot down a car-size unidentified flying object (UFO) over Yukon, Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced ...

A previous version of the article conflated the two. It was flying toward the North Pole when it was shot down over the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Canada, John F. 9) and the U.S. This is the second time in a few days that a strange object has been shot down after entering U.S. The object was flying between 20 and 40 mph ( 32 and 64 km/h) at an altitude used by civilian aircraft. A fighter jet with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which is run by both the U.S.

The internet is abuzz with rumours of alien UFOs after three mystery objects were shot down over US and Canadian airspace in a week — and a US air force ...

A later report dismissed the idea that the objects were alien spacecraft. The US military sometimes uses the term Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. The description given of the object shot down over Canada on Saturday — cylindrical and “about the size of a car” — suggest that a range of inflatable aircraft are being [spy balloon](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2023/02/09/china-spy-balloon-programme-pentagon/)” programme — speculation that they might be UFOs is rooted in a US Air Force sighting of mysterious, extremely fast-moving objects flying over the ocean in 2004. While the US military has hinted that the targets were all most likely surveillance balloons — and have pointed the finger of blame at a Chinese “ [alien ](https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2022/12/02/does-science-fiction-hold-the-key-to-human-interaction-with-aliens/)UFOs after three mystery objects were shot down over US and [Canadian](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/2022/10/26/two-canadian-women-arrested-after-return-from-al-roj-camp-for-isis-families-in-syria/) airspace in a week — and a [US air force](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2023/01/30/us-air-force-general-warns-of-war-with-china-by-2025/) general refused to rule out “extraterrestrial” incursions.

After a Chinese spy balloon was brought down this month, the U.S. has shot down at least three unidentified flying objects over the past few days.

[discounted the possibility](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/us/politics/us-shoots-down-object-michigan.html) that the objects shot down over the weekend might have extraterrestrial origins. [first appeared over Montana on Saturday](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/us/politics/us-shoots-down-object-michigan.html) reappeared on Sunday before being shot down over Lake Huron off Michigan. The object, which a Canadian official described as cylindrical and smaller than the spy balloon, was picked up on radar late Friday as it passed over Alaska. The object broke into pieces after being shot down and was most likely not a balloon, a Defense Department official said. A White House official said the object was the size of a small car. VanHerck, the commander of the Air Force’s Northern Command, said during a news conference, “I haven’t ruled out anything at this point.” On Monday, a Chinese official said unauthorized balloons from the United States The object, which was flying at 20,000 feet, had an octagonal structure with strings hanging off but had no discernible payload, U.S. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, has adjusted its radar system to become more sensitive, sharply raising the number of objects it detects. 4, setting off a diplomatic crisis. [brought down an unidentified object over](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/unidentified-object-shot-down-alaska.html) the waters of Alaska. [shot down at least three unidentified flying objects](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/us/politics/us-shoots-down-object-michigan.html) over the weekend after a Chinese spy balloon that had invaded American airspace was downed on Feb.

Hours after Lake Michigan airspace was closed, Wisconsin-based fighter jets shot down a small object flying over Lake Huron. Here's what we know.

Sometime Sunday afternoon, as it was over Lake Huron, the object was shot down by an F-16 fighter jet. Information about the flying object from defense officials has been sparse. The object had been flying at about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron in a path and altitude that raised concerns about it being a hazard to civilian aviation, according to Air Force Brig. Purchase of replacement Large Power Transformers is a must to protect the nation’s electrical grid," he added. warplanes have shot down aircraft over or near the United States, VanHerck said. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters," she said. The object was first detected by radar late Saturday afternoon about 70 miles north of the U.S. Glen VanHerck, the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary. The flying object was shot down Sunday over Lake Huron After the Lake Michigan airspace was reopened, the FAA and military closed airspace over Lake Huron to the east. What we know about the flying object that was shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday

Authorities are scrambling to learn more about the three unidentified flying objects (UFOS) shot down by U.S. aircraft this weekend.

