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The mystery of unidentified objects shot down by American planes. The Pentagon does not rule out UFOs either

2023-02-13 19:44:38Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

The mystery of unidentified objects shot down by American planes. The Pentagon
The mystery of unidentified objects shot down by American planes

 

A US fighter jet shot down an "unidentified object" over Lake Huron on Sunday at the behest of President Joe Biden. This was the fourth case in eight days and the latest military response in an extraordinary situation of such back-to-back episodes in US airspace. Pentagon officials believe this has never happened in peacetime.

Një nga arsyet për goditjen e objekteve ishte balona e përgjimit nga Kina që përshkoi hapësirën ajrore të SHBA-së në fund të janarit, tha në një konferencë me gazetarët gjenerali Glen VanHerck, kreu i Komandës Veriore të SHBA-së.

Që nga rrëzimi i balonës më 4 shkurt, avionët luftarakë kanë goditur objekte mbi Kanada dhe Alaskë. Zyrtarët e Pentagonit thanë se këto objekte nuk përbënin kërcënime për sigurinë, por dihej aq pak për to, saqë zyrtarët e Pentagonit nuk përjashtonin asgjë, madje as UFO-t.

The mystery of unidentified objects shot down by American planes. The Pentagon

“Ne filluam ta shqyrtojmë më nga afër hapësirën tonë ajrore në këto lartësi, përfshirë përmirësimin e radarit tonë, gjë që mund të shpjegojë të paktën pjesërisht pse i kemi vërejtur këto objekte më shpesh”, tha Melissa Dalton, ndihmës sekretare e mbrojtjes.

US authorities have made it clear that they constantly monitor for radar errors and it is not unusual to close airspace as a precaution to assess them. But the unusual response is raising questions about whether such a use of force was reasonable, especially since administration officials said the facilities did not pose a major national security concern and their downings were merely precautionary.

"I believe this is the first time within United States or North American airspace that NORAD or the United States Northern Command has taken military action against an object in that airspace," General VanHerck said.

Pentagon officials said they were still trying to determine exactly what the objects were and said they had decided to use aircraft weapons instead of missiles, but that proved too difficult. They said there is a big difference between the three objects that came down this weekend and the balloon from China.

Many Americans are fascinated by the drama unfolding in the sky as fighter jets attempt to shoot down objects.

The latest crashed object was first spotted Saturday evening over Montana, but was initially thought to be an anomaly. Radar picked it up again Sunday flying over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and passing over Lake Huron, Pentagon officials said Sunday.

According to a senior administration official, the object was octagonal, with hanging wires, but no discernible payload. It was flying low at about 6,100 meters, said the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

US officials are still trying to pinpoint two other objects downed by F-22 fighter jets and were working to determine whether China was responsible, as concerns escalated over what Washington said was an ever-expanding program of the Beijing Air Observatory.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, told ABC's "This Week" program that US officials were working quickly to collect debris from the facilities after the crash.

"Until a few months ago, we didn't know anything about these balloons," said Mr. Schumer, about the espionage program that the US administration has linked to China's military. "It's extraordinary that we didn't know anything."

China's Foreign Ministry has described the first unmanned balloon as a civilian meteorological aircraft that had gone off course. Beijing said the US decision to topple him was an "overreaction".

The cases have heightened diplomatic tensions between the United States and China, raised questions about the extent of Beijing's surveillance of the US and prompted criticism from Republican lawmakers of the Biden administration's response./ Associated Press/ VOA


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