Riddles about mysterious flying objects
US General doesn’t even want to rule out aliens
2/13/2023 4:48 am
Within a few days, US fighter jets shoot down four flying objects over North America. But where do the devices come from? The US Department of Defense does not want to jump to conclusions.
With the US military shooting down several mysterious flying objects, speculation is rampant as to what’s going on over the North American skies. Social media are already speculating about a possible alien invasion. When asked by a reporter whether the US Department of Defense could rule out that extraterrestrials were behind the ominous missiles, the commander of the US Northern Command, General Glen VanHerck, replied on Sunday evening: “I’ll leave it to the intelligence services and counterintelligence to find out . I haven’t ruled anything out at this point.” It is questionable whether the statement is suitable for curbing speculation.
The general, who also heads the North American Air Defense Command, Norad, which detected and eliminated recent flying objects, said his job was to defend the country. When asked if more kills were to be expected, he said: “Anything approaching North America, if it’s unknown, I will identify – and assess whether it poses a threat. If it’s a threat, I shoot it off.” Norad is currently not tracking any other objects. “That’s not to say there won’t be more at some point in the future, but we don’t see anything at the moment.”
The US military had previously shot down a flying object for the fourth time in a few days. The latest incident happened on Sunday over Lake Huron in the state of Michigan. US fighter jets had already brought down two unidentified flying objects on Friday and Saturday: one off the coast of the US state of Alaska, the other over northern Canada.
So far it is unclear what kind of objects they were, where they came from and what their goal was. The salvage of debris should provide information about the background. A week earlier, the US Air Force had brought down a Chinese balloon suspected of being used for espionage purposes off the coast of the state of South Carolina. It was initially unclear whether there could be a connection between the incidents.