If you guessed “weather balloon” you just may be on to something. I thought this tweet was rather clever:
OOPS! The Financial Times accidentally confirmed what the Chinese have been saying from day one -- the balloons ARE weather balloons
Meanwhile, no UFO sightings over the Great Lakes—at least not today. Now, if we can avoid train derailments and catastrophic chemical spills we can get back to figuring out what our rulers are up to. Really up to.
The US State Dept's messages to US expats in Russia and Belarus to pack their bags seem to have been overshadowed by this balloon fever. Significant?
BREAKING: CBS News has learned that U.S. intelligence watched the Chinese spy balloon as it lifted off near China's south coast, meaning the U.S. military had been tracking it for nearly a week before it entered U.S. airspace. pic.twitter.com/oaR5yZIRwm
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 15, 2023