UFO's shot down by US military (Commander does not discard extra terrestrials)

[LoneWonderer]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-64627059

Briefing today at 18:00 GMT 

Figure 0.1% chance of being extra terrestrials and 99.9% Russian or Chinese. 

Still interesting though.

[Roy]

I don't understand how any of them are "unidentified"? They are flying right up to them with jets and have satellites and other high tech surveillance equipment pointed at them.

A balloon can only be a few shapes.....

 

[Danioover9000]

@LoneWonderer Is this the same with what you saw?

   Interesting that this UFO is over at Alaska. Maybe hidden base?

[Danioover9000]

@LoneWonderer @Roy @Leo Gura. Here's my intuitive speculation: Propaganda and subtle warnings towards China. After all, why would the USA want to go straight to shot down the UFO, without rying to establish communication with the UFO in the first place?

[Blackhawk]

Very embarrasing for the military that they can't see if they are balloons or not.

But anyway, they are probably chinese surveillance aircrafts (balloons).

[Danioover9000]

@Blackhawk

21 minutes ago, Blackhawk said:

Very embarrasing for the military that they can't see if they are balloons or not.

But anyway, they are probably chinese surveillance aircrafts (balloons).

   They should just say they are really UFOs, at this point UFOs are a normal part of culture. Of course, this makes the authorization of shooting them down very sketchy because that move already triggered a war. It's a pretty reckless move to shoot down immediately without communicating to the object.

[Blackhawk]

@Danioover9000 They are UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) yes, but not aliens.

I think they said in a press conference that they aren't aliens.

It's just that the US military sucks embarrasingly hard when they can't recognise a balloon.  I think it's because when a jet fighter flies fast you can't see anything about a tiny object because you fly past it fast.

[ZenAlex]

UFO = UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.