The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) reported this Saturday that it is carrying out “routine operations” to investigate the trail of an “unknown radar” that flies over the state of Texas.
The organization formed by Canada and the United States, which provides air defense and control to all of North America, explained through a statement that after detecting the object on March 25, an operation was launched with an airplane to visually investigate the situation.
“Norad’s aircraft identified a small airborne object as an amateur beak balloon and assessed that the object did not pose an immediate military threat or flight safety hazard,” it explained.
Peak balloons are small, ultra-light plastic flying objects in which transmitters or other types of electronic elements can be suspended, and are frequently used to carry out meteorological research.
Norad explained that it “will continue to track and monitor the object” and that it is “in close coordination” with the US Federal Aviation Administration to ensure safety.
The event occurs a month and a half after the United States shot down a Chinese “spy” balloon in February that flew over its territory for several days and which, according to China, was part of a civilian mission in search of meteorological data.
A version that the Government of Joe Biden did not take as valid, a situation that strained relations between the two nations to the maximum.
As a result of this event, the United States raised controls in its airspace and carried out several operations to destroy aircraft that were flying over the country.
For its part, in February Canada also shot down an unknown object that violated the country’s airspace and was flying at high altitude, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced.
The device was detected by the Norad and shot down while it overflowed Yucón, a territory in the northwest of the country, bordering Alaska.