Authorities say they don’t believe the objects held a military threat but they were a hazard for commercial airliners and were near “sensitive” sites for U.S. During the briefing Melissa Dalton, assistant secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs said that because of the initial Chinese balloon, the United States has been “more closely scrutinizing our air space at these altitudes” which “may at least partly explain the increase in objects that we've detected.” Unsurprisingly with literal unknown flying objects being shot down by NORAD and an information vacuum, “UFO-mania” has gripped North America. “There is a lot of what officials call sky trash up there,” said Martin. Speaking with reporters, VanHerck only added fuel to the fire when asked if objects could be extraterrestrial. [being actively hampered ](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-transcript-face-the-nation-02-12-2023/)by extremely low temperatures in the area—with it dropping to -55 F (-48 C.) The object is believed to have been downed near Prudhoe Bay, a small community home to North America’s largest oil field. and were preparing to shoot it down.” On Saturday night, officials shut down airspace over Montana because NORAD “detected a radar anomaly and sent fighter aircraft to investigate,” but they did not “identify any object.” Authorities are still working to recover some of the downed UFOs including the one shot down over the Great Lakes. “I haven't ruled out anything.” “We call them objects for a reason. The very next day, another object was shot down over Yukon by the U.S. military shot down an object they described as the size of a small car over Alaska.

Three UFOs have been shot down in as many days by US fighter jets this weekend. The race is on to recover the remains of the objects, all of which were of a ...

A US fighter jet shot down an 'unidentified object' over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden . And it was important for us to say that from here because we've been hearing a lot about it,' prompting laughter from reporters in the briefing room. Teams are still yet to recover the wreckage from the first UFO, which was shot down over Alaska on Friday and was said to be roughly the size of a car. Pentagon officials said they were still trying to determine what exactly the three objects shot down by US air force fighter jets this weekend were and where they were from. The race is on to recover the remains of the objects, all of which were of a similar size and were travelling it similar speeds, air force officials claimed. In a presser on Monday, officials revealed new information about the so-called UFOs that were shot down over the U.S.

In the space of just 10 days the US airforce has shot down four aircraft flying over North America, one was a balloon but very little is known about the other ...

The revelation about these newfound objects floating over the US has led to the military going back and investigating all previous recent UFO sightings. After the US shot down the first balloon and released the intelligence report on previous incidents they admitted there had been an "awareness gap." John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesman, said the object was about the size of a car, which was smaller than the Chinese balloon that was described as the size of three school buses. Since the balloon was shot down on February 4 three more aircraft have been destroyed by the US airforce. On February 9 the US declassified intelligence on balloons that said a fleet of Chinese balloons had floated over more than forty countries. Instead, relations deteriorated further as the US shot down the balloon after it drifted over the coast on February 4.

A new National Geographic docuseries by investigative journalist Leslie Kean aims to shed light on the modern UFO phenomenon.

"UFOs: Investigating the Unknown" premieres on National Geographic on Monday (Feb. "Information has been suppressed, and the series provides documentation of that fact." - Episode Two — "Giant UFO in Texas" revisits the mass sighting of the Stephenville, Texas, case with new interviews and perspectives. And that belief comes across in "UFOs: Investigating the Unknown," a new docuseries led by Kean. "Those who have witnessed the objects firsthand still grapple with these still-unanswered questions," Kean said. government formally ending its UFO-investigation program and examines a years-long mass sighting known as the "Hudson Valley Wave." - Episode One — "Secret Pentagon UFO Program" spotlights the behind-the-scenes work that led to the 2017 New York Times story and challenges what we thought we knew about UFOs. EST and will stream on Hulu the following day. but not all of it." military has recently rebranded as UAPs, and the government programs to investigate them. It focused on sightings of UFOs, which the U.S. Maybe 2023 is a turnaround year in assessing UAP and UFOs, shattering the stigma surrounding the topic.

What do these sky-high visitations mean, if anything, to the UFO/UAP community? Are there any lessons to be learned from these incidents?

