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Now that the #ChineseBalloon is making some headlines again, is good to share what I wrote back in march on Weekly Balloon News # 11 - Chinese balloon edition
What kind of balloon it was? • Not an isolated incident, and not a "fleet" of spy balloons • Previous sightings. Connecting the dots • The first downing using missiles? Yes and No • The "secret" Chinese balloon base • Science on the edge of reality • The "weather balloon" explanation 70 years later
https://stratocat.substack.com/p/weekly-balloon-news-11-chinese-balloon
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Now that the #ChineseBalloon is making some headlines again, is good to share what I wrote back in march on Weekly Balloon News # 11 - Chinese balloon edition
What kind of balloon it was? • Not an isolated incident, and not a "fleet" of spy balloons • Previous sightings. Connecting the dots • The first downing using missiles? Yes and No • The "secret" Chinese balloon base • Science on the edge of reality • The "weather balloon" explanation 70 years later
https://stratocat.substack.com/p/weekly-balloon-news-11-chinese-balloon
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More on the Chinese Spy balloon affair in a recent article in the NYT.
According to US intelligence sources:
- Balloon was originally aimed at U.S. military bases in Guam & Hawaii but was blown off course
- People’s Liberation Army had kept Mr. Xi Jinping in the dark until the balloon was over the US. When he realized that it affected planned talks with Blinken, he berated senior generals for failing to tell him that balloon had gone astray
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/us/politics/us-china-global-spy-operations.html
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"China appears to have suspended its surveillance balloon program following a major diplomatic incident earlier this year, when one of the country’s high-altitude spy balloons transited the United States, multiple sources familiar with US intelligence assessments told CNN."
"The FBI concluded its analysis of the balloon’s remnants earlier this year, and the Pentagon announced in June that the US government assessed that the balloon did not collect intelligence while flying over the country."
Honestly imo the second quote, (read the article for more), that is a lot of behind covering going on. On both China and the US side. They also still refuse to release information about the 2 other shoot downs.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/politics/china-spy-balloon-program-us-intelligence#spyballoon #chinesespyballoon #chineseballoon #ufos #balloon #surveillance
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China appears to have suspended spy balloon program after February shootdown, US intel believes
Via CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/politics/china-spy-balloon-program-us-intelligence
#ChineseBalloon #SpyBalloon #surveillance #Shootdown #China #Balloon #Press
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China appears to have suspended spy balloon program after February shootdown, US intel believes
Via CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/politics/china-spy-balloon-program-us-intelligence
#ChineseBalloon #SpyBalloon #surveillance #Shootdown #China #Balloon
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#ChineseBalloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware to #Spy on #Americans
Blasted from the sky in February, Preliminary U.S. findings show the craft collected photos and videos but didn’t appear to transmit them, officials say.
https://archive.ph/M22Uj #china -
#ChineseBalloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware to #Spy on #Americans
Blasted from the sky in February, Preliminary U.S. findings show the craft collected photos and videos but didn’t appear to transmit them, officials say.
https://archive.ph/M22Uj #china -
"Tracking the Chinese Balloon From Space" by @NYTimes (h/t @JetCityStar - Computer search found #ChineseBalloon in archived satellite imagery tracing back to initial climb from Hainan Island, China https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/20/science/chinese-space-balloon-incident.html #military #aviation #avgeek
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"Tracking the Chinese Balloon From Space" by @NYTimes (h/t @JetCityStar - Computer search found #ChineseBalloon in archived satellite imagery tracing back to initial climb from Hainan Island, China https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/20/science/chinese-space-balloon-incident.html #military #aviation #avgeek
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Seems to me that he whole thing is unnecessarily complicated.
What's the point in waiting for another actual balloon when all's needed is for someone to point at the sky and shriek, "Look! Another balloon!"
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#OpenSourceBoffinChallenge:
Where is this above the "Central Continental U.S."? An oxbow is in the near background, as is a street grid and some farmland.
