The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated across the United States this week may not be the first unmanned Chinese surveillance balloon that has infiltrated US air space.

Back in 2022, Hawaii News Now which is a major news station in the state of Hawaii reported a strange white balloon was spotted by residents on the island of Kauai back in February of 2022.

The balloon which was described by residents as a “white orb” even garnered the attention of the US military.

Hawaii’s adjutant general reported the US military sent out aircraft and confirmed that the “white orb” residents were seeing  was actually a white unmanned balloon that had no “identifiable markings.”

Residents of Kauai claimed they saw jets shoot down the balloon and heard loud booms too.

The military however denied the locals’ claims.

Residents spotted a strange orb above Kauai. The military responded with jets READ MORE: https://t.co/8CoegQ9aT0 #HNN pic.twitter.com/qYA0JRkqdx

— Hawaii News Now (@HawaiiNewsNow) February 19, 2022

Here’s an excerpt of the Hawaii News Now report:

A large mysterious object floating high above Kauai prompted a response from the military this week. The large white orb was identified by the military as an unmanned balloon with no observable identification markings.

Hawaii’s adjutant general said the military sent aircraft on Monday to check out the balloon.

Dozens of Garden Isle residents captured the mysterious balloon, with some saying it was very bright and not moving. Other residents said it looked like jets shot it down and some heard loud booms. But, the military said it did not fire at the balloon.

USAF F-22s have been scrambled to investigate a mysterious object floating over Hawaii https://t.co/Fq7saFU1f3

— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) February 21, 2022

The report of the unidentified balloon occurred shortly after Biden’s first year of office but it never made national headlines.

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More than 35,000 Austin Energy customers are still without power after last week’s ice storm.

Texas got hit with a cold snap last week.

Freezing rain, sleet and ice created dangerous conditions for drivers across parts of the state.

WATCH:

#icestorm in #Dallas #Texas sent cars sliding all over the road today after #freezingrain made #icyroads. #TxWx #WinterStorm pic.twitter.com/qiJuB5oXRK

— WxChasing- Brandon Clement (@bclemms) January 31, 2023

Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Texas were without power after last week’s storm.

Austin Energy began restoring power on Friday and they still don’t know when power will be fully restored.

Tens of thousands of residents have been without power for more than 4 days.

Crews are working on an entire circuit from end to end and making all the necessary repairs possible to get the most customers' power back on at a time. This is taking a while to complete. The crew has to patrol and visually inspect the line for damage. https://t.co/cz8qErrGoF

— Austin Energy (@austinenergy) February 4, 2023

Austin Energy on Sunday provided charging buses for customers who still don’t have power.

We have a charging bus @ Burger Center 3200 Jones Rd today until 5PM (southeast side of the football stadium)

Charge your phone & other devices (bring your own cords)
Charge medical devices
Learn about our Medically Vulnerable Program and financial assistance options pic.twitter.com/AZPEGuGsNZ

— Austin Energy (@austinenergy) February 5, 2023

KUT reported:

Austin Energy said it would give an approximate time for power to be completely restored by Sunday night, the utility’s general manager said.

“I’m sorry for how long this is taking,” Jackie Sargent said at an afternoon news conference. More than 35,000 Austin Energy customers were still without power after last week’s storm.

City Manager Spencer Cronk said strong winds expected Tuesday could lead to more tree limbs falling on power lines and more outages.

“It’s important to know that trees are still vulnerable after the winter storm, and they may have broken limbs that are high up in the branches that you cannot see,” Cronk said. He advised residents to avoid parking or standing under trees.

When asked about customer rebates because of the power outages, Sargent said the utility wouldn’t provide them because the damage was due to a natural disaster. Cronk said, however, that the city would explore options.

“But that will come over the course of time,” he said, “as we do the assessment of both how much this costs and what we can provide to our citizens.”

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