A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades.Follow us on Twitter [@Spacedotcom](https://twitter.com/SPACEdotcom) (opens in new tab) or on [furor over the large Chinese balloon](https://www.space.com/china-surveillance-balloon-us-airspace) has prompted NORAD to modify or eliminate the filters to attempt to better capture similar incursions," West said. "That object is indeed 'going fast' with respect to the camera — perhaps 400 miles per hour [640 kph] — but relative to the ground, it is almost stationary," Sheaffer said. The fact that Navy pilots did not realize this suggests that they don't understand simple effects of perspective, Sheaffer said. Those pilots could not explain how the object was staying in the air, despite its cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet (12,000 meters). Unfortunately, the perceived need to take rapid action will result in expensive and dangerous shoot-downs of a variety of objects based on limited information." The ongoing aerial excitement involving balloons likely means one of two things — that the Chinese have just now dramatically increased their balloon-launching activities, "or that such balloons are no longer being ignored," Sheaffer said. (NORAD is short for "North American Aerospace Defense Command," a joint effort of the U.S. "This has resulted in low-information objects being selected from the LIZ for investigation. military, as a [Chinese surveillance balloon](https://www.space.com/chinese-spy-balloon-destroyed-f-22-jet).) Recovery crews are working to find and study the resulting debris, to better understand where these intruders came from and what they were doing in our skies. Are there any lessons to be learned from these incidents, any takeaways from pilot descriptions of the objects? fighter jets](https://www.space.com/us-military-shoots-down-object-over-alaska).

As much as we want to believe that the truth is out there, what's actually going on behind the military's new campaign against unidentified flying objects ...

The main takeaway from America’s new war against UFOs is that the military is waking up to the urgency of a changed environment. The fact that the Pentagon is still grappling with the new aerial environment is evidenced by the inconsistent nature of the statements it has made over the past week. While the military might seem monolithic to outside observers, it has forever been riven by internal struggles as it struggles to adapt to the times. For a sense of just how much so, look to the war in Ukraine, where Russia rolled in with a massive advantage in old-school military firepower only to get chopped up for parts by a nimble, creative opponent using off-the-shelf commercial drones and inexpensive shoulder-launched missiles. In this context, the strange events of the past week are less about a new threat suddenly emerging than about the U.S. “While that may disappoint some who hope the origins of all these events are far more exotic in nature, the strategic implications of these bold operations, which have been happening for years, undeterred, are absolutely massive.” A standout has been Tyler Rogoway, editor of the War Zone, who over the past few years has painstakingly documented how the military’s publicly revealed UAP sightings are best explained not as extraterrestrial visitations but as efforts by a determined and resourceful rival to gather intelligence on U.S. But as much as we want to believe “the truth is out there,” what’s actually going on behind the military’s new campaign against unidentified flying objects is something quite different, though mysterious and scary in its own way. fighters had just shot down — the [third in three days](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/12/politics/unidentified-object-canada-alaska-military-latest/index.html) — had come from outer space. Suddenly a whole bunch of countries that couldn’t hope to afford a spy satellite or a hypersonic missile could build low-altitude military drones Long after the Cold War ended, Russia and the United States have continued on this path, pouring billions into things like But based on interviews with defense officials and military experts, that mysterious phenomenon has less to do with alien life-forms than with potential adversaries here on Earth and how they might take advantage of changing technology to erode long-standing U.S.

UK UFO expert Nick Pope explained that the recent UFO sightings following the Chinese spy balloon debacle make this an "exciting time" for alien hunters.

Glen VanHerck said: "I'll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. Each of these was shot down by US fighter jets. Currently, there hasn't been any known evidence that aliens may have visited Earth. [three UFOs in North America](https://www.jpost.com/international/article-731351): One in Alaska, one in Michigan and another in Canada. [Chinese spy balloons](https://www.jpost.com/international/article-730602) in sovereign US territory. [unidentified flying objects (UFOs)](https://www.jpost.com/international/article-731351) recently shot down by US aircraft may be something for "alien hunters" to be excited about, British UFO expert Nick Pope told the Daily Star on Monday.

A White House spokesman, John F. Kirby, said the military had not identified the source of the objects shot down over the weekend or their purpose.

