Latest downed objects could well be ‘benign’, US says

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“The intelligence community is considering as a leading explanation that these could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose,” said White House national security spokesman John Kirby. Then the military deployed F-22 fighters with heat-seeking missiles to quickly shoot down what likely were harmless objects. https://t.co/M7EtTdx0MD — The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 14, 2023Even as more information about the three objects emerges, questions remain about what they were, who sent them and how the US might respond to unidentified airborne objects in the future. It’s also not likely the objects were “intelligence collection against the United States of any kind — that’s the indication now”. Weather challenges and the remote locations of where the three objects were shot down over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron have impeded recovery efforts so far.
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