A day after a flying object was shot down over the US state of Alaska, a US fighter jet shot down another unknown object in Canadian airspace. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the “unidentified object” was shot down by a US F-22 over northwestern Canada on Saturday. It is the third known case of mysterious flying objects in a very short time.
A week ago, a US fighter jet shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon on the east coast of the US. But why are the cases of discovered flying objects increasing at the moment?
US shoots down Chinese spy balloon
One thing is certain, since the discovery of the alleged spy balloon from China, the US government has been extremely vigilant. A White House statement Saturday night said Biden had been “continuously updated by his national security team” since the latest object was discovered. As a result, the US wants to be able to react quickly if another object appears in the sky, so there is more surveillance.
New settings on surveillance devices
Airspace violations have also changed the way analysts receive and interpret information from radars and sensors, a US official said Saturday. According to information from the American newspaper “Washington Post”, changes have been made to surveillance equipment.
An unnamed US official told the newspaper: “We have, in fact, opened the filters. Similar to a car buyer checking boxes on a website to expand the search parameters.” So the raw data would be less constrained, allowing the experts to see more on their radars. But that change doesn’t fully reflect what’s going on, the official warned.
There is also evidence that the Americans have so far underestimated the dangers of simple drone and balloon technology – now they are all the more alarmed and taking action. Because the Pentagon was concerned under Trump that unidentifiable missiles were sighted, especially over U.S. military bases, but leads often went unheeded. You can read more about it here.
(t-online, cli)
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