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According to US President Joe Biden, the three mysterious flying objects recently shot down by the US military were most likely en route for investigative purposes. According to the intelligence services, these probably belonged to private companies or research institutions, Biden said in Washington on Thursday. “We don’t know exactly what these three objects were yet, but at this point there is nothing to indicate they were related to China’s spy balloon program,” Biden said. There is also nothing to indicate that they were traveling on behalf of another country for espionage purposes.

After the US military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon on Feb. 4, it has downed three other previously unidentified and smaller flying objects since late last week. 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. Since then, there has been speculation about the origin and purpose of the flying objects. (sda/dpa)