2 minutes agoAmerica spent $40,000 to take down the balloon that could cost 12 dollars.
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(3 years ago)A group of amateur balloon enthusiasts in Illinois may have solved the mystery of one of the unknown flying objects pulled down by the U.S. Army last week, a sage that had shaken the nation, writes the “The Guardian” on Saturday. “Brigada Balonave” in Illinois said one of its tools “disappeared in [...]
“Brigga of Balonave” in Illinois said one of its tools “disappeared into action” over Alaska on February 11th, the same day that an American F-22 plane crashed an unidentified balloon not far above Canadian Yukon territory.
In a blog post, the group didn't connect the two events. But the balloon trajector before the last census suggests a link between her and the object that the American Army brought down.
If that's true, it means the U.S. Army has spent a rocket that costs 439 grand to bring down a harmless balloon worth only $12.
This balloon over Yuko was the second of three to be knocked down by the US Army at the order of President Joe Biden in the past three days in a row after a particular object, allegedly a Chinese spy balloon, collapsed on the Atlantic on February 4th.
American officials have said that the three objects that were dropped after the destruction of the balloon “spiune” Chinese, could be commercial or linked to climate research.
On Thursday, after days of pressure from democratic lawmakers and Republicans, and in the midst of a growing diplomatic dispute with China, Biden broke the silence.
Nothing now suggests that they were linked to China's spying balloons program or that they were surveillance vehicles from somewhere else”, he said.
Biden has said they were knocked down because authorities considered to pose a threat to aviation, though some observers say the collapses were an excessive response amid political pressure for the discovery of the Chinese balloon.
