Did a US F-22 shoot down a UFO? Photo of aerial object adds to mystery

Keep in mind February 2023? It was a wild time. There have been cocaine-addled bears, mushroom zombies and Air Drive fighters capturing sketchy, inflatable objects out of the sky left and proper.

That month started with a Chinese language balloon — the U.S. mentioned it was loaded with spy tools; Beijing claimed it was only a climate balloon blown off beam — drifting throughout a lot of the contiguous United States and igniting a furor. That was earlier than it was blowed up actual good — the technical terminology — by an F-22 off the coast of South Carolina.

However February’s weird occurrences didn’t cease there. U.S. pilots quickly shot down three extra thriller objects over Alaska, Canada’s Yukon territory and Lake Huron in as many days.

None of these subsequent objects had been ever recovered, with the official line indicating they had been most likely hobbyist or analysis balloons.

However one grainy picture — it’s at all times a grainy picture, isn’t it? — of the thing shot down over the Yukon has now emerged, and it’s giving important “I wish to imagine” vibes.

Canada’s CTV Information obtained a report from their nation’s Division of Nationwide Defence on the Feb. 11, 2023 Yukon incident, the contents of which embody a brigadier basic’s description of the unknown object as “cylindrical,” with a metallic high quarter and the remainder of it white. It additionally mentions a package deal hooked up to the thing by a 20-foot wire.

The report incorporates an unclassified picture of the thing, which CTV says “seems to be a photocopy of an e mail printout.”

Canada’s navy initially deliberate to launch the picture, however a public affairs official nixed the thought to keep away from stirring up extra questions. However now that the picture has (belatedly) arrived within the public sphere, it’s bought aviation — and UFO — fans chattering.

Because of the poor decision, it stays tough to inform precisely what the thing is. CTV famous that they’ve requested the next decision model. Nonetheless, the thing’s round form, containing a spot on the left aspect, has sparked hypothesis.

Within the curiosity of indulging outlandish hypotheses, listed here are a number of of our in-house theories concerning the true id of the Yukon object, accompanied by a validity ranking system of 1 spy balloon (least probably) to 5 spy balloons (almost definitely).

It’s the droid management ship from ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’

The Yukon object is likely to be too small for this to be the case, however the form seems similar to one thing Anakin Skywalker would like to blow up from the within.

Keep in mind, NORAD: Attempt spinning, that’s an excellent trick.

4/5 spy balloons

It’s the Millennium Falcon

OK, this one is a stretch, however we wanted to incorporate one thing from a non-Jar Jar “Star Wars” movie.

The picture clearly doesn’t have the side-mounted cockpit Han and Chewie used to barnstorm across the galaxy, however one can detect hints of the ahead mandibles that gave their YT-1300 gentle freighter its iconic silhouette. Should you squint laborious, possibly you’ll be able to see it?

1/5 spy balloons

It’s a UFO

UFO researcher and authorities transparency activist John Greenewald, who runs the Black Vault database, famous the similarities between the form of the Yukon object and the topic of a video purportedly taken in Busan, South Korea, in 2012.

“The article within the [Busan] UFO video has a placing resemblance to the official photograph launch of the unknown object (”balloon”?) shot down over the Yukon in 2023,” Greenewald tweeted. “Coincidence? Connection? … I’m posting with out endorsement, however moderately, for dialogue.”

3/5 spy balloons

It’s a frakking Cylon Raider!

Simply take a look at that factor. It’s the spitting picture of a Cylon Raider fighter — with its swept-forward wings — from the reimagined “Battlestar Galactica.”

We by no means knew combating toasters was certainly one of NORAD’s missions, however after seeing how they dealt with this one, we really feel loads higher. So say all of us!

5/5 spy balloons

It’s Peloton, the Roman goddess of rich stationary cyclists (not likely)

Simply take a look at Peloton’s brand and evaluate it to the unidentified object within the photograph.

Is it actually out of the realm of risk that amid the mass hysteria that was 2020′s pandemic-prompted Peloton-palooza that the interconnected train community took tangible, sentient kind and bicycled its manner out of the hearts of millionaire cardio fans and into the celestial area?

“Peloton didn’t get up to be mediocre,” Peloton reportedly mentioned.

7/5 spy balloons

It’s Pac-Man

If so, with Pac-Man’s insatiable starvation and obvious new flight capabilities, God assist us all.

5/5 spy balloons