Investigators have not yet found evidence that the three objects shot down in recent days were connected to China's program of balloon surveillance.
As more unidentified objects were shot down by the U.S. Air Force in recent days, experts warned that there were an "endless" array of potential targets.
After taking down a Chinese spy balloon last week, the U.S. military shot down three other high-flying objects, without knowing exactly what they were.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government and Canada have been busy intercepting unidentified flying objects in the skies, shooting down one Friday over Alaska, another Saturday over the Yukon Territory and a third over Michigan on Sunday. The two countries are still trying to identify and recover the objects, but those...
WASHINGTON — A U.S. fighter jet shot down an "unidentified object" over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over U.S. airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime...
When President Joe Biden learned a likely Chinese spy balloon was drifting through the stratosphere 60,000 feet above Montana, his first inclination was to take it down. By then, however, it was both too early and too late. After flying over swaths of sparsely populated land, it was now projected to keep drifting over...
US authorities were closely tracking a Chinese airship that was spotted flying over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana this week. The suspected spy balloon was shot down along the coast of the Carolinas on Saturday. Chinese officials shared "regret" on Friday and claimed the balloon was conducting meteorological...
What in the world is that thing? A massive white orb sweeping across U.S. airspace has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and is blowing up on social media. China insists it's just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds. With only limited "self-steering"...
US authorities say they are closely tracking a Chinese airship that was spotted flying over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana . Chinese officials shared "regret" on Friday and claimed the balloon was conducting meteorological research and had been accidentally blown off course by winds. A Pentagon official called the...
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The Pentagon has said it is tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States but decided against shooting it down for safety reasons. Defence officials said the balloon has been watched for a couple days since it entered US airspace, flying at high altitude. It has been monitored by several methods...