Snowden: US creates panic over downed objects situation to divert attention

The United States is deliberately creating a panic around the situation with downed unidentified objects in order to divert public attention from other topics, including the spending of budget funds and the Nord Stream explosions, former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden said on Twitter.

“It’s not aliens… It’s just a good old man-made panic, an attractive hindrance, ensuring that national security reporters are assigned to investigate balloon nonsense, and not budgets or explosions (as at Nord Stream),” – he wrote.

Since the beginning of February, the US and Canadian authorities have repeatedly reported the detection of flying objects in their airspace. february 4 chinese hot air balloon was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean, about 19 km from the coast of North Carolina. In Washington, they said that the balloon was engaged in “observation of strategic objects.” At the same time, the Chinese side stated that the balloon was a meteorological probe and strongly protested.

Another US military target was shot down on February 10 over Alaska near the Canadian border. Third unidentified object was amazed over Canada by order of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on February 12. The origin of the object was not specified.

On the same day, US President Joe Biden gave the order to shoot down another air object over Lake Huron in Michigan. At the Pentagon countedthat the object may pose a danger to passenger aircraft and a threat to reconnaissance activities. The Defense Department later described it as a “small metal ball” informed CNN. In east China, February 12 also was seen unknown flying object.