> Perhaps the reason we haven't heard about these drones before could be that the US has never felt the need to act My understanding, and it could be completel

> Perhaps the reason we haven't heard about these drones before could be that the US has never felt the need to act My understanding, and it could be completely wrong (sourced from various tweet threads), is that the first balloon discovery prompted StratCom to change the nominal focusing range of our radar and optical networks, after which we suddenly discovered there were a lot more UFOs than anyone even realized, and that StratCom is just as surprised as the general public is.