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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/politics/unidentified-object-shot-down-alaska.html

Pentagon Downed Object Over Alaska, Official Says

The incident comes less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic.


A U.S. fighter jet, similar to this one seen in January, took down the object in American airspace over Alaska. The action comes less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had traversed the United States.

A U.S. fighter jet, similar to this one seen in January, took down the object in American airspace over Alaska. The action comes less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had traversed the United States.Credit...Joseph Campbell/Reuters

A U.S. fighter jet, similar to this one seen in January, took down the object in American airspace over Alaska. The action comes less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had traversed the United States.

Helene Cooper Julian E. Barnes Edward Wong
By Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes and Edward Wong

Feb. 10, 2023Updated 2:53 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon downed an unidentified object over Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials.
John Kirby, a White House spokesman, confirmed the incident at a news conference on Friday.
U.S. officials said it was not confirmed if the object was a balloon, but it was traveling at an altitude that made it a potential threat to civilian aircraft.
Mr. Biden ordered the unidentified object downed “out of an abundance of caution,” Mr. Kirby said. He said the object was shot down over waters off the coast of Alaska.
Mr. Kirby said the object was traveling at 40,000 feet. He said officials were describing it as an object because that was the best description they had of it.

“President Biden ordered the military to down the object, and they did,” Mr. Kirby said. He added later that a fighter jet took down the object.
A U.S. official said there were “no affirmative indications of military threat” to people on the ground from the object. Officials said they could not confirm whether there was any surveillance equipment on the object that was shot down.

A recovery effort on the debris will be made, Mr. Kirby said. He said the object was “roughly the size of a small car” — much smaller than the spy balloon that had a payload the size of multiple buses.
The action comes less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had traversed the United States, according to three American officials.
The latest breach, officials said, took place over Alaska. One official described it as a “fast-moving” situation that was still developing. It is not clear if the object was from an adversarial power, or a commercial or research operation that had gone astray, the official said.

The breach of American airspace was relatively short, according to officials, which is one reason they could not immediately identify what type of object was involved.
The transit of the Chinese spy balloon last week, which ended with it being shot down Saturday off the South Carolina coast by a F-22 fighter jet, transfixed the American public. The White House has been criticized by some Republicans for not immediately shooting the balloon down, but President Biden has said he was acting on the recommendation of military officials, who said to wait until the balloon was over water before destroying it to minimize any risk to people on the ground.
U.S. officials say the spy balloon was part of a fleet directed by the Chinese military that has flown over more than 40 countries on five continents in recent years. The balloons are made by one or more civilian-run companies that officially sell products to the military, officials said, though the Biden administration has not publicly identified the company that made the downed balloon.
Officials say a balloon that was drifting over Latin America last week was also part of the Chinese surveillance program.


Helene Cooper is a Pentagon correspondent. She was previously an editor, diplomatic correspondent and White House correspondent, and was part of the team awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, for its coverage of the Ebola epidemic. @helenecooper
Julian E. Barnes is a national security reporter based in Washington, covering the intelligence agencies. Before joining The Times in 2018, he wrote about security matters for The Wall Street Journal. @julianbarnesFacebook
Edward Wong is a diplomatic correspondent who has reported for The Times for more than 22 years, based in New York, Baghdad, Beijing and Washington. He received a Livingston Award and was on a team of Pulitzer Prize finalists for Iraq War coverage. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard and a visiting professor of journalism at Princeton and U.C. Berkeley. @ewong
I can;t agree with the suggestion that these incursions are unimportant or not to be taken seriously.
 

spacecase0

earth human
@spacecase0

Frank Hooberbeets predicted a Turkey earthquake Feb 1 on Twitter. 5 days later it hit. He made his prediction based on planetary geometry.

The YouTube channel SuspiciousObservers is saying our sun is entering an alignment with our galaxy that happens once every 12,000 years and causes an apocalypse.



Twitter of the guy
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Suspicious Observers Youtube

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yea, every 12K years
seems to be a pattern,
have been watching the evidence as it is uncovered for over 10 years now
the timing of when it happens is in a bit of question,

so if earthquake guy says it is soon,
then it means that it is time to start moving and digging your underground weather shelter.
good luck to us all.
 

nivek

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Major media cover-up in Ohio! The 50+ car derailment caused a huge amount of toxic chemicals to leak. The authorities began burning the chemicals to avoid an explosion. Now megatoxins are Chernobyling Ohio.


And the police is beating reporters and camera people and dragging them.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNmIMexobCs


But where is heading this thick and incredibly dangerous stream of smoke? Look at a wind map. They are heading to the eastern seaboard. MASS POISONING EVENT IN PENNSYLVANIA, WIND HEADED TOWARDS NEW YORK CITY. Extremely Toxic and Carcinogenic Vinyl Chloride Cloud headed to NYC.

Check this video and then read the whole thread on Twitter:




The Ohio train explosion is right next to the Ohio River, which is the third largest river by discharge volume in the US, and it flows directly in the Mississippi River. Thousands of farms could be affected by this explosion, harming the food supply.



