Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Balloons Everywhere!
Is anyone else kind of getting obsessed over these UFOs being shot down over North America? So far, only one-- the first one shot down, a Chinese surveillance balloon-- has been identified. The other three are shrouded in mystery, and every official statement the government issues makes it seem even stranger.
For example, according to the Washington Post, an administration spokesman said that "“A range of entities including countries, companies, research and academic organizations operate objects at these altitudes for purposes that are not nefarious at all...”
Really? I mean, I work for an academic institution, and I'm pretty sure St. Thomas does not have an octagonal object that hovers above the earth at 20,000 feet with no apparent means of support. As for companies, I can think of one that does that-- Goodyear-- and their blimp is pretty easy to identify.
And then there was this intriguing quote:
The Air Force’s top officer, Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, said Monday that the discovery of the Chinese airship “got all of our attention.” Now that U.S. military officials have adjusted the sensitivity on radar to account for such a craft, he said, they are seeing more than they could see before.
So, the national security radar monitoring our skies basically has a sensitivity control knob and they just turned up last week? Hmmm....
