List of high-altitude thing incidents in 2023

In 2023 there have been some (notable or) famous events at high-altitude; The things (or objects) involved, have been a danger to airspace security.

The incidents are:

• Chinese balloon incident; The shoot-down was off the coast of South Carolina, on February 4. The balloon was discovered (or detected) in North America on January 28, 2023; It traveled thru Alaska, Western Canada, and contiguous United States
• Latin America balloon incident, detected February 2, 2023 in Central America; location of travel: Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela;
• The Shoot-down in Alaska or "Alaska high-altitude object"; February 9, was the second time a thing was detected (in 2023) at high-altitude over Alaska (in the United States); shoot-down on February 10; The object landed on the frozen sea off Deadhorse, Alaska, near the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, in the territorial waters of the United States.

• Yukon high-altitude object, shot down on February 11, 2023 in Canada, North America; Yukon

• Lake Huron high-altitude object, discovered February 11, 2023 ; shot down the next day; location of travel: Alberta, Montana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Lake Huron

• Shandong high-altitude object, detected February 12, 2023 in Asia; location: Rizhao
• Romania and Moldova high-altitude objects, detected February 14, 2023 over south-east Romania, and Moldova

In February 2023, the United States government said that those things that were shot-down by the United States, were not (alien spacecraft or) a kind of Unidentified flying object (UFO).

Related pages

• High-altitude

Further reading

• Ellen Nakashima, Shane Harris & Jason Samenow, U.S. tracked China spy balloon from launch on Hainan Island along unusual path, Washington Post (February 14, 2023)
• Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, US developed method to track China’s spy balloon fleet within last year, sources say, CNN (February 10, 2023)