US EditionSmall, nonthreatening balloon intercepted over Utah by NORAD
- A nonthreatening balloon spotted over Utah led to a NORAD fighter jet interception, which determined it posed no national security threat.
- The balloon, not linked to a foreign adversary, was part of a series of similar spy balloons worldwide, but its origins remain unclear.
- The Chinese balloon downed last year off the U.S. coast was part of a global surveillance program, according to the Pentagon, sparking tension with China.
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NORAD's North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement that it had detected a small balloon at an altitude of more than 13,000 meters
Utah: US-Kampfjets fingen mysteriösen Ballon ab
Ein kleiner Ballon über dem US-Staat Utah hat die Luftüberwachung in Alarmbereitschaft versetzt. Kampfflugzeuge fingen den Ballon am Freitag in rund 13 Kilometern Höhe ab, wie der Sender CBS News unter Berufung auf das für die USA und Kanada zuständige Nordamerikanische Luftverteidigungskommando (Norad) berichtete. Bei dem Abfangmanöver sei letzten Endes festgestellt worden, dass der Ballon keine Gefahr für die nationale Sicherheit oder den Flug…
About a year ago, a suspicious object in the sky causes panic in the USA. To this day, it is not clearly determined whether it was a spy balloon or a Chinese weather balloon back then. Now another specimen appears over Utah. The US military acts immediately.
It flew at an altitude of about 13 km.
NORAD fighters intercept high-altitude balloon over US
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 — A small balloon floating at a high altitude over the US state of Utah was intercepted by fighter aircraft yesterday but deemed to pose no national security or flight risk, a US-Canada military agency said, according to US media. The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said in a statement it had detected the balloon traveling at an altitude between 13,100-13,700 meters, CBS News reported. “The balloon was interc…
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