US government: clearing up ominous flying objects could take balloons and unknown flying objects – the chronology of the US sky espionage affair

After the military’s shooting down of several mysterious flying objects, the US government prepared the public for an extended wait until the background could be cleared up. National Security Council communications director John Kirby said Monday at the White House in Washington that the administration is trying to find out exactly what those devices were and were aimed at. This included intensive efforts to recover their debris from the remote launch sites. “It can take a long time, depending on the sea and weather conditions.” Divers’ safety must also be protected.

Within days, the US military first shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon and then three other unidentified flying objects. There is hardly any reliable information about the three most recently destroyed missiles.

Kirby pointed out that the remains of the Chinese balloon were pulled out of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. In the other cases, the search is more difficult. “It’s important to remember that the objects in Alaska and Canada are in fairly remote terrain.” You have to deal with “ice and wilderness and everything that makes it hard to find them in winter weather”. The object shot down over Lake Huron in the northern United States on Sunday is in very deep water.

The military continues to monitor the skies closely, Kirby emphasizes. At the moment, however, there are no other suspected missiles on the trail. The cabinet does not yet know exactly whether the three previously unidentified flying objects have also been used for surveillance, “but we cannot rule it out”. For this reason and because of their height, which could have posed a threat to civil air traffic, they were shot down. (sda/dpa)