We start with the apparent denouement of a remarkable series of events “highlighted” by the “downing” of apparently innocuous individual balloons over three days by US military planes. White House correspondent Katie Rogers sketches the relevant events, including how “Balloongate” affected the folks in Dead Horse, Alaska. Rogers also alludes to the subject of Aviation Week’s Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF. Steve Trimble’s fact-filled article adds new dimensions to the balloon-aviation problem. The War Zone’s Tyler Rogoway explains the technical reasons Why Wreckage Of The Three Shot Down Objects Is So Hard To Find. And wasn’t. Now all of this has The War Zone’s Joseph Trevithick wondering Broken AARO? Pentagon UAP Office’s Role Questioned Following Shootdowns. Trevithick’s conclusion: more changes are likely needed on “how intelligence is collected and shared about UAPs, and how they are treated after entering U.S. territorial airspace.” And NBC News’ senior politics reporter Alex Seitz-Wald canvasses people representing various ufological viewpoints for his article UFOs Have Finally Gone Mainstream. The UFO Community Isn’t Thrilled. We’re not thrilled with Seitz-Wald’s rather free use of the term “believers,” but the article is useful for foreshadowing whatever longer-term developments arise from the balloon “sensation.” (WM)
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