{"id":1922288,"date":"2023-05-01T22:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-releases-new-details-about-balloon-that-flew-over-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T22:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T02:45:02","slug":"u-s-military-releases-new-details-about-balloon-that-flew-over-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-releases-new-details-about-balloon-that-flew-over-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Military Releases New Details About Balloon That Flew Over Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fu-s-military-releases-new-details-about-balloon-that-flew-over-hawaii%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=1922288&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--><h2>New Details Released About Mysterious Balloon Over Hawaii<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. military has released new details about a mysterious balloon that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-demands-answers-from-tsa-for-allowing-illegal-aliens-to-present-arrest-warrants-as-valid-id\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley Demands Answers from TSA for Allowing Illegal Aliens to Present Arrest Warrants as Valid ID\">recently flew<\/a> over Hawaii. According to a statement from the Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an unmanned balloon was detected and observed off the coast of Hawaii on April 28th, floating at approximately 36,000 feet. The ownership of the balloon is unknown, but officials claim that there is no indication that it was being controlled by a foreign or adversarial actor.<\/p>\n<h3>No Threat to Civil Aviation or Defense Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<p>Despite flying at an altitude common in civil aviation, the balloon did not pose a threat to civil aviation or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-releases-new-details-about-balloon-that-flew-over-hawaii\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Releases New Details About Balloon That Flew Over Hawaii\">defense critical infrastructure<\/a>. The Secretary of Defense concurred with the recommendation of his military commanders that no action need be taken against the balloon. The balloon is now out of Hawaii\u2019s airspace and territorial waters.<\/p>\n<h3>Chinese Spy Balloon Flew Over U.S. in February<\/h3>\n<p>This report comes after a Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-war-in-ukraine-is-brutal-it-looks-like-the-crimean-war\/\" title=\"Putin\u2019s War in Ukraine Is Brutal \u2013 It Looks Like the Crimean War\">spy balloon<\/a> flew over the U.S. back in February. The balloon gathered and reported intelligence from multiple sensitive American military sites despite the Pentagon\u2019s claims that it blocked transmission. The spy balloon was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4 when the U.S. military used an F-22 Raptor to down the object with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spy-balloons-flew-over-u-s-under-trump-but-were-only-discovered-after-trump-left-white-house-report\/\" title=\"Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over U.S. Under Trump But Were Only \u2018Discovered After\u2019 Trump Left White House: Report\">single air-<\/a>to-air AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.<\/p>\n<h3>General Glen VanHerck Confirms Details<\/h3>\n<p>General Glen VanHerck, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), confirmed that the balloon was up to 200 feet tall and weighed \u201cin excess of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-reveals-size-of-chinese-spy-balloon-says-it-potentially-carried-explosives\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Reveals Size Of Chinese Spy Balloon, Says It Potentially Carried Explosives\">couple thousand pounds<\/a>.\u201d After the balloon was shot down, the U.S. subsequently downed three more unidentified objects over Alaska, Lake Huron, and Canada.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The recent balloon over Hawaii has raised concerns about potential threats to U.S. airspace. While officials claim that the balloon did not pose a threat, it is important to remain vigilant and monitor any suspicious activity in the skies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold onto your hats, folks! The U.S. military just dropped some juicy deets about a mysterious balloon that made its way over Hawaii last week. According to the Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), they spotted an unmanned balloon floating at a whopping 36,000 feet off the coast of Hawaii on April 28th. This is all thanks to some new parameters they&#8217;ve established for monitoring U.S. airspace. Who knows what other secrets they&#8217;ll uncover with this new tech!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1922289,"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":[17453,4954,10141,10364,4505,6171,7238],"class_list":["post-1922288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-balloon","tag-details","tag-flew","tag-hawaii","tag-military","tag-releases","tag-u-s"],"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\/1922288","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}