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"Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload" by TheDrive / Joseph Trevithick - U2 photo released in higher res gives more detail than before of #ChineseBalloon equipment: solar panel array, antennas, propellers https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-yet-at-the-chinese-spy-balloons-massive-payload #military #aviation #avgeek
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"Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload" by TheDrive / Joseph Trevithick - U2 photo released in higher res gives more detail than before of #ChineseBalloon equipment: solar panel array, antennas, propellers https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-yet-at-the-chinese-spy-balloons-massive-payload #military #aviation #avgeek
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I didn't expect Nena's 1980s hit "99 Luftballons" to turn out to be a prophecy...
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@aljazeera Is there another reason for the Chinese to launch a balloon over the U.S. besides intel? Weather seems unlikely.
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@aljazeera Is there another reason for the Chinese to launch a balloon over the U.S. besides intel? Weather seems unlikely.
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Any more #ChineseBalloon sightings lately? We seem to be a lull... I'm not the type to ascribe 7-d chess to anyone, but the People's Liberation Army Army Air Force (PLAAF) or the CCP or whomever seem have been caught flat-footed. A bizarre episode all around.
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Any more #ChineseBalloon sightings lately? We seem to be a lull... I'm not the type to ascribe 7-d chess to anyone, but the People's Liberation Army Army Air Force (PLAAF) or the CCP or whomever seem have been caught flat-footed. A bizarre episode all around.
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I have a receiver, which got the transponder signal off of one of those fighters that's been flying overhead on landing approach to Moffett Field (KNUQ).
It's a Northrop F-5E Tiger II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5It's registered to this defense contractor:
https://tacticalairsupport.com/They look like they're equipped with wingtip air-to-air missiles.
The TV news reports that the US has shot down 3 more objects like the #ChineseBalloon , but not around here.
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Funny how all those #Republicans talking about the #ChineseBalloon invasion of our airspace don't talk much about the #Russian invasion of our elections in 2016 and afterwards.
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Dash Dobrofsky: “Can’t they just give Biden the credit he deserves. He shot down a balloon, shot down a UFO, tricked MAGA into verbally supporting Social Security, and added 500k jobs — all in the same week. He’s crushing the game. Media should be bowing down.” #UFOs #ChineseBalloon #Biden #SocialSecurity #500KJobs
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Dash Dobrofsky: “Can’t they just give Biden the credit he deserves. He shot down a balloon, shot down a UFO, tricked MAGA into verbally supporting Social Security, and added 500k jobs — all in the same week. He’s crushing the game. Media should be bowing down.” #UFOs #ChineseBalloon #Biden #SocialSecurity #500KJobs
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This is the most detailed photo of the alleged Chinese spy balloon. Assuming it's a spying device ( and it looks like one ) we can make a few guesses.
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@uanews 1) If the #ChineseBalloon DID contain a bio-weapon or nuclear material, does she REALLY think it would have been a good idea to crash it over a populated area? And 2) why would a "hypersonic missile" need to be dropped from a balloon like a sack of wet cement (aka: Greene's brain)? #TooStupidForPolitics
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JUST IN : the 97 ballons are coming! #chineseballoon #norad 🎈
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The US shoe down a UFO over Alaska today - size of a car, unmanned, origin and type of vehicle unidentified as of yet
[I've also had a few glasses of wine and this seemed newsworthy]
#News #Alaska #Russia #China #ChineseBalloon
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-says-it-shot-down-object-over-alaska-size-small-car-2023-02-10/?
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The US shoe down a UFO over Alaska today - size of a car, unmanned, origin and type of vehicle unidentified as of yet
[I've also had a few glasses of wine and this seemed newsworthy]
#News #Alaska #Russia #China #ChineseBalloon
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-says-it-shot-down-object-over-alaska-size-small-car-2023-02-10/?
