According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Santa is traveling at Mach 7 hypersonic speed this year. This was explained by engineer Adam Gorski of Ansys Government Initiatives, which processes NORAD data.

NORAD has been publishing unclassified data on air and space objects over North America since the 1960s. This allows airlines to plan safer flights and space enthusiasts to monitor the status of satellites in real time. Command has also been tracking Santa’s pre-Christmas flight since 1965. This tradition arose after an unintentional telephone prank, when one of the American newspapers showed the phone number of the anti-missile defense headquarters instead of the store number and had to answer the calls.

According to the engineer, the speed had to be increased, probably due to the increase in the population of the Earth, which reached 8 billion this year. Therefore, Santi has to fly at about 7 mph to keep up with all the kids. In the world. These data were obtained by analyzing the movement speed of the character’s sled marker on the map. “It takes special technologies to move that fast., – explains the engineer. – Or the magical reindeer. they run very fast.