One of the flying objects shot down in the USA it could be It reads a $12 balloon thrown by members of an amateur circle from the state of Illinois. Aviation Week.
According to him, the Northern Illinois bottle camp balloon brigade (NIBBB) reported on February 15 that their balloon had disappeared into the air.
A balloon with devices, including tracking air particles, was last recorded over Alaska on February 10, after more than 4 months of flight. At the same time, the US authorities reported about the “object” that falls on this situation.
“A small balloon flying around the world has been declared “missing” by a circle from Illinois.
There was a “candidate” that could explain the appearance of one of three mysterious objects dropped by four heat-seeking missiles launched by US Air Force aircraft, ”says the article.
It has been announced that the cost of such items with microcircuits can range from 12 dollars to 180 dollars.
The department has not yet blamed the authorities for the missing ball, it is clear from the text. At the same time, some experts told the broadcast that they are trying to contact the US military and the FBI to report the presence of such amateur radio objects in the air.
What US officials know
Yesterday US President Joseph Biden declarationThe three planes shot down over North America last week were “more likely to be balloons of private companies or research institutions rather than reconnaissance vehicles.”
“We are not yet sure what these three flying objects are.
But there is currently no evidence that they are affiliated with China’s blimp program or that they are reconnaissance vehicles from any other country,” he explained.
Biden quoted the intelligence community as estimating that “these three objects are most likely balloons associated with private companies, entertainment or research institutions.” [могли заниматься] weather or other research”, reports TASS.
The American leader added that intelligence officials are “still evaluating” what happened.
Last week, he said he had “ordered these three sites to be hit because of a threat to commercial air traffic” after meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Biden said the American side “could not ignore the danger of surveillance of secret facilities” in the United States.
Recall that last week the Joint Air-Space Defense Command of North America recorded three unidentified objects, two of which were dropped by the US military in national airspace and one more over Canadian territory. All three objects were noted to be much smaller previously China dropped its bubbleit was at a lower altitude and did not look like it in appearance.