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  • US stealth fighter shoots down unidentified object over Canada (OBJECT WAS CYLINDRICAL)

    02/12/2023 5:30:54 AM PST · by Avalon Memories · 75 replies
    Sky News ^ | 2.12.2023 | None named
    Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand would not speculate on where the object came from. She described it as cylindrical in shape but said it was smaller than the Chinese balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina in the US a week ago. It was flying at 40,000ft and posed a risk to civilian air traffic when it was brought down about 100 miles from the border at 3.41pm EST (8.41pm GMT), she added.
  • U.S. Helicopter Shot Down, Killing 7

    04/02/2003 7:07:53 PM PST · by Happy2BMe · 6 replies · 163+ views
    CBS News ^ | 2 April, 2003
    (CBS) A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in southern Iraq Wednesday, killing seven of the 11 soldiers aboard, Pentagon officials said. The helicopter was downed by small-arms fire near Karbala, the site of fierce fighting between the Army's 3rd Infantry Division and Iraqi troops, including Republican Guard forces. Four other soldiers on board the Black Hawk were wounded, but rescued by American troops, the officials said. The Black Hawk was the second U.S. helicopter to go down in combat. An Army Apache assault helicopter went down March 24 during an assault on Republican Guard forces; its two pilots...