So far, the US government has no indications that the three mysteriously shot down objects are part of a Chinese spy balloon fleet. However, it is still not known where the objects came from or what their mission was, White House communications director John Kirby said Tuesday. “The possibility that these are balloons simply attached to commercial or research facilities and are therefore harmless cannot be ruled out.”
You can also rule out with certainty that these are US government objects, Kirby continued. However, the remains of the objects have still not been found. “We are struggling with the weather and general geographic conditions.” It may be some time before the debris can finally be recovered, Kirby said.
After the US military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon on Feb. 4, it has downed three other previously unidentified flying objects since Friday. One was shot down over Alaska, one over Canada, and one over Lake Huron, which is part of the Great Lakes region of the northern United States that borders Canada.
The US accuses China of conducting a balloon surveillance program targeting more than 40 countries. China’s foreign ministry described the entry of the crashed Chinese balloon into US airspace as a “completely unexpected and isolated event” caused by “force majeure”. He had “no information” about the other flying objects reported afterward, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Monday. (sda/dpa)
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