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They aren't saying they're not balloons, they're saying they're not sure they're balloons. Huge difference.
by COGlory 4y ago
They aren't saying they're not balloons, they're saying they're not sure they're balloons. Huge difference.
- johntb86 4y agoYeah, this HN headline might be based on a game of telephone from this quote (from [0]): > "We’re calling them objects for a reason. Certainly, the event off the South Carolina coast for the Chinese spy balloon, that was clearly a balloon," he said. "These are objects. I am not able to categorize how they stay aloft. It could be a gaseous type of balloon inside a structure, or it could be some type of a propulsion system. But clearly they’re able to stay aloft." [0]: https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-heightened-alert-increasing-scrutiny-airspace-downing-unidentified-object-lake-huron https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-heightened-alert-increasing-sc...
- vba616 4y agoDoes anyone track all the legit weather balloons? I feel like pretty soon now someone is going to realize there are hundreds or thousands of innocuous civilian owned objects that the Pentagon doesn't have real-time knowledge of and shooting them down willy-nilly is going to make for a big brouhaha.
- abelsyed 4y agoThey are saying they're not normal (weather) balloons. It is still an accurate statement even if they use balloons somehow.