[working to gather debris](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/us/politics/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-down.html) of the balloon since Feb. Blinken said the entry of the balloon was a “clear violation of U.S. [downed another object over the Yukon Territory](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/us/politics/unidentified-object-canada-alaska-pentagon.html). The United States is doing aerial surveillance on the site of the object shot down over Alaska on Friday, and the Canadian government was monitoring the site of the object shot down over the Yukon on Saturday. American officials said that China had at least a limited ability to steer the balloon, and that it maneuvered on Feb. [shot down an unidentified flying object](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/unidentified-object-shot-down-alaska.html) over the Arctic Ocean near Alaska. [discounted the possibility](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/us/politics/us-shoots-down-object-michigan.html) that the objects shot down over the weekend might have extraterrestrial origins. [the Chinese balloon](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/04/us/china-spy-balloon) that floated over the United States this month before being shot down was a civilian airship that had accidentally strayed into American airspace. The United States had said that the second balloon was another Chinese surveillance balloon. The three incidents came about a week after [the downing of a Chinese spy balloon](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/us/politics/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-down.html) in the waters off South Carolina. Kirby said the objects over the weekend flew lower than the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the United States before being shot down earlier this month so they posed a potential risk to civilian air traffic. The episodes came after the weeklong drama of what the Biden administration said was a Chinese spy balloon that floated over the United States for several days before being brought down.

'There is no, again no, indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,' the White House Press Secretary said.

But efforts to learn more about the Chinese balloon and its purpose have been slowed by bad weather off the coast of South Carolina. Kirby noted that when Biden came into office, Biden asked for “a broad assessment of Chinese intelligence capabilities.” That assessment found that China was using a “high-altitude” balloon operation to collect intelligence. Adding to the mystery, those three unknown objects were shot down within a week of a U.S. The remaining parts of the object shot off the coast of Alaska have been hard to find because of sea ice, he said, and the unidentified object over Canada fell in an area of remote wilderness. A few parts have been recovered from the bottom, Kirby said, but there’s more to retrieve. But the Pentagon and U.S. F-22 downing an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. The debris of the “object” shot while flying at 20,000 feet over Lake Huron on Sunday fell in deep water in the lake and U.S. Asked if the U.S. military hasn’t been able to examine the debris because the bits fell in hard to access places. fighter jet off the Alaskan coast on Friday, another shot over northern Canada on Saturday, and a third It was an unusual denial to hear from the podium in the White House press room.

In the past 10 days, the US military has shot down 4 aerial elements, including a Chinese high-altitude balloon and 3 unidentified objects. China has announced ...

The US said the balloons were part of a “fleet” spanning five continents. The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced that it shot down an unidentified flying object with F-16 jets over Lake Huron near the Canadian border. Canada described the object as smaller than the first balloon. China insisted the balloon was doing weather research. So what is known about the [UFO ](https://expatguideturkey.com/the-us-army-announced-that-they-had-dropped-an-unidentified-celestial-body/)alarm in the last 10 days? [UFO](https://expatguideturkey.com/us-army-shot-down-ufo-the-pentagon-confirmed-in-a-statement-that-the-object-was-dropped/)) was shot down by F-16 jets.

UFOs buzzing around the nation's capital? The "Invasion of Washington" remains yet another mystery floating around Washington decades later.

Radar experts theorized that the culprit in DC might have been a temperature inversion, in which warm air sits atop cooler air, trapping it. Other experts challenged that explanation, according to the Post. In this atmosphere came the DC “invasion.” (Accompanying Luke Mullins’s article about This can invert radar, too, causing it to bounce off that ceiling and make objects on the ground appear to be in the sky. The first incident occurred before midnight on July 19, when an air-traffic controller at what was then Washington National Airport reported seven unexplained radar blips, including over the White House and Capitol. [“UFO lobbyist” Stephen Bassett](https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/08/25/ufo-lobbyist-believes-government-is-hiding-ufos-and-alien-life/) are recreations of a photo, shown below, that purported to show UFOs over the Capitol.)

Is the US military's decision to shoot down four objects that suddenly showed up in US airspace the beginning of the end of UFO speculation?

