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Tue Oct 24, 2023, 10:48 AM Oct 2023

Isn't That A Balloon? Deflating a DoD UFO Video [View all]

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/10/24/isnt-that-a-balloon-deflating-a-dod-ufo-video/

Isn’t That A Balloon? Deflating a DoD UFO Video

October 24, 2023

On July 12, 2022, a US military drone captured video of a metallic, spherical orb flying over the Middle East. The US Department of Defense says it was an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP), the term the US government prefers over unidentified flying object (UFO).

US Department of Defense (DoD) official Dr Sean Kirkpatrick, who leads the US government’s investigation into UAPs at the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), described the footage at a public briefing held by NASA in June 2023.

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A closer look at the July 2022 footage of the UAP suggests a more banal explanation.

It may just be a balloon.

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