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White House: No indication yet downed objects were part of China spy balloon program

Kirby said a leading explanation could be that the objects were "benign" and "tied to commercial or research entities."

Axios

Information trickles out about downing of flying objects - Roll Call

“They’re not from outer space,” Sen. Thom Tillis says after all-senators classified briefing about the unidentified objects.

Roll Call

What do we know about the alleged spy balloon and other unidentified objects?

One giant balloon and three other unidentified objects have been shot down over North America in eight days.

The Independent UK

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Beijing Calls On U.S. to Investigate Multiple Balloon Incursions Over China

The aircraft allegedly entered Chinese airspace more than 10 times since last May

Caixin Global

First Thing: US military retrieves ‘significant’ debris from China spy balloon

Sensors and electronics pulled from waters off South Carolina, says military. Plus, how AP African American studies became the most controversial course in the US

The Guardian - UK

US Still in Dark over Mystery Flying Objects, Rejects China Balloon Accusation

The White House responded Monday to growing and at times fevered speculation over the shooting down of unidentified aerial objects by saying the targets could be anything from commercial craft to espionage devices, while denying that US balloons spy on China. After mounting pressure on President Joe Biden's administration to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Air Force missile MISSED first attempt to shoot down UFO flying over 'sensitive sites'

President Biden ordered a "small, metallic balloon" floating over Lake Huron in Michigan, US, to be shot down. However, the US Air Force's jet missile missed with officials unsure where it landed

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White House defends its decision to shoot down 3 unidentified aerial objects

Administration officials acknowledge that there was no indication that three low-altitude objects shot down in recent days were being used for surveillance purposes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Aliens? U.S. lack of info on shootdowns breeds wild ideas

The downing of three unknown aerial objects in as many days by U.S. fighter jets has prompted wild speculation about what they were and where they came from

The Independent UK

US 'object' shootdowns: the end of UFO sightings?

Washington (AFP) - Is the US military's decision to shoot down four objects that suddenly showed up in US airspace the beginning of the end of UFO speculation?

AFP

Trudeau suggests link between four shot-down objects despite US playing down connection

The Canadian prime minister says the incidents are “cause for interest and close attention”

The Independent UK

US reveals more details on flying ‘objects’ as questions swirl

White House says objects shot down over North America were not manned and did not appear to send communication signals.

Al Jazeera

No indication aliens are connected to the flying objects over the US, White House says

The White House hits back at Beijing's claims about US high-altitude balloons flying over China's airspace without permission more than 10 times, as it dismisses any connection between the mysterious flying objects and alien activity.

ABC News

UFOs? Airborne objects? What we know about 4 recent shootdowns

The shootdowns came in steady succession over the weekend, after alarms were raised in early February over an object spotted over Montana.

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AFP

US still in dark over mystery flying objects, rejects China balloon accusation

Washington (AFP) - The White House responded Monday to growing and at times fevered speculation over the shooting down of unidentified aerial objects by saying the targets could be anything from commercial craft to espionage devices, while denying that US balloons spy on China.

The Independent UK

White House rows back from idea three shot-down objects were part of China spy balloon programme

The Pentagon has an office to study what it describes as ‘unknown aerial phenomenon’ but the White House says the objects shot down by US and Canadian planes over the last few days show no ‘indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity’

ABC News

The Loop: 'Saturated' NZ declares national emergency, US says China's balloons linked to army, and Queen Consort Camilla gets COVID-19 — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

The Independent UK

‘We detected it’: Biden White House says Trump officials failed to detect Chinese army balloon programme

White House officials go on offence amid criticism from Republicans

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Daily Mirror

White House claims China has 'high-altitude balloon programme connected to army'

The US National Security Council's John Kirby said the US and Canada have been scrutinising airspace more closely after sightings of balloons. The objects are now being shot down

The Independent UK

No evidence of ‘alien or extraterrestrial’ activity in shot-down objects, White House says

Four objects have been shot down in the past eight days

Reason

North America's UFO Weekend

Plus: States move to curtail internet anonymity, Amsterdam cracks down on cannabis, sex, and booze, and more...

Chicago Sun-Times

US fighter shot down object over northern Canada: prime minister

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with President Joe Biden about the object, and jets from both countries, operating as part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, were scrambled.

The Independent UK

Trudeau: US fighter shot down object over northern Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that on his order a U.S. fighter jet has shot down an unidentified object flying high over northern Canada, acting a day after U.S. planes took similar action over Alaska

Daily Mirror

UFO shot down over Alaska after Chinese spy balloon blown up by US - everything we know

Two Chinese spy balloons have been shot down by the US military in the last week at the request of President Biden after a "high-altitude object" was spotted off Alaska yesterday

Al Jazeera

US blacklists six Chinese entities over spy balloon programme

The blacklisting will make it difficult for the companies and one research institute to obtain US technology exports.

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