U.S. shoots down "high-altitude object" over Alaska

[Yazata]

Admit it! You haven't had enough balloons! You want more!!

Well, you're in luck!

This recently went out by ACARS (a text message thing for commercial airplanes) to aircraft over the Pacific:

"Report of large white balloon in vicinity of 2639n15021w. Estimated to be between FL400 and FL500. Precise altitude unknown. Advise ATC if object is seen."

In response, multiple commercial flights have reported to air traffic control seeing the balloon at high altitude about 500 miles east of Honolulu.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/...4660752385

Here's the balloon's projected flight path, right over Hawaii!

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Warm up the jet fighters in Hawaii, you got more shooting down to do...

[Kornee]

If it wasn't for the geopolitical football ramifications, this whole shoot balloons - any and all balloons - first, ask questions later craze/saga would rate as sidesplitting comedy.
As expected, lockstep MSM plays it all as deadly serious stuff. That only thanks to resolute and vigilant US air force action have a swathe of serious security breaches been 'neutralized'.

[Magical Realist]

Admit it! You haven't had enough balloons! You want more!!

I sleep so much better at night knowing our big expensive military is busy protecting us all from these sinister balloons. I like my skies balloon-free thank you very much. Yep...nobody watching ME! No siree! Not ME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY

[Yazata]

The US Department of Defense announced today (Monday May 1) that a "high-altitude balloon from an unknown country" just passed through US airspace over Hawaii and appears headed towards the US west coast.

With that in mind, it probably isn't coincidental that military air traffic controllers made this inquiry of a USAF C-17 apparently outbound from Travis AFB in California, headed for Hawaii: "we have a current situation brewing here south east of the big island and leadership is asking if you have photo taking capability"

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