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F-22 pilots from the US Airforce shot down an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) over Alaskan airspace on Friday, claiming that it interfered with their instruments before they were able to blow it out of the sky. The very next day, Canadians also downed a UAP over its territory before the US declared a second ‘object’  over Lake Huron. This one was also given a dose of democracy, US style.

You might be forgiven if you think this sounds like the opening to a new X-files reboot (Netflix are sure to jump on that), but after the infamous Chinese spy balloon was downed earlier last week, the skies over Northern America seem to be filled with ‘unidentified’ objects.

The three objects downed during the weekend were most likely similar balloons to the Chinese one, especially if we consider a Pentagon official’s warning that China operates a large network of spy balloons across the globe. It is, however, strange timing that within a week of the first report of a spy balloon, suddenly there are balloons everywhere. It would appear that the US has finally decided to look up as well as to the West.

“We can confirm that the Department of Defense was tracking a high-altitude object over Alaska airspace in the last 24 hours,”

The Canadian object is particularly curious as Prime Minister Trudeau gave permission for a US fighter jet to join Canada’s air force as they investigated a ‘cylindrical object’ over the Yukon area. The US plane eventually took it down, but so far Canada has not revealed any further details about the downed ‘craft’ as their forces are moving to secure the site.

Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand described the object as cylindrical in shape, and smaller than the Chinese spy balloon shot down last week.

The US, who always seem to take a beating when it comes to alien invasions, released a statement that was light on details, simply stating that Biden and Trudeau “discussed the importance of recovering the object in order to determine more details on its purpose or origin.”

Also leaving much to the imagination, the US indicated that they closed the airspace over Montana on Saturday as well after ‘radar anomalies’ were picked up over the state. By Sunday everything was okay again, and no reports of any balloons over this area were received. They have, however, connected this with the UAP that was downed over Michigan on Saturday.

“If it was another Chinese spy balloon, that indicates that China is either incompetent in operating these platforms or potentially deliberately provoking the US.”

All of this smells fishy. We can’t help but wonder if the recent interest in UAPs, and the subsequent documentaries on the subject being aired nearly every month, is Hollywood’s way of preparing us for some tinfoil hat-wearing news. Before you cry Bob Lazar and laugh, consider how the US has always prepared a narrative on their next moves by way of their unofficial mouthpieces in the media business.

Before 9/11, action movie heroes like Arnie and Sly mostly fought terrorists from Arab-speaking nations like Iraq and Iran, thereby creating a un/conscious adversary that looked a certain way and prayed a certain way. After 9/11 and the pointless Iraq War, the mood in Hollywood shifted and all of a sudden all the bad guys were either Russian or Chinese. Now, they are commonly accepted by ‘Muricans as the biggest threat to the warmongering country’s freedom.

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This might not be the most watertight argument in the galaxy but, I do wonder what the recently declassified Pentagon UFO videos, as well as this weekend’s downing of UAPs, have in common. Probably nothing, but this is the highest number of ‘balloon’ sightings since Roswell…

Perhaps it is just a case of America suddenly paying attention to the air above the land of the free. I for one welcome our new alien visitors. Maybe they can sort out Eskom.

[source:businessinsider]