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“The Pentagon shot down an unidentified object over frozen waters around Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials, less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet brought down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.” (gift article) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/unidentified-object-shot-down-alaska.html?unlocked_article_code=FHz8qn2CKpmPrpeR73vYZohGKD-pH0KnU0mPKyVFclCPMzxESzYlX7hDEmQxZvWxhGznM3-QVOrq0UKaG6K1EpOoCAUL5lRICQ9ec0L3ikq3oDUuZgGFdRKaPeg4OZDQ5-CdTx0Op0JfXJis1WGK4G_EBxaZ9Bb30Ro5NwlLxMaWbfuXrxv9XvrHg4ip2AR2uzXd19vUqOR4W6hKCOKn6KgkKCkuI_l_kJPo1YReJbURVNj7LXsPEE_cx866gsnK4AqGZXmxMyiMi9w5U6i6Nhnh1Yxaq094mLU1Rv-Pnqx0C-GlWkKiEnS7pb2euuGubY91ezHCLy562pKhFlEksN64RiqjNpEmKwWw9qSNnM8TwA&smid=share-url
#Alaska #Pentagon #UnidentifiedFlyingObject #Balloon #ChineseBalloon #SpyBalloon
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“The Pentagon shot down an unidentified object over frozen waters around Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials, less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet brought down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.” (gift article) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/unidentified-object-shot-down-alaska.html?unlocked_article_code=FHz8qn2CKpmPrpeR73vYZohGKD-pH0KnU0mPKyVFclCPMzxESzYlX7hDEmQxZvWxhGznM3-QVOrq0UKaG6K1EpOoCAUL5lRICQ9ec0L3ikq3oDUuZgGFdRKaPeg4OZDQ5-CdTx0Op0JfXJis1WGK4G_EBxaZ9Bb30Ro5NwlLxMaWbfuXrxv9XvrHg4ip2AR2uzXd19vUqOR4W6hKCOKn6KgkKCkuI_l_kJPo1YReJbURVNj7LXsPEE_cx866gsnK4AqGZXmxMyiMi9w5U6i6Nhnh1Yxaq094mLU1Rv-Pnqx0C-GlWkKiEnS7pb2euuGubY91ezHCLy562pKhFlEksN64RiqjNpEmKwWw9qSNnM8TwA&smid=share-url
#Alaska #Pentagon #UnidentifiedFlyingObject #Balloon #ChineseBalloon #SpyBalloon
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It was a 'Chinese weather balloon' and so were ALL THOSE OTHER 'uap' we've been forced to show you in the last 5 years.
I would prefer the pentagon be more specific..
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It was a 'Chinese weather balloon' and so were ALL THOSE OTHER 'uap' we've been forced to show you in the last 5 years.
I would prefer the pentagon be more specific..
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About that balloon: why is it not obvious to some lawmakers that the balloon was better off dropped in the water than on land. There are much better prospects for forensics on parts that remained whole(ish) and much less chance for adventurous citizens to do souvenir hunting.
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Ooh wee! Look who had a temper tantrum in Congress today?!
👉 “When she got to ask questions,” the lawmaker recalled, “she was yelling out saying ‘bullshit,’ and, you know, ‘I don’t believe you.’”
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Ooh wee! Look who had a temper tantrum in Congress today?!
👉 “When she got to ask questions,” the lawmaker recalled, “she was yelling out saying ‘bullshit,’ and, you know, ‘I don’t believe you.’”
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jan 6th traitor congressman andy biggs skipped a classified briefing on the #chineseballoon so he could go on fox news instead.
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The ancient line of demarcation
was crossed without provocation..This breach led to serious discussions
about possible security repercussions..A proposal for balloon retaliation
was floated to great public acclimation..A blue ribbon hot air commission
will fully bloviate the situation
and get back to us
with a long winded conclusion(I do so miss the Cold War)
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CW: USPol, Chinese spy balloons
So apparently China just... routinely sends spy balloons across America?
And the government has known about this for years, and has... just not told us? Until now?
How about journalists? Why didn't any of them notice?
Why is this *suddenly* an issue in the Biden administration, while it wasn't ever mentioned under Trump?
#China #surveillance #ChineseSpyBalloon #balloon #ChineseBalloon #journalism #USPol
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CW: Political Cartoon
