{"id":1849959,"date":"2023-02-16T15:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1849959"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:22:44","slug":"lawmaker-reveals-what-info-he-got-during-closed-door-briefing-on-ufos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmaker-reveals-what-info-he-got-during-closed-door-briefing-on-ufos\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker Reveals What Info He Got During Closed-Door Briefing On UFOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flawmaker-reveals-what-info-he-got-during-closed-door-briefing-on-ufos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1849959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>After a closed-door briefing on the many balloons and unidentified flying object being shot down in U.S. skys this week, a reporter met with Senator Mike Lee (R UT) to learn what he had learned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t learn a darn thing,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you get any answers as to what those other objects were,\u201d The reporter inquired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot at all,\u201d The senator spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-NC, was either at another briefing or paying closer attention. He shared a lot of information about UFOs, including the Chinese balloon that crashed off South Carolina&#8217;s coast last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already recovered a lot of the debris from what [the briefer] referred to as \u2018the Chinese spy balloon,\u2019 including propulsion equipment. They expect to gain significant intelligence from the recovery,\u201d In a post, he stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jeffjacksonnc\/video\/7200123875269692715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. was inspired by the Chinese balloon to act. \u201cAfter the incident with the spy balloon, a decision was made to start scrutinizing our air space more closely. Adjustments were made to how we process a lot of the data we collect about what\u2019s flying overhead,\u201d Jackson stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he vast majority of the data wasn\u2019t being processed because there was no single system that exists for the purpose of identifying these kinds of objects,\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson also provided details on the other UFOs that he called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three UAPs that have been shot down since then were all \u2018fundamentally different\u2019 from the spy balloon in that they were much smaller and they were flying much lower, between 20,000 and 30,000 feet. That put them within the altitude band for civilian air traffic, which was a factor in the decision to shoot them down. By contrast, the spy balloon was at an altitude of 60,000,\u201d\u00a0Jackson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker stated that the UAVs were being flown in close proximity to a Department of Defense. \u201csensitive location,\u201d It was important to note that this was also a factor when they were shot down.<\/p>\n<p>The UAVs also did not have required signal devices. \u201cIn the U.S., academic and commercial balloons have to include transponders that let the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] know where they are at all times. These UAPs did not appear to have transponders, and that was also a factor in the decision to shoot them down,\u201d\u00a0Jackson stated.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman also provided details on the dimensions and shapes of the crafts. \u201cOf the three UAPs, one was much larger than the other two. Its size and shape is consistent with a balloon. The other two were roughly the size of \u2018an ATV or a four-wheeler,&#8217;\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson noted that there\u2019s no evidence at this point that any of the three UAVs were \u201cdoing anything nefarious and each of them could turn out to be academic or commercial. We won\u2019t know until they\u2019re recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson also outlined exactly where the UAVs are located now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne UAV was shot down over Alaska. The debris is believed to be on an ice cap, which is moving, and the temperature is -50 with the wind chill.\u201d\u201cA second UAV was shot down in Canada in some very tall, snowy mountains. We\u2019re assisting Canadians with trying to locate the debris.\u201d\u201cA third UAV was shot down near the US\/Canada border but is probably on the Canadian side. Another joint effort is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl is a 35-year veteran of politics, having served 12 years as White House correspondent in a national newspaper. For four years, he was the Drudge Report&#8217;s a.m. editor. Send tips to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"cda7a2bea8bda5aeb8bfa18da9aca4a1b4baa4bfa8e3aea2a0\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> Follow him @josephcurl on Twitter<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a closed-door briefing this week on all the balloons and unidentified flying objects being shot down in U.S. skies of late, a reporter caught up with Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and asked what he learned. \u201cI didn\u2019t learn a darn thing,\u201d Lee said. \u201cDid you get any answers as to what those other objects &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":1849966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7060,18855,4232,3914,5114,18433],"class_list":["post-1849959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-briefing","tag-closed-door","tag-info","tag-lawmaker","tag-reveals","tag-ufos"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1849966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}