Pentagon scrambles 3 F-22 jets to intercept UFO over Hawaii

[UM-Bot]

An object spotted over the remote Pacific state prompted the US Air Force to send out 3 fighter jets last week.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/366553/pentagon-scrambles-3-f-22-jets-to-intercept-ufo-over-hawaii

[iAlrakis]

So several of those incredible, unbelievable things have been shot down and we've heard nothing about this?

[Tatetopa]

2 hours ago, iAlrakis said:

So several of those incredible, unbelievable things have been shot down and we've heard nothing about this?

You want to know every time a balloon gets shot down over the ocean or Alaska?

[Torviking]

I’ve bought my sister in law a balloon flight over the USA for her birthday, am I good?

[Dejarma]

3 minutes ago, Torviking said:

I’ve bought my sister in law a balloon flight over the USA for her birthday, am I good?

depends if you like her or not 

[+Desertrat56]

12 minutes ago, Torviking said:

I’ve bought my sister in law a balloon flight over the USA for her birthday, am I good?

Is it going to fly the whole lenghth of the U.S. or just fly around the area it takes off from.   People take balloon rides all the time.  The "balloons" that are getting shot down are not the same type of balloon, they are weather balloons or high altitude balloons with spy equipment on them, which is why they are getting shot down.   I hope your sister enjoys her flight in the balloon.   If you ever want to see a lot of passenger balloons come to Albuquerque the first weekend of October when we have our balloon fiesta.

[esoteric_toad]

Title: Pentagon scrambles 3 F-22 jets to intercept UFO over Hawaii

Then reveals balloon...not much of an unidentified object really.

 

edited to fix spelling.....balloon is one of those words that looks wrong even when it is spelled correctly. At least to me....I'll shut up now.

Edited May 3, 2023 by esoteric_toad

[qxcontinuum]

They're Chinese.  Here's a cylindrical "ufo" just spotted in a Chinese base 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/politics/chinese-military-blimp-satellite-secret-desert-base/index.html

 

[iAlrakis]

22 hours ago, Tatetopa said:

You want to know every time a balloon gets shot down over the ocean or Alaska?

Well, yes :-). but what i meant is that they shot down at least one thing that was cylindrical and we heard nothing about this fabulous alien vehicle with exciting tech on the news.  If they actually managed to shoot down something so advanced they would want the world to know about it to flatter their egos. 

[+Desertrat56]

3 minutes ago, iAlrakis said:

Well, yes :-). but what i meant is that they shot down at least one thing that was cylindrical and we heard nothing about this fabulous alien vehicle with exciting tech on the news.  If they actually managed to shoot down something so advanced they would want the world to know about it to flatter their egos. 

Because it was not alien from outer space, maybe foreign spy equipment, and the shape doesn't mean it wasn't a high altitude balloon.

Edited May 3, 2023 by Desertrat56

[Tatetopa]

12 minutes ago, iAlrakis said:

Well, yes :-). but what i meant is that they shot down at least one thing that was cylindrical and we heard nothing about this fabulous alien vehicle with exciting tech on the news.  If they actually managed to shoot down something so advanced they would want the world to know about it to flatter their egos. 

Would they? 

[Nicolette]

8 hours ago, iAlrakis said:

Well, yes :-). but what i meant is that they shot down at least one thing that was cylindrical and we heard nothing about this fabulous alien vehicle with exciting tech on the news.  If they actually managed to shoot down something so advanced they would want the world to know about it to flatter their egos. 

The cylinder one was presumably a pico hobby balloon that went missing after being shot down. Its the two that weren't even described and supposedly not recovered that i want to know about. Why no pictures like with the chinese balloon? They most definitely wouldn't use this to flatter thier egos, as evidenced by roswell and the NSA's investigation of the CIA's stonewalling of it.

[Trelane]

Why do you assume that a cylindrical item is extraterrestrial in nature? Whether it was self-propelled or suspended from an apparatus, it's very likely a man-made object.

[Trelane]

On 5/3/2023 at 10:43 PM, Nicolette said:

The cylinder one was presumably a pico hobby balloon that went missing after being shot down. Its the two that weren't even described and supposedly not recovered that i want to know about. Why no pictures like with the chinese balloon? They most definitely wouldn't use this to flatter thier egos, as evidenced by roswell and the NSA's investigation of the CIA's stonewalling of it.

Classifying items that highly sensitive in regard to national security isn't stonewalling.

[brokenbutcher]

right...like a kid on a skateboard trying to catch a Ferrari..