On Monday, the Twitter handle @stormis_us posted that The F-16 in Michigan was shot down and I now believe that 50,000 Chinese troops were in fact bombed and killed by anti-personnel bombs. A search on Google Maps shows that the area in question is not a cleared forest but a marshy wetland surrounding the creek leading to Eastern Lake, which the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries defines as a pond. When asked about aliens, officials said they just won't rule anything out at this point. The object was shaped like an octagon with strings hanging off it and no discernible payload, according to the official and another source briefed on the matter. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner said Sunday he prefers how the USshot down unidentified objectsover North American airspace in recent days to allowing them to traverse the country. This is in a sense information warfare, Dave Lapan a retired Marine colonel who served in several public affairs roles, including at the departments of defense and homeland security told Military Times. I would prefer them to be trigger-happy than to be permissive, but were going to have to see whether or not this is just the administration trying to change headlines, Turner, an Ohio Republican, said of the Biden administration in an interview with CNNs Jake Tapper on State of the Union" before Sunday's shoot-down took place. The weather was bad enough that the previously planned rendezvous with a Civil Air Patrol Cessna was deemed too dangerous for the small aircraft. WebDecember 9, 2020. STEUBEN, Mich. (AP) A Wisconsin-based fighter jet crashed in a national forest in Michigans Upper Peninsula while on a training mission and searchers After the generals remarks, a Defense official who requested anonymity to speak about a developing situation said that there is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns.. The pilot, Captain Harry 'Mike' Roberts, ejected safely, but was taken prisoner. That effort involves more closely scrutinizing our airspace including enhancing our radar, which may at least partly explain the increase in objects that weve detected over the past week, she said. It said: Canada and China signed a treaty that allows the Peoples Liberation Army of China to station Chinese troops in Canada, beginning in 2020., Daniel Le Bouthillier, a spokesman for Canadas Department of National Defense, said by email, Not much to say except that it isnt true.. The North American Aerospace Defense Command felt that taking gunshots at the objects shot down Saturday and Sunday, in an attempt to better preserve them for examination on the ground, was unachievable, in part due to the relatively small size of those objects. UPDATE (WKOW) -- The search for the pilot from the Madison-based F-16 Fighter that crashed in Michigan's Upper Peninsula continues Wednesday morning. Bizarre F-16s ground-to-ground kill injures two. CHICAGO -- The first missile that was launched by an F-16 fighter jet at the object near Lake Huron on Sunday did not hit the target, three people briefed on the matter told CNN. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, speaking after receiving a briefing from national security adviser Jake Sullivan on the objects from Friday and Saturday, said on Sunday that U.S. national security officials believed them to be balloons. The object was shaped like an octagon with strings hanging off it and did not appear to be carrying anything. Two of the three objects shot down in the past three days-- near Alaska and over northern Canada -- were flying at around 40,000 feet, US and Canadian officials said, posing a potential risk to civilian aircraft. Those are the abbreviated notes, please take them as such. The last radio communication received from [Jones] was vague and non-specific, the report said. Would not elaborate on the shapes they are seeing. VanHerck was also concerned for the safety of the pilots and anyone on the ground or on water. The person's Theres no indication at this point that the unidentified objects have any connection to Chinas surveillance balloon but it seems that national security officials across the continent remain on edge. -They don't pose a kinetic threat according to their analysis. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones. Federal and state lawmakers in Michigan on Sunday recognized the US military's role in the takedown of an airborne object over Lake Huron earlier in the day. They may look back at overlooked incidents now that their posture has changed. Location of the crash site was in a section of Iraq that the US Marines had occupied. The resorts manager was not available for comment. When we can recover the debris, we will have more for you.. Schumer continued to defend the Biden administrations timing on shooting down the first balloon as a different situation. Jones unit, the 115th Fighter Wing, declined to talk about the effects of these conspiracy theories on his grieving family. According to some reports, the objects shot down over Alaska and Yukon (second and third downing) were too balloon, although the size of both was smaller than the Chinese one shot down in Feb. 4. "NORAD launched Canadian and US aircraft to investigate and the object was taken down in US. Additionally, we are doing everything possible to assist and support the ongoing investigation.. "Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters. They cannot attribute some of them over the years. