UFOs over North America: What we know about the objects shot down
Sometime on or before Jan. 31, Canadian fighter jets began tracking aover the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Biden said it was too dangerous to shoot it down over land, for fear of killing or injuring someone on the ground, so the U.S. waited until it drifted off the South Carolina coast to fell it with a missile.
“We’ve been able to get a better categorization of radar tracks now. And that’s why I think you’re seeing these overall. Plus, there’s a heightened alert to look for this information,” General VanHerck told reporters. For one, they were smaller – each about the size of a small car, by comparison to the balloon, whose payload was as large as two or three city buses. They were also flying at lower altitude, between 6,000 and 12,000 metres, in the same range as most commercial air traffic. The previous balloon was far higher, at more than 18,000 metres.
“It is unfortunately very rugged and mountainous terrain. There’s a very high level of snowpack in the region,” Sean McGillis, an RCMP official said. “So our efforts are going to be difficult, they will be challenging, they will take us some time.”You would think so. Several U.S. and Canadian air force pilots have flown close enough to observe and describe the mystery aircraft. Warplanes also often have cameras mounted on them. But officials have dodged when asked about this. It’s not clear why.
So far, the U.S. says the balloons have not been very useful to China compared to other means of surveillance but could improve if left unchecked. China, meanwhile, has accused the U.S. of running a Victorian-inspired spy program of its own.
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