Separately, the U.S. military also scrambled fighter jets in Montana to investigate a radar anomaly that triggered a brief federal closure of airspace.
"Those aircraft did not identify any object to correlate the radar hits," the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first announced Saturday's shootdown over the northern Yukon territory, saying Canadian forces would recover and analyze the wreckage.
Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand declined to speculate about the origin of the object, which she said was cylindrical in shape.
DocZaius said:Do we have some kind of secret war with China where both sides have drones capable of incredible things? And that’s what we are shooting down? Because now China is getting in on the action:
https://twitter.com/dagosupremacy/status/1624743384396058625?s=61&t=b2wdraukiRJpD2QsDgtMAQ
DocZaius said:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/china-spy-balloon-collected-intelligence-us-military-bases-rcna77155
Uh... so now we have unknown drones flying over our military facilities...
interesting info:Something seems off here though. 17 days and no one stopped it, investigated it, reported it, or did anything other than to ignore it? And it takes almost a year for us to find out?
Something seems off here though. 17 days and no one stopped it, investigated it, reported it, or did anything other than to ignore it? And it takes almost a year for us to find out?
interesting info:
The incursions started on Dec. 6, 2023. The drones ranged in size, some being around 20 feet long, often flying over the base in the evening. The drones flew at approximately 100 miles per hour and made noises described as similar to lawnmowers. According to reports, they were also hard to track. The Wall Street Journal reported that Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, then the head of Air Combat Command, witnessed the drones.
Despite months of investigations, the source remains unknown. It’s also unclear if the flights were malicious or the work of some hobbyists. The fact that the drones were able to make repeated flights into restricted airspace remains a concern. Despite last year seeing several suspected surveillance balloons shot down by American fighter jets, the drones were not shot down; federal law says that drones flying over bases can only be shot down if they are a direct threat to the installation.
The base, located in southeastern Virginia and part of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, is home to F-22 squadrons and the headquarters of Air Combat Command. The F-22 that shot down a Chinese spy balloon early in 2023 was based at the installation.
Drones swarmed a military base for days. The Pentagon still doesn’t know why.
The military and the Pentagon’s UFO investigating arm have tried to determine the source of the drones that flew over Langley Air Force Base.taskandpurpose.com