An ufo — actually, a UFO — was shot down by the US simply outdoors of Alaska … nevertheless it is not one other balloon, and TikTok is having a tinfoil hat area day.

This is the deal … the White Home introduced Friday that President Biden had ordered the downing of one more object within the sky that was inexplicably in our airspace, which the Pentagon mentioned posed an affordable menace to civilian plane on account of its altitude (40,000 ft).

It had been noticed and surveilled by U.S. intelligence/Alaska-area navy Thursday, and the subsequent day … JB mentioned to take it down, which an F-22 fighter jet then did with out situation.

As for what precisely it’s — and extra importantly, how the federal government is speaking about it — is shrouded in thriller … as White Home Nationwide Safety Council spokesman John Kirby described it to the media as the dimensions of a “small automobile,” however did not supply any extra particulars.

Luckily, different shops have been capable of get a greater learn on this from nameless nationwide safety sources — with one unnamed high-ranking official describing it to ABC Information as “cylindrical and silverish grey,” whereas additionally saying it seemed to be unmanned and FLOATING … and never showing to be steered or propelled with any recognizable aviation programs.

In different phrases, it seems like a great old style flying saucer — or, on the very least, like one thing that is been described by Navy officers, of late, as one thing out of this world.

There is a retrieval mission underway to assemble the stays of no matter this factor was, however to this point … there is not a lot else out about the place it got here from, what its capabilities are, or its intent. Uncle Sam has firmly mentioned, nevertheless, that it isn’t one other Chinese language balloon.

In fact, because of the sci-fi nature of this information … the web is off and operating with conspiracy theories — to not point out purported footage and/or photos of what some declare to be the precise object … plus, what some declare have been different latest sightings there.

Par for the course for TikTok, however we should admit … it is a fairly wild story, particularly because the feds are being cautious in the best way to describe the thriller machine. They maintain calling it a “high-altitude object” … but additionally admit it was, certainly, flying. So, it is a freaking UFO.

BTW, if this seems like déjà vu — particularly, the federal government admitting to one thing unknown, whereas being wish-washy on what precisely it was — that is as a result of this occurred earlier than. Roswell!

The notorious incident from 1947 is high of thoughts for a lot of proper now … particularly since a balloon was simply within the combine per week in the past, which China mentioned was for climate analysis. That is what the U.S. finally mentioned crashed on the market in New Mexico, regardless of placing out a way more ominous public bulletin concerning the particles at first … which positively did not sound like a climate balloon. Roswell is by far probably the most talked-about alien concept up to now, a minimum of right here.