As a reminder, the United States has destroyed three unidentified flying objects over its territory and Canada in the past few days. Specifically, these objects were shot down over Alaska (northwest) on Friday, over the Yukon in Canada’s northwest on Saturday, and over Lake Huron in the northern United States on Sunday. All in a context where a Chinese balloon suspected of espionage activity was disbanded by Washington forces. “One of the reasons we’re seeing more of them is because we’re looking for them more,” John Kirby slipped out, noting that radar capabilities have been adjusted in that direction. Without this, “it’s difficult to detect objects that move slowly at high altitude,” he said.
However, some elements have filtered these last few hours. The first two “objects” destroyed were the size of a small car – while the Chinese balloon was the size of three buses – and flew 12,000 meters. The one wrecked in the Yukon was “cylindrical” in shape, according to Ottawa. In addition, the Pentagon described the plane destroyed on Sunday as “octagonal”, without a capsule, slowly moving at an altitude of 6,000 meters.