07/02/2025
🛸 Happy UFO Day! But before you look to the stars, remember: "unidentified" doesn't always mean "alien."
In the intelligence world, mysterious objects in our skies are often terrestrial but often not concerning. Consider two recent examples:
2023: The Chinese Spy Balloon 🎈
What appeared as a strange object drifting across American airspace from Alaska to the East Coast turned out to be a sophisticated surveillance balloon, eventually shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4, 2023. Later analysis revealed it contained commercially available American technology, including satellite communication modules and sensors.
2024: New Jersey's Mystery Drones 🚁
Throughout December 2024, mysterious drones were spotted flying over critical infrastructure like reservoirs, rail stations, and military bases across New Jersey and other states along the eastern seaboard. The sightings prompted an active federal investigation led by the FBI, with officials and residents demanding answers about the unidentified aircraft. Later, the FAA disclosed that many of these "mystery" drones were actually authorized flights for research purposes, while others turned out to be regular air traffic misidentified by observers.
