Balloons And UFOs: Here’s What’s Happened, And What We Know

Neu UFO In the United States, sightings of the elusive creature have been popping up everywhere in the past few days.

Officials claim that three other objects were shot from the sky by the U.S. military in the week after it downed a Chinese spy ball off the coast of South Carolina. Multiple additional incidents have caused temporary restrictions to the skies around the Midwest.

On Sunday, the U.S. military downed a UFO above Lake Huron.

BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. military shot down a fourth aircraft over Lake Huron. Julie Tsirkin reports. https://t.co/RdYLvfum24 pic.twitter.com/wOODZlwa9y

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 12, 2023

“I’ve been in contact with DOD regarding operations across the Great Lakes region today,” tweeted Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MT) on Sunday afternoon. “The US military has decommissioned another ‘object’ over Lake Huron. I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots. The American people deserve far more answers than we have.”

I’ve been in contact with DOD regarding operations across the Great Lakes region today.

The US military has decommissioned another “object” over Lake Huron.

I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots.

The American people deserve far more answers than we have.

— Rep. Jack Bergman (@RepJackBergman) February 12, 2023

Hours earlier, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos he discussed the situation with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan the night before, and shared that U.S. officials believe the UFOs shot down after being observed over a remote part of Alaska and Canada were balloons.

These objects were “much smaller” than the balloon shot down over the Atlantic Ocean last weekend, Schumer said, and they were flying at a lower altitude of about 40,000 feet, endangering commercial aircraft.

“I think the Chinese were humiliated. I think the Chinese were caught lying, and it’s a real step back for them…they look really bad,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tells @GStephanopoulos about the Chinese balloon surveillance program. https://t.co/eS3P8M0epS pic.twitter.com/GrR27nUY3d

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 12, 2023

With salvage operations underway, Schumer said U.S. military and intelligence officials are focused on gathering and accumulating information. A “comprehensive analysis” will follow, the senator added.

Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said on Friday the UFO shot down over Alaska was “about the size of a small car” and “not similar in size or shape” to the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon. The Pentagon said recovery teams were deployed to collect debris on top of ice in U.S. territorial waters, per CNN.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first announced on Saturday a U.S. Air Force fighter jet shot down a UFO flying over the Yukon. He said Canadian forces would recover and analyze the wreckage of the object shot down over the Yukon. Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said the UFO appeared to be a “small, cylindrical object.”

“We have no further details about the object at this time other than it appears to be a small, cylindrical object” pic.twitter.com/ocB4FnEVTQ

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 12, 2023

Little more information has been formally released through official government channels, and unlike the suspected Chinese spy balloon, there have been no reliable images of the other aircraft that have emerged.

The suspected Chinese spy balloon was much larger than the UFOs that followed and was flying at a higher altitude that apparently did not endanger commercial aircraft, according to U.S. officials. A senior State Department official said the vessel was equipped with “multiple antennas” capable of collecting signals intelligence, according to NBC News.

While concerns have been raised about why the military did not shoot down the balloon sooner as it transited a wide swath of the United States, the Pentagon stressed the danger of falling debris and even the possibility of the vessel carrying explosives.

China claims the vessel was a civilian weather balloon that had been blown off course and condemned the United States for its decision to shoot the aircraft down.

There have been other potential sightings in the past 24 hours.

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected what it called a “radar anomaly,” leading to a temporary flight restriction over the central part of Montana on Saturday night. But a fighter aircraft sent to investigate “did not identify any object to correlate” the radar hits and the restriction was lifted, NORAD said.

“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,” tweeted Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) on Sunday. “I am waiting now to receive visual confirmation. Our nation’s security is my priority.”

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

— Matt Rosendale (@RepRosendale) February 12, 2023

Also on Sunday,