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A ‘leading explanation’ is three downed objects were commercial, benign balloons, White House says

(WASHINGTON) -- White House spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday the intelligence community is "considering as a leading explanation" that the three objects shot down over the weekend "could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose."But Kirby told reporters the U.S. is ...
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China accuses US of flying spy balloons into its airspace

(HONG KONG) -- China on Monday accused the United States of flying spy balloons into its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the start of 2022, further escalating tensions between the two countries."Since last year alone, U.S. high-altitude balloons have illegally flown ...
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All 3 objects flying over US and Canada believed to be balloons, Schumer says: Congress must learn more

(WASHINGTON) -- The downing of a third high-altitude object -- this one over Canada, on Saturday -- only increases the urgency for Congress to get to the bottom of what appears to be a previously unknown surveillance program by the Chinese, Senate Majority Leader ...
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How search for UFOs helped lead US government to Chinese spy balloons

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. intelligence community's review of UFO incidents reported by U.S. military personnel in recent years played a role in the detection of China's fleet of surveillance balloons, according to a U.S. official.In the wake of the shootdown of a surveillance balloon ...
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Chinese surveillance balloons during Trump, early Biden admin not spotted by NORAD, commander says

(WASHINGTON) -- Previous Chinese surveillance balloon incidents that occurred during the Trump administration and early under the Biden administration were not spotted by NORAD at the time, Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, told ...
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Defectors in Seoul send balloons carrying medicine to COVID-19-struck North Korea, defying law in South

(SEOUL, South Korea) -- A North Korean defector group in Seoul claimed on Tuesday to have launched air balloons carrying medical supplies near the inter-Korean border.The Fighters for Free North Korea, an activist group of North Korean defectors who send anti-propaganda leaflets across the ...