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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/thisusedtobemorefun on 2025-02-21 05:00:51+00:00.

Context for those outside Australia - our media and government have been monitoring a group of Chinese warships that have been manoeuvring inside our economic exclusion zone waters for just over a week.

Yesterday, they were spotted 150km off the coast of Sydney, which is unusually South (and on the opposite side of the continent to China, so they’ve had to come a very long way).

For the record, I believe some of the sightings over NJ and other locations were truly bizarre, but I also think a foreign power could have potentially been behind some of the initial sightings around military facilities. There were also multiple reports that drones were spotted flying to and from somewhere out at sea.

Full article text:

Commercial pilots have been warned of a potential hazard in airspace between Australia and New Zealand, where three Chinese warships are conducting military exercises.

The ABC has confirmed with Australian authorities formal advice has been issued by Airservices Australia which prompted several international flights to divert course.

Airservices Australia, which is responsible for aviation safety within the region, has referred all questions to the Department of Defence.

On Thursday Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australian ships and aircraft were working “very closely” with New Zealand’s military to monitor a Chinese naval taskforce transiting south east off the east coast of Australia.

An earlier report from Washington in the UK’s Financial Times newspaper said the flotilla was around 150 nautical miles (277 kilometres) east of Sydney.

The Defence Department first revealed the Chinese naval taskforce was being monitored in the Coral Sea, north east of Queensland, but within Australia’s exclusive economic zone.