Balloony war of words continues

 

More balloon news today.

China claims that the US has sent balloons over China ten times recently… of course with no substantiation, dates, or locations. So of course their balloons over the US are no big deal, and now they can shoot down what they claim are OUR balloons. (How would they tell? Anything we would have is probably made in China anyway.)

Maritime authorities in China’s eastern Shandong Province said they had spotted an “unidentified flying object” in waters near the coastal city of Rizhao, the state-run Global Times reported Sunday. Other outlets reported that the object was spotted near Qingdao, which is home to the Jianggezhuang Naval Base, a naval base for the People’s Liberation Army.  Fox

The two ports are close together, by the way. No real contradiction.

Meanwhile, the US’  balloon count is up to 4 with yet one more over Lake Huron. Pity different pilots were involved, we could be looking at a new ace. Not sure anyone wants “balloon ace” on their resume, though. Yahoo

Moving on to the UFO front,  China inititally described their balloon as a possible UFO.  Meanwhile, in the US:

Asked whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin for three airborne objects shot down by U.S. warplanes in as many days, General Glen VanHerck said: “I’ll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven’t ruled out anything.”

“At this point we continue to assess every threat or potential threat, unknown, that approaches North America with an attempt to identify it,” said VanHerck, head of U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command and Northern Command.  Reuters

Some of the more sensationalist sites are saying the good general says UFOs may be possible – as fine a case of putting words in someone’s mouth as Captain Steiner did in “Cross of Iron”. Too, these seem to be the same sorts of folks who are convinced the HAARP (High Active Auroral Research Program) for an increase in natural disasters. That one’s a doozy, too. MSN

Somehow I get the feeling Vlad is kicked back on the sidelines, happy that a bunch of cheap balloons have got both of his international rivals spending flight costs and expensive missile like crazy shooting down junk.

 

 

 

Category: "Teh Stoopid", China