No matter the origin, this one is already better than the Chinese balloon story. #ufotwitter #uaptwitter
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1624160219109416973
2 "ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz first reported that when fighters were scrambled, the pilots did visuals, got images and said there was no sign the object had propulsion."
3 "Asked if was 'balloon-like,' the official said, 'All I say is that it wasn't 'flying' with any sort of propulsion, so if that is 'balloon-like' well -- we just don't have enough at this point.'"
4 "'We don't know who owns this object,' he said. The object came to U.S. attention Thursday evening, Kirby said.
'It did not appear to have maneuverability capability, he said. 'It was virtually at the whim of the wind.'"
'It did not appear to have maneuverability capability, he said. 'It was virtually at the whim of the wind.'"
5 ""We were able to get some fighter aircraft up and around it before the order to shoot it down. And the pilots' assessment was that this was not manned."
6 "Fighter aircraft first saw it late last night, it was a small object, and they were flying at high speed, he said. They did another flight "early this morning" to try to learn more. The flight early this morning 'ended in a shootdown,' Kirby said."
7 "Biden gave order to shoot it down Friday morning. Hew said the 'predominant' reason Biden ordered it shot down was the 'safety' of flights traveling at that altitude. And the fact that it was at the mercy of prevailing winds made its flight path less predictable.
8 "'And the president just wasn't able to take that risk.'
"'We do expect to be able to recover the debris since it fell not only within our territorial space, but on what we what we believe is frozen water,' Kirby said. 'So. a recovery effort will be made, and we're hopeful
"'We do expect to be able to recover the debris since it fell not only within our territorial space, but on what we what we believe is frozen water,' Kirby said. 'So. a recovery effort will be made, and we're hopeful
9 "'that it will be successful and then we can learn a little bit more about it.'
"At the Pentagon, Brig Gen. Patrick Ryder said the object was detected by ground radar. He said it was shot down at 1:45 p.m. ET.
"At the Pentagon, Brig Gen. Patrick Ryder said the object was detected by ground radar. He said it was shot down at 1:45 p.m. ET.
10 "Recovery resources are moving to the site, according to Ryder, including an HC-130, which is the search-and-rescue version of the C-130 plane, HH-60 and CH-47 aircraft."
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