Chance (25 Feb 2024)
"Another High-Altitude Balloon Tracked by NORAD"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
News came out Friday that the U.S. military was tracking another high-altitude balloon.  Supposedly, first seen by NORAD over Utah.  The DoD is now reporting, Saturday, that it's a "hobbyist" balloon and it's out of US air space now.  Add this to the large number of "meteorological" balloons crossing over Taiwan from China last week.....
 
And it was CBS News that "first reported that the military was tracking the balloon.."  CBS is a DoD/Pentagon, White House mouthpiece.  It's interesting that THEY broke the story.  Sounds like a 'controlled' leak to me.  Get ahead of the news and control the narrative.
 
The balloon left U.S. air space overnight.  And that's probably the end of the story for us.  Unless Rep. Crow of Colorado can find out something.
 
  It flew over Colorado as it traversed the U.S. - and Colorado has 5 Air Force Bases and 1 Army base...all the balloon could easily 'monitor' - IF it was another Chinese spy balloon.  The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Shriever Air Force Base and Fort Carson Army Base in El Paso, Colorado and Pueblo Chemical Deport Army Base in Pueblo.  Lots to see.
 
"U.S. Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, a member of the U.S. House Committee on Intelligence, also weighed in.  "I am tracking the high-altitude balloon passing over Colorado and have reached out to the Department of Defense on the matter.  I will provide more information when I get it," Crow said." 
NORAD tracking high-altitude balloon flying over Colorado
 
"On Saturday, an official with the Department of Defense told CBS News that the object was actually a hobbyist balloon."  Again - there is CBS reporting this new breaking news.
Hobbyist balloon detected over Western U.S. has left American airspace, officials say - CBS News
This balloon was a lot lower in altitude than the Chinese balloon from last year - and it is smaller.  Maybe the DoD was afraid that the public would spot this balloon too and they needed to get ahead of the story and control it.  
 
The reported story is:  NORAD detected the object floating between 43,000 and 45,000 feet.  Aircraft fighter jet were sent to intercept the balloon when it was over Utah.  They "determined it was not maneuverable and did not present a threat to national security.  NORAD will continue to track and monitor the balloon."
 
This balloon is expected to fly over Georgia by Friday night.  "The U.S. official said the balloon appeared to be made of Mylar and had a small cube-shaped box, about two feet long on each side, hanging below it.  Its origins and purpose remain unknown." Military says high-altitude balloon detected over Western U.S. doesn't pose a threat
 
We all remember the Chinese spy balloon that Biden and his DoD let fly over sensitive military installations back in February, 2023. This was also deemed not a 'national security threat'.   They didn't shoot it down until it was over the Atlantic Ocean.  And they 'lost' a lot in the 'recovery'.  Convenient story.
 
The Pentagon told us the 2023 balloon "did not transmit information back to China."
So what was the point and purpose of all of that high-tech spy equipment on board?  U.S. sources said that balloon was taking photos and collecting signals - better than what satellites could get.  We were given various reasons why the DoDd didn't shoot it down - one was because 'debris might hit a kindergarten in Montana' and this article says it was because of "fears it could provoke an escalation of military tensions with China or even a military conflict.".  This just shows how weak the Biden admin and our DoD is or how in lockstep they are with the CCP.
US officials disclosed new details about the balloon’s capabilities. Here’s what we know | CNN Politics
 
CNN had reported that "officials said the (2023) balloon was capable of communicating with Beijing as it traveled across the U.S."  And that it used "an American internet service provider" to send into to China.
 
"NBC News previously reported that the spy balloon (2023) was able to gather intelligence from multiple sensitive U.S. military sites, and that the balloon used an American internet service provider to communicate, according to multiple sources." 
Unidentified balloon belongs to amateur balloonist: US official
 
 The American people obviously got the run-around on the 2023 balloon.  The initial 'news' was doctored up and diluted for the American public.
 
I certainly don't trust the Biden admin or DoD to tell the truth - BUT 'something caught their attention on this particular balloon'.  How does the DoD know it's a 'hobbyist' balloon - but that's what they told CBS News and other MSM to report.  It was carrying some sort of payload.
 
  
I don't believe that Biden's DoD which is in cahoots with China would tell us the truth about anything.  Maybe it is someone's research balloon or maybe it's another spy balloon.   But this bag of gas sure got the attention of someone to send up a fighter jet. And just because it "isn't maneuverable" does not mean 'someone' didn't just use the jetstream to carry it along - making it appear to 'not be a national security risk' because it can't go where it 'wants' to.  IF the DoD doesn't know what it is carrying, who launched it, what is it's mission - what assumptions can it truly make?
 
And just a week ago, "A stream of suspected Chinese weather balloons crossed into Taiwan's airspace over the weekend in the largest such incursion on record, according to the island's government."  Six were reported on one day.  Eight told were detected in a short time period.  And eight were reported in the previous 24 hours.  So Taiwan is getting the "weather" balloon story.  China said these balloons are for 'meteorological monitoring' - yah, right - over Taiwan and not the Chinese mainland!
China Launches Balloon Barrage Against Taiwan
 
Back in early January, "Taiwan's Defense Ministry said that China sent four balloons over the island, three of which passed near to a key air force base."
Taiwan reports China sent 4 suspected spy balloons over the island | AP News
 
Another dot?
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance