This isn’t the first time these mystery objects have perplexed governments and onlookers
Posted BY: Kelen McBreen
Independent journalist Kanekoa The Great posted a viral Twitter thread on Friday noting UFOs similar to the “Chinese spy balloon” currently floating over the United States have been previously spotted in other countries and even America.
Since 2020, almost identical objects were spotted over Japan, India, and Hawaii with a blimp-looking balloon being spotted over the Philippines.
THREAD🚨 #ChineseSpyBalloon
— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 3, 2023
Similar high-altitude surveillance balloons and airships have previously been spotted over Hawaii, Japan, India, and the Phillipines. pic.twitter.com/mPKrZ1ObhB
As explained in the thread, the first sighting of one of the balloons was in June of 2020 over Japan.
3) The same type of reconnaissance balloon was spotted over Sendai, Japan, on June 17, 2020.
— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 3, 2023
Japanese officials said:
"We have absolutely no idea what it is. It may be some kind of weather monitoring equipment, but it definitely isn’t ours." pic.twitter.com/ZmLPqXglT5
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In January 2022, a similar flying object was seen over India and again off the coast of Hawaii a month later.
The U.S. Air Force scrambled jets to investigate the balloon over Hawaii at the time.
5) The same type of reconnaissance balloon was spotted over Port Blair, India, on Jan. 6, 2022.
— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 3, 2023
Indian officials were unaware of its origins.
"Zoomed photograph showed some eight dark panel-shaped equipment/objects attached to the flying object."https://t.co/60FjV2cvcb pic.twitter.com/699WASgbsK
The object flying near Hawaii was reportedly close to the American military’s largest and most advanced missile testing locations.
7) Indo-Pacific Command visually confirmed that it was "an unmanned balloon without observable identification markings" floating in the air near the island of Kauai.https://t.co/HWPJZsdgT8 pic.twitter.com/pNqCAnhF2v
— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 3, 2023
Jets intercepted the balloon near Hawaii and may have shot it down with locals reporting loud booms in the area, but the Air Force claimed it did not shoot the object.
9) The USAF F-22s intercepted the "high altitude unmanned balloon" floating north of Kauai's Pacific Missile Range Facility.https://t.co/snrYpsayb4 pic.twitter.com/JUwyH8feph
— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 3, 2023
Some type of transparent surveillance ship was photographed over the Philippines in December 2022.
The media in China at the time admitted the aircraft resembled one displayed at one of their air shows but claimed there was “no evidence” it came from China.
12) A high-altitude surveillance airship was spotted over Pangasinan, Phillippines, on Dec. 18, 2022.
— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 3, 2023
Images of the airship – taken about 62 miles from Subic Bay in the northern Philippines – were first posted on Facebook, then Reddit.https://t.co/XZBdrWpaYn pic.twitter.com/Pk22vw0ZnZ
Brazilian media outlets also compared the aircraft to high-altitude vehicles being worked on by China.
16) The current Chinese spy balloon flying over the US is flying over "sensitive sites," like the Malmstrom Air Force Base, which holds well over 100 nuclear-tipped ICBM silos.
— kanekoa.substack.com (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 3, 2023
Red symbolizes active missile fields.
Black is deactivated.https://t.co/BCNHGStNsg pic.twitter.com/LlkQTPuoiS
The Pentagon on Friday told the public the balloon is carrying a “payload” large enough that citizens could be in danger if it were shot down.
In military jargon, a “payload” could be defined as a warhead or a military missile.
Will we ever receive honest and informative answers?
nope