Videodrome
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David Onley went to my parents church and my dad also works there, so he helped organize the funeral in some capacity.
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PM Justin Trudeau's Canada
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Northern Light
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What exactly is going on with random UFOs this month? Were they on sale at Black Friday prices before Christmas and people just finished the assembly instructions with the Allen Key? LOL
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Richard White
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Jonny5
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From the Washington Post, which is paywalled so a cut and paste here only which has the heart of what is really going on:
So essentially, the US does not fly into Chinese airspace, but it buzzes the circumference of it multiple times every single day with spy planes that no doubt contain the most sophisticated signal and communications monitoring tech that exists, essentially wire tapping every communications hub they can reach, and China is kind of pissed off by that, so the balloon fleet is the response
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gabe
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From CNN This might be the same kind of thing they shot down today. It's not a balloon but a “high altitude airborne object"
Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes, but not all pilots reported experiencing that.
Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet.
The conflicting eyewitness accounts are partly why the Pentagon has been unable to fully explain what the object is, the source briefed on the matter said.
edition.cnn.com
Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes, but not all pilots reported experiencing that.
Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet.
The conflicting eyewitness accounts are partly why the Pentagon has been unable to fully explain what the object is, the source briefed on the matter said.
What we know about the unidentified object shot down over Alaska
An unidentified object was shot down 10 miles off the frozen coast of Alaska on Friday afternoon, US officials announced, but details about the object are scarce.
edition.cnn.com
kEiThZ
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Seems all hilarious until you realize there's similar tracking, surveillance and warning issues with HABs as hypersonics and fractional orbital bombardment systems.
Richard White
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From CNN This might be the same kind of thing they shot down today. It's not a balloon but a “high altitude airborne object"
Some pilots said the object “interfered with their sensors” on the planes, but not all pilots reported experiencing that.
Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air, despite the object cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet.
The conflicting eyewitness accounts are partly why the Pentagon has been unable to fully explain what the object is, the source briefed on the matter said.
What we know about the unidentified object shot down over Alaska
An unidentified object was shot down 10 miles off the frozen coast of Alaska on Friday afternoon, US officials announced, but details about the object are scarce.
The truth is out there.
Quick.. call Mulder and Scully.
gabe
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The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace in a part of Montana near the Canadian border.
www.reuters.com
Montana airspace briefly closed, FAA blames radar anomaly
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late Saturday it has closed some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities.
www.reuters.com
Richard White
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The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace in a part of Montana near the Canadian border.
Montana airspace briefly closed, FAA blames radar anomaly
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late Saturday it has closed some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities.
Near Boseman, possibly a missile silo?
kEiThZ
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lenaitch
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Interesting times. No doubt some will make some political hay (or try to, defence matters don't get much milage in this country) about the fact that the shoot-down was executed by a US aircraft in Canadian airspace. NORAD is a partnership but i doubt the US would allow a RCAF aircraft to take the shot in their airspace. This assumes the 'object' was at an altitude that a 40-year-old CF-18 could achieve.
Bjays92
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The issue here, if im not mistaken, is the Americans were closer. Both Canadian and US jets were scrambled but the US base was way closer and so they arrived first and as a result Trudeau had them take it down.
I do agree I would rather it have been our planes but I think this moreso exposes the fact that we need an airbase in the north.
W. K. Lis
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Northern Light
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Could stick this in the U.S. thread, but since we're discussion Chinese balloons and other UFOs here.........
The U.S. just closed air space over Lake Michigan for national security reasons:
www.latestly.com
The U.S. just closed air space over Lake Michigan for national security reasons:
UFO Sighted Again? US Closes Airspace Over Parts of Lake Michigan for 'Defence Related Reasons' After Shooting Down Unidentified Flying Objects Above Alaska and Canada | ð LatestLY
"The temporary flight restriction that was in place over Lake Michigan to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area during North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) operations has been lifted", said NORAD in a tweet. ð UFO Sighted Again? US Closes Airspace Over Parts of Lake Michigan...
www.latestly.com
kEiThZ
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"The North" is huge. You wouldn't be able to cover it all with one airbase. We have an list of Forward Operating Locations in the Arctic where our fighters deploy. You can even see the hangars on Google Earth.
Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Locations - Wikipedia
Stationing fighters up north permanently is difficult. That would mean posting personnel there with their families. It's hard enough getting people to serve in Cold Lake. I can imagine release rates would skyrocket for anybody posted to Inuvik. If you can't imagine living somewhere for years, it's going to be hard to convince military families to make the move. Personally, I would love to see Cold Lake and Bagotville shut down and all fighter assets centralized in Mirabel with detachments rotated through FOLs as needed.