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nivek

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Ohio residents 'hit by wave of sickness' after train carrying toxic chemicals exploded and engulfed surrounding neighborhoods in black smoke

Health concerns for Ohio residents are growing after a train carrying toxic chemicals crashed and engulfed surrounding neighborhoods in black smoke.

East Palestine resident Melissa Henry told the Associated Press her youngest son's 'eyes turned red as tomato and he was coughing a lot' before the family evacuated to her parents' house outside the evacuation zone.

Another resident in North Lima, roughly ten miles from the train derailment, had her six chickens die days after the chemical fire started.

Taylor Holzer, a registered foxkeeper who lives outside the evacuation perimeter, told WKBN all his foxes were ill and one had died. Dead fish were also spotted in waterways around the scene after the incident.

Fifty Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train cars carrying toxic vinyl chloride derailed in Columbiana County at around 9pm on Friday, February 3.


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nivek

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Media Blackout as US Chemical Disaster Rages On: Animals and Fish Dying | Facts Matter

There was a chemical fire of epic proportions in Ohio, and despite what seems to be a media blackout, the Ohio government initiated a controlled chemical fire that was not only massive, but the after-effects might be a lot more deadly than what the official narrative might lead one to believe. Moreover, along that line, a journalist over in Ohio was just arrested while reporting on this giant disaster.

A freight train was derailed in the small town of East Palestine, Ohio, launching 50 of the cars off the tracks. Among those derailed cars, 10 of them contained hazardous materials. Specifically, they contained pressurized vinyl chloride, hydrogen chloride, as well as ethyl-hexyl acrylate—which are extremely toxic and carcinogenic chemicals.

Due to the potential for a giant uncontrolled explosion, Gov. Mike DeWine took the suggestion of the state’s Emergency Management Agency, and he authorized a controlled burning of the toxic materials. Although this solution does prevent the scenario of a giant explosion with shrapnel flying in all directions, the smoke and the effects of burning said mixture of chemicals is very toxic—so toxic, in fact, that it was used during World War I as a chemical weapon to kill soldiers hiding in their foxholes.


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nivek

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There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows

There were more toxic chemicals aboard the train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, new data shows.

State health officials were initially concerned about the presence of vinyl chloride, a highly volatile colorless gas produced for commercial uses, which spilled after about 50 cars on a Norfolk Southern Railroad train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3 while traveling from Illinois to Pennsylvania. Other toxins, like phosgene and hydrogen chloride, were emitted in large plumes of smoke during a controlled release and burn, prompting officials to issue mandatory evacuation orders in a one-mile radius of the crash site.

A list of the cars that were involved in the derailment and the products they were carrying released by Norfolk Southern reveal several more toxic chemicals that were released into the air and soil following the crash.

Among the substances were ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene were also in the rail cars that were derailed, the list shows.


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nivek

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State of emergency in New Zealand: Entire roads washed away, thousands of families displaced from their homes, and power cut off as a huge cyclone strikes the country

Cyclone Gabrielle: National state of emergency declared in New Zealand with flooded cities
Much of the North Island is under an emergency declaration with a national state of emergency declared for just the third time in New Zealand's history. Around 225,000 Kiwis were without power on Tuesday after a massive storm caused major chaos and cut off communities, leaving an enormous trail of destruction in its wake. The wild weather is far from over with the South Island also now in the firing line. A national state of emergency currently applies to six regions, including Northland, Auckland, Tairāwhiti, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, and Hawke's Bay. Entire roads have washed away and dozens of homes have collapsed in landslides while entire cities are underwater.

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nivek

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'Don't tell me it's safe': Terrified East Palestine residents demand to know the truth after THOUSANDS of fish go belly up, livestock starts dropping dead and nasty cough spreads after train carrying toxic chemicals derailed

Residents of East Palestine express fears about returning home following train derailment
Residents of East Palestine, Ohio are worrying about their health and safety after huge clouds of toxic chemicals were released in a controlled explosion earlier this month after a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailed on February 3. Some have now reported persistent coughing, while farmers in the area have said their chickens and hens have suddenly dropped dead. And Ohio state officials say that 3,500 fish have died in a seven and a half mile radius. But authorities have insisted that the area is safe to return to.

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nivek

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There are like 5 train derailments in the US every day, you usually just don't hear about them. Now, in the wake of 12 hours, at least 3 have made the ‘Breaking News’ (NC, Texas, Louisiana). They are pushing them to bury their big failure in Ohio. This 50 car train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that the EPA “control burned” is chernobyling the eastern part of the U.S. Now fish and wildlife are turning up dead all over. The fallout is about 200 miles wide now and is going to spread through air and water.