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters. And who knows? The article included a YouTube video showing dozens of Asian individuals in military fatigues walking along a road in British Columbias Salt Spring Island, on Canadas West Coast. The issue was amplified after popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson discussed the topic with Ezra Levant, the editor-in-chief of the Rebel News website. Other accounts used pictures of howitzers on a train in Maine, which first surfaced in October, as proof that the U.S. military was responding to a Chinese incursion into Canada RUMINT that bubbled up via some delusional trainspotter that was then knocked down by the local CBS affiliate. Rachel Cohen joined Air Force Times as senior reporter in March 2021. These most recent objects do not pose a kinetic military threat, but their path in proximity to sensitive DoD sites and the altitude that they were flying could be a hazard to civilian aviation and thus raised concerns.. -As to why did it take so long to re-calibrate radars when the Chinese balloon program was briefed by intel last August? On Jan. 30, 2020, the first of two [], The10-mile long Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) is a United States Air Force aerospace ground test facility used to perform a various variety of tests, including simulated ejections. President Joe Biden ordered the object to be shot down. The plane was destroyed and its pilot killed when it crashed into the ground possibly because of an illusion known as the graveyard spiral.. The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that an F-16 fighter jet shot down the airborne object over Lake Huron in the afternoon. It had Please enable JavaScript for a better experience. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said last week that the first balloon was above where flight operations happen, and so any debris would have passed through national airspace.. This is something we usually deal with from adversaries. Were all interested in exactly what this object was and its purpose. The aircraft may have been taking part in a series of nighttime training missions scheduled for this week from Monday, December 7 until Thursday, December 10. Defense officials on Sunday night declined to identify what the three objects shot down over the weekend might be. This retired three-star falsely claims US soldiers died attacking a CIA facility in Germany tied to election fraud, Interior designers remodel Jack Teixeiras camo bedroom monstrosity, Drop and give me a Guinness World Record! Interestingly, no photos of the engagements have been released yet, but pilots have certainly shot some photographs and pointed the targeting pods of their aircraft at the objects. Maybe. I have not seen it mentioned anywhere that the mysterious Lake Huron balloon was passing very,very near the Selfridge Air Force base in the area just south of Port Huron, MI. Its the second accidental aerial weapon discharge in Europe this year. Its foreign ministry said that the decision has seriously impacted and damaged relations between the two nations. A Warrior for GOD and Christ, #VETERAN, #WWG1WGAWORLDWIDE, #MAGA, #TRUMP2020, #Conservative has nearly 50,000 followers, with more than a mere few believing this post. Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) February 11, 2023. Officials from Capt. And then we need to invest, added Turner. We don't know, VanHerck said. They have adjusted some of those filter 'gates' including velocity and altitude gates to see what was out there after the Chinese balloon incident. -They are still searching for an object that was taken off Alaska's north coast. U.S. F-22 Has Shot Down An Unidentified Object That Violated Canadian Airspace, Some V-22 Osprey Tiltrotors Grounded To Implement Solution To Hard Clutch Engagements, During its sortie the B-52 got closer to St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad than ever seen before on flight tracking websites. Gen. Pat Ryder said the object was not assessed to be a military threat, but it was a flight hazard. -They have scrambled fighters on tracks they cannot correlate with what those fighters see once on station. The cause of the crash was not immediately known and the 115th Fighter Wing declined to comment on the ongoing investigation, which is expected to take up to a year. In October 2020, Turner published another article claiming that China was amassing tens-of-thousands of troops in Canada. People in the public have the perception that the military is doing things that it is not actually doing.. From CNN's Natasha Bertrand, Arlette Saenz and Phil Mattingly. Copyright 2023 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes And when they were comfortable, that we can minimize collateral damage, they selected the best weapon today that was the AIM 9x (missile). Looks like Im getting into the weather. Clearing airspace, pilots check for mariners and aircraft in the vicinity, then the pilots used the best weapon they think will work. The object was flying at 20,000 feet over Michigans Upper Peninsula when it was shot down. (FlightRadar24 image), An E-3 Sentry AWACS from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma was also flying over the area Sunday. WebAn F-16 fighter jet on a routine training mission crashed in Michigan's Upper Peninsula Tuesday night, the Wisconsin National Guard said. A US F-22 fighter jet shot down a "high-altitude object" over frozen Arctic Ocean waters near the Canadian border, about 10 miles off the north coast of Alaska. WebF-16 jet based in Madison crashes in Michigan's Upper Peninsula Channel 3000 / News 3 Now 42.1K subscribers 7.5K views 2 years ago An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the The US military has decommissioned another object over Lake Huron. "NORAD launched Canadian and US aircraft to investigate and the object was taken down in US. He likened it to rumors about Jade Helm 15, a special operations training exercise five years ago. Senator Chuck Schumer says the two objects shot down on Friday and Saturday were balloons, stating "They believe they were, yes. Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes. This is how this Author commented the third object being shot down yesterday. WebF-16 Shoots Down Octagonal Object Over Lake Huron (Updated) For the third time in three days, an unknown object has been shot down, a U.S. Rep. from Michigan said I would offer that when you look at the response by some of our European partners to the Russian incursion into Ukraine, that is a perfect example of what I am talking about with policy paralysis, he said. A Russian warplane has been shot down by Turkish F-16 fighter jets, purportedly after it violated Turkish air space. It was about to go over Lake Huron when it was neutralized. What I think this shows, which is probably more important to our policy discussion here, is that we really have to declare that were going to defend our airspace. They hope to "share more in the coming days.". On Mar. The American people deserve far more answers than we have.. The filters were only readjusted and broadened in the past week, the source said, after a high-altitude, suspected Chinese spy balloon transited the US and ignited a debate over the United States' ability to detect and defend against any potentially threatening objects entering its airspace. The Russians Are Coming! If visual contact with a horizon is lost, the vestibular system, or seat of the pants feeling, becomes unreliable and can result in sensory illusions, the safety investigation noted. An AIM-120 would have a lower probability of success against them. Are you able to keep track of me? the wingman radioed to Jones, according to the report. airspace by US aircraft.". The jet crashed This cannot be confirmed that this was the final target engaged, but it is worth noting as it was the initial call. He scrambled F-15 fighters and a KC-135 tanker to go investigate, and the object crossed into US airspace a few hours later, he said. We got enormous intelligence information from surveilling the balloon as it went over the United States, Schumer said Sunday, adding that the U.S. would probably be able to piece together the entire balloon to learn more. China is upset with the shooting down of the balloon. -They won't officially categorize them as balloons or as having some type of a propulsion system, although there could be a gaseous envelope inside. The Russians are Coming!, crashed on a routine training mission Dec. 8. folks in Texas were seriously worried about commandos gearing up to take over the country. A DoD press conference was delayed an hour but should start soon, which we will report back on. We did not assess it to be a kinetic military threat to anything on the ground, but assess it was a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities. Jones family and our Wing as we lost a hero and a true patriot, said Capt. It would be practically impossible for 50,000 troops to be in the Robbinston Maine area without being observed by someone, he added. We have taken extreme caution to ensure that we limit potential collateral damage, so today, we worked closely with the FAA to clear out the airspace. This is a developing story. David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. It took only 12 seconds from his last radio call for Jones to end up nearly 10 miles away from his wingman. There was no indication of health issues or intoxication. -Each object of interest is taken on a case-by-case basis as far as to shoot them down or not. The number of engagement might be on a raising trend since monitoring of the airspace has been improved following the Chinese balloon incident. The condition of the pilot has not been reported. But there is no evidence it was the result of a bomb. 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Ryder also said the object was the same one that radar detected on Saturday over Montana that caused airspace to briefly close Saturday evening. An unidentified object was shot down near Lake Huron Sunday, marking the third time in a week that US fighter jets have taken down objects in North American airspace. CNN initially reported that the object was shot down over Lake Huron based on what sources said to CNN and a public tweet by Rep. Jack Bergman. Others posts shared a satellite image of the forested area where the earthquake hit, claiming that it appeared to have been cleared. Chinese People's Liberation Army personnel participate in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (AFP / Greg Baker), Screenshot of an article from Before Its News, taken on December 16, 2020, Screenshot of a Facebook post taken on December 16, 2020, Screenshot of a YouTube video taken on December 16, 2020. Clemente said the women in the video were staying at the Mineral Springs Resort, on the northern part of the island. The F-16s would carry targeting pods on