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Science Quickly

Sorry, UFO Hunters--You Might Just Be Looking at a Spy Balloon

Science Quickly

Scientific American

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4.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:11.0

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0:19.6

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0:32.8

There is no, again, no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity.

0:38.8

Pentagon officials were grilled on Capitol Hill about why they waited so long to shoot it down.

0:42.8

Ben, the Pentagon is declining to describe these recent objects as balloons.

0:47.2

As you might have heard, there have been some foreign objects flying overhead.

0:53.1

So it is possible that some of the reports of UFOs are worth things like foreign surveillance.

1:01.7

Today, we dive into the science behind the balloon Bruhaha.

1:07.9

Again, there is no indication of aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent takedows.

1:13.6

I'm Talika Bones.

1:14.6

I'm Sophie Bushwick.

1:16.6

And you're listening to Science Quigley.

1:19.6

So here's a quick recap.

1:25.6

On February 4, the U.S. shot down a massive Chinese surveillance balloon.

1:31.2

After it spent days traveling across the country.

1:34.6

Another balloon was also spotted floating over Latin America.

1:38.6

And then it emerged that even more balloons had been encroaching on U.S. airspace since 2018, evading early detection.

1:48.1

China claimed that the balloon that was shot down was a weather monitoring station blown off course.

1:53.9

But then, the U.S. recovered sensors and electronic equipment from the wreckage,

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