"What is true ... But others were daunting, such as a Navy pilot's video from 2014 of an oblong aerial object that appeared to move faster and with more maneuverability than the jet the pilot was flying. The central worry was that the sightings could be of unknown aerial surveillance technology China was using to collect intelligence on US defenses. In 2020, the Pentagon set up its Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force, using its own acronym for UFOs, to dig deeper into hundreds of cases with the support of the CIA and other agencies. But after a slew of inexplicable sightings from US Navy and Air Force pilots, several years ago the Pentagon decided to pay closer attention. Washington (AFP) – Is the US military's decision to shoot down four objects that suddenly showed up in US airspace the beginning of the end of UFO speculation?

Frustration on Capitol Hill is mounting after a string of aerial objects were shot down over U.S. and Canadian airspace in the last few days, raising a long ...

crews are in the midst of recovering the downed UFOs for closer inspection. The Biden administration on Monday also announced an interagency task force to investigate the UFOs. And the Lake Huron object was an octagonal shape. Tim Kaine (D-Va) added: “They’ve been doing a good job so far, but I do have a lot of questions.” “Are they benign science projects and wayward weather balloons, or something more nefarious that we’ve somehow been missing all this time?” is suddenly recognizing and shooting down a flurry of these objects. decided to take it down. “NORAD’s been around almost 65 years,” he said of the command in charge of patrolling U.S. “We’ve never shot anything down, and in eight days we’ve shot down four things. “I won’t speak for the President’s personal speaking schedule. Debbie Dingell (D) echoed requests for more information, as did Sen. Gary Peters (D) and Rep.

Following the detection of a UFO in US airspace, the US Air Force announced that an unidentified flying object (UFO) was shot down over Lake Huron. As a matter ...

But the unit that needs to solve this is our intelligence agency,’ he said. I appreciate the determined actions of our fighter pilots. As a matter of fact, with this latest incident, the US military has dropped four objects, one of which belongs to China, in the last 8 days. The US military dropped another ‘object’ in Lake Huron. But this isn’t the first unidentified flying object to fall. Following the detection of a UFO in US airspace, the US Air Force announced that an unidentified flying object (UFO) was shot down over Lake Huron.

Four flying objects have been shot down over North America in the space of a week as the US military fails to rule out extra-terrestrial involvement.

That collection of debris was officially from a downed weather balloon – but that official explanation has not satisfied the many who claim that it was the ...

It was launched in recognition of that new interest in the objects – as well as fears that they could be the result of some leap forward by a foreign military power. Historically, it has been that lack of information that has usually been filled with speculation about flying saucers and alien visits. Amid those disclosures, US military and government officials have become increasingly open about the fact that there appears to be unknown things in the sky. In recent years, new reports have made clear that the US has been taking at least some reports of objects seriously. It is fitting, therefore, that the latest excitement has been prompted by what appear to be observation balloons of some kind, though that is still unconfirmed. That collection of debris was officially from a downed weather balloon – but that official explanation has not satisfied the many who claim that it was the remains of something not of this world.

On February 4, the US attacked a Chinese balloon invading their airspace and has been on a UFO shoot down spree since then. Here's why.

[February 14](https://thelatch.com.au/new-zealand-state-of-emergency/), the US Government hasn’t released many details about what these UFOs are. [stans](https://thelatch.com.au/does-the-uk-need-the-royal-family/) and simps have been having a field day. And so, with some adjustments, we’ve been able to get a better categorisation of radar tracks now. This is because on February 4, the US attacked a [Chinese balloon](https://thelatch.com.au/mdma-therapy/) invading their airspace and has been on a UFO shoot down spree since then. [The Latch](https://thelatch.com.au/) and subscribe to our [email newsletter](https://thelatch.com.au/subscribe). “We have adjusted some of those gates to give us better fidelity on seeing smaller objects. This is important as the US isn’t just worried that China is invading their airspace, they’re hyper-concerned that China is spying on them from the sky. “So you can set various gates. Plus, there’s a heightened alert to look for this information.” We call them velocity gates that allow us to filter out low-speed clutter. He stated that the US Government hasn’t received any evidence that they were balloons from China. However, the White House has created a task force to dive into these recent shootdowns.