In the early 1940’s,
In fact, many of those fires were often unrealized for months until a cursory search was done providing a more comprehensive idea of this odd situation.
Located within the scorched earth and ashes, investigators discovered something unusual and unexpected: machined metal parts that had no place in the wild.
The U.S. Military, local police, state troopers, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were all in on this now massive undertaking. After throughout this spate of troubling arsons, six adults and at least one child were learned to have been killed.
After a laboratory examination by the FBI, it was determined these fires and metal parts were connected, and their origin was Japanese.
That surprise attack on Pearl
Harbor sank numerous ships while killing and maiming countless American service
personnel, dragging the
It seems the Big Sky fires were caused by something termed “Japanese Balloon Bombs.”
The Japanese manufactured roughly 4-foot diameter machined rings; those rings had holes in the sides all around the circumference.
The holes were necessary to contain fuses that supported bags of gunpowder that acted as both ballast for the balloon that carried this apparatus, and bombs for maximum destruction on innocent civilians below. These contraptions were largely ineffective as destructive devices and were even less effective for war propaganda on behalf of the Japanese; it was one of those, “But it sounded so good on paper,” moments.
Fast forward to the beginning of
February 2023. Sixty-thousand feet in
the air, drifting through the skies over
Varying branches of our military are discussing the future of this seemingly innocuous balloon, pooh-poohing such counter surveillance tactics as shooting it down, largely because the military is unaware the total population of Montana is 1,103,187; it remains sparsely inhabited as of this writing.
Of course, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley, seem to be in a dead-heat race to see who can do the least to protect our sovereign nation from the Chinese government.
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You see,
With a box chock full o’ excuses
as to why no action has been, or should be taken, you have a need and a right
to know about how the Chinese military feels about the
When George W. Bush (43) was
president, an American military jet entered airspace near
Tough negotiations eventually led
to a release, but not before a world-wide exposé about
Roughly 20-years later, we find ourselves, once again, in a proverbial international stalemate with American military “experts” and ambassadors afraid to make a decision on an equally intrusive, war-like situation that could easily drag the Unites States into another World War.
As an aside, our nation is full
of anti-missile tracking, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
countermeasures, and radar to detect and prevent a surreptitious attack from a
hostile nation. Yet, nobody – NOBODY –
in American military ranks saw a giant balloon wafting across the
It appears as though there might
be some shenanigans going on here with the apparent capitulation of the
Not personally being a military guy, perhaps it’s time to take decisive action in shooting down this intrusive balloon, cleaning up the debris, and returning it all back to the sender – with a bill for damages and labor.
There is good news, though. The balloon is being “monitored” by the Pentagon. The better news is that General Mark Millie and Secretary Lloyd Austin are very busy “conquering systemic racism in the military.” That should terrify the Chinese military.
EPILOG:
Just before this posting on
February 6th, 2023, the United States Air Force shot down this
Chinese weather balloon over the coast of
