2010 An unidentified flying object was shot down in the skies above Israel's Dimona nuclear plant,
Object shot out of sky above Israeli nuclear plant, military says
By the CNN Wire Staff
December 16, 2010 -- Updated 1735 GMT (0135 HKT)
An unidentified flying object was shot down in the skies
above Israel's Dimona nuclear plant, pictured here in 2004.
An unidentified flying object was shot down in the skies above Israel's
Dimona nuclear plant, pictured here in 2004.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* The location is in Israel's Negev Desert
* The object was in a closed airspace
* It could have been a party balloon
Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified
flying object over the Dimona nuclear plant in the Negev Desert
Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The object appeared in a designated no-fly zone, the air force was
scrambled and the object was shot down, the IDF said.
The object could have been a party balloon, the IDF said, but forces
have not yet found the debris to determine what it was.
There have been unconfirmed media reports that it was a motor-driven
object. The air force reacted according to procedure when the object was
spotted, the IDF said.
The Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz reported that last October "IDF
warplanes intercepted an Israeli ultralight aircraft that accidentally
flew into the area and forced it to land at an airstrip in southern
Israel."
It also reported that "an Israeli surface-to-air missile downed a
crippled Israeli fighter-bomber that strayed into the restricted zone"
during the Six Day War in 1967. The craft's pilot was killed.
By the CNN Wire Staff
December 16, 2010 -- Updated 1735 GMT (0135 HKT)
An unidentified flying object was shot down in the skies
above Israel's Dimona nuclear plant, pictured here in 2004.
An unidentified flying object was shot down in the skies above Israel's
Dimona nuclear plant, pictured here in 2004.
December 16, 2010 -- Updated 2016 GMT (0416 HKT)
* The location is in Israel's Negev Desert
* The object was in a closed airspace
* It could have been a party balloon
Jerusalem (CNN) -- The Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified
flying object over the Dimona nuclear plant in the Negev Desert
Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The object appeared in a designated no-fly zone, the air force was
scrambled and the object was shot down, the IDF said.
The object could have been a party balloon, the IDF said, but forces
have not yet found the debris to determine what it was.
There have been unconfirmed media reports that it was a motor-driven
object. The air force reacted according to procedure when the object was
spotted, the IDF said.
The Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz reported that last October "IDF
warplanes intercepted an Israeli ultralight aircraft that accidentally
flew into the area and forced it to land at an airstrip in southern
Israel."
It also reported that "an Israeli surface-to-air missile downed a
crippled Israeli fighter-bomber that strayed into the restricted zone"
during the Six Day War in 1967. The craft's pilot was killed.
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