The American author Stephen King jokingly stated that the reason for the large-scale shutdown of flights in the United States is the arrival of blind aliens on Earth. "Aliens have landed. This is the real reason for stopping flights. They don't want to start a global panic. They are blind, but they hear very well," King reported in X. As the VZGLYAD newspaper reported, on Saturday, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cited a contractor's attempt to replace old wiring as the reason for canceling the 12,000 flights across the country. Duffy reported on the gradual normalization of American airports after the flight ban was lifted. The minister called on Congress to allocate 50 billion dollars for the modernization of the air traffic control system.