Beijing answers the phone after days of attempts by US Officials to speak with Chinese leadership about purported spy balloon - AFP
Gen. VanHerck says he has not ruled out "anything at this point" when asked if the US has ruled out aliens or extraterrestrials, but points to the intel community to make the assessment
DoD won't call the shootdowns this weekend, "balloons." Commander NORAD Gen. VanHerck tonight: "Certainly the event off the South Carolina coast, the Chinese spy balloon, that was clearly a balloon. These are objects. I'm not able to categorize how they stay aloft
DOD official says they believe these incidents are the first time within US airspace that NORAD has taken kinetic action against an airborne object
DoD confirms that they have been "more closely scrutinizing" US airspace and enhancing radar since the Chinese balloon incident, which could explain the recent abundance of "object" sightings
Pentagon says shootdown was at 2:42pm when an F-16 fired a sidewinder missile at an airborne object flying 20,000 ft. above Lake Huron. Plan was to shoot it down over water to avoid hurting civilians on ground and improve chances for debris recovery
1 year agoANOTHER ONE: A new NOTAM has been issued near Tobermory in Ontario, Canada
US F-16 fighter jets are reportedly airborne from an Air National Guard base near Madison, Wisconsin
Canada closes airspace near Tobermory in Ontario, close to the U.S. border, due to "active air defense operation"
1 year agoUS Air Force Sentry Surveillance Aircraft, Stratotanker, and Black Hawk helicopter all spotted in vicinity of Lake Michigan
1 year agoNORAD has announced that the Airspace over the Northern Section of Lake Michigan was Closed to "Ensure the Air Traffic Safety in the area during NORAD Operations" however they have not stated what this could entail
1 year agoAirspace closure over Lake Michigan has been cleared; no official word on what caused the impromptu closure
1 year agoAirspace closed above Lake Michigan for 'national defense purposes'; exact reason unclear
1 year agoA "UFO" was claimed to be found by authorities of China near Qingdao, Shandong today. PLA Air Force was preparing to shoot down the unidentified flying object
1 year agoMariusz Błaszczak: MQ-9A Reaper MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drones were delivered to Poland, leased from the US as part of an urgent operational need. They will serve in the Air Force, conducting reconnaissance, among others on our eastern border
.@SpaceX: Deployment of 55 Starlink satellites confirmed
.@SpaceX: Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship – completing this booster's 12th flight
.@SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 55 Starlink satellites to orbit
.@SpaceX: Less than 1 hour until Falcon 9's launch of 55 Starlink satellites to orbit; weather conditions have improved to 60% favorable for liftoff
1 year agoSome pilots that interacted with the object over Alaska said that it "interfered with their sensors". Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air - CNN
1 year agoLeak from Progress MS-21 appears to be less extensive than a similar loss of coolant on Souyz MS-22 in December, but it seemingly originated from the same area of a radiator.
1 year agoLocation of the alleguedy Chinese balloon launch facility mentioned recently in a WSJ article. It is located in the Siziwang Banner, 138 km N of Hohhot
.@SpaceX: Targeting Sunday, February 12 at 12:10 a.m. ET for Falcon 9's launch of 55 Starlink satellites; team is keeping an eye on weather which is 20% favorable for liftoff
US F-22 shoots down , small car-sized floating object over Alaska. Officials say it's not another big China spy balloon & doesn't appear to be manned. "We're calling this an object. That's the best description we have"
.@SpaceX: Super Heavy Booster 7 completed a full duration static fire test of 31 Raptor engines, producing 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons) – less than half of the booster's capability
.@SpaceX: Views from drone of Booster 7's static fire test
.@SpaceX: First static fire attempt of 33 Raptor engines on Booster 7
.@SpaceX: 33 Raptor engine static fire attempt soon
.@SpaceX: Starlink is now available in Iceland
Turkish Vice President: Bad weather prevented us from using helicopters in relief operations