View: https://twitter.com/UpwardNewsHQ/status/1625443694169010176


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pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
I JUST said this a few hours ago in the Reptilian race encounter during CIA interdimensional experiments

Pity nobody kept an eye on Frank Olson - or maybe they did and his dive out the window was deliberate. Why not? The Russkies just did that to someone who fell out of favor over their failed military conf***ulation, it's an old go to problem solver.

Russian defense official falls from window to her death

Thu, Feb 16, 2023

Newsweek

WORLD

Marina Yankina, Russian Defense Official, Falls From Window to Her Death​

BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN ON 2/16/23 AT 7:45 AM EST

A Russian defense official has died after falling from a window of a building in St. Petersburg, according to local media reports.
The body of 58-year-old Marina Yankina, who headed the Financial Support Department of the Russian Defense Ministry in St. Petersburg's Western Military District, was found on Wednesday morning, Fontanka reported.
The Western Military District is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces.
A police officer in Moscow

A police officer sits in a police car in Red Square in downtown Moscow, on June 4, 2020.KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Police found her body under the windows of a high-rise building on Zamshina Street in the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg.
Fontanka reports that based on preliminary information, she lived in the building where she fell, and law enforcement agencies haven't ruled out that she took her own life.

The press service of the Western Military District confirmed that the woman worked with the department.

Russian Telegram channel Mashand other Russian media outlets reported that documents and other items belonging to Yankina were discovered on the 16th floor of the building.
Newsweek has been unable to independently verify those reports.
According to Fontanka, Yankina previously worked at the Federal Tax Service and served as deputy chairman of the Property Relations Committee of St. Petersburg.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs, commented Thursday on Yankina's death on Twitter.
"Marina Yankina, head of the financial department at Russian ministry of defense, was found dead. She fell out of a window," he tweeted. "Her death is not the first among Russian high-ranking officials in the past year."

Reports of Yankina's death come just days after Major General Vladimir Makarov, who was recently fired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead outside of Moscow in a suspected suicide.
Makarov, former deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was discovered dead on Monday weeks after being relieved of his duties.
Law enforcement officials reportedly told Russian state media outlet Tass that the 72-year-old took his own life.
Russian journalist Cheka-OGPU wrote on Telegram that Makarov formerly organized the "hunt" for oppositionists and journalists.

A number of prominent Russian figures have mysteriously died since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Last year, the former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute, Anatoly Gerashchenko, died after falling down "several flights of stairs."
Russia's Investigative Committee has yet to comment on reports of Yankina's death.
Newsweek has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment.
Update, 2/16/23, 8:15 a.m. ET: This story was updated with additional background and information.
 

nivek

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Another Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals CRASHES near Detroit - just a week after derailment caused toxic leak and exodus from East Palestine

Another Norfolk Southern train carrying at least one car of hazardous materials derailed Thursday outside of Detroit, renewing concerns about the transportation of toxic chemicals.

Photos and videos from the scene show several train cars off the tracks. It remains unclear what chemicals the train was carrying at the time.

No injuries were reported when the train derailed in Van Buren Township on Thursday, and officials told FOX News the area is not currently a hazmat situation.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, and police are currently investigating the scene. They have urged residents to stay away from the area as the investigation continues.

The incident comes just over one week after a different Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio, creating concern about the safety of the water and air in the area.


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View: https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1626268627287658504


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pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
The entire population of East Palestine OH - less that 5000 people - crosses the border every day.

How about we give them bus tickets to somewhere that'll put them up in a luxury hotel for free and feed them a few weeks?

Instead I guess we'll just **** on them and let them cough and burn. Re-goddamned-diculous.

Do we even have a Federal Government that will respond to this anymore ?

My sister-in-law watches CNN 24/7. Guess what? She's never heard of the train derailment.
 

nivek

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My sister-in-law watches CNN 24/7. Guess what? She's never heard of the train derailment.

Not surprising but also sad, so many people in this country don't have a clue to what going on because of this political divisiveness and the lack of media non-coverage because of the political divisions...Make their political party look good at all costs eh?...

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nivek

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nivek

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Something more about the Ohio inferno. It seems that the CDC just recently updated the toxicological profile of Vinyl Chloride. Yes, that’s another amazing coincidence.

Link to January 2023 CDC pdf Link to CDC 2006 pdf



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nivek

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China mocks Biden admin for being ‘blind to the toxic mushroom cloud’ over Ohio while obsessing over balloons

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday ridiculed the Biden administration for focusing its energies on harmless objects in U.S. airspace but playing down the giant chemical fire in Ohio that has thousands of residents worried about long-term health consequences.

The spokesman for the ministry, Wang Wenbin, was asked to respond to a claim from the White House that China was "deflecting" from the spy balloon incident by sanctioning U.S. companies this week. In response, Wang accused the Biden administration of continuing to focus on China even at the expense of the health of its own citizens.

"Speaking of ‘deflecting,’ can the U.S. tell us why it is able to see the ‘balloon’ 18,000 meters above the ground, but seems to have been blind to the toxic mushroom cloud of vinyl chloride over Ohio?" Wang said.


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