List of high-altitude thing incidents in 2023
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Place (or location) where things were shot down in North America. Some were shot down in the United States; One has been shot down in Canada (as of 2023's first quarter). |
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.[1][2][3] The balloon was discovered (or detected) in North America on January 28, 2023; It traveled thru Alaska, Western Canada, and contiguous United States[4][5][2][6]
- Latin America balloon incident, detected February 2, 2023 in Central America; location of travel: Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela;[7]
- 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;[8][9][10][11] The object landed on the frozen sea off Deadhorse, Alaska, near the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, in the territorial waters of the United States.[8][12]
- Yukon high-altitude object, shot down on February 11, 2023 in Canada, North America; Yukon[13]
- Lake Huron high-altitude object, discovered February 11, 2023 ; shot down the next day; location of travel: Alberta, Montana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Lake Huron[14][15][16][17][18]
- Shandong high-altitude object, detected February 12, 2023 in Asia; location: Rizhao[19][20][21][22]
- Romania and Moldova high-altitude objects, detected February 14, 2023 over south-east Romania, and Moldova[23]
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).[24]
Related pages
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)
Sources
- ↑ Brown, Matthew; Pollard, James (February 5, 2023) (in en-US). Eyes on the sky as Chinese balloon shot down over Atlantic. Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/politics-montana-north-carolina-302134762e8aeae53314ebd9fdb327e4. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baldor, Lolita C.; Copp, Tara (February 4, 2023). "China balloon: Many questions about suspected spy in the sky". Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-antony-blinken-china-b1b03193b7abeb7bbeca169bbc7c2c53. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- ↑ Hill, Randall; Stewart, Phil; Mason, Jeff (February 4, 2023) (in en-US). U.S. fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-us-is-going-take-care-of-chinese-balloon-2023-02-04/. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ↑ "Chinese spy balloon over US is weather device says Beijing". BBC News. February 3, 2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64515033. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ↑ Brown, Matthew; Pollard, James (February 5, 2023). "Eyes on the sky as Chinese balloon shot down over Atlantic" (in en-US). Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/politics-montana-north-carolina-302134762e8aeae53314ebd9fdb327e4. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ↑ Hill, Randall; Stewart, Phil; Mason, Jeff (February 4, 2023) (in en-US). U.S. fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-us-is-going-take-care-of-chinese-balloon-2023-02-04/. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ↑ Gregorian, Dareh; Kube, Courtney; Gains, Mosheh; Richards, Zoë. "Another Chinese 'surveillance balloon' is flying over Latin America, Pentagon says" (in en). NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/chinese-balloon-cause-civilian-injuries-deaths-rcna69052. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Shalal, Andrea; Holland, Steve; Stewart, Phil; Stewart, Phil (February 11, 2023). "U.S. shoots down unidentified object flying above Alaska" (in en). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-says-it-shot-down-object-over-alaska-size-small-car-2023-02-10/. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ Gittleson, Ben. US shoots down unknown 'high-altitude object' over Alaska, White House says. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-shoots-high-altitude-object-alaska-white-house/story?id=97040022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ↑ Cooper, Helene; Barnes, Julian E.; Wong, Edward (February 10, 2023). "U.S. Shoots Down High-Altitude Object Over Alaska" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/unidentified-object-shot-down-alaska.html. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ Aratani, Lauren (2023-02-11). "Mystery surrounds what exactly was object US jet shot down over Alaska" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/alaska-mystery-flying-object-us-chinese-balloon. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ↑ Shabad, Rebecca (February 11, 2023). "U.S. shoots down 'high-altitude object' over Alaskan airspace, White House says". NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/us-shoots-flying-object-alaska-airspace-white-house-says-rcna70166. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ Newton, Paula; Britzky, Haley (February 11, 2023). "US jet shoots down 'unidentified object' over northern Canada". CNN. Archived from the original on February 11, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ↑ Liebermann, Oren; Atwood, Kylie; Bertrand, Natasha; Saenz, Arlette; Mattingly, Phil; Britzky, Haley (2023-02-12). "US military shoots down high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday". CNN. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ↑ 'Octagonal' object shot down by military aircraft over Lake Huron, officials confirm to ABC News. ABC7 Chicago. February 12, 2023. https://abc7chicago.com/lake-michigan-flight-restrictions-airspace-closed-department-of-defense/12804806/. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ↑ Long, Colleen; C. Baldor, Lolita; Miller, Zeke (2023-02-12). "'Unidentified object' downed over Lake Huron 1st detected above Montana". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ↑ McLeary, Paul; Olander, Olivia; Seligman, Lara; Ward, Alexander (2023-02-12). "U.S. downs unidentified object over Lake Huron, third destroyed since Chinese spy balloon". Politico. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ↑ Tasker, John Paul (13 February 2023). Trudeau says flying objects brought down over the past week may be linked. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-unidentified-objects-1.6746708. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ↑ Shoaib, Alia (2023-02-12). "Chinese authorities said they were preparing to shoot down an 'unidentified flying object' spotted near the Yellow Sea". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ↑ Watt, Louise (2023-02-12). "China prepares to shoot down unknown flying object near coast". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ↑ Rahman, Khaleda (2023-02-12). "Now China Says It Has Spotted a UFO". MSN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- ↑ China Ready to Down Object Flying Near Naval Base: Paper. Bloomberg News. 12 February 2023. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-12/china-spots-unidentified-object-flying-near-port-city-paper. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ↑ Romania detects suspicious weather balloon in its airspace, ministry says. Reuters. 14 February 2023. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/romania-detects-suspicious-weather-balloon-its-airspace-ministry-says-2023-02-14/. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ↑ https://www.nrk.no/urix/fortsatt-uklart-hva-tre-nedskutte-objekter-var-1.16297624. NRK.no. Retrieved 2023-02-14