Why we’re seeing more flying objects over U.S. airspace

Since the discovery of the Chinese balloon floating over Montana, it seems the U.S. is suddenly seeing more unidentified flying objects. We’ll get into why the U.S. had previously been missing all these strange crafts. Plus, a train derailment in eastern Ohio has residents worried about the long-term dangers of released chemicals. And, would you drink AI-generated beer?

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “US Has ‘No Indication’ Alien Activity Is Behind Objects Shot Down” from Bloomberg

• • Tweet from @DanLamothe on NORAD changing velocity gate of radars

• • “East Palestine train derailment: What we know about the situation” from Cincinnati Enquirer

• • “After a train derailment, Ohio residents are living the plot of a movie they helped make” from CNN

• • “White Noise” | Official Trailer from Netflix

• • Sabri Ben-Achour’s ceramic art Instagram page

• • TikTok from @nightshiftbrewing about an artificial intelligence-generated beer recipe

• • Instagram Reel from @chefbaobae cooking rose dumplings

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