alert in the case of the 148th, the highly capable Sniper ATP as is now customary. My guess is theres not a lot of information out there yet to share, Himes said. We have images of the F-16Cs from the 148th FW "Bulldogs" that scrambled against the target out of Madison earlier in the day recovering after their mission. These objects shot down on Friday and Saturday were objects and did not closely resemble the PRC balloon. Two radio monitors have informed us that a pair of 148th Fighter Wing "Bulldogs" F-16C/Ds launched out of Madison, Wisconsin, at around 10:30 A.M. under the AESIR callsign on an alert scramble that turned into a live intercept. I gave direction specifically to the pilots to use their visual acuity to check for mariners on the ground, airplanes in the air to clear with their radars as well. He is the Founder and Editor of The Aviationist, one of the worlds most famous and read military aviation blogs. These objects shot down on Friday and Saturday were objects and did not closely resemble the [Peoples Republic of China] balloon, Sabrina Singh said. Although military officials did not assess it to be a threat to anything on the ground, the objects path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could pose a risk to civil aviation, the officials said. President Joe Biden gave the order to take out the It's worth mentioning that there is high-fidelity visual intelligence that has been collected on these objects. Conspiracy purveyor Alex Jones so twisted the info that folks in Texas were seriously worried about commandos gearing up to take over the country. I would prefer them to be trigger-happy than to be permissive, Turner said of the Biden administration, speaking on CNNs State of the Union. But were going to have to see whether or not this is just the administration trying to change headlines., Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday on NBCs Meet the Press that he had real concerns about why the administration is not more forthcoming.. Rep. Jack Bergman (@RepJackBergman) February 12, 2023, The one decommissioned on Sunday, was the same unidentified object that NORAD had tracked on Saturday above Montana and Lake Michigan. Some of these claims can be traced to the Hagmann Report, an independent podcast that says on its website that it will never be encumbered by political correctness.. It also comes a little more than a week after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina after traversing the U.S. -Radars filter out information based on clutter, such as low-speed clutter. All rights reserved. WebThe pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon that crashed earlier this week in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been found dead, the Air National Guard announced Thursday. Pentagon press secretary Brig. WebJun 10, 2021. An F-16 fighter jet, at the direction of President Joe Biden, fired an AIM9x to successfully shoot down the airborne object flying at approximately 20,000 feet altitude in US airspace over Lake Huron in the State of Michigan, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig Gen Pat Ryder said. Its path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation. -Contrast between the target and the sky above allows for AIM-9X to work well for this mission. -A hostile act would be shooting a missile or dropping a bomb, and hostile intent would be maneuvering aggressively toward a NORAD-controlled or other aircraft, neither of which has been the case. This mistrust has been compounded, he said, by so-called militias and law enforcement dressed up like troops during recent public unrest across the nation. Contents of this blog/website may not be used without author's prior written permission. Howard Altman is an award-winning editor and reporter who was previously the military reporter for the Tampa Bay Times and before that the Tampa Tribune, where he covered USCENTCOM, USSOCOM and SOF writ large among many other topics. The low altitude, daytime intercept would have allowed them to collect high-quality IR/EO video of the entirety of the object before shooting it down. The video is not from 2020 and does not show a Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) battalion training less than 100 miles from the US border. Republican Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan also confirmed the operation Sunday, tweeting, The US military has decommissioned another object over Lake Huron.. There was no word on the fate of the The spy balloon from the PRC was, of course, different in that we knew precisely what [it] was. Combat loss number 10 in Desert Storm. WebA US Air Force F-16 fighter jet. On December 8, 2020, an F-16 plane belonging to the Wisconsin Air National Guard crashed during a routine training exercise over Michigans Hiawatha National Forest, across Lake Superior from Canada. -No other objects are being tracked now. Even if our adversaries didnt start these rumors, I am sure they are joyfully watching things like that spread to create division and conflict.. The Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing announced his death Friday morning, Recent posts from a QAnon-backing Twitter handle with nearly 50,000 followers claimed that tens of thousands of Chinese troops had amassed along Maines border with Canada and that an F-16 fighter that crashed last week in Michigan was actually shot down presumably by the